Wellington College, the national monument to the Duke of Wellington, is a British co-educational independent school located in the Berkshire village of Crowthorne. The school was granted its royal charter in 1853 as the Royal and Religious Foundation of The Wellington College, and was opened in 1859. Its first Master (Headmaster) was Edward White Benson, later Archbishop of Canterbury. The college's Visitor is Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Well...
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Wellington College, the national monument to the Duke of Wellington, is a British co-educational independent school located in the Berkshire village of Crowthorne. The school was granted its royal charter in 1853 as the Royal and Religious Foundation of The Wellington College, and was opened in 1859. Its first Master (Headmaster) was Edward White Benson, later Archbishop of Canterbury. The college's Visitor is Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Wellington has approximately 950 pupils aged between 13 and 18. The School is a member of the G20 Schools group. The Good Schools Guide called the school "a serious player in the field of education." Wellington has sponsored the founding of an independent state school in Wiltshire, The Wellington Academy , which opened in 2009.
In addition to introducing girls throughout, the school is in the forefront of Educational thinking, firstly through the many conferences it organises, and also by adopting the IB Diploma Programme alongside A level. Lower...
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