ACADEMIC NEWS

Ottilie M-D (Year 9) writes the following account of this year’s Philosothon:Philosothon – what is it? It’s an inter-school philosophical debating competition and we out-thought them... Read More

We were joined by eminent volcanologist Dr Pete Rowley from the University of Bristol to work with the A level Geologists and Year 11 Geographers.... Read More

Our Geologists have returned from their successful A level field trip to Devon. Over three days they looked at landslides and fossils in Lyme Regis,... Read More

Emma G (Year 11) has been announced as a commended poet in the Poetry Society’s Foyle Young Poets Award. More than 10,000 poets aged 11-17... Read More

Year 9 pupils in Mrs Hoadley’s Maths class ended the Michaelmas Term with a lesson on negative numbers, taking part in a talent show coined... Read More

On Wednesday 8th October, all Lower and Upper Sixth linguists attended a virtual linguistics conference organised by Oxford High School. For three hours, pupils listened... Read More

Lower Sixth and Upper Sixth Geologists attended the Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution for a lecture. Professor Tucker inspired the pupils with his talk... Read More

Caspar W (Upper Sixth) has just been awarded the Runners-Up Prize in the Senior section of the Young Historian Project 2025. This is the national... Read More

Over the summer we received the results of the University of Cambridge’s St Catharine’s College Chemistry Challenge.Mrs Gray, Head of Chemistry, comments: “I’m incredibly proud... Read More

We were delighted with the number and high quality of the entries in the inaugural Wells Cathedral School Classics Competition. The joint winners in the... Read More

Eryn R, Shanna F, Giovanni F, Ryan H (Year 8) and Charlotte F (Year 6) secured a place in the follow-on round (Junior Kangaroo) of... Read More

In the last two weeks of Term, Year 8 pupils have produced some wonderful creations for the ‘Last Days of Pompeii’ projects, including some amazingly... Read More

Eight brilliant Year 7 pupils – Lucy W, George O, Thomas S, Oscar D, Celine K, Arnold T, Ottilie G, and Megan B – represented... Read More

A group of Year 10 pupils studying Latin and Classical Civilisation braved the rain to visit the Roman Baths Museum in Bath on Thursday 12th... Read More

Our Lower Sixth Chemistry pupils had an exciting trip to the University of Bath, where they took part in a hands-on aspirin synthesis workshop. Working... Read More

Having learned about the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Year 8 brought their Latin learning to life with a project to construct a model volcano to... Read More

Eleanor A, Larisa L and Natalie D travelled to the University of Southampton on Friday 25th April to spend the day developing their problem-solving and... Read More

Pupils in Years 7 to 10 were invited to take part in this year’s University of Southampton Maths Challenge. A series of problems with a... Read More

The Business and Economics Department took 38 pupils from Year 11, Lower Sixth and the Upper Sixth to a ‘Grade Booster’ exam workshop run by... Read More

What a night! Our Lower Sixth pupils delivered an incredible evening of thought-provoking, engaging and inspiring talks, covering everything from the psychology of eating animal... Read More

Year 7 embarked on a mystical journey to Glastonbury, but not for crystals and healing; they all enjoyed a productive day on the Tor and... Read More

Our A level Geologists created a website as their entry to the National Schools Geology Challenge this year, choosing ‘Geology at the movies’ as their... Read More

Mr Rowley is very pleased to say that the Wells team has been selected as finalists for the 2025 Geology Schools Challenge! The final will... Read More

We are delighted to congratulate our class of Year 11 Specialist Mathematicians who have received their IGCSE Maths results having sat the exams in November.... Read More

On Friday 17th January, pupils in Year 11 were joined by some of our Upper Sixth Business and Economics pupils for a 90 minute seminar... Read More

This week, Wells proudly hosted the IET Faraday Engineering Challenge, welcoming teams from Kingswood, Leweston, and Badminton schools. This national, hands-on competition, run by the Institute... Read More

Earlier this year, Mrs Alabiso established a pen pal program for her Year 8 and 9 German classes. Before breaking up for Christmas, pupils sent their pen... Read More

Three of our Lower Sixth pupils recently sat the Mathematical Olympiad for Girls and all performed excellently. This competition is run annually by the UK... Read More

Mrs Alabiso has been setting up a cultural exchange project with Year 8 and 9 pupils learning German: a pen pal project with a class... Read More

Pupils in Year 10 conducted a beach study on Durdle Door beach before walking to Lulworth Cove, recently affected by a major landslide. The study... Read More

In an otherwise autumnal September the Geography Department struck gold taking pupils to Dartmoor on a rare sunny day. Pupils investigated weathering processes on Cox... Read More

Our annual Heads of School Conference took place on Friday 20th September. Aidan O’D (Upper Sixth) writes the below report:On Friday the 20th of September,... Read More

Urban fieldwork in Temple Quarter saw Year 10 Geographers collect data on the changing face of this former industrial zone of Bristol. Originally the area... Read More

On Friday 14th June, pupils in Year 9 ventured forth to Bristol and went back in time to the 19th Century. There they explored both... Read More

The Year 8 Specialist Mathematicians had a guest teacher! Yannick (Upper Sixth) has just finished his A levels, Maths and Further Maths alongside Physics and... Read More

Lower Sixth pupils studying A level Geography spent a day exploring Bristol’s urban Geography. They visited locations including the Floating Harbour, Temple Quarter, St. Paul’s... Read More

Before returning to School to start the Trinity Term, Zino (Year 8) took part in the Delancey UK Junior Chess Challenge, successfully qualifying for this... Read More

In 909s, a handful of Year 7 pupils learnt about Forensic Toxicology during their ‘CSI Wells’ activity. They conducted flame tests on various substances to... Read More

In March, pupils from Year 9 travelled to Cardiff to investigate themes related to retail developments in the Central Business District. They conducted a retail... Read More

In March, pupils from Lower and Upper Sixth German classes enjoyed their first Stammtisch, an informal gathering with the aim of connecting pupils studying German... Read More

A big thank you to the families and Houseparents who hosted Swiss pupils from our partner school, Institut Florimont in Geneva.The visitors took part in... Read More

On Wednesday 13th March, Lower Sixth pupils had the opportunity to visit the UCAS Discovery Fair in Exeter. This event is the first stage in... Read More

On Tuesday 5th March, the Geography Department took 48 Year 7 pupils to Glastonbury. They conducted a town centre survey and headed up Glastonbury Tor... Read More

Upper and Lower Sixth Geologists were on their field trip to Devon and Cornwall in March. As well as valuable learning opportunities in the outdoor classroom they... Read More

On the last day of the Epiphany Term, Mrs Alabiso’s Year 8 German class had a rather different lesson than usual – the group went... Read More