Ten of our Lower Sixth pupils presented their TED talks at a fabulous evening event in Cedars Hall. The pupils spoke passionately about topics that... Read More
In celebration of British Science Week, our pupils took part in the Global Battery Experiment conducted by the Royal Society of Chemistry. They created batteries... Read More
From the Nursery to the Sixth Form, pupils across the School were thoroughly engaged in British Science Week, a celebration of science, technology, engineering and... Read More
On Wednesday 8th March, four pupils from Years 10 and 11 took part in the Millfield Team Maths Challenge. Twelve schools from Somerset and Dorset participated... Read More
On Tuesday 28th February, the Bernard Society hosted its third talk of the year in the Sports Pavilion. Mr Jason James, Director General of the... Read More
Mr Bowen, our Senior School Head of English, has recently released the two latest books in his ‘The Art of…’ series, which he co-authors and... Read More
22 pupils from Years 9-11 travelled to Geneva over half term to stay with pupils from the Florimont Institute. As well as attending lessons, they... Read More
Congratulations go to the team of Geologists who submitted their entry for the qualifying round of the National Schools Geology Challenge and have secured a... Read More
On Thursday 23rd February, the Religion, Philosophy and Ethics department hosted its first South West A level conference in Cedars Hall. 250 pupils and 37... Read More
Pupils taking part in Think Tank celebrated International Lego Day by competing to construct a scene containing three separate elements all linked to a country of their choice.... Read More
The Bernard Society enjoyed their first talk of the Epiphany Term on the evening of Thursday 26th January with Dr Ian Rapley, Lecturer in East... Read More
Lower Sixth Geologists visited the nationally important unconformity at the Vallis Vale site near Frome. They described, sketched and interpreted the structures, strata and fossils... Read More
We’re delighted that so many of our English as an Additional Language (EAL) pupils across a range of nationalities have embraced the opportunity to work... Read More
In KS3 Science Club, pupils have been working towards earning Bronze CREST Awards which involved a project on creating and testing bath bombs. The pupils... Read More
Sixteen pupils from Years 8 to the Lower Sixth, all studying German, travelled to Birmingham on 24th November to visit the Frankfurt Christmas Market, the... Read More
On 4th October 33 pupils from Years 11, the Lower and Upper Sixth took part in this year’s Senior Mathematical Challenge, run by the United... Read More
Lower Sixth pupils studying Philosophy, Ethics and Developments in Christian Thought attended the Free and Equal Conference at Lytchett Minster School to listen to a... Read More
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the European Day of Languages, the School’s MFL department invited all year groups in the Senior School to enter... Read More
Congratulations to Grace Lancaster and Alice Beattie (Year 7) who were the winners of the German Language Day scavenger hunt. Pupils were asked to find... Read More
Upper Sixth geographers spent a day in Bristol studying its urban geography, led by Mr Boot and Mrs Murdoch. Their visit featured a boat tour... Read More
The Bernard Society hosted the first speaker of the year on the evening of Tuesday 20th September. Professor Ronald Hutton of the University of Bristol... Read More
Once again, Wells pupils have achieved a set of outstanding GCSE results.Out of 98 pupils, no fewer than 17 achieved a clean sweep of grades... Read More
On A Level results day, Wells pupils have come together at the School to celebrate some outstanding A Level results.Pupils enjoyed success across a range... Read More
Our Lower Sixth physicists were challenged to design and build a bridge to an exacting specification in the space of three weeks. Using only balsa... Read More
For the last two Terms in Science Club, pupils have been researching, engineering and constructing motor-powered airboats. With great excitement, they raced them in the... Read More
Congratulations to En Xuan (Year 7) and Lucille (Year 8) who have each been awarded a winners certificate in the University of Southampton’s Junior Maths... Read More
English classes from the Upper and Lower Sixth joined together last week for a seminar with literary historian Mr Stuart Andrews on the subject of... Read More
Wells Cathedral School has partnered with a department of the University of Cambridge to trial a new online assessment that promises to help pupils perform... Read More
Upper Sixth pupils at Wells Cathedral School have been receiving and confirming offers from universities and music colleges across the UK since the start of... Read More
A group of Senior School pupils travelled to Westonbirt School to take part in WESTMUN, a Model United Nations conference.Model United Nations gives students the... Read More
