Wellington School (other)
Wellington School may refer to: * The Wellington School in Columbus, Ohio, United States * Wellington School, Bebington, Merseyside, England * Wellington School, Ayr, Scotland * Wellington School, Somerset, England * Wellington School, Midlothian, Scotland * Wellington School, Timperley, Greater Manchester, England * Wellington School, Shropshire, the former name of Wrekin College * Wellington School, an alternative name for the Wellington Group of New Zealand poets See also * Wellington High School (other) * Wellington College (other) Wellington College may refer to: *Wellington College, Berkshire, an independent school in Crowthorne, Berkshire, England ** Wellington College International Shanghai ** Wellington College International Tianjin *Wellington College, Wellington, New Z ...

The Wellington School
The Wellington School (simply referred to as Wellington) is a PK–12 private, co-educational, college-preparatory school in Upper Arlington, Ohio, United States. It was established in 1982 by a group of entrepreneurs. It is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools and Independent Schools Association of the Central States. It was named a Top Workplace by Columbus CEO magazine in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017. Wellington was also named Best Private School in the Best of Business poll by Columbus CEO magazine in 2015 and 2016. Head of School Robert Brisk presented at TEDxColumbus on the topic of student engagement in 2016. Campus Wellington is located at the corner of Fishinger and Reed Roads in the center of Upper Arlington, Ohio approximately 8 miles from downtown Columbus, Ohio. History Wellington was conceived in 1979 by a group of entrepreneurs with the goal of creating the first coeducational, independent school in Columbus. These entrepreneurs wer ...
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Wellington School, Bebington
Wellington School was a small private grammar school in Wellington Road, Bebington, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, England. History Founded by John Philip Fogg (born 1917) in 1953, the main school building (Mount Allars) was bought with the accrued 'war pay' owed to Mr Fogg, who was an officer in the mercantile marine, captured in 1941 by the Japanese and held as a POW for four years. A visionary and an idealist, Mr Fogg was deeply influenced by the educational reforms which were realised by a series of Christian school masters in the nineteenth century. His interests included: playing the organ; the Middle Ages; mediaeval art, literature and architecture; chivalry; the Romantic poets; the Lake District and motoring in his vintage pre-war motor car. His churchmanship was "low" with a strong affiliation to nonconformity. The school was run for many decades by the owner, Mr Fogg (who was known as "The Gaffer"), and who served as the headmaster and a teacher of languages (Latin, ...
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Wellington School, Ayr
Wellington School is an independent day school in Ayr, Scotland. The school was founded in 1849 as a school for girls, today the co-educational school provides both primary and secondary education between its Junior and Senior Schools for around 580 pupils between the ages of three and eighteen years. Wellington School generally draws its pupils from across Ayrshire. Wellington School is a company limited by guarantee with charitable status (Scottish Charity Number SC005052), its Charitable Purpose is the Advancement of Education. History Founded in 1836 by Mrs Gross, a French lady and wife of an Ayr Academy school master, the school took its name from Wellington Square in Ayr where it was housed. Initially twelve 'young ladies of quality' were taught French, History, Art, Music and Elocution. By the turn of the century the school was bought by Miss Smith and Miss Cay, who added an adjoining house and enhanced its academic reputation. The school left 22 Wellington Square and move ...
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Wellington School, Somerset
Wellington School is a co-educational independent day and boarding school in the English public school tradition for pupils aged 3–18 located in Wellington, Somerset, England. Wellington School was founded in 1837. Wellington School is a registered charity and has around 800 pupils currently in attendance. Around 150 of those pupils are boarders. The school is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. Wellington School is based on a 35-acre campus in Wellington, Somerset. Wellington School operates is own feeder preparatory school, Wellington Prep School which shares the main campus. Wellington Prep School students often use the sporting pitches and science labs of Wellington School. History Wellington School is situated to the south of the centre of the small town of Wellington. It was founded originally as Wellington Academy in 1837 as an all-boys school by Benjamin Frost (Headmaster 1837–1848). It was later purchased and run by Frost's wife and Wi ...
