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international schools, with 8th opening 2023
school globally for IBDP Top 10
1st
school in the world to introduce wellbeing
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core values consistent across the Wellington family of schools
2nd
WCI Shanghai is the 2nd highest ranked school in all of China
Wellington College is a place like no other and our mission is to provide an education like no other. This was Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s vision when they founded the school in 1853, and this desire to pioneer, to do things differently, and to make Wellington the most inspiring and interesting place to live and learn burns as brightly today as it did when our first pupils arrived.
Wellington College International opens and supports world-class international schools in premium global locations to maximise educational opportunities for young people around the world.
WCI works with partners with shared values and passion for delivering a Wellington education. WCI schools are genuinely outstanding and distinctively Wellington. WCI aims to build a network of schools where each additional school increases the possibilities and potential for all stakeholders; partners, staff, and
every student. We hope here to give you a sense of what a high quality, purposeful and ambitious organisation WCI is, and an understanding of the values that we share.
Scott Bryan Senior International Director, WCITrue to the classical roots of the word ‘education’, the College aims to provide an ambitious and aspirational environment in which the potential of each pupil is nurtured and developed across all aspects of themselves as unique individuals.
Wellington College’s desire to extend outwards internationally dates back to our 13th Master, Sir Anthony Seldon. We continue to be inspired by the creative possibilities which we knew would flow from the meeting of Eastern and Western pedagogies. We are deeply aware of the
significant strengths of other educational systems and traditions and, and as befits a school which wants to fuse the best of tradition and heritage with modernity and an eye to the future, we knew that we had as much to learn from the experience as any potential partners. From the very beginning, this was designed to be a partnership where we all benefitted from true collaboration and a shared vision.
James Dahl 15th Master of Wellington CollegeWellington College was granted Royal Charter by Queen Victoria, and opened in 1859 as a national memorial to the Duke of Wellington. It quickly became one of the nation’s great boarding schools. Wellington College is a co-education school for pupils from 13-18, with our prep school Eagle House next door educating children of 3-13. A Wellington College education is based upon a commitment to developing each and every child, in every facet of themselves. They will achieve excellent exam results and develop an intellectual curiosity in the world around them, but we also want them to develop their individual passions and interests to the full, which will last for the rest of their lives.
Wellington is a world leader in wellbeing, and we continue to pioneer in this area, helping students to nurture their own wellbeing to support them through life.
We our founded on a purpose to serve, and students learn that the most rewarding lives are not those focussed around personal gain, but around a desire to serve and lead, with a deeply held sense of inclusivity and a moral desire to make the world a better place.
Our international schools share the values, ethos and unerring ambition of Wellington College, and are authentically Wellington. However they are not clones of Wellington, but from a shared vision they deliver exceptional quality education that is brought vividly to life through a dialogue between pedagogies and cultures, uniquely tailored to their communities. It is this that now delivers so much enrichment to the intellectual and cultural development of our students and their communities across the whole Group.
Underpinning everything we do at Wellington are the College values. We ask everyone to embrace these values as our standard of interacting with one another and our actions throughout the day, and they are the foundation of our policies and processes, including in recruitment. Our values are kindness, courage, integrity, respect and responsibility.
Wellington College China established their first school in Tianjin in 2011, followed by Shanghai in 2014 and Hangzhou 2018. WCC also now have 3 bilingual schools under the name Huili Education. Together, our schools educate nearly 5000 day and boarding pupils from 3-18 years. All deliver an outstanding education of all-round excellence and are very tangibly Wellington.
• WCI Shanghai is ranked second top international school in all China, and achieved an average 39.2 in IBDP in 2022
• WCI Tianjin achieved 65% A*-A grades at A Level in 2022
• Like Wellington College itself, many of our WCI students enter the world’s top universities each year
• Huili bilingual schools deliver the Wellington values and ethos within a highly innovative bilingual education
• Huili Hangzhou became the world’s first fully COBIS accredited bilingual school
Wellington College International Bangkok opened in 2018, with the highest first year student numbers of any international school in the city despite a highly competitive market. The school has already built a formidable reputation, and made history by becoming the first International school to achieve full COBIS accreditation in its first year.