Congratulations to our four Maths specialists who won the Millfield Team Maths Challenge this week.Samuel Chan (Year 9), Nathan Lam (Year 9), Chris Chan (Year... Read More
On Wednesday 23rd March, Upper Sixth Geographers took a field trip to the Somerset coastline in glorious sunshine. The pupils were studying different approaches to coastal... Read More
We’re delighted to announce the team of Harriet Carlill, Marco Yu, Hermione Christey-Clover, Will Peutherer and Louis Cronin have won the National Schools Geology Challenge,... Read More
On Friday 25th March, Senior School pupils were visited by local author Matt Dickinson who gave two fantastic creative writing workshops. Matt has found inspiration... Read More
In celebration of International Women’s Day, our pupils put on a fascinating evening of music and talks. The construction of the programme and even the... Read More
We’re thrilled the team of Harriet Carlill, Marco Yu, Hermione Christey-Clover and Louis Cronin have qualified as one of the top ten teams in the National... Read More
Our School’s Challenge Quiz Team, consisting of Lola Frisby Williams (Lower Sixth), Alexei James-Cudworth (Lower Sixth), Emily Williams (Year 9) and En Xuan Tan (Year... Read More
Tom Penhall (Old Wellensian, 2015) returned to Wells to speak to Sixth Form geologists about his degree in geology at Aberdeen University and his career... Read More
Congratulations to Lower Sixth pupil, Florrie Hutchison, who after working with Wessex Water Young People’s Panel, has won with her team! As part of the... Read More
Well done to our 13 pupils who finished in the top 10% of the Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge, which qualified them to take part in... Read More
On Friday 19th November, Wells co-hosted with Millfield an Oxbridge Preparation Day for 74 pupils from a range of local Sixth Forms, including five local state schools.Pupils... Read More
The Governors and Head Master of Wells Cathedral School are delighted to announce the appointment of Mr Alex Laing as the new Director of Music.The... Read More
Our Year 8 pupils took part in the Faraday Engineering Challenge, a national, real-world challenge run by the Institute of Engineering. The pupils had to... Read More
To celebrate our diversity, our pupils and staff took part in the European Day of Languages Great Bake-Off Challenge during Exeat weekend and baked (or cooked!)... Read More
Fifty pupils from schools across the South West took part in our annual Heads of School Conference event – our largest turnout since we started... Read More
The Sixth Form Academic Extension group enjoyed their first session this week. They undertook an ‘only problems not solutions’ discussion based on global challenges. The... Read More
Wells Cathedral School pupils are celebrating after their hard work and resilience has ensured they have achieved a very strong set of GCSE results. Their... Read More
Wells pupils celebrated impressive results and the successful attainment of well-deserved places at University and Music Colleges with a Champagne Breakfast held by the School... Read More
After being crowned “Performing Arts School of the Year” at last year’s Independent School of the Year awards, we are thrilled that this year we’ve... Read More
Pupils, parents and staff enjoyed a celebratory end to what has been an eventful and often complicated academic year at the School Speech Day on... Read More
We are thrilled and extremely proud to announce that talented Lower Sixth songwriter, Hetta Falzon, has won this year’s prestigious Song Academy Young Songwriter 2021... Read More
Wells musicians enjoyed an action-packed day of musical discovery last Friday, the final Friday Music Seminar of this School year. Outgoing Academic Music Captain, Francois... Read More
Pupils from Year 7 ventured over to Glastonbury on Wednesday in glorious summer weather for the annual geography trip. They used clinometers to work out... Read More
During the Whitsun and Trinity Terms, Junior School pupils have been very busy in their art lessons, learning new techniques and discovering inspiration from a... Read More
Pupils in Year 5 have spent the year learning about colours, weather and clothes in their French lessons with Head of Modern Languages, Jules Desmarchelier,... Read More
Year 10 pupils produced some stunning Hockney-inspired photography, after studying the artist in their lessons this year. Here is a selection of their work:
Wells Lower School pupils took part in the Junior Mathematics Challenge, run by the UK Mathematics Trust in the first half of the Summer term... Read More
Filming has been taking place this week for the Senior School Drama production of Our Country’s Good, which will be available to view by a... Read More
Last Thursday Lower Sixth geographers, along with teachers Jeremy Boot and Rebecca Murdoch, conducted a river study to analyse downstream changes in channel characteristics of... Read More
Despite Covid restrictions, Wells geologists have been able to participate in a number of field trips to enhance their studies this term, using covid-safe equipment.Visits... Read More
