Junior & Senior Boarding School in Somerset, UK

Wellington School, Somerset:
Wellington School, located in Wellington, Somerset (140 miles west of London), England, is a co-educational independent day school for Nursery, Junior, Senior and Sixth Form pupils which also offers boarding facilities for students from the age of 10 upwards. Starting at the age of three, Wellington Junior School offers the widest range of academic, creative, social and sporting opportunities in these crucial formative years. Wellington Senior School follows with outstanding, all round education for day pupils and boarders, right up to age 18.

Junior School:
Wellington Junior School provides pupils with an excellent education in a stimulating and happy environment. From those formative early years from age three, to the unique transition classes in Years 5 and 6, Wellington Junior School offers the widest range of academic, social, creative and sporting opportunities, in a caring, warm environment.

Senior School:

Years 7 and 8:
The curriculum is notable for the range of subjects included. It builds on foundations previously laid in the core subjects, but adds new ones to stimulate and extend students’ thinking. There is no streaming of students, although there is setting in Mathematics and banding in French. The sciences are taught separately as Physics, Chemistry and Biology, taking full advantage of subject specialist teachers and enviable facilities. Students are taught French in Year 7 and Year 8 and begin the study of either German or Spanish in Year 8. Latin provides a matchless grounding in the structure of language, as well as opening students’ eyes to the ideas and culture of the ancient world that continue to exercise influence today.

Year 9:
The curriculum offers genuine breadth to allow students the maximum choice of GCSE subjects. Students with aptitude for or experience of Latin continue this subject, gaining a real appreciation of the language, ideas and culture of the ancient world. A course in Classical Civilisation gives a similar insight for those without experience of Latin.

Years 10 and 11:
A wide range of GCSE options is available, complementing the core subjects of Mathematics and English. Students have a choice of Separate Sciences or Dual Award Science and must study at least one Modern Foreign Language. Courses in Religious Education and Physical Education are also compulsory. Students take at least 10 subjects at GCSE. The most able Mathematicians take GCSE Mathematics at the end of Year 10, allowing them to take an Additional Mathematics qualification in Year 11. The full list of subjects available is:

- Art & Design
- German
- Biology
- Greek
- Chemistry
- History
- Classical Civilisation
- Latin
- Design & Technology
- Mathematics
- Drama
- Music
- Dual Award Science
- Physics
- English & English Literature
- Religious Education
- French
- Spanish
- Geography

Sixth Form:
Students have a free choice of four, or occasionally five, AS courses. These are complemented in the Lower Sixth by courses in Information Technology, Careers, University Entrance, Critical Thinking, Philosophy and Cooking. Visiting speakers and academic societies also extend the curriculum. In the Upper Sixth students continue with their A2 studies and have the option to take qualifications in Critical Thinking and the Extended Project. The full list of subjects available is:

- Art
- Design & Textiles
- Geography
- Biology
- German
- Business Studies
- History
- Chemistry
- Latin
- Classical Civilisation
- Mathematics & Further Mathematics
- Critical Thinking (AS Only)
- Music
- Design & Technology
- Physical Education
- Drama & Theatre Studies
- Physics
- Economics
- Religious Studies
- English Literature
- Spanish
- French