Our beautiful campus was designed specifically to support the unique Wellington pedagogy and offers a unique, collegiate experience that supports our vision and ethos. Bangkok was shortlisted for ISP International School of the Year in 2022.
Wellington College International Pune opens in September 2023, bringing a Wellington education to India for the first time. Our school is a beautiful, bespoke design inspired by Wellington College itself, is a platinum IGSC certified sustainable campus offering incredible facilities in the vibrant and dynamic city of Pune, near to Mumbai. WCI Pune will become a leading school in its region. It shares the vision and ethos of
Wellington, but will also be proudly unique to serve its own community.
• Three founding heads of school come from other Wellington family schools
• One of the first British Independent school groups to establish in India
• First school in India to achieve platinum IGBC sustainable building status
I can think of no better way for us to deliver our purpose of pioneering education to help serve and shape a better world than by sharing the very best of Wellington College here in the UK with passionate and progressive partners around the world.
James Dahl 15th Master of Wellington College
Each WCI school that joins the Wellington family and will become a leading education establishment for its region. To achieve this, both our professional WCI team and staff at Wellington College itself, actively support each school at every step from pre-opening to maturity.
Our schools are aligned to Wellington in their vision and ethos, however it is fundamental that they respect and embrace local culture, language and pedagogical practice. We work in close collaboration to develop unique schools embracing the very best of both, specifically tailored to serve and to celebrate their own communities.
As we grow, we build connection at all levels through our Wellington network, meaning our schools also support each other as an incredible, extended resource of world-class expertise and experience. The network further offers unparalleled opportunities for all in the whole Wellington Community from student exchanges to leadership strategic alignment.
In addition, Wellington Connect, our thriving alumni and Wellington Community network, inspires and supports students, staff and parents right through life, as a social and professional network offering career opportunities, fundraising, and community connection and events.
WCI also actively builds and protects the Wellington brand itself, through our thoughtful expansion, our unstinting focus on excellence, and our education development and leadership initiatives, for the benefit and assurance of all those who have in any way ‘invested’ in us. Among many other things, our international reputation supports us to attract the best teachers from around the globe to our network.
We continue to build partnerships, and a network, where each school established increases the possibilities and potential for all ‘stakeholders’. Together we can pioneer in education, build greater inter-cultural understanding, and broaden access to an excellent education.
Wellington is founded on a purpose to lead in education for broad impact. Our education is continuously developing to ensure we prepare young people for the world of the future.
In 2021 James Dahl, 15th Master, re-articulated this purpose and defined a 10-year strategy for Wellington. The three pillars of this are education excellence, social impact, and educational enterprise.
In a world of rapid and constant disruption, we believe that education should evolve too. We constantly strive for improvement in everything we do. We take an evidenceled approach to challenging convention and we are courageous enough to change the status quo.
Current pioneering development from our 10year strategy include:
A centre for Teaching, Learning and Research, with a pioneering agenda to lead in the development of excellence in education, for the benefit of all our schools and teachers, and far beyond.
A global festival for progressive education debate and professional development, providing a platform for all teachers to engage in contemporary education thinking, to continuously evolve and improve teaching.
For support and wellbeing leadership at Wellington College and across our schools.
For Wellington, selecting the right partners with whom to establish outstanding schools is the most important aspect of our development. WCI only works with International partners who share our vision, ethos and passion for delivering a distinctively Wellington education.
WCI operates on a licensing model, where our partners own and operate their schools under the Wellington College International name. WCI’s primary focus is the establishment of outstanding Wellington schools that are strong and sustainable for the long term. We work closely with partners at every stage to ensure success in our shared purpose and vision.
• License the brand, IP and know-how of Wellington College
• Support and guide development and operation of each school, at each stage
• Quality assure positively, to maintain world-class standards
• Ensure each school is authentically Wellington
• Network our outstanding schools together, enhancing educational and brand strength for all
• Carefully build and protect the global Wellington brand to maximise value
For more information about WCI or becoming a partner, please contact us at info@wellingtoncollegeinternational.com
Wellington College International
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United Kingdom
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