Congratulations to Year 6 pupil En Xuan Tan, who achieved a Gold Award and was selected to sit the Kangaroo Follow-On paper in this year’s... Read More
Congratulations to the following pupils, who have each been awarded £500 by the Wellensian Association towards the cost of their chosen projects:Emilia Candlin (Upper Sixth)... Read More
On Thursday evening, five members of the Lower Sixth gave a series of individual TEDEd Talks to an audience in Quilter Hall.Pupils put forward a... Read More
On Tuesday 35 pupils studying GCSE Geography, plus teachers Jeremy Boot, David Rowley and Rebecca Murdoch, headed for the Jurassic Coast for a field study... Read More
On Monday, Sixth Form pupils studying History enjoyed a day visiting the key local sites associated with Alfred the Great’s campaign against the Vikings of... Read More
Congratulations to Year 8 pupil Oscar Lovell-Clark, who has been Highly Commended in this year’s 11+ Category of the Poetry By Heart Competition.Oscar recited two... Read More
Last Wednesday, a representative from EDF Energy came to talk to Year 9 pupils about the future of energy production. Pupils learnt that EDF is... Read More
Pupils in classes 8L and 8K took part in a 5-lesson Faraday Engineering Challenge last week to design and build a prototype to help Network... Read More
The Science Department successfully completed the Captain Tom 100 challenge at lunch time on Wednesday: 8 pupils, one outstanding technician, 118 experiments completed.The team set... Read More
Upper Sixth Geologists visited the De la Beche site at Vallis Vale, a nationally important location to complete their A level fieldwork at the end... Read More
Last week, Lower Sixth geologists undertook a field trip to Portishead to study the sediments and geological structures as part of their fieldwork and practical... Read More
Sixth form pupils studying A level Music Technology were treated to expert feedback on their creative work and inspiring career advice from esteemed media composer... Read More
Lower Sixth historians experienced the art of Anglo-Saxon communication last week, attempting calligraphy on vellum (parchment) as part of their course, learning about the history... Read More
Congratulations to the following talented mathematicians, who achieved Merits in the recent follow-on Kangaroo round of this year’s Intermediate Mathematics Challenge.Year 9 pupil Luca Ng;... Read More
The Geography department ran its first field trip for over a year on Thursday, with Upper Sixth pupils studying beach profiles and coastal management at... Read More
Congratulations to Upper Sixth pupil Oscar Purcell-Shirley, who has been awarded a Gold in this year’s UK Chemistry Olympiad, scoring in the top 2 percent... Read More
The Wells Geology team once again progressed to the National Final of the Geological Society of London’s National Schools Challenge, alongside nine other schools and... Read More
Over the Christmas holidays and into the January lockdown, Senior School pupils were invited to submit a short story of around 500 words for the... Read More
Huge congratulations to Year 10 pupil Wilamena Dyer one of two regional winners in the South and West of England regions in this year’s BBC... Read More
Lucky pupils in 8L had an exciting opportunity to visit the set of Becoming Elizabeth, the Tudor historical drama dealing with the years before Queen... Read More
39 pupils in Years 9 to 11 gained awards in this year’s Intermediate Mathematics Challenge.Five pupils achieved Gold Awards, ten pupils achieved Silver and 24... Read More
Over the lockdown period, Drama and Theatre Studies teacher, Shelley Deans, undertook a creative monologue drama project throughout the months of Winter lockdown with pupils... Read More
Congratulations to all seven Year 11 specialist mathematicians who were in the UK and able to physically sit their IGCSE Mathematics exams half a year... Read More
With the physical return of the majority of Wells pupils to School for their onsite lessons this week, it is particularly uplifting to hear about... Read More
Congratulations to Old Wellensian, Emily Gunton, on her inspiring front page article about women in the music industry in Monday’s The Guardian, which quotes our very... Read More
We received results for the latest round of Trinity Instrumental and Vocal exams, and we’re delighted to say that 100% of Wells pupils gained a... Read More
As Wells pupils returned to remote learning, staff provided two new fun challenges to keep everyone busy and healthy in mind and body. Librarian Carole Estall... Read More
As Wells pupils return to School for online lessons this week following the Christmas break, we are delighted that so many of our Upper Sixth... Read More
In the run up to the Christmas break, Old Wellensian geologist Guy Hatcher gave an online lecture to Upper Sixth geologists.After finishing at Wells in... Read More
This term, Wells Specialist Mathematicians in Years 7 to 11 have been taking part in weekly problem solving activities set by popular science author, theoretical... Read More