Wellington School, Ayr - Similar companies

Wellington School is an independent day school for girls and boys between the ages of 3 and 18 years. There are approximately ... 580 pupils within the school. The school aims to create a caring, ordered environment where the potential of individual pupils can be fully nurtured and developed. This is achieved through providing a wide range of educational experiences and opportunities both in and out of the classroom. Staff have high expectations of success in academic work, in sport, music, drama and art. The school upholds traditional values and standards whilst looking to the future and embracing new educational developments. Pupils are encouraged to develop citizenship skills, to develop an understanding of the need to serve others and contribute to the school community and to society as a whole. Wellington has been awarded full International School status by the British Council, in recognition of its work to bring the wider world into the classroom, and this year gained its first Cycle Friendly School Award. The School has been awarded its second Eco-Schools Green Flag. In the past seven years, Wellington has been in the top ten of Scottish schools, coming top of the league tables in 2008 for Highers, and top in 2012 for Advanced Highers. read more