Yesterday we had our annual Planetarium visit and it was the biggest one yet! Students were very excited to enter the dome and we were treated to a little lesson on constellations (students should also know how to find the North star now), and 360 degree videos about searching for Aliens and the Sun. An […]

This week, we proudly celebrated the achievements of our Year 11 Media Studies and A Level Film Studies students.   Year 11 submitted their final music magazine projects, and we showcased their impressive work throughout the corridors for all to appreciate. Additionally, we had a great turnout for the film showcase, highlighting the short films […]

On Thursday morning Year 12 Politics Students had the privilege of asking Supreme Court Justice Lord Leggatt a series of questions related to politics, the judiciary and the law.    10 students asked a range of intriguing questions; from the skills needed to be a good lawyer, to the intricacies of the Human Rights Act […]

It’s been a fantastic (and very busy!) term in the LRC, with so much going on—from interschool book awards to author visits and, of course, all the fun of World Book Day. But amidst all the excitement, some of our most dedicated readers have truly stood out.   A huge well done to Daniel (8LGE), Grace (9JAB), and […]

Well done to the following students who have been selected for the English ‘Library of Legends’ board this half-term: Isla Campbell, Eva Barton, Molly Barton, Lily Meredith, Isabella Pass, Lily Gaskin, Claudia Denny, Macie Drinkwater and Finlay Warbrick.   All students will receive a certificate and badge from their English teacher.   Mrs McDonnell  

On Wednesday, Mr A Percival, Assistant Headteacher from Stanley Road Primary School in Oldham, came to see how students continue to learn grammar and writing at Secondary School. Stanley Road Primary School is at the forefront of teaching grammar to inform better writing at Primary level. Here at Wellington, we want to ensure that all […]

I was delighted to accompany 7 Year 12 students on the HE+ Residential at Clare College, University of Cambridge on Tuesday and Wednesday.    Blessed with glorious weather, Cambridge looked resplendent in the Spring sunshine and students were in awe of the of the fabulous surroundings on their tours of several colleges. It was great […]

The Friends of Pickering Lodge Park invite you to join them for their gardening and tidy up sessions this year. All the dates are below and there is a session on Saturday 12th April between 10.30 and 12. Everyone is welcome, just turn up and meet by the picnic tables.

The final Trafford Hockey event was a mixed game against Sale Grammar on Wednesday. A super line up with students from Year 8-11. They opened the scoring but James Brown found the back of the net for us through a short corner slip to the right. The final score was 1-1 and player of the […]

Thursday saw the end of season hockey tournament for all the players to come together and play one another in a evening of celebration. There were 50 students from Year 7-11, and both boys and girls. We saw Year 7 and 11 boys playing on the same team, against Year 8 and 10 girls, plus […]

Last weekend (22nd – 23rd March) year 9s students were practicing their navigation and cooking skills at Wythenshawe park. It was great to see the students working so well in their groups and we look forward to seeing them take on the full expedition after Easter.    Well done Year 9 from the DofE Team. […]

On Friday 21st, four of our highest achieving 2024 Junior UKMT (United Kingdom Mathematics Trust) competition winners took part in the regional Team Challenge final at Alderley Edge Girls School.   The challenge required solving hours of maths problems under timed conditions and consisted of 4 rounds: Group round, Cross number round, Shuttle round and Relay.   […]

On Wednesday this week our Year 12 Physics students were able to see ‘Physics in Action’.    Ben Nuttall, Director from NPS solar who installed our 946 solar panels back in December 2023, returned to provide our pupils with an insight into the intricacies of solar generation. The presentation included how they were able to […]

Congratulations to the Year 7 girls hockey team on another brilliant night of sprints down the wing, super saves and great goals. We enjoyed playing in the sun once again and it gave the girls a chance to show off all their skills. They played brilliantly throughout the tournament winning all but one game (which was […]

After several weeks of hard work creating these colourful granny squares, Rory was able to sew them altogether to create a stunning handmade gift for her Mum for Mother’s Day. Well done Rory you have worked so hard on this, I am sure your Mum will be delighted with her beautiful gift. Mrs Soldiew

The U12 boys’ hockey team played in the Trafford end of season tournament on Wednesday.  They remained unbeaten throughout the tournament, only conceding 1 goal.  The final result was that the team came second to St Bede’s on goal difference, despite beating them 2-1- so close!  Every player gave 100% effort and contributed to the […]

As a part of our Key Stage 4 careers programme, Year 10 students had a face-to-face practice interview this week. We welcomed forty-five volunteers from businesses and industry who put our students through their paces. This was the culmination of several weeks preparation which included the completion of an application form and workshops on body […]

Yet another event this week for the U13 girls hockey team. On Wednesday we played the Trafford Hockey final tournament of the season. There were some tired legs after Tuesdays tournament but we went out strong. We narrowly lost the first game to Loreto, beat Withington and also Lymm. This placed us runners up on the […]

On Wednesday 19th March Isolde Powell (7PRS) and Corinne Powell (10MBH) competed in the Greater Manchester schools climbing competition, which welcomed competitors from across the North West.   They climbed a tough 20 routes and were successful in obtaining the KS3 and KS4 silver medals. A fantastic achievement!    Well done girls!   Mrs Conyers […]

A young U14 team (with only 2 Year 8 players), played in the Trafford end of season tournament on Wednesday at Timperley Hockey Club.  They fought hard throughout the games,  but were out-muscled by their opponents, losing both of their games.  Special mention must go to Noah Hobson-Middleton who was playing a match for the […]

A group of Year 12 students attended Salford University to take part in the European Youth Parliament Regional Debate.  Students engaged in debates over topics such as whether the legacy of European colonialism remains a hindrance of African economic development, increases in youth violence and other forms of juvenile delinquency and increases in spiking of […]

Congratulations to the Wellington students below who are all one step closer to becoming national champions.   The U18 (in white) are now into the Tier 2 cup final-Lucy Gibson, Maggie Manson, Jess Jones and ex student Hannah Simms.   The U16 (in blue) are into the semi final of the Tier 1 national championship plate-Evie […]

The U13 hockey girls represented Greater Manchester in the North West tournament on Tuesday in glorious sunshine.   We played 4 pool stage games winning 1, drawing 2 and losing 1. We faced Sedbergh, Kirkham Grammar, Kings Chester and Merchant Taylors-all are either private or selective schools. Unfortunately we didn’t make it into the semi […]

Yesterday, I took a small troop of bard-enthusiasts to London to get the lowdown on his place of work: The Globe.   After an early start, a prompt train from Piccadilly (!) and a scoot across the city (marshalled by Lucy J) we were outside his office for a tour. We learned about how Shakespeare crafted […]

We took Year 10 on a History trip to London on Monday and Tuesday this week. They were treated to a discussion on 19th century surgery in the Old Operating Theatre followed by a tour of the Whitechapel area following the murders of Jack the Ripper. On the Tuesday they visited the Wellcome Collection and the […]

This week our Year 12 A Level Business Studies students took part in a Tutor2U grade booster workshop in Manchester.  The workshop provides an interactive, intensive and engaging learning environment where students can develop their exam technique and revise core content. The workshop is designed and delivered by experienced AQA examiner presenters, all of whom […]

On Monday, four of our keenest Year 10 mathematicians attended a Maths Feast event at Ashton-upon-Mersey, run by the AMSP (Advanced Maths Support Programme).  The event gives students the opportunity to engage in a 2.5 hour session of fun problem solving and the final verdict from the students was a resounding ‘thumbs up’.  A fantastic morning with […]

Year 12 Film Studies students were given the opportunity to participate in a Kooth competition, and I am delighted to report that two students were shortlisted.   Martha Adams received an invitation to attend several online masterclasses and was also selected to travel to London for an in-person workshop with industry professionals.   Martha shared […]

This week’s motion – that prisoners should be allowed to vote in elections – was always going to be decided on who characterized prisoners best: are prisoners all mindless deviants who have broken the moral code and need to be punished severely as a warning to others, or are they rather damaged and vulnerable individuals […]

On Thursday – World Book Day too – we took the A Level Literature cohort to Stratford-Upon-Avon for the day. After a lovely walk and a bit of cafe culture, we headed for Shakespeare’s birthplace after taking in some of the other landmarks. In the afternoon, we embarked at the RSC to watch ‘Hamlet’ – […]

World Book Day 2025 was a fantastic celebration, filled with fun, creativity, and, of course, plenty of books. As always, staff got into the spirit, dressing up in fabulous costumes—proving once again that reading isn’t just educational, it’s entertaining too!   The Maths Department made sure the day was both fun and educational, while the English […]

This week marked the start of our suite of English Masterclasses and Workshops. We had over 45 children attend, and would like even more as the weeks go on, and we ramp-up to Summer ’25!   Our focus this week was on Viewpoint writing (Paper 2 Language, Section B) and Power and Conflict Poetry (Paper […]

On Tuesday our Year 11 Netball team travelled down to Loughborough for the Sisters n Sport National finals. It took a while to get into it, but despite their best efforts, the team unfortunately lost to Plymouth College.    Following this we went on a tour of the University, getting a closer look at the excellent […]

Last half-term’s ‘Library of Legends’ winners were: Megan Laffly, Sophie Halliwell, James Roberts, James Kirkup, Megan Crellin, Oscar Curran, William Moors, Paige Fanshawe, Oliver Freer, Isla Senior, Samanta Ismailaj and Lucy Gibson.   All these students have shown true dedication to their English studies and have really impressed their teachers. They earn a place on […]

 Congratulations to Timperley Hockey Club U14s, U16, and U18s Girls Hockey Teams and the Wellington pupils who have helped them to progress to quarter and semi finals respectively of the England Hockey Club Nationals tournament.   Wellington Student representatives: Year 12 Jess Jones, Lucy Gibson Year 11 Evie Scott, Holly Sims, Tilly Holland Year 10 Emily Girdlestone Year […]

On Monday this week, we had a visit from three elderly residents from a local care home along with two staff members. They came to visit a group of our Year 10 sociologists, bringing with them thoughtfully prepared Easter hampers. This was to say thank you for the Christmas Hampers we delivered in December, that […]

Eight GCSE English students attended a lecture Feminist Literary Theory after school on Thursday. ‘Mad, Bad and Dangerous’: an exploration of threatening women in literature and film’ was delivered by Mrs McNally, as part of Urmston Grammar School’s community lecture series, designed to provide a super-curricular opportunity for students, so they could experience university level […]

Today students debated whether former colonial countries should pay reparations to former colonies. The proposition, led by the government speakers, argued that due to the numerous crimes of the imperialist countries towards the colonised, it is necessary for reparations, to begin to redress the harm caused. They contended that reparations are vital to create a […]

Congratulations to the U14 girls hockey team who took part and won the Trafford Hockey event on Wednesday evening! With some super displays down the right wing, the goals began to pour in. With wins over Sale Grammar and St Bedes and a draw against Lymm they brought home the medals! Well done to all […]

The Interschool Book Awards 2025 came to a fantastic close with one clear message—everyone was a winner! This celebration of books, creativity, and teamwork brought together students from across local schools, each showcasing their passion for reading in their own unique way.   Cat and Joanne, our brilliant judges from Trafford Libraries, had the tough […]

Year 12 began exploring their Post-18 options in earnest on Wednesday. In a morning session in the Adshead Hall, the students used the Unifrog tools to consider potential careers and university courses suited to their skills, interests and personalities.    This was the followed by their descent en masse to Manchester Central, where the UCAS […]

The Northern Round of the Cambridge University Schools Debating Competition took place last weekend in York, and three of our teams were there to compete: Sourish Chanda and Jaden Chiu, Saleha Hashemi and Dilara Gencer, and Maiko Fairbrother and Georgia Holmes. The motions proved to be quite challenging – debating whether authors of fiction should […]

Another fabulous Sponsored Walk – raising money for Friends of Frankie in partnership with SUDC UK  

Congratulations to the U16 boys hockey team who took part in the North West tournament on Thursday. A trip to Sedbergh saw 14 young men shine once again representing Wellington School. They came a terrific third place, beating Wirral Grammar and St Anselm’s with plenty of goals from Finn O’Brien and superb defensive play by […]

This Monday, we had the pleasure of welcoming author Josh Silver to Wellington for an inspiring day of workshops and discussions. Best known for Happy Head, Dead Happy, and his latest novel Trauma land, Josh captivated our Year 10 students with his candid storytelling—not just about his books, but about his own journey through school, his career as […]

