- Wellington College, built as a national monument to the Duke of Wellington and his victory over Napoleon, was founded in 1853 and today educates almost 1,200 girls and boys. Girls were first admitted to its sixth form in the 1970s and Wellington became fully coeducational in 2005.
- The school offers a wide range of co-curricular activities, with societies ranging from world history to feminist thought, and the Model United Nations group. Sport is especially prized, and the school’s facilities include 11 rugby pitches, 22 tennis courts, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, and a nine-hole golf course alongside the shooting range.
- In common with a number of British independent schools, Wellington has a series of partnership schools abroad, including Wellington College International Tianjin in mainland China, Wellington College International Pune in India, and Wellington College International Bangkok in Thailand.
- Academic scholarships are available at 13-plus; those for sport, art, dance and drama are offered at the end of year 9; and a number are distributed at 16-plus. Assistance with fees can be obtained via means-tested bursaries that offer fee reductions of up to 100 per cent.
- Notable former pupils include the former head of the 1922 committee Lord (Michael) Spicer and the MP Crispin Blunt.
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