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Wellington School, Midlothian, Scotland
Wellington School, Midlothian, Scotland was a residential school for boys, owned by the City of Edinburgh Council and operated by the Council's Children and Families Department. It was operational between 1859 and 2014. Established in 1859 and initially known as "The Wellington Reformatory Farm School", the school was the creation of "The Edinburgh Association for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders"; one of the founding members of the association was the Rev. Dr. Thomas Guthrie. The Wellington Reformatory Farm School sprang from thinking similar to that which created the reform school developments in the United States. The school admitted its first pupil in February 1860: James Watt, aged eleven years. James had been convicted at The Police Court of Edinburgh and sentenced by Sheriff Hallard to fourteen days' imprisonment and thereafter five years' detention at the Reformatory School. James's crime had been the "theft of a bottle of hair oil from off a barrow on the street". ...
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Wellington School, Timperley
Wellington School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form with academy status. It is located in Timperley in the English county of Greater Manchester. Previously a foundation school administered by Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council, Wellington School converted to academy status on 1 April 2011. However the school continues to coordinate with Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council for admissions, having a non-selective intake. Wellington School offers GCSEs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels. Notable former pupils *Bill Speakman VC - recipient of the Victoria Cross''Wellington School, Timperley (then Wellington Boys' County Secondary School) Recipients'': Refer Private Bill Speakman (born 1927), 4 November 1951 in Kore(''Manchester Evening News'')/ref> *Rob King - Britain's Got Talent ''Britain's Got Talent'' (often abbreviated to ''BGT'') is a televised British talent show competi ...
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Wrekin College
Wrekin College is an independent co-educational boarding and day school located in Wellington, Shropshire, England. It was founded by Sir John Bayley in 1880 and is known as ‘The School in the Garden’ owing to its extensive grounds and playing fields. Part of the Allied Schools, it is also a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. History The school was founded in 1880 as Wellington College by Sir John Bayley. In 1915 less than 100 acres (0.40 km2) of the Lilleshall Hall estate were purchased from the Duke of Sutherland, who retained the Hall and 50 acres (200,000 m2). In 1920, it was sold to the Revd Percy Warrington, a Church of England clergyman and renamed Wrekin College. The Rev. Canon Guy Pentreath was a notable headmaster from 1943 to 1952. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II visited Wrekin on Friday 17 March 1967, having opened Shire Hall in Shrewsbury earlier that day. The Headmaster, Robert Dahl (Headmaster. 1952-71), greeted the Queen, an ...
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Wellington Group
The Wellington Group or Wellington School was a group of poets who worked and lived in and around Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, in the 1950s and 1960s. History The movement started with Louis Johnson, who started up the ''Poetry Yearbook'' which ran from 1951 to 1964. In part, it was a reaction to Allen Curnow's dictum of localism in NZ poetry, emphasising universalism, but both the Wellington Group and Curnow liked to use some degree of Māori symbolism. Another significant publication was ''Numbers'', which ran 1954–1960. Members * James K. Baxter * Peter Bland * Alistair Te Ariki Campbell Alistair Te Ariki Campbell ONZM (25 June 1925 – 16 August 2009) was a poet, playwright, and novelist. Born in the Cook Islands, he was the son of a Cook Island Māori mother and a Pākehā father, who both died when he was young, leading to h ... * Gordon Challis * Louis Johnson References * Ousby (ed) ''Cambridge Companion to Literature in English'' (1993) New Zealan ...
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Wellington High School (other)
Wellington High School may refer to the following high schools: United States * Wellington High School (Wellington, Florida) * Wellington High School (Kansas), Wellington, Kansas * Wellington High School (Wellington, Ohio) * Wellington High School (Texas) Elsewhere * Wellington Secondary College, a state high school in Mulgrave, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia * Wellington Secondary School, a high school in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada * Wellington High School, New Zealand * Wellington High School for Girls, a former school in Wellington, Shropshire, United Kingdom See also * Wellington C. Mepham High School * Wellington School (other) Wellington School may refer to: * The Wellington School in Columbus, Ohio, United States * Wellington School, Bebington, Merseyside, England * Wellington School, Ayr, Scotland * Wellington School, Somerset, England * Wellington School, Midlothian, ...