Yet more success.  After doing so well at the U14 North West event we were hopeful for a great display at the U13 Greater Manchester tournament this week. The girls did not disappoint. Coming second in their pool after beating AGGS 8-0, we went on to face Stockport Grammar in the semis who thought they […]

The results of the Intermediate Maths Challenge are back!  Well done to everyone who took part. There was an impressive show of gold, silver and bronze awards, with Jimi and William qualifying to sit the follow-on Grey Kangaroo Challenge on Thursday 20th March.  Here are some of the Year 9’s and 10’s who were presented […]

This week’s motion – ‘This house regrets the commercialisation of childhood.’ – was the last chance for our teams to practice before the last big competition of the year – Cambridge University Schools Debating Competition – with the Northern Round in York all day tomorrow: a long, gruelling day of four competitive debates against the […]

Over the half term holidays, some of our pupils flew to Calgary, Canada to take part in the inaugural “World Youth Open”, with their dodgeball team Altrincham Dodgers, representing the UK. The competition was played in a different format of dodgeball to what they are used to playing. In Europe, we play a 5-ball cloth […]

Year 9 have been off timetable periods 1-4 today taking part in some STEM activities. They have launched rockets, investigated polluted water, tried insect protein, made structures out of spaghetti and marshmallows, programmed robots and learnt about fractals. This is the third year the STEM day has run and it has again been a big […]

Well done to the 71 Year 10’s who received a rewards breakfast today for completing their Bronze DofE award. It was lovely to celebrate your success with waffles and hot chocolate. Well done year 10 from the DofE team. Ms Baker    

This week, we took 236 Year 7 students away to the Conwy Centre in Anglesey. The Year 7 students were amazing, impressing both our staff but more importantly the centre staff. “In the whole 20 years I have worked here at the centre, the pupils have been the most organised and ‘on it’ ever!” was a […]

Welly has had a visit from our little furry friend Portia.  Lots of cuddles for the students, spreading love in her valentines themed jumper 🙂. Year 13 even squeezed in some cuddles for good luck before their final psychology Mock exam. Mrs T-C

On Monday this week, we had the absolute pleasure of gathering at Wellington School for the Interschool Book Awards—a celebration of reading, creativity, and some truly delicious cake! The event brought together students and librarians from Altrincham College, Wellington School, and The Girls’ Grammar to showcase their favourite shortlisted books, which they did with enthusiasm […]

On Wednesday members of Sing and the Year 10 Music GCSE group were treated to a vocal workshop and singing masterclass run by Nicole Boardman, a classically trained opera singer who also teaches at LIPA and Trafford Music service. They students participated in different types of vocal warm up exercises and games – the most […]

Four of Wellington’s debating teams – Jessica Bell and Ella Goodman, Maiko Fairbrother and Georgia Holmes, Sufyaan Farid and Daniel Johnson, Dilara Gencer and Saleha Hashemi – went to the qualifying round of the Oxford University School’s in Sheffield this week to compete, with Mr Murphy and Mr Fenwick. The first motion was whether convicts […]

This half term, the staff book club gathered at The Moss Trooper to discuss Butter by Asako Yuzuki, a book that sparked lively conversation, mixed opinions, and some fascinating insights into Japanese culture. The novel delves into the life of a female serial killer, inspired by a real-life case, and explores themes of women in society, identity, […]

Congratulations to both of the Year 8 Dodgeball teams who attended the Regional Championships on Monday this week.  The students involved had committed to several training sessions a week since the start of term to prepare for this event.  Both teams went through the rounds of the tournament unbeaten – notably our B team beating Wright […]

As part of Children’s Mental Health Week various agencies came into school to work alongside staff to deliver a range of activities for our students, all focussed around health.  We all know too well the intersectionality between physical health, safety and mental health.  There were guest speakers from Manchester NHS, THRIVE, GMP, Talkshop, Trafford Sleep […]

On Thursday, 22 Year 12 students spent the morning at Cheadle Hulme High School for the launch conference of HE+. This is an academic enrichment programme led by the University of Cambridge and runs from January of Year 12 to September of Year 13. Students applied for the scheme in the Autumn term and those […]

A huge well done to everyone who submitted a creative response for this Year’s Lunar New Year Celebration. We were blown away by the variety of work created. Well done from us all in the Art Department!

A great final debate before our debating teams head off to the Oxford University Schools’ Debating Competition. This week we debated whether parents should be prosecuted for the crimes of their children. A great topic that led to all sorts of very interesting points, but the Government, or Proposition, had its work cut out: usually […]

Year 10 Media Studies pupils attended an online BBC Radio 1 masterclass with presenters Vicky Hawksworth and Nat O’Leary who were discussing their route into the radio industry and the production process of making a radio programme. They addressed why social media platforms such as TikTok are so important to their show. This linked in […]

Congratulations to Holly Laing, Charlotte Brown, Evie Kilgariff from Year 8 and Abigail Girdlestone from Year 7 who have all been selected to represent the North West U13 in hockey. They are all looking forward to playing in Nottingham in the forthcoming weeks and we will keep you updated with their results. Good luck girls! […]

As it was the final Science club of the half term we put on one of our all-time favourite Science experiments: making soda snakes! Students made up a base of sand which had sugar (the fuel) and bicarbonate of soda (a source of carbon dioxide) which they then soaked with ethanol and ignited. The results […]

This week our Year 12 Business Students visited London as part of the departments enrichment programme. The highlight of the first day was a visit to the Museum of Brands to investigate the importance of branding and packaging. The students took a journey through the history of branding, before redesigning the packaging for a number […]

On Wednesday a group of Wellington students from Years 10,11 and 13 attended a lecture on ‘Postcolonial Theory, Literature and Film’ at Urmston Grammar School. A part of Urmston Grammar School’s Community Lecture Series, designed to provide a super-curricular opportunity for students to experience university level teaching with an expert in their field, this lecture […]

On Tuesday, 28th January, 28 Year 9 pupils attended a Life in Germany workshop at IWM North in Salford, in recognition of Holocaust Memorial Day. This insightful workshop, facilitated by the museum, offered students the opportunity to examine and engage with artefacts from both Weimar and Nazi Germany, providing a unique perspective on the lives […]

At the GCSE Design & Technology (Textiles) taster lesson Year 9 students worked collaboratively as a design team to create and model their design and making skills to create a toile (a prototype garment) from recycled paper. Students were tasked to create a design for a high profile event or occasion and took inspiration from historical […]

Another fantastic night of hockey. The Year 8 team played in a small tournament on Wednesday, putting 4 goals past Loreto alone! There were moments of super speed down the wings and strong tackles in the D. Evie and Charlotte received girl of the game from the oppositions but a huge well done to Holly […]

Politics students (perhaps more Mr Scott) were starstruck on Monday morning when the one and only Professor Sir John Curtice imparted some of his political knowledge and wisdom upon them. Curtice was the headline act of a cast of political analysts who delivered their judgements on the 2024 UK General Election via Zoom as part […]

This week’s debate on whether we should ban online anonymity was a well fought battle between two diametrically opposed schools of thought: does anonymity give us freedom to be who we want to be, or does it merely supercharge the nastiness of online abuse, feeding a no consequence culture where we can say the most […]

On Monday, 4 of our Year 12 German students attended the German Careers Roadshow at Liverpool University. This was run by the Goethe Institute and gave students the chance to attend talks and workshops on studying German at degree level, the year abroad and how to use their German skills to apply for jobs. Students […]

Congratulations to Daisy who has just taken part in the Edge Cup skating competition in Poland. Daisy came 16/15/16th in the 3 sections out of 28 high standard skaters from around the world. She finished 16th overall and achieved personal best scores in both pattern dances. Well Done Daisy on this fabulous achievement! Mrs Thomson

It was a privilege to be a part of our whole school production of Oliver! this week. The performances by the students were fantastic however the orchestra or pit band deserve a special mention. Their perrformance in our school musical of Oliver was nothing short of miraculous. Given only a week to prepare they rose […]

On Friday 29th November, the GCSE Food classes went on a visit to Trafford College, where they learnt how to fillet a fish. Paul Taylor from Trafford College then vacuum packed the fish for us to bring back to school where it has been kept in the freezer ready for cooking. This week we have […]

What a lovely morning we had at BTH on Thursday for a Pantathlon XTend event. There were multiple schools in attendance and each school took part in various adapted multi skills activities. Points were scored on each event and the over all winners were picked with a combination of total points as well as fair […]

Congratulations to 2 of our students on their recent exam success on their respective instruments. Ella Chan in Year 8 has passed her ABRSM Grade 5 Piano exam with Distinction whilst Harrison Ewart in Year 9 has also passed his ABRSM Grade 2 Trombone exam with Merit. Well done both of you. Mrs Moorhouse

For this years Holocaust Memorial Service at Sale Waterside some of our Year 9 students were introduced to the work of Mel Bochner, an American Jewish artist who was a pioneer in using text as visual art. They have thought about how we can inform our lives today and ensure that everyone works together to […]

We are thrilled to announce that Martha Adams in Year 12 has emerged as a winner in the prestigious competition by Kooth with her winning drawing. Kooth is an online mental wellbeing community, who were offering young people aged 15-18 across the UK a unique opportunity to win a place on the Kooth Future Council. […]

Today students debated whether parents should install spy-wear to monitor their children’s online activity. The proposition, the government speakers, argued convincingly that lack of spy-wear on online activity is reckless as it leads to children being exposed to harmful content and influences. The opposition argued that spy-wear would breach the privacy of children and restrict […]

As you will be aware for this year’s sponsored walk we are raising money for the fabulous charity Friends of Frankie. We were delighted to welcome Sarah Grogan to School this week to talk to the whole school about Frankie and the fantastic work that the charity does. We can’t wait for the walk on […]

On Tuesday, Emilia Howarth, Year 12 delivered a speech at Trafford Waterside centre for Holocaust Memorial Day where she talked about her inspirational Lessons from Auschwitz project, an organisation set on spreading awareness and education on the Holocaust. From her inspirational visit Emila has created a piece of art where she has tried to capture […]

Trafford Music Service has recently set up a Youth Choir (Youth Voices) on a Monday evening 5.00 – 6.20 at the Claremont Music Centre which has no cost to students to join. They are aiming to get as many singers as they can, and already have a good range of SATB voices but the more […]

Year 9 had great fun with Steve Eadon from Mingalaba on Monday. He delivered an inspiring assembly to the whole of Year 9 on his experiences working for Arsenal FC and how languages enabled him to progress in his career. It was so interesting to hear of the possible jobs at a Football Club, so […]

Well done to Abigail Girdlestone in 7EDO, who has been selected to represent the North West Hockey team! Abigail has worked super hard towards this goal and it is evident the hard work is paying off! Well done Abigail and good luck!!! Miss Crewe

Already starting the second volume, we are all no so deeply enmeshed in the lives and loves of so many of Tolstoy’s characters, that there’s no looking back, and we feel we have to read on until the end – no matter how far away it is. What will happen to Prince Nikolay Bolkonsky? Will […]

Should healthcare be considered a social service, with the very best care freely available to all, or should it instead be a profit-making business? The Proposition – the Government Speakers – began to set out a very strong case for seeing healthcare as a social service: this was the case that would most likely appeal […]

Half of Year 9 took part in a careers event on Thursday. Eighteen volunteers from industry with a wide range of experience in a variety of sectors acted as mentors to small groups of students who competed against each other across four tasks. Each task was aimed at highlighting the transferable employability skills students will […]

Our Social Science trip to Krakow this week was an incredibly enriching experience. We took 35 Year 11 and 13 students and I am so proud of them all for their positive, thoughtful, and reflective attitude throughout. The trip offered a perfect blend of cultural exploration and historical education, and the students embraced each moment […]

Congratulations to Ashley, Anthony and Edward who participated in the Senior UK Maths Challenge and qualified for the follow-on Kangaroo Challenge.  The questions, as always, were tricky and required expert problem solving skills.  The results of our three year 13 students were impressive and their enthusiasm for the Challenge was a credit to Wellington school.  A […]

I imagine that many of us received a book voucher this Christmas. But what should we do with it? As the temperature drops, blankets are brought out of the cupboard and a hot cup of chocolate seems like an increasingly good idea, how about buying a book that will bring comfort too? Why not check […]

On Wednesday, Mrs McDonnell and I, and the full A Level Literature cohort went on a lovely little treat to Waterstones in Altrincham – kindly dropped-off by the lovely Mrs Firth. Each pupil had written a brief reading profile and then everyone received a name at random! We then explored the store (after a lovely […]

