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12 Mar 2019

Geography Field Trip to Glastonbury

28 Year 7 pupils headed to Glastonbury last Tuesday for a Geography field trip of two halves. In the first session pupils climbed to the...

12 Mar 2019

Intermediate Mathematics Challenge 2019

In February, 82 pupils from Years 9, 10 and 11 sat this year’s Intermediate Mathematics Challenge.11 Wells pupils achieved a Gold Certificate: Year 9 pupils...

05 Mar 2019

TedEd Talks

At the end of February, seven Lower Sixth pupils gave interesting and inspiring TedEd-style talks to a fascinated audience in Cedars Hall. Wells done to...

28 Feb 2019

Lit Soc Explores Chaucer

Last week members of Lit Soc explored the art of Chaucer in their evening literary soiree. Four Upper Sixth pupils gave talks on different aspects...

28 Feb 2019

De Winton Lecture – Professor Ian Pallister

On Friday Professor Ian Pallister, Orthopedic Trauma Surgeon, based at Swansea University, gave a talk to Sixth Form pupils at the regular De Winton enrichment...

08 Feb 2019

The Shepton Mallet Snowdrop Competition

Congratulations to four Year 9 pupils, whose poems were commended in the Shepton Mallet Snowdrop Competition 2019.Highly commended: Freya and EmilyCommended: Alix and Emily BoThe...

01 Feb 2019

Year 6 Senior School Transition

As part of the transition process to the Senior School Year 6 pupils took part in science lessons in the senior school laboratories last week.Class...

21 Jan 2019

University and Music College Offers

Final year pupils at Wells Cathedral School have been receiving offers and scholarships from prestigious academic and music establishments, as they plan the next steps...

18 Jan 2019

Imperium

As part of the school’s unique sixth form medieval history syllabus, the history department has produced a European companion to the English history text. Written...

07 Jan 2019

French and Spanish Language Performances

Students from Years 10 to 13 studying Spanish or French took part in the performance of two plays by the ONATTI production team, based at...

14 Dec 2018

The Write Off 2018 Winners and runners up

‘The Great Wells Cathedral School Write Off 2018’ attracted a record number of entries this year, making the panel’s decision extremely difficult. What was particularly...

10 Dec 2018

A View from the Bridge Workshop

On Monday a director from the Bristol Tobacco Factory Theatre came to Wells to run workshops on A View from the Bridge with Year 11...

