We want to mix your professional experience with the academic life of the students and look to our community to deliver masterclasses or lectures to enrich what happens in the classroom. We will set up programmes for skills for life, work placements, entrepreneurship, enterprise and much more, because we want our students to be inspired and, in turn, able to inspire others.
The Chapel, Wellington College
You are warmly invited to join the Wellington Christian Parent Prayer Group, set up by a group of current parents from a variety of church backgrounds, who believe prayers have a positive impact on school life. The group welcomes everyone within the Wellington Community with an interest in praying blessings on the school community.
The next meeting will be held from 1-2pm on Saturday 13th June in the Chapel.
The meetings are very informal and meet a few times per term. To join or for further information please email community@wellingtoncollege.org.uk
Meet at 11am in Park Lane and finish at about 2/2.30pm.
This is a walk for the whole family and dogs. You’ll be amazed at what’s hiding in plain sight within the busy streets of London, left over from both World Wars. Beginning the walking tour at the Animals in War Memorial in Park Lane, we will uncover eleven fascinating sites with Anthony Seldon along the way, and round off the experience with a late lunch near Tower Bridge, for those who want to join, at about 2/2.30pm. Nearer the time, we will send a map with route and timings so that people can join along the way. No need to book in advance, however please complete the form as an expression of interest.
Please note, this tour is open to parents, past parents and OWs.
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A unique opportunity for the general public to discover the historic buildings and grounds of Wellington College, in support of the Crowthorne Carnival Association. College Archivist Caroline Jones will tell the story of Wellington College’s foundation, guiding you around the central buildings and sharing some treasures from the College’s collection. The tour will include the Chapel, Great School, the Royal Foundation Room, Dining Hall and Waterloo Hall. Tickets cost £10 per person, with 100% of ticket sales being donated to the CCA. Please note, this tour is now at capacity; please email community@wellingtoncollege.org.uk
In March, we shared that Angus Neale (Bn 18) would be running the Marathon des Sables in memory of his friend and fellow OW, Haydn Robarts (Bn 18). It is a self-supported, 270km race which takes place over seven days in the Moroccan Sahara. Crossing desert dunes in ferocious heat, it has been dubbed the […]
Old Wellingtonian, Adam Wilkie (Bn 2006-11), son of Olympic champion David Wilkie MBE, has quit his job to take on an extraordinary challenge: to match his father’s world record-breaking 200m breaststroke time – 50 years after it made history, and just two years after his father’s death from cancer. David Wilkie was one of the […]
In December 2025, Neil Polley (Pn 75) and Christopher Hill (Pn 75) drove more than 3,000km across Europe to Lviv, Ukraine, delivering medical supplies and support vehicles to those working on the front line. Neil and Christopher volunteered with Driving Ukraine, a charity established in 2022 that has organised 54 convoys to date. The organisation provides vehicles, medical […]