The Year 8/9 Rock Band visited Green Velvet Studios on Thursday to record their version of ‘Merry Christmas Everyone’. This was an exciting opportunity for the rock band to work with professional studio engineers to record the song that they had been working on for the carol service. The students in the rock band were […]

The Trussell Trust people were delighted with the contribution the school and all our students had made, when we dropped it off earlier this week. The Sixth formers were keen to take it down to the sorting area, and this wouldn’t be possible unless our amazing site staff helped facilitate this, taking it down there […]

Well done to Jet ( 7MCE, pictured), Daniel ( 8LGE) and Leo (9JBN) for borrowing the most books in their respective years! Jet has borrowed and read 30 books this term which may be some kind of record. Thank you also to all who bought books from the recent Scholastic book fair; the school earned […]

Congratulations to all participants in the Wicked film competition, where the challenge was to create a social media post to promote the film. The Year 12 Film Studies students faced a challenging task in selecting a single winner, and they ultimately chose an outstanding entry from Eden Henderson Y10. Congratulations to Eden who has received a £15 […]

This week saw our first Christmas Dodgeball Tournament attended by over 30 students and staff.  Teams were awarded extra points for persuading a teacher to join their team – well done and thanks to Mr Gleave and Mr Roberts for joining in.  Teams also had bonus points for their Christmas outfits, which were soon discarded […]

This half-term’s Library of Legends students are as follows: Chloe Yuen, Micah Ng, Leo Blomley, Abby Moore, Lucy Johnson, Francesca Wright, Daisy Gellatly, Gabriella Hallmark, Summer Markham, Harry Shea, Leyla Shi. Their teachers had this to say about them: Chloe Yuen: ‘Chloe always puts her absolute best effort into her homework. She is reading some […]

This week, Year 12 Film Studies students had their first showcase for their short films. The project involved watching a short film ‘Connect’ to use as inspiration to create their own short film. I was truly impressed by their creativity. To celebrate their efforts, we held a mini awards session. And the Oscar for best […]

This week, pupils in Creative Media have been building up their practical skills and have completed some basic camera and editing activities. A homework project was set to complete a mini film titled ‘The Journey’ documenting a simple journey with some creative camera shots. Leah Saward and Lucy Johnson both submitted exceptional pieces and are […]

This November, the much-anticipated Get Your Geography Geek On event took place at Wellington, and it was a resounding success! Geographers from across the region gathered for a day filled with insightful discussions, exciting presentations, and networking opportunities. The event, focused on subject-specific professional development, offered attendees the chance to deepen their knowledge of Geography while also […]

Some festive fun was had on Monday evening for the hockey players. They donned their Christmas hats and head boppers and played an inter-Wellington tournament with students from years 7-11. There was even some dancing from the Year 9 girls! Well done to all those who have played so far this year; we look forward […]

Upon reading the first volume, 313 pages, of this novel, the reader will get a clear idea of how Tolstoy wants us to consider war: it is not the romantic thing of old adventure novels. And nor is it littered with heroes: the great hero of the time – Napoleon – is revealed by Tolstoy […]

7R have worked tirelessly hard this year and their teachers decided they deserved a treat! On Thursday morning – after a call from Lapland – a special delivery came into Miss Spencer’s English lesson where pupils all received a goody bag full of books… from Horrible Histories to A Christmas Carol. Even our Y13 English Literature elves came along to […]

On Monday, as a lovely, festive way of beginning our last week of term, 14 of our year 10 sociology students went and delivered Christmas Hampers to a local care home. We have had a lovely, festive morning and were able to meet a small number of residents. Despite not seeing everyone, we delivered enough […]

Thank you for your wonderful generosity on Christmas Jumper Day. We’ve managed to raise an amazing 573.60 for Friends of Frankie in partnership with SUDC UK. There was a lot of sparkle around school today and staff and students looked very festive. We were even treated to a roast turkey hat, light up llamas and […]

On Thursday 13th December our sixth form artists visited the new immersive David Hockney exhibition. The exhibition cycles through six different chapters of his life in a 360 degree show. It was incredible and one of the most awe-inspiring exhibitions we have all ever seen. The show is running until the end of January at […]

The U14 mixed team played in the Trafford Hockey tournament on Wednesday and despite drawing with Sale Grammar they won the event! There was plenty of midfield action from Ben and Orla and lots to do for Ava, the keeper too. Erin Hewitt received player of the tournament and made some super tackles in midfield. […]

Year 10 Full Course REP students spent Friday afternoon making their Christingles. We have recently been exploring the story of Jesus’ birth in great depth, looking at how the accounts of Luke and Matthew differ, and why Christmas is more than just a time to give and receive gifts for Christians. Miss Crump

Meet the team who have been organising and sorting your generous contributions to our school foodbank. The 6th form team were there weekly going around the tutor groups and making sure that all the donations were collected. Next week we will be delivering to the local Trussell Trust, so families who need it in our community […]

After an introductory session showcasing a range of problem solving skills, students worked on several tasks involving consecutive numbers.  Having warmed up their mathematical minds, students worked in teams of 4, to tackle an eclectic mix of ten thought provoking questions. After lunch, there was a talk outlining the style of questions that might be […]

What a great afternoon on Wednesday for our male swimmers. We had swimmers from all year groups competing, with multiple boys swimming up an age group. Our Year 8 team was made up of Jackson and Josh, with Year 7s Harry and Ethan making up the numbers. They finished 5th overall, with Ethan smashing his 50m […]

On Monday lunchtime we marked the conclusion of the annual CyberFirst Girls Competition with a little celebration event. All 30 participants were presented with certificates and the final team scores were announced. The winning team from Wellington were ‘Beautiful Ducks’ who scored a whopping 4810 points. Whilst they were not successful in winning the national […]

A huge well done to our Year 11 Netball team who beat Congleton High School 31-13 last night in the Sisters n Sport North U16 Trophy to secure a place in the North Finals! We await to hear if they will play Sale Grammar or Rishworth School in the final. This is the furthest point […]

On Friday 6th December, the History Department braved the cold and the M6 to take 47 Year 7 pupils to Warwick Castle. We learned all about the Castle’s early life as an Anglo-Saxon fortress, how it then developed into a Norman Motte and Bailey in 1068 and eventually how it became the Stone Keep you see today. We […]

Christmas came early on Wednesday – we all enjoyed a fabulous Christmas Dinner at lunchtime in the Dining Hall! Mr Tomlinson        

Tickets for the school show, Oliver! are now on sale.  Show dates are:  – Tuesday 21st January  – Wednesday 22nd January  – Thursday 23rd January  The link to book is below. https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/wellington-school  Thank you Miss Pusey 

On Friday evening some Wellington Staff took part in Wreath Making.    We are all feeling very festive now and have some wonderful wreaths to hang on our doors this Christmas!   Mrs Kearney  

Last week (Wednesday 4th December) six of our Year 10 students competed in the WorldWise Quiz organised by the Geographical Associated, which was hosted at MMU.    There have been a number of weekly heats and an exceptional amount of revision in preparation for the quiz. In team one was Daisy Bennett, James Kirkup and […]

Thank you to all who supported the RBL’s Poppy Appeal. As a school, we were able to raise a wonderful £173.53.  Mr Gerschler

Are Parenting Licenses a good idea? Should we force parents, all parents, to pass an exam before they are allowed to become parents? And stop those who fail to pass the test?  Obviously, this is a bad idea, but it was up to the Proposition – the Government Speakers – to convince the judges that […]

A huge thank you to everyone for your contributions to the CAFT Christmas Appeal.   You donated over 200 gifts, that were collected to be wrapped and shared with their visitors over the Christmas period. They are on track to deliver what they pledged – 3,700 visits for children who need it most, across the […]

The Scholastic Book Fair will be in the LRC until Thursday the 12th December ; fiction and non- fiction for sale, perfect Christmas presents for the book worms in the family! Parents/carers are welcome to come and browse and buy from 3-4pm – the more we sell the more free books we will get for the […]

All Year 11s and Sixth Formers were visited by Matt Leigh from The Apprenticeship Support and Knowledge in Schools Programme (ASK) on Wednesday. During a 40 minute seminar in the Adshead Hall, students received guidance on the range of apprenticeships open to school-leavers, where to search for apprenticeships and how to find and apply for […]

Our new cohort of budding Scientists and returning Year 8s and 9s have thoroughly enjoyed our combustion demonstrations this week. We had some keen volunteers as Mr Stafford and Dr Lane put on a fiery show with some key concepts about chemical reactions! We had some methane bubbles and burning icing sugar just to mention […]

If you’re looking for some Christmas cheer this weekend Altrincham’s Concert Orchestra, led by our very own upper strings teacher Mrs Clare Woodward, are hosting their Christmas Concert on Sunday 8th December at 3pm at the Altrincham United Reformed Church in Hale. It will be an afternoon of ranging from silver screen soundtracks to festive favourites […]

This week has seen many new faces playing hockey and making their debut for various teams. On Monday the U16 boys played Sandbach boys and due to illness Jude Conyers stepped in to support them. We faced a strong opposition but Jude opened the scoring to much delight! James Court played fantastically well in goal […]

Our Race Equality Council were invited to Altrincham Grammar School for Boys to attend a meeting with 7 other schools in the Alliance. We took 7 amazing students who engaged with students from other schools about how they can liaise with the community, plan events and promote their work on social media. We were blown […]

Congratulations to all participants of the tutor Film Quiz!   The winners from each year group are as follows: Year 7 ACE, Year 8 GBN, Year 9 JBN, Year 10 BSN, and Year 11 FBE.   Additionally, the winners of the ‘Book to Film’ quiz are: Mya Ottobo, Megan Chadwick, Ella Wood, Izzy Hawthorn, James […]

This week we debated whether the Just Stop Oil movement is counter-productive. Yes, it makes a lot of noise, but does it actually achieve anything? The Proposition were much stronger this week, as they had a clearer structure to their argument – that there was, or would be, a backlash to the tactics adopted by […]

The Year 9/10 Dodgeball teams took part in the first North West regional tournament for their age group at Eccles Sixth Form College on Monday.  Seven teams entered and games were played as a round-robin tournament.  Our girls’ team, one of only 2 girls’ teams at the event, therefore played most of their games against […]

Good luck to Jovie Ho in Year 9 in her first 3 day training camp with Team GB Taekwondo!   Jovie is one of only 20 youngsters nationally who have been selected by the GB Taekwondo Development Programme this year. She is an incredibly talented athlete who shows complete dedication to her sport and all […]

A modern reader might well be unsure about some of Tolstoy’s characters. Are we meant to like them? Feel for them? We have lots of characters who feel things a great deal – they are in floods of tears or filled to bursting with emotions at every juncture. What are we to make of these […]

Sixth Formers have been busy decorating our school Christmas trees – one in the main reception, one in the Adshead Hall, one in the Sixth Form Common Room and one in Private Study. That’s a lot of sparkle! Thank you to all our festive helpers for giving up their time, they did a fabulous job. […]

With the wonderful range of languages spoken by our School community, 48 Y7 pupils were keen to train as Young Interpreter Buddies with Miss Hitchens on Friday.  Pupils completed three training sessions which explored empathising with pupils who speak English as an additional language, learning how to be a buddy for new pupils and coming up with […]

On Friday 29th November, the GCSE Food classes went on a visit to Trafford College, where they learnt how to fillet a fish. Mr Paul Taylor, the Catering Programme Lead, worked with pupils showing them how to remove the scales, head and guts from the fish before they then filleted it and removed the bones. […]

Huge congratulations to the girls U14 hockey team who represented Greater Manchester at the North West tournament on Tuesday. We topped our pool easily beating Kirkby Stephen Grammar and King William College from the Isle of Man. We then faced Kings Macclesfield in the semi final. Despite putting up a strong fight we came second […]

On Wednesday, 36 Year 8 students took part in the Faraday challenge which is a national engineering competition. The students designed and built prototypes which would be used to improve peoples lives and then gave a presentation to a panel of judges who chose a winning group. Well done to all the students, the visiting […]

On Thursday 28th November, we took a small group of students on a Christmas themed visit to CAFT. The students fed the animals then enjoyed a festive show in the woodland  with Magician Whacky Woody. They also took part in marshmallow toasting and hot chocolate around an open fire. After lunch in the ‘Hangout’, the […]

Year 12 Film students participated in the Kooth Future Council competition, which offers the opportunity to join the council, attend masterclasses and collaborate with expert influencers. The challenge was to create a product addressing the question, “How do you overcome negative emotions?” Our class winner was Lily Scott, with Martha Adams as the runner-up; both […]

