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2018
WE ARE WELLINGTON
THE WELLINGTON COLLEGE FAMILY
Eagle House
A short walk, through woodland from
Wellington College in the UK, is Eagle
House School. Founded in 1820, it has
been owned by Wellington since 1968,
and educates boys and girls up to the
age of 13. Many, though not all, of its
pupils go on to Wellington College. The
‘Learning for Life’ and ‘Golden Eagle’
programmes at Eagle House naturally
dovetail into the Wellington identity
and values, and there are regular joint
staff and pupil events. Recently, a long-
standing Housemaster at Wellington
was appointed as a Deputy Head
at Eagle House, demonstrating the
closeness of the two schools. Sport
and creative and performing arts play
a key role at Eagle House, which, as at
Wellington College, have earned a very
strong reputation.
The Wellington College Family
Wellington Primary
Academy
Wellington Primary is a new purpose-
built primary school based within the
new housing development in NEQ
(North East Quadrant) Tidworth.
The school opened in September
2014 as part of the Wellington Family
for pupils from Nursery through to
Year 6. The ambition for Wellington
Primary is the same ambition as for
all schools in the Wellington Family: to
provide an outstanding education for
all its pupils. At Wellington Primary,
pupils learn how to work hard and
study well, to be good and do good,
setting them up for a future of
success and wellbeing whatever they
choose to do in their lives.
The Wellington Academy
The UK government set up the sponsored
Academies Programme to boost investment in state
education in areas that had previously struggled to
provide their communitie s with thriving schools. The
aim of academies is to transform education and life
chances for such communities.
Wellington College was the first private school
to become a sponsor, with a generous £2 million
donation from a parent and governor, and this
triggered the further £30 million investment
required for the brand new campus. The Wellington
Academy opened in Ludgershall, Wiltshire in 2009,
an area with a significant proportion of military
families which makes its connection with Wellington,
and the strongly military basis of its foundation, all
the more meaningful.
In its time of operation, it has already seen a
spectacular rise in the academic results.
There are strong links between the two schools,
with extensive staff cooperation and collaborative
projects between pupils.
In 2009, Wellington College began the journey of taking its education, philosophy, and ethos beyond the shores
of the United Kingdom. Since then, Wellington College schools in Tianjin and Shanghai offer pupils a world class
holistic education that instils the Wellington Identity. Pupils learn and develop in the very best in purpose-built
educational facilities. Both colleges have established an excellent reputation for academic excellence.
The Wellington Family continues to grow and fulfil the Wellington College China dictum:
Wellington College International Bangkok
Wellington College International Bangkok is an international school that
brings the best of British education with a strong emphasis on the Wellington
College Identity and values to a Thai context.
Currently under construction, in August 2018, it will open its doors for the first-time to boys and girls aged 2-11 years old (Pre-
Nursery to Year 6) and will follow with Years 7-13 in the Secondary School thereafter.
In becoming the most inspirational education provider in Thailand, Wellington College International Bangkok is actively building upon
the long and successful history of Wellington College, regarded as one of the top co-educational schools in the UK, with a reputation
centred on excellence, both in provision and achievement. Wellington College International Bangkok works in close collaboration with
Wellington College in England, and Wellington College China family of schools in Shanghai, Tianjin and Hangzhou, to build a school
which truly reflects the Wellington ethos.
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