On Tuesday 26th November, Year 13 Spanish pupils spent the day at Home cinema in Manchester for an A-level study day. The day started with a university style lecture which set out a brief synopsis of the film they were going to watch and details of the director, Pilar Palermo. This was led by Dr […]

On Wednesday 27th November, 13 of our keenest Year 9’s attended a Stemette day at the Bank of America Financial Centre in Chester.    The event was focussed on working in teams to create a futuristic 3D theme park using TinkerCad and, to bring their creations to life, the students generated AI images using Gencraft.   After […]

The Media and Film Department has organised a variety of activities this week in celebration of film. Pupils engaged in tutor-led quizzes, viewed short films, and had the chance to enter the ‘Into Film’ Wicked competition for a chance to win an iPad and cinema tickets. Additionally, Year 10 Creative Media students attended career-focused sessions, […]

Year 10 and 11 GCSE REP students had a fantastic day in Liverpool on Tuesday. It was a jam-packed day of philosophical exploration; starting with the argument from design via the space exhibition in the World Museum followed by a gruesome viewing of the mummies, with students encouraged to think about competing theories of the […]

Tickets for the school show, Oliver! are now on sale.  Show dates are:  – Tuesday 21st January  – Wednesday 22nd January  – Thursday 23rd January  The link to book is below. https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/wellington-school  Thank you Miss Pusey   

Last week, 20 Year 9 students competed in GCHQ’s National Language Competition. The students thoroughly enjoyed developing their language and problem-solving skills throughout the week. The students completed a range of tasks in a large variety of languages to break the code and win points. Some students particularly enjoyed the quizzes related to film titles […]

On Tuesday a mixed group of Biology students from Year 12 and 13 travelled into Manchester to attend the Biology in Action seminar conference. There were 5 sessions during the conference with leading scientists discussing a range of Biology topics from how to save an almost extinct species to what it would be like if […]

The U14 boys’ hockey team had the opportunity to play longer games at the Trafford Tournament on Wednesday with only 2 other teams to play against.  The first game was against our own girls’ team – fresh from their success at the North West Tournament this week.  The boys played a great defensive game against […]

This week we debated whether or not space exploration is a waste of time. Yes, it costs a lot of money, and that money could be spent on other things. But do we get anything out of space exploration programmes in various countries? Do we need them? The Year 12 team of Jessica Bell and […]

Tickets for the school show, Oliver! are now on sale.  Show dates are:  – Tuesday 21st January  – Wednesday 22nd January  – Thursday 23rd January  The link to book is below. https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/wellington-school  Thank you Miss Pusey 

On November 15th, to celebrate Geography Awareness Week, the department hosted a Cake Competition for Key Stage 3. The event aimed to combine the skills of baking with an appreciation for the subject of Geography. Students from various year groups participated, showcasing their creativity by designing cakes inspired by geographical features, landmarks, and cultures from […]

It is fantastic to see many of our students participating in music activities not only in the Department but also taking advantage of the opportunities that our local music service and organisations offer.   Lucas in Year 8 recently spent the day at Cheetham’s School Of Music, the UK’s largest specialist music school, for a […]

Pupils in Anime Club have taken part in a recent competition to draw characters from their favourite Anime and/or Manga. We have had some absolutely brilliant entries, some of which have been completed on an I-pad, alongside some pencil drawings and coloured hand-drawn images. The following pupils are to be congratulated for their fantastic winning […]

Tolstoy’s portrayal of women – though this was a novel from a hundred and fifty years ago (and set over two hundred years ago – at the height of the Napoleonic Wars) – is seen to be problematic. Beautiful women are presented as dangerous, and women are classed according to their appearance (whereas men are […]

This week we debated whether or not the British Monarchy is fit for purpose any longer. Unfortunately, the whole debate revolved around money: were King Charles and Co value for money? Debaters compared Paris (dead king) with London (living king) to make the case for or against the monarchy: doesn’t Paris have more tourists? Would […]

Just before half term we were lucky enough to be visited by 3 members of the Bowdon Church Choir who spoke to our singers about the opportunities available to choristers at Bowdon. They were very impressed with the interest that our students showed and it would be a fantastic opportunity for any young chorister.    […]

In celebration of World Origami Day, on 11th November, we had a go at assembling our own tower of Columbus cubes. Participants of Maths Club made a special design of a cube, in that one vertex was turned inside out so that with some careful manoeuvring they could be stacked to form a tower. Our […]

The school’s debating season got off to a flying start last weekend, when seven of our debating teams competed against a range of schools from the North of England at Lancaster University’s Annual Schools Debating Competition. This was the first debating competition of the year, and for these students their first ever competition, so our […]

Wednesday saw the project-phase of our Year 7 ‘Make Home ‘Work’ Scheme. Over the last few weeks, every Year 7 tutor has supported pupils with advice and skills from organising their planner to researching a project.    Over the last fortnight, pupils chose a subject brief to complete which allowed them to explore an Arts-based […]

On Saturday 9th November – Tuesday 12th November  the Geography department took 42 students (from Year 11 and Year 13) to Iceland, as expected the students represented Wellington amazingly and got stuck in with all the activities. Thank you to Lily M (Year 11) for writing the overview of our trip below, I could not have […]

The Wellington History Department are very lucky to work closely with the Jewish Fed and, as a result of this, 8 Year 13 pupils were selected to become Guardians of the stories of two remarkable Holocaust survivors; Anne Super and Gisela Feldman. This means that our pupils have learned with and from these two amazing […]

Massive well done to our girls’ swimming team!   Our Year 7s and 10s finished 2nd in Trafford, with the Year 8s finishing 3rd.    Special shout outs to Isolde, Evie and Chloe for finishing 1st in their heats, and the Year 7 relay team for finishing 1st in their heat too!   Miss Challinor  

The wellbeing and anti-bullying leaders have been quite busy this week.  In order to start the week and raise awareness, a small group of the leaders created the Monday message for the school.  It was amazing to witness so many children wearing their odd socks and demonstrating their support for the cause on Tuesday.  In […]

This week (10th-17th) is interfaith week! This is an opportunity to celebrate the diversity of faiths within our school community and celebrate difference (perfect that it has been anti-bullying week as well!) but also the similarities that many world faiths share and the importance of being aware of different beliefs and practices within our local […]

The first A Level Booster session ran on Wednesday evening this week. All 5 students took part in an online session run by Isaac Computer Science.  It was a fantastic session with all students engaging fully. The course was delivered online through teams and was activity based and really engaging.   Isaac Computer Science run […]

Our Year 10 netballers opened up their season with an impressive 23-13 win over BTH.    Lots of brilliant play from all, with Jess being awarded the Girl of the Game.   Well done everyone.   Miss Challinor  

Every November, Wellington School volunteers to sell poppies as part of the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal. The poppy became a symbol of Remembrance after the First World War. Although the tradition of Remembrance began after the First World War, it has continued to include the service and sacrifice of people fighting for and alongside […]

This year marks the 20th year of the National Inspirational Maths show for teenagers.  37 of our students were lucky enough to attend the sold out show at the Royal Northern College of Music.   There were four speakers who explored topics varying from designing the London Olympic stadium to exploring the Maths behind musical notes:  would […]

The Year 10/11 Girls had a cracking game in the Greater Manchester Cup on Tuesday evening away at Flixton Girls School. The standard was fantastic and both teams had a great game. The game ended 5-5 and Wellington won 5-4 on penalties! So proud of you girls – you stuck with it and fought to […]

Congratulations to all the hockey players from this week; it’s been a busy one!   The year 7 girls had their Trafford tournament on Wednesday. With great support from parents on the sideline, the girls played fantastically and won all their games! They scored a total of 13 goals and it was a debut for our […]

Over the past fortnight, Year 9 Historians have had the opportunity to handle some artefacts from the First World War. We were very lucky to be able to borrow a loan box of items from the Imperial War Museum North and every Year 9 class had the opportunity to study these items in a History lesson. It […]

The Year 7 boys team made its debut in the Trafford Hockey tournament on Wednesday evening.  They had a mixed set of results with 1 win against St Bedes B, a draw against Sale Grammar and losses against Knutsford and St Bedes A.  Ollie Breeze-Marsh made an outstanding debut as goalkeeper.      They played with […]

  We’re still in the thick of war in Europe in 1805. The French army, under Napoleon, are triumphant. The Austrians have been defeated and the Russian army are in flight. Two of our heroes Nikolay Rostov and Andrey Bolkonsky are caught up in the war, having both joined up, but they have very different […]

On Friday we welcomed 35 employers and providers of further education for what is our largest internally held careers event of the year. Year 11 were off-timetable for periods 1-4 and attended a series of workshops and met visiting organisations who had erected stands in the Adshead Hall. Workshops delivered by visitors from Trafford College […]

An impressive start to the Trafford league for our Year 7 netball team who played their first game on Wednesday away against Stretford Grammar. The team are still undefeated this year, winning with an impressive final score – 24-0.  Player of the match was Ava R. My player of the match was Rosie R.   Miss […]

Monday marked the day for the training of our new Anti-Bullying and wellbeing leaders.  What an amazing bunch they are!    I am so proud of how dynamic and caring our students are here at Wellington. Lots of ideas on the horizon.  Watch this space 🙂   Mrs Taylor-Crooke  

On Tuesday Year 8 started their Leadership Programme exploring their individual leadership skills. This module was based on the Conscious Leader, a greater awareness of student’s skills in being a leader and celebrating/accepting our unique skills to acknowledge others.    We analysed what leadership is, what makes good leaders, explored myths surrounding leadership. The students […]

The second volume opens with descriptions of the impending Russian-French war preparations. And many of our central characters are involved in the disastrous Battle of Austerlitz (1805). Prince Andrei is badly wounded as he attempts to rescue a Russian standard. Later in the battle Prince Andrei falls into enemy hands and even meets his hero, […]

Congratulations to the U13 girls hockey team who played in a Trafford tournament on Wednesday evening. It was a draw in every game which is unheard of for this team but there were still plenty of goals to enjoy. Stand out players were Emma Blackburn and Charlotte Brown who both performed exceptionally well. Well done to […]

This week we debated whether or not we should take down statues of people who profited from the slave trade. The debate centered on whether statues are used for remembering the past or celebrating it: does a statue of a slave-trader justify slavery, even cerebrate it, or just remember it. This debate was won and […]

Well done to the U13 boys hockey team this week.  They played in the Trafford tournament with all of our outfield players in Year 7, playing against Year 8 students.  They recorded losses against Lymm and Sale Grammar, but showed great grit and determination to get 2 draws, against our own Year 8 girls team […]

In Fashion Designers Club, Year 9 students have been refining their design, dressmaking, and sewing skills to create a distinctive fashion outfit which incorporates a corset style top and pleated asymmetric skirt to honor Remembrance Day. Throughout the term, they have worked as a team and have been dedicated to completing this project, which pays […]

The English department have awarded this half-term’s Library of Legends to the following students: Lucy Whittle, Kelly Doran Garrett, Sam Donahue, Evie Smith, Jacob Cleevely, Evie England, Mabel Bryce-Kisby, Isolde Powell, Florence Brown, Jessica Bell, Aida Kelly, Charlie Windram and Alexander Edwards.    Their teachers had this to say about them: Lucy Whittle- Lucy has […]

This week we debated whether euthanasia should be legalized: a topical debate considering how the country’s parliament is currently considering this issue. The speakers argued convincingly for both sides; however, it was the opposition speakers of Jessica Bell and Shelby Kong who won the debate, arguing how this motion would adversely affect already marginalized groups, […]

Congratulations to Emily Girdlestone Year 10 for getting her sponsorship from Rival.    Emily has worked really hard for this and plays at Greater Manchester U15 standard as well Timperley Hockey Club.    Miss Richards  

It was the Year 8’s turn for the Trafford Excite Dodgeball Tournament this week.  We took 2 teams of boys to the event. The teams started in different pools and played against BTH, Altrincham College and North Cestrian.  Both teams won their groups in style, which lead to a Wellington A versus Wellington B final.  […]

The inaugural staff book club kicked off with the Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker; the story of the Iliad  told in the words of Briseis, Trojan queen and captive of Achilles. Given only a few words in Homer’s epic and largely erased by history, she is nonetheless a pivotal figure in the Trojan War. […]

Congratulations to the girls U14 hockey team who took part in the GM tournament on Monday and go on to represent GM in the NW event in November. They beat Sale Gr, Loreto and drew with Withington to become overall winners on the day!    Well done to all the girls who each played a really […]

Congratulations to Jensen who competed at the International Acrobatics Cup at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland last weekend. It was the first time Jensen, and his new partner Grace had ever competed as a Mixed Pair, not only did they win a gold medal, but they also won the prestigious Annual Sharlene Slater Acro […]

The Year 10 Creative Media students started the course with great enthusiasm by engaging in a design project that closely resembles the final project they will undertake in Year 11. The students received a brief for a new film and were tasked with developing a promotional campaign aimed at effectively advertising it to the target […]

The money is still coming in . . .   But this year we have raised at LEAST a whopping £777 for Show Racism the Red Card- through selling bands/badges and a uniform swap.   A huge thank you to Mrs Golden and the Race Equality Council for selling the merchandise every day for last […]

Ada Lovelace day is celebrated every October to recognise the contributions of women in STEM, which are sometimes overlooked. We were lucky enough to be able to take 19 students to MONY Group – which have brands including MoneySuperMarket – for an industry experience event. The students got to meet inspiration people in the technology […]

Last Thursday our Year 7 girls netball team travelled away to Bury to play in a tournament against schools across Greater Manchester! Performing with high standards and confidence, the girls were undefeated in the group stages, safely making it through to the semi-finals. Winning the semi-finals convincingly against Cheadle Hulme High Schools, the team took […]

As part of the curriculum in A Level Psychology, students are required to plan and carry out experimental research.  One group were very creative and chose to explore if the teacher dressed in fancy dress encourages students to learn more effectively.  Luckily for us, they found this wasn’t the case so Mr Beeley won’t be […]

This week 2 Year 7 teams were entered into the Trafford ‘Excite’ Dodgeball tournament.  These events focus on fun and participation and are for students who would not normally have the opportunity to represent the school at sport.  The year 7 boys team played well and improved every game they played, winning the 3rd/4th place […]

An interesting debate this week on whether grammar schools should be banned. There were so many points on either side, covering how neurodivergent children would fare under either side of the debate, as well as underprivileged children, as well as the Arts – drama, painting and music: does the focus given to Mathematics and English […]

With the weather forecast predicting three days of torrential rain, we set off on Monday morning for the annual Year 13 A-Level Biology Field Trip. Overall, the weather was not as bad as predicted and there were even a few sunglasses moments amongst the showers. The Year 13 Biologists spent a fantastic three days learning […]

A huge thank you to everyone who took part in #HelloYellow! This year, thousands of incredible supporters across the country came together to stand out and show up for young people’s mental health.  By wearing yellow we helped show young people that they matter and that they deserve the support they need, when they need […]

Year 7 students took part in an amazing literary experience which may land them in the Guinness World Records book.     To celebrate National Poetry Day more than 200 Year 7 students at Wellington joined 1000s more across the country in a live lesson with professional poet Laura Mucha. During the event, she led […]

A level film students got a further glimpse into the fantastical world of the legendary comic antagonist The Joker when they took a trip to see the new Warner Brothers release.     As part of the modern American film studies unit of the exam, the students study the 2019 Joker film directed by Todd […]

Exciting opportunity for girls who enjoy puzzles and problem solving! Get ready to unleash your inner tech genius! The CyberFirst Girls Competition will take place from the 18th to 27th November 2024. This is an amazing opportunity for girls in Year 8 to dive into the world of cybersecurity and develop essential skills while having […]

This half term 7R have been discussing the qualities of a hero while they begin their study of the novel ‘The Lion Above the Door’, which is about a boy who goes on a school trip to learn about war heroes. We had several discussions about heroes in different situations and what made them heroic, […]

After school in Room 9 on Thursday, we debated the place of women’s sport in society: should the media be required to devote equal airtime to men’s and women’s sports? The opening half of the debate covered the expected points about how the current situation is fundamentally unfair, and that women’s sports by now deserve […]

The B team had a tough night at the Trafford Tournament this week.  The team had not played together before and some were playing in a full 11-a-side match for the first time.  They lost to St Bedes and Sale Grammar in the round robin section then lost to Lymm HS in the 5th/6th playoff.  […]

It was National Poetry day on Thursday 3rd November and to mark the occasion we had a poetry treasure hunt; find the poems hidden around school and then answer the questions about them.   Well done Mishka from 8GBN for being picked out of the hat and winning a £10 book token, which I am […]

On 27th September we celebrated all the wonderful languages represented at Wellington School!   The Adshead Hall was the venue for our annual pupil-led language-learning experience, where Year 7 and 8 students are treated to taster-sessions from a variety of different languages. This was our best Language Day ever with 21 languages represented and over […]

Staff have once again pulled it out of the bag with this year’s Macmillan ‘Cake Day’ competition!   The theme this year was ‘Childhood Memories’ and we had our very own Doogal, calculator, Pacman and space hopper amongst others! This wonderful event raises much needed funds for the charity and I would like to thank […]

At the end of September, Year 8 braved the wet and blustery weather to collect fieldwork data to assess the impact of regeneration on Altrincham high street. They completed environmental quality surveys, pedestrian counts and drew field sketches at three different locations. The information collected will now be used in the classroom to create a […]

Congratulations to Evie, Holly and Orla who are now part of the England Hockey Talent Academy. Selected from players from Years 10-13, they made it through gruelling trials against many others. This is a huge success and a wonderful opportunity to play at a really high standard. Whilst Orla is only Year 9, they spotted […]

Year 9 girls hockey started the season with a two super wins in the Trafford Hockey event on Wednesday. This is their first event at 11 a-side and they took to it brilliantly. With goals from Orla and Charlotte, they beat Sale Grammar and Lymm both 2-0. Orla received girl of the game from us, […]

The Year 9 boys hockey team had a good start to the season at the first Trafford Tournament of the year, despite some poor weather.  The team included two Year 7 debutants Emil Cleworth and Max Wakefield, playing up 2 years, both giving an excellent account of themselves.  We also had Harry Kidd making his […]

Reading the opening of a huge novel, a novel with he size and scope of Tolstoy’s War & Peace, may well be an intimidating prospect. However, we got off to a good start this week. In the first seven chapters, we have been introduced to many of the main characters, as well as the most […]

After school in Room 9 on Thursday, we debated whether people should be allowed to marry more than one person at the same time. A number of great arguments came up based on freedom of choice, discrimination, the effect on vulnerable people, and even how animals tend to prefer monogamy over polygamy. However, the team […]

In September, a cast of Wellington Year 9s, 10s, 11s and 12s set out to read what is, arguably, the greatest novel ever written. In these 1,358 pages, Tolstoy sets out to try and understand why people do the things that they do. This huge novel chronicles the French invasion of Russia and its aftermath […]

On Tuesday 17th September our next wave of peer mentors received their training from Kidscape. The training was fabulous and covered all aspects needed to up-skill our Year 11 students in order to mentor our younger students at school. We can’t wait to get started next week. Mr Tomlinson    

On Monday, Miss Hitchens and the Y13 English Literature cohort went to the Garrick Theatre in Altrincham to see The History Boys by Alan Bennett. The performance was fantastic and should help the students massively in their preparation for the Y13 comparative coursework. Thanks to the students for their enthusiasm and also to The Garrick – it was a […]

On Monday 15th July, we welcomed 170 children from three local primary schools and led them in a carousel of different activities around the theme of the French Revolution for our Primary Bastille Day event. Each station allowed the pupils to use a variety of skills and learn a bit more about French history and […]

Three Wellington girls represented North West Hockey over the weekend. Orla Mawby and Isla Dugdale-Reed from Year 8, plus Evie Kilgariff from Year 7. Orla took part in the Championship event and Isla and Evie took part in the Trophy event.   Congratulations to all; we look forward to hearing more exciting updates next year.   Miss […]

I couldn’t not share this delightful work!   On what is one of my favourite days in the school calendar, the Year 7 completed these stunning mixed media pieces during Project in a Day.   Inspired by the artist Mister Finch, the students created these wonderful pieces.   The works are mixed media, comprising of […]

The Year 10 careers programme saw students battled it out on Thursday and Friday to see which of them had the entrepreneurial skills to come out on top in our Enterprise Challenge. Students were each assigned a company role – engineer, MD, sales executive, marketing director – and worked as a team to create the […]

Over the last two sessions at STEM Club, we have had a guest host, Dr Liz Lewis, from the University of Manchester enthusing our students about the world of hydrology and the impacts of climate change. In the first week, students made a model representing different parts of the water cycle in a catchment zone, […]

Thank you to everyone who attended last night’s End of Year Art Exhibition.   It was so wonderful to see so many students, parents, grandparents, and staff come together to celebrate the success of our Year 11 & Year 13 art students.   Miss Grey, Mrs Kearney, Mrs Marneras   

Our Year 12 politics students thoroughly enjoyed their trip to London, visiting the Houses of Parliament and the Supreme Court. During our tour of parliament, students impressed the tour guide with their knowledge of topics such as the Magna Carta and the nature of the UK’s uncodified constitution. The students were privileged enough to spend […]

Last Thursday, nine students from our Eco Committee across Years 7 – 10 enjoyed a day of all weathers at Formby beach in Liverpool collecting litter. We started in the forest, keeping an eye out for the world-famous red squirrels, before heading to the extremely windy sand dunes. We were pleasantly surprised at how little […]

In June, four of our Year 9 Scientists took part in a challenging STEM Olympics competition at the Grange School in Northwich. During the course of the day, students took part in five exciting activities across the STEM subjects, ranging from computing, to chemistry, to a whole rat dissection! We began the day tackling an […]

On Thursday Year 8s visited the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool. They completed activities around artefacts and information to consolidate what they’ve learned this year about the transatlantic slave trade and its effects. The pupils were excellent representatives of the school and enjoyed the trip to the sweet shop on Albert Docks before they got […]

Year 7 took part in the Race to the Line competition on Tuesday and Wednesday. They built and raced rocket propelled cars, they had to design their cars and make them as streamlined as possible to get the fastest time. There were some brilliantly creative designs and the fastest car travelled at an impressive 23 […]

Last Friday, nine of our Year 9 students were invited to an AGGS (Altrincham Girls Grammar School) event where they took maths problem solving to a whole new level.  Along with three other schools, our students were faced with a diverse array of Maths problems – the extra difficulty being that none of the questions […]

On Monday, Year 7 completed one of twelve projects hosted by a multitude of staff. From Create your own Board Game, to Make Your Own Music Video, to a performance of The Lion King, and of course a Harry Potter-themed Potions Class. the pupils had an abundance of projects to choose from. There were a number of projects linked to Wellbeing and Mindfulness too: especially in the creative arts where Plant Pot Art and […]

Forty Year 9s and 5 members of staff spent this week visiting the Rhineland. Despite some poor weather we all had a great time exploring this picturesque region.   Our group travelled overnight by ferry from Hull to Rotterdam. We visited Cologne and enjoyed a 360 degree view of the city, a guided tour of […]

Last Friday it was a bitter sweet afternoon spent at the lovely location of Bowdon Cricket Club.   It was our Year 13 soiree, a fond farewell to our Year 13 students after two fantastic years at Wellington 6th form.   It was a wonderful afternoon  reminiscing, talking of the future and many laughs. We had […]

On Friday last week, eight of our Year 12 students attended an Advanced Maths Support Programme event at Manchester University.  The students attended workshops that showcased some of the diverse career opportunities available to students after studying a maths-rich undergraduate degree.    Topics ranged from predicting the weather using Markov chains, to generating Mathematical Friezes […]

A huge well done to all the Welly Wanderers (Wellington staff) who walked 22 miles around Ullswater Lake last weekend 🙂. A great day was had by all and we have raised a massive £1372 for our charities- thank you to everyone who has donated. https://www.kindlink.com/fundraising/KindLink-Foundation-Fundraising/7282 Mrs Taylor-Crooke          

This week, 3 Year 10 pupils took part in Young Leader Work Experience with KPMG. Elizabeth Aston has written about the experience below. Well done to all 3 students who took part. Mr Little  On Tuesday and Wednesday this week Isabella, Cadence and I had the opportunity to take part in a young leader work […]

The theme of this year’s Refugee Week is “Our Home” and students were asked to produce a piece of artwork that conveys the theme alongside Wellington’s value of community.   The fabulous poster was made by Mabel Bryce-Kisby in 8T.   Mr Murphy  

Thank you to everyone who attended our Hustings last week. The Altrincham and Sale West candidates went head to head on a number of important issues. You can read more about the event in this article in the Messenger. https://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/news/24415617.altrincham-sale-candidates-go-head-to-head-hustings/ Mr Scott  

Aspiring Film Studies pupils took part in a taster session this week, as well as an overview to the interesting films they will study pupils had a practical task to complete.   After gaining a brief insight into Foley sound they each took some everyday items and added sound effects to the brilliant horror film […]

The Scholastic Book Fair is back in the LRC until Thursday next week.   There is a wide range of fiction and non-fiction available, as well as stationery.  Cash and card payments are accepted; the more books we sell, the more free books for the LRC !   Parents are welcome to come and have […]

Earlier this year we were very lucky to be gifted a large number of  brand new books from the Chairman of the Manchester Branch of the Institute of Physics, Pierre Grace. The idea behind the donation is to encourage more students to read about Science in fiction as well as non-fiction books. Some or our […]

On Tuesday, two Holocaust survivors came into School to speak to Year 12 pupils about their experiences of the Holocaust: Anne Super and Gisela Feldman. We’re very lucky to work closely with the Jewish Fed and, as a result of this, 8 Year 12 pupils have been selected to become Guardians of the stories of these 2 remarkable […]

This week the Pennine village where the famous Brontë sisters grew up was bathed in sun, and hosted 29 Wellington students, eager to learn more about the Bronte sisters, some of the most famous novelists in the world. It was a long drive from Timperley, but it was great to get up in the moors […]

It’s been a superb year for our Year 10 team – finishing the season Trafford League Winners and Greater Manchester Cup Winners! Mr Tomlinson

Congratulations to the Year 7 Girls Football team who are Trafford League Winners this season! Mr Tomlinson

Congratulations to the Year 9 Football Team who are Trafford Cup Winners this season. Mr Tomlinson  

This week the keenest budding generals have continued to earn themselves points in the summer league. Using the One Page Rules system, students have developed a keen grasp of the fundamentals and have managed themselves with professional aplomb in the after-school sessions. The points have been laboriously added up, checked, and typed into a rather […]

On Monday, eight of our Year 10 students attended a Mathemagic event at the University of Manchester.    The day was packed with activities ranging from the maths behind tricks, to investigating the properties of Moebius strips.  There was a riveting talk by the renowned maths communicator, Colin Wright, who wowed us with his amazing […]

Congratulations to Leon – his Hockey team (the North West A team) came fifth out of the UK in the national championships last weekend.   Well done to Leon and the team on this fantastic achievement.   Mrs Thomson      

Congratulations to Daisy who has qualified for the British Solo Championships (U13) having competed at 3 qualifiers this year (as well as competing in the Netherlands over Easter as part of a small GBR solo dance team). She has qualified in 14th place out of 32 skaters who competed which is a great achievement for […]

Year 10 took part in a practice photoshoot in preparation for their NEA where they have to create a music magazine. A fantastic afternoon and a big thank you to our ‘girl band’ who modelled for the photos: Ruby Knopf, Ruby Smith, Beth Field and Libby Wakes! Mrs Fletcher    

Thank you to everyone who attended our Annual Sports Awards Dinner last week and congratulations to all our winners! Those who were not able to attend the dinner received their awards in school this week.

We had a fantastic day out yesterday at the Sale Harriers open competition hosted at Sportcity.   The Year 8/9 pupils competed against 14 other schools from across Greater Manchester in a range of indoor athletics events; 60M, 200M, 800M and high jump to name a few. Both Girls & Boys team performed brilliantly, with […]

Year 11 played their last match in Wellington colours on Wednesday night, and they could not have done anymore for the badge- I am so proud of them! It was the final of the Greater Manchester competition being played out in Lower Broughton versus local rivals Ashton on Mersey. We knew we were coming up […]

This week Miss Baker and I took the Year 12 geographers to the Lake District for three days to learn how to collect geographical data for their NEA. On the first day we went to Keswick, a major centre for tourism in the Lakes. Here the students learnt how to measure the urban environment. Miss […]

I have been really impressed with the independent research and presentation skills of 7F. They have really worked hard to produce some super projects over the last few weeks. I have enjoyed reading them all and have even learnt some new facts about the different towns and regions they have researched in the different German speaking countries. […]

Our Year 12 French students are beginning to prepare for their IRP (Individual Research Project) which forms part of their A-Level speaking exam. To practise their skills, they were given a homework task to research the ‘3 Ms’ (Montaigne, Montesquieu and Mauriac) and produce a 2 minute-presentation on their findings. They all delivered these on […]

This week is the British Nutrition Foundations Healthy Eating Week Monday 10th – Friday 14th June. This year’s challenges have been to:  Get at least 5 A DAY Stay hydrated Move more Focus on fibre Reduce food waste At Wellington School we have been trying to get at least 5 a Day and focusing on […]

It has been announced that we came third in the Secondary School Dodgeball School of the Year competition – we have been awarded some equipment, so thankyou to everyone for their votes.   This week we have also been helping out providing officials at the North West Regional Primary Schools Dodgeball tournament.  Several students, some […]

On Tuesday, 12 of our best Year 9 Scientists took part in a series of challenging activities held at the School of Computer Sciences at the University of Manchester. The students worked in mixed groups with other schools from across Greater Manchester to carry out tasks exploring different parts of STEM, including building and racing […]

Dice were once again rolling in competitive gaming at Wellington. Luka Taylor and Jacob Somerville brought the might of the Imperium against itself. Space Marines and Imperial Guard clearly has some disagreement over how a sector should be managed and the typically 41st millennia approach was to settle things through strength of arms. The two […]

Haydn Royle from Language-Link visited us this week with hoodies for the pupils participating in the link this year and plants to display on the MFL corridor.    Over recent years, Wellington School has participated in a language link with pupils from Spain. Whilst this isn’t an exchange; pupils have the opportunity to have a […]

We’ve been reading the second half of Anne Brontë’s ‘The Tenant of Wildfell Hall’, before heading to Haworth Parsonage on a School Trip; we’ll see where Anne grew up with her sisters – two other famous authors Emily and Charlotte. And we’ll hope to come to understand what drove Anne to write a novel that […]

I am super excited that 5 of our Year 10 Psychology and/or Statistics students, Oliver Freer, Aiza Iqbal, Joshua Salt, Rose Selwood-Metcalfe and Jodie Stevenson were lucky enough to be involved with this once in a lifetime research programme at such a young age (this is our second year of being involved).   #BeeWell is a […]

We have had some fun this week looking at the Science behind Static Electricity. Our keen scientists seemed to know lots about charges and the movement of charges, aren’t they a clever bunch?! We carried out various activities using balloons to transfer electrons from a blanket and show repulsion of like charged materials. The star […]

Year 7 students have been working hard on their cultural projects over the last few weeks, and this week has seen the culmination of their efforts as they have been handing in their work. MFL staff  have been absolutely blown away with the quality of the projects this year and the level of creativity is […]

A big GOOD LUCK to our athletes competing in the Greater Manchester Track and Field championships on Saturday at Longford Park. Cerys Smith in 200M, Jess Wilkins in hammer, Clara Edwards in 200M and Emily Bushnell in 100M. Sending positive vibes to you all!!! Go and smash it. So proud of you all! 🙂  Miss […]

Here are just a few of our students who entered the Portico Library writing competition. We didn’t have any winners this time, but all the students who submitted an entry received a notebook. 10H and 10T entered whole class sets which is to be commended. Well done to all! Mrs McDonnell

Jensen has had a very busy half term in 3 different sport disciplines – Acrobatics, Trampoline and Double Mini. The first weekend he competed at the Acrobatics British Championships in Stoke with his partner and came away with a fantastic silver medal.   The 2nd weekend he competed at the qualifiers for the National League Trampoline […]

On Thursday, we said a fond farewell to our wonderful  Year 13 students, the vast majority of whom have been at Wellington for 7 years so it really is the end of an era! And for those who were new to our Sixth Form 2 years ago, it feels like they’ve always been a part […]

Well done to year 10 who this week have worked in groups to learn how to portion a whole chicken. As part of the Food Preparation and Nutrition GCSE, pupils are required to demonstrate a number of high level practical skills.  One of these higher level skills is portioning/jointing a whole chicken.  This can be […]

8F amazed me with the quality of their creative projects this week, which were based on books they have been reading. There were songs, chapters, dioramas, mini films and stop-motion productions, all encapsulating the spirit of the students’ varied fiction and non-fiction reading choices.    Jasmine Hallett, Ava Cockayne, Carys Morrow and Alex Cojeen produced […]

The students had a good time yesterday collecting physical fieldwork data in the Lake District. They learnt how to use equipment to measure the velocity, depth and width of the beck at several points along its course. As we walked from the centre to the beck, it was great to hear students identifying landforms they […]

Today marks the first of the Language & Literature exams for our Year 13 A Level students.    Here they all (mostly) are: still smiling after two years of variously working hard; handing in hundreds of essays; humming and singing; hemming and hawing over their NEAs; converting us into Swifties; coming to extra sessions; coming […]

A great set of results were achieved in the recent Junior UKMT Challenge.  There were 5 Gold, 22 silver and 28 bronze certificates awarded to our Year 7’s and 8’s.  Congratulations to all those who took part and an extra well done to Ruby W, Leo C and Adrian L who have qualified for the […]

We are delighted to congratulate 2 of our Year 13 students on achieving their Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award! Tilly D and Erin C completed Volunteering for 12 months, Physical and Skills development  – one section for 12 months and the other for 6 months, an Expedition of 4 days and 3 nights and a […]

Today we said ‘Auf Wiedersehen’ to our Year 13s and Laura, our German Language Assistant.   We are so proud of their language learning journey and thrilled that most of them are going to continue their German studies at University alongside other subjects. Laura has been a valuable member of the team, working with the […]

As well as eating the greatest Victoria sponge cake ever made (thank you Maggie), we discussed this week how we felt about the novel’s protagonist – a man called Gilbert Markham, who was written by a woman (Anne Bronte), under a man’s name (Acton Bell), telling the story of a woman – the mysterious Helen […]

Please vote for Wellington!   We have been shortlisted for the National Dodgeball Secondary School of 2024 and could win some extra dodgeball equipment if we win.    50% of the decision on who wins is down to votes.  If you could spare just a few minutes of your time to vote for us, we would […]

We would like to say a massive Well Done to Ellen Thomas-Anderson (Year 10)  who after an audition process was accepted into the National Youth Theatre! An amazing opportunity and we are so proud of you! Miss Pusey

The Friends of Pickering Lodge Park are fundraising for benches. So far they have raised £400 with their Go Fund me page and a car boot sale. The next event is a plant/cake/sweet sale in the park on 24th May – all welcome.

Our clever young Scientists have been building bridges this week! Not with each other – they are all the best of friends! We set them an engineering challenge where they had to design and build a bridge 45cm long and a minimum of 5cm wide, made of 20 sticks and paper. The bridges were judged […]

Congratulations to Coral who has completed her very first project. Coral has made an octopus for her cat and kitten.   The crochet club are currently working on individual projects as well as starting an individual granny square to form a collective blanket for Peggy Hendersons animal charity.   The group have been busy creating […]

“Wie ist das Wetter heute?”   Students in the Hive have been enjoying learning how to talk about the weather in their German lessons. This week they have made some beautiful mobiles to display their new terms. I think we have witnessed most of these weather conditions in the last couple of weeks!   Mrs […]

The Year 8 Dodgeball team this week continue to train towards the National Finals in July by playing a coached game against some older students.  It was a tough test for the Year 8 team playing against much stronger students, but they persevered and showed significant improvement by the end of the game – well […]

Thought we should celebrate this achievement from our local club and also 4 of our own!   Isla Dugdale-Reed, Grace Edge, Emily Girdlestone and Orla Mawby took part in the England Hockey U14 Tier 2 plate final on Sunday. After a nail-biting last few minutes the Timperley Hockey Club U14 girls team came out on […]

As you may be aware we were fortunate enough to receive some funding through a Tesco Community grant, which has been used to fund a cooking club with some Year 8 & 9 pupils. Thank you to all those who voted for us. I would now like to ask for your help again, but this […]

Well done to the Year 11 Rugby team who finished their season with an impressive, 30-20 win Vs BTH. A great way to end their rugby season with a brilliant team performance. Mr Roberts

Last Thursday evening we hosted an event for the Altrincham Interfaith Group on the subject of ‘Climate Change – What can people of faith do?’    The evening was a wonderful opportunity for us to celebrate the success of our recent Solar PV project delivered with Greater Manchester Community Renewables. We heard from members of […]

We are delighted to have our dedicated approach to the School’s Reading Culture rewarded by achieving the One Education Gold Reading Award. The Award recognises the efforts of all stakeholders from staff, to pupils, and to parents/carers.   As acknowledged by One Education, ‘This accreditation is testament to your hard work in making Reading a […]

Congratulations to all 17 students ranging from Year 7 to 11 who completed their ABRSM Practical Grades on Monday. The results were returned very quickly and I’m very pleased to announce that all our students successfully passed, with a number of those students receiving a Merit or Distinction. The practical grades not only test the […]

The Merseyside Challenge winner has been announced.   Congratulations to Carys who won Best in School and has been awarded a certificate of merit by the University of Liverpool.   Carys has been invited to a presentation evening at the University, in May, where she will receive her certificate and participate in a roadshow of Mathematical […]

This event just gets bigger and better!   Over 150 guests attended this year and £1053 was raised for the Zakat fundraiser, so we can purchase a water pump in Ghana through the wonderful charity Human Relief Foundation.   A huge thank you to Zainab Ali in Year 12 for her organisation and contacts and […]

The next novel to be read in the Reading Group is the second and final novel written by English author Anne Brontë; ‘The Tenant of Wildfell Hall’ was published in 1848 under the pseudonym Acton Bell. It is considered to be the most shocking of the Brontës’ novels, and it had instant and phenomenal success […]

We were delighted to receive this fantastic feedback following our performance at the Shakespeare Schools Festival in March. Well done to everyone who took part. Miss Pusey    

We are pleased to have welcomed 20 parents to our first SEND coffee morning. The coffee morning was to launch our SEND parent working party. This is going to be led by Hayley Aston, one of our parents who has a passion for helping us drive SEND forward in the school by collaborating with parents.  […]

Year 7 beat Chorlton high school 5-0 in the quarter final of the Greater Manchester plate last night. The overall team performance was one of the best I have seen. We played on a 4g so it allowed us to play some slick, possession based football. A clean sheet and 5 goals from the lads […]

I was fortunate enough to travel down to Birmingham’s Symphony Hall last weekend as part of a performance of The Damnation of Faust! The first piece ever performed by the CBSO Chorus 50 years ago, it tells the tale of a disenchanted Faust who falls into a deal with the devil, with the ultimate price […]

This week saw two new starters in our small Magic: The Gathering Club – Poppy Curwen and Charlie Green. Poppy has planned to try out a range of new clubs  – well done for joining us Poppy, new things can be intimidating! Charlie is a regular at Warhammer Club and it is great that he […]

On Tuesday this week, Year 11 and 12 students were privileged to attend a presentation delivered by the ‘Civvy to Commando’ Company. The presenter was an ex-student, David Coleman, who has served as a Commando in the Royal Marines. David has served in Afghanistan where he was injured in a grenade blast on a company […]

Warhammer Club remained busy in on Thursday lunchtimes right up to the end of term! Students have been working on a variety of their own projects, and some have even moved onto making scenery pieces for the club to use in our wargaming terrain!  Here is a quick wrap-up of what was going on:    […]

We beat Broadoak 9-1 away from home last night. With a much-changed team, it gives others a chance to excel in the Wellington shirt and they did just that! There were notable performances all over the pitch, including captain for the day Jude Broadway, but the Man of the Match award went to Colin Ng. […]

The Drama department had a busy few weeks leading up to the Easter holidays, rehearsing and preparing for the Shakespeare Schools Festival performance which took place on the 19th of March at the Contact theatre in Manchester. Miss Pusey, Mrs Simpson, Mrs Richardson, and I, along with over 20 pupils from Year 7, 8 and […]

We were delighted to hear what the very hard working Reuben and Jensen Clarke had been up to over the holidays, Jensen competed at his first ever big Trampoline and Double Mini National League competition at Birmingham University – he only started this discipline 8months ago (in addition to acrobatics) and won a silver medal […]

As a part of our Key Stage 4 careers programme, 257 Year 10 students took part in a practice interview this week. We welcomed 43 volunteers from businesses and industry who put our students through their paces. This was the culmination of several weeks preparation which included the completion of an application form and workshops […]

A huge well done to the Year 7, 8 and 9 girls who took part in this North West event on Thursday. We played teams with varying levels of experience and whilst the order of play was rather unkind to us, (3 matches then 2 matches back to back) the girls were fantastic until the […]

Thank you to all the students who participated in our Easter Concert on Thursday. It was a lovely evening that included items from our established extra curricular groups as well as the Brass Ensemble’s second outing. It also featured a number of solo performances by our vocal, strings, piano, brass and woodwind students who are […]

7R have been learning how to describe themselves recently and have used their reading and listening skills to design some paper people and then put their own speaking and writing skills into practice by describing themselves. Mrs Ramsumair  

Hot on the heels of World Book Day came the opportunity to design a book token in English lessons, a prestigious competition sponsored by National Book Tokens. The overall winner will see their design printed on real book tokens which will then be sold nationwide.    The standard of entries this year was very impressive, […]

We all celebrated Pi day (14th March) with lots of different activities through the day. In form time, students were challenged with a pi day connecting wall (produced by our very own Maths club), which you can try here: https://connecting-wall.netlify.app/wall/W3siYyI6IkFsbCBoYXZlICdwaScgaW4gdGhlIHdvcmQiLCJjcyI6WyJTaG9wcGluZyIsIlBpenphIiwiUGluZWFwcGxlIiwiU3BpZXMiXX0seyJjIjoiRGlmZmVyZW50IGtpbmRzIG9mIFBpZSIsImNzIjpbIkFwcGxlIiwiQ2hlcnJ5IiwiTGVtb24gTWVyaW5ndWUiLCJDaGFydCJdfSx7ImMiOiJQaSB0byB0d28gZGVjaW1hbCBwbGFjZXMiLCJjcyI6WyJUaHJlZSIsIlBvaW50IiwiT25lIiwiRm91ciJdfSx7ImMiOiJTaGFwZXMgdGhhdCBoYXZlIGEgY2lyY3VsYXIgZmFjZSIsImNzIjpbIkN5bGluZGVyIiwiQ29uZSIsIkZydXN0dW0iLCJIZW1pc3BoZXJlIl19XQ==    Year 7, 8 and 9 were tasked with finding digits of pi throughout the day that […]

This week, Year 7 German classes have learnt about Ramadan celebrations in Germany with our trainee teacher, Mrs Idrees. They learned about the origins and customs of the festival, watched a video in German about one young man’s life in Hamburg, and designed their own mosques. Students’ knowledge of Islam and Ramadan, and their interest  […]

The Year 7 students in the Hive have been learning about Easter in Germany this week. They were interested to hear about the Easter tradition of painting real eggs and hanging them on an ‘Osterstrauch’ (Easter branch) The have coloured in their own Ostereier and have hung them in the quad garden where they are […]

Last week a staggering 276343 questions were answered correctly in the Wellington TT Rockstars tournament . . . 14% of them from two students alone!   I am pleased to announce the winners of the TT Rockstars form competition are:     Congratulations! With a fantastic median average of 851, it took a brilliant group […]

Congratulations to the Wellington girls who represented Timperley Hockey Club at the weekend getting the U16 and U14 teams into the England Hockey finals! I was lucky to be able to witness the U14s win on nail-biting shuffles and even brought my own children down to watch. It was great to see the Wellington girls […]

Tuesday saw the final Trafford Tournament of the season for our U13 team.  Our GK was unwell on the day so we thank Evie Kilgariff from Year 7 for stepping in at late notice. The team were in the second division of the tournament playing against the less experienced teams like themselves.  The team grew […]

Well done to our Year 7/8 girls football team who beat BTH 3-1 in the semi final of the GMCSFA Competition!   A fantastic game which saw our girls lead 2-0 at half time, going on to win 3-1. Goals from McLeod (2) and Horner (1) with Horner receiving GOG from the other team.    […]

Last Friday, 212 year 7 pupils went to Chester Zoo to link in with the next Biology topic of Ecosystems as well as to celebrate British Science Week. We arrived at the Zoo on 5 coaches and 1 minibus and were lucky that the weather held out for us! The animals were very active on […]

The Year 8 girls played their final event of the season together on Wednesday evening at Timperley Hockey Club. They displayed some superb attacking skills, with Isla sprinting down the left wing and Emma driving up the right hand side. Captain Orla took charge of the midfield and Grace and Martha stole the ball numerous […]

There have been 9 hockey events over the course of this year which have been proudly supported by a number of Year 8, 10 and 12 hockey umpires. Almost every event has been attended by those pictured who have umpired countless hours and given up their time freely. Their time has been greatly appreciated by […]

On Wednesday 13th March, the History Department took 38 Year 10 pupils to London to learn all about the development of Medicine. We visited the Science Museum, the Alexander Fleming Museum, the Old Operating Theatre and had a Jack the Ripper walking tour of London’s East End. We even managed to squash in a visit to Honest […]

This week has seen another amazing practical with the year 10 GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition group. On Tuesday, pupils were given the challenging task of making flaky pastry. This pastry is very time consuming as it involves dabbing on the fat and folding the dough a number of times to create the layers. In […]

Last week, members of the Maths Club were getting all tied up making Mobius Loops.  The standard Mobius Loop consists of one twist which forms a loop with a continuous single sided surface.  These are easy to make so we decided to work in groups and use multiple twists.  Very soon things got ‘out of […]

The U14 mixed hockey team had their last outing of the season on Wednesday in the Trafford Tournament at Timperley Hockey Club.  After two 0-0 draws against Sale Grammar and Knutsford, they went onto beat St Bedes 3-0 – with goals from Ben Prince, Ben Langridge and Lily Boucher.  This win put the team into […]

What a game!!   We played Co-op Academy Walkden away for the second time this year. Earlier in the year they had beaten us 7-5 to knock us out of the Greater Manchester cup in a game we were leading 3-0! We changed our tactics after knowing how they played and went looking for retribution. […]

The British Dodgeball Association have written this lovely article about Mikey Bailey (9SCR) who helps to coach our Dodgeball teams. Thanks for all you do Mikey! Miss Challinor   Mikey Bailey: The Young Leader from Wellington School  

Good luck to our Network Manager, Tim Brown, who is taking part in The Great Tommy Sleep Out to raise vital funds to give homeless veterans a safe place to call home. He will be sleeping out in an Army Basha in Edale tonight and looking to raise as much as he can! The Challenge […]

13th March 2024 The ‘European Literature Society’ have finished reading the infamous novella ‘Death in Venice’ by Thomas Mann. The death in the title was always hanging over this book, and when it came, it raised as many questions as it answered. We wondered at whether we should feel any sympathy for the aging protagonist […]

We were delighted to hear from former student Sam Henshall who is now at Loreto College in Manchester, studying Drama, Film Studies and Graphic Communication.   He is performing in three shows this coming year : The Addams Family Musical,  Little Women and has just landed the part of Curly in Oklahoma at Urmston Musical Theatre […]

Wellington staff, once again, threw themselves enthusiastically into the spirit of World Book Day 2024,  as you can see from the variety of weird and wonderful costumes and much to the amusement of the pupils!      The Harry Potters certainly had their work cut out with all the Dementors around.    Well done to […]

Lots of ‘World Book Day’ celebrations in Sixth Form too! We were grateful to 3 of our Year 12 students (Megan, Charlotte and Zainab) who created a fun but challenging literary quiz to test our tutor groups. Congratulations to 13AGR who were crowned winners. In the run up to the day, Sixth Formers and staff were asked […]

Nick Cunliffe, from the University of Manchester, has been in school over the past few weeks delivering a series of Portuguese Culture and Language Taster sessions to our students. Nick spent last year living in São Paulo in Brazil and as well as teaching the student’s Portuguese he has been sharing some insights into his […]

35 excited pupils met at Manchester airport at an extremely unsocial hour on Monday morning, suitcases packed and ready to embark on an adventure in a bustling Barcelona. First stop on arrival was the beach!  Even being in Barcelona doesn’t mean Year 10 pupils can avoid an early morning get up for school, straight after […]

The final Trafford Hockey event of the calendar took place on Wednesday with the girls and boys team being placed in separate pools they did not have to play each other! Both teams started really well and even with longer games, the goals were not very forthcoming. Both teams found the back of the net […]

We are delighted to have been awarded the Gold ArtsMark award by the British Arts Council! A real credit to our Arts departments and the School Community as a whole!  The panel has made the following comment about our submission: ‘You have used this Artsmark journey to maintain and develop new partnerships to support you […]

Congratulations to the U13 Dodgeball teams who competed in the Regional Championships at Eccles Sixth Form College on Tuesday.     The A team gave us a scare to start the day with a loss to Trinity Boys but then went onto dominate the group with 10-0 victories over Rainford, Wright Robinson, Cowley and Little Lever, to […]

Congratulations to the Year 9’s and 10’s who sat the United Kingdom Mathematical Trust challenge on Wednesday 31st January.  The results are back and the success of our students was impressive.  There were lots of certificates to hand out including 35 Bronze awards, Silver awards going to Kimi C, Alex E, Isobel P, George L, Diganth R, […]

On Tuesday Year 10 attended an assembly to recognise the hard work put in over the last 12 months, by our Bronze award winners. Last year saw the largest number of Duke of Edinburgh award participants that Wellington School has ever seen; A total of 171 students participated in the scheme! The journey started in […]

Congratulations to the U13 Boys Hockey Team who played in the Cheshire County Championship at Birkenhead school this week. We came second in the group stages. getting through to the semis against a strong St Bedes side, where we went down 2-1, having hit the bar and the post!  However, the boys picked themselves up for […]

Last Friday, the English Department took 47 students, from across a range of year groups, to see a dynamic adaptation of Orwell’s novel “Animal Farm” at the Octagon Theatre in Bolton.    Students were, without exception, impeccably behaved and thoroughly engaged in the performance, discussing thoughtfully what happened. It was a really, really positive experience […]

We are delighted that our Solar Panel Installation was completed over half term. https://altrincham.todaynews.co.uk/schools/2024/02/26/largest-community-owned-solar-array-in-greater-manchester-installed-at-timperley-school/ Thank you to Greater Manchester Community Renewables (GMCR) for raising the funds for these panels and to everyone who has invested in the scheme.  We will be hosting an evening event to celebrate the project on 18th April – further details […]

We are delighted to be helping The Children’s Adventure Farm Trust with this year’s Easter Egg appeal. CAFT run an Easter programme during which they provide Easter-themed day visits to CAFT for over 2,000 children and every child is treated to a chocolate egg to take home. Please drop off any donations with your Pastoral […]

The Year 7 boys football team beat East Manchester Academy 6-2 last night at their place in the Greater Manchester competition. We haven’t played in a few weeks and therefore in the first 10 minutes we were a bit rusty. We ended up going down 2-1 before we woke up and started playing some really […]

We are delighted that we are now a Trafford Thrive School!   The Trafford Thrive team are offering support for children and young people experiencing mental health issues.   Please see poster and Thrive helpline number.   Mrs Taylor-Crooke    

Wellington’s newly rebranded Gardening Club (formerly Grow Your Own Club) have had a very busy half term keeping the Science Department plants alive and healthy – kicking off with a very kind donation from Scott from the Canteen and his parents. Amongst the donation were two extremely beautiful Christmas Cacti, a wonderful Jade Tree (also […]

This week, we took our Year 7 students away to the Conwy Centre in Anglesey for the first time in Wellington history.  The Year 7 students were amazing, impressing both our staff but more importantly the centre staff. “On time, respectful and uber resilient” was a comment on the final day. The students did a […]

21st February The ‘European Literature Society’ have been reading ‘Death in Venice’ by Thomas Mann. And there was a great discussion with tea and coffee and red-velvet cup-cakes. The students were fascinated by what was going on in this very odd tale of an aging author – Gustav Aschenbach – arriving in Venice at the start […]

A huge thank you to all our musicians who helped celebrate the Lunar New Year at the end of last term. We had the largest number of students volunteering to provide the musical entertainment for the evening and they did not disappoint. The performances ranged from piano solos, electric guitar solos in a number of […]

On Wednesday our Scholars visited Manchester University for their graduation event following their Philosophical study into “Why are we here”.   The students have worked extremely hard to understand different philosophical, scientific and religious ideologies in order to answer the question from different perspectives.   The university visit was brilliant. The students were amazed at […]

Warhammer Club has maintained its busy streak over the last fortnight, particularly bolstered by the regular appearances of Jacob Somerville and Luka Taylor as they make progress towards their Bronze DofE. There were no games this week because Mr Ashfield unfortunately needed to leave school early but there were a pair of cracking games fought […]

The Year 7 students have been working really hard in the Hive this morning completing their bird feeders for the Hive garden.   It has been really wonderful watching the pupils have such care and thought about the wildlife that we have around us, and spending their horticulture sessions ensuring that the birds are fed […]

This week the 10B team, made up of the original team and some new players who have stood out in GCSE PE lessons, played a netball friendly at home against local rivals Loreto. The whole team worked extremely hard throughout, without any subs and managed to take a strong lead to finish the game with […]

Hive and Hub students have worked together to create a wonderful piece of artwork for the sensory room as part of Children’s Mental Health Week. Thank you to all the students who contributed!  Miss Wilkins 

This week we took the U16 boys hockey team to compete in a North West event at Timperley Hockey Club.   Our team consists mainly of Year 10 boys so we knew it would be a good challenge. Alex Riley and Will Binns from Year 11 came along to play after their mock exam. We […]

Well, what a fabulous week this has been. Students had a tutor takeover assembly focussed around mental health from Place2Be and have hopefully listened to the presentation from Kooth sent out via Classcharts. Staff have hosted numerous lunchtime activities promoting wellbeing from mindfulness colouring, crafting and meditation, to board games and a natter and gardening.  […]

This week our Year 12 Business students visited London as part of the department’s enrichment programme.  The highlight of the first day was a visit to the Museum of Brands to investigate the importance of branding and packaging. The students took a journey through the history of branding, before redesigning the packaging for a number […]

At the GCSE Design & Technology (Textiles) taster lesson Year 9 students worked collaboratively as a design team to create and model their design and making skills to create a toile (a prototype garment) from recycled paper. Students were tasked to create a design for a high profile event or occasion and took inspiration from historical […]

The U13 hockey girls took part in the Greater Manchester county tournament on Thursday. With plenty of anticipation the tournament started well. They played Stockport Grammar, AGGS and Withington in their pool and won one, drew one and lost one. We came third due to goal difference, frustratingly but then faced Cheadle Hulme School. We […]

GOOD LUCK to Alesha Gubas-Hertzog, Elise Broderick, Ned Farncombe and Anna Taylor competing tomorrow in the Greater Manchester Cross Country Championships at Heaton Park.   This is a massive achievement to represent Trafford alone, you have all done so well in getting through to the championships.   Good luck and most of all, enjoy it!! […]

The next book being read by the ‘European Literature Society’ will be ‘Death in Venice’ by Thomas Mann. Published in 1911, when the world was ‘silently spinning into an abyss of death and destruction’ of The Great War. We read the opening this week, and were struck by how very odd this book is. The […]

Last week we were delighted to announce that Wellington School has been awarded the ‘Gold Award’ by the EAL Quality Mark. They have updated their website to congratulate us on our award – you can click on the link below to read all about it! https://theealacademy.co.uk/elementor-43248/ Miss Hitchens

It was an absolute delight to work with some of our Year 9 students during the GCSE Music taster session on Monday. The GCSE is made up of 3 components: performing, composing and listening and appraising. We spent our 1 hour session looking at song writing and the elements needed to create an effective song […]

Trafford Music Service have a free opportunity for children Year 7 upwards to be inspired to learn the clarinet at their music centre in Sale! More information can be found on the flyer below, including the times that these will take place (Tuesday 30th January and Tuesday 6th February) and how to book a place via EventBrite. Mrs […]

Saturday 27th January 2024 is Holocaust Memorial Day. 27th January marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp. Every year, we promote and support Holocaust Memorial Day – the international day to remember the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, alongside the millions of other people killed under Nazi persecution of other groups and […]

Year 7 boys completed a football competition on Wednesday at The Cliff training ground.   We came 4th on the day and the lads demonstrated a fantastic attitude throughout against some very tough, and at times quite physical teams.   There were outstanding displays all over the pitch but a special mention to Harry Ormerod […]

The Year 7 and 8 Girls Hockey teams played Lymm on Thursday evening. We played a small tournament and all had a great evening of hockey. New recruit Emma Sutcliffe scored a hat-trick and Evie and Ava made plenty of amazing saves in goal. Well done to everyone who took part! Miss Richards    

On Thursday this week the Science department took 30 Year 10 triple Scientists to the Opera House for a series of Science lectures.  Dr. Anna Ploszajski regaled us with her story of her epic swim across the English Channel and how Material science played an important part in her achievement; Dr Kate Lancaster inspired us […]

We are absolutely delighted to announce that Wellington School has been awarded the ‘Gold Award’ by the EAL Quality Mark. The praise was extensive and our commitment to teaching and learning that is EAL-friendly was championed as well the commitment of senior and middle leaders to ensuring that the academic and social experience of pupils […]

Year 9 students represented the school beautifully on Thursday at Trafford’s Holocaust Memorial event.   They displayed their art pieces and delivered a speech on Boltanski, his influence and how they used his work as a reference point for their pieces. They were phenomenal!   Mr Gleave                

Congratulations to Alexander Edwards (9SCP) who represented Wellington School on Saturday when he competed in the North Regional Schools Biathlon at Edge Hill University.  He achieved 2nd place and is waiting to find out if he qualified for the National Final to be held in April.  Well done Alex! Mrs Hill  

Warhammer Club managed to get straight back into the swing of things this year with two consecutive Friday Battle Hours and a busy club on Thursday lunchtimes!  Luka Taylor has chosen to work on his miniature painting as a key Skill towards his Bronze DofE badge this year. He has started on the very ugly […]

We had the next stage of our Leadership programme with Rachel from ‘The Natural Leader’.   The students were analysing communication skills. The session was brilliant analysing an important life skill. Students looked at body language, pitch, connecting, receiving and pausing. Most importantly they analysed the listening levels required.    Mr Tomlinson  

It was fantastic to have 60 Year 11 students signing-up for – and attending – revision sessions for English Literature and English Language this week!   Mr Ahern and myself were impressed by the turn-out, but also by the mature and focused attitude of those who came along to look at Language Paper 2 and […]

Well done to our Year 12 Art students who have all entered a piece of Art work for this Year’s ‘Young Artist Competition’.   This year’s theme is ‘Rebuilding’. Our students have produced work based on Nature’s Resilience & growth, personal growth and places in transition.    Art competitions are an exciting way for students […]

This week we had two splendid games in Magic: The Gathering Club.  Mr Crabbe vs Felix Medford    Mr Ashfield vs Grace Hardington  Mr Ashfield 

Huge congratulations to Ava Cockayne in 8RJN, who has been selected to play for Lancashire Lacrosse Under 13s in the Northern tournament this weekend. This is a very impressive feat and reflects Ava’s dedication and prowess in a fast-paced and physically-demanding sport; good luck, Ava! Mrs Jordan

The ‘European Literature Society’ finished reading ‘The Moustache’ by Emmanuel Carrère this week. A shocking ending to this novel that really challenged our understanding of how we construct our Identity, and how we can define a person. The discussion centred on what novels are for: should novels challenge us or reassure us? And why do […]

Bowdon Parish Church Choir based in the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Bowdon have an amazing opportunity for singers of all voices aged 14-19 through their scholarship scheme. More details can be found below. If you would like any support with an application or if your child is applying we would love to know.    […]

Year 9 students spent a day identifying and honing their employability skills this week. We welcomed a total of 42 visitors from local businesses and industries who worked with students in small groups on a variety of time-limited tasks which tested their communication, concentration, team-work, problem-solving and a whole host of other qualities needed in […]

Year 7 girls played in the Trafford tournament on Wednesday evening and despite a chilly night their efforts were superb! They came a stunning second, losing just one game. Charlotte Brown received girl of the tournament from the team for her fantastic right wing runs! Well done to everyone who took part and thanks to […]

The work never stops here at Wellington and over the Christmas break, even in those blustery storms and heavy down pours, the first phase of our solar panel installation was completed!    Here are some stats about the Lynton array: Number of panels: 354 out of 946 (37%) Array capacity: 145 kWp Estimated annual generation: […]

Today, on the last day of term, the Year 10 sociology students have been and delivered Christmas Hampers to two local care homes. We have had a lovely, festive morning and were able to meet a number of residents. Well done and thank you to year 10 and the whole Wellington community for donating to […]

For the past two weeks Eco-committee has been planting 30 trees they received from the Woodland Trust. The trees are a mixture of Rowan, Wild Cherry and Silver Birch. They have been planting them on the sports field and in the grounds of the school, it has been muddy but satisfying work. The trees are […]

It was all hands to the cardboard cutting, sticking and glue guns this week as the Sierpiński Christmas tree was finally completed.  It was a combined effort from our Years 7, 8 and 12 mathematicians, with 4^4 (256) tetrahedrons glued together plus 7 for the star on top.  The fractal design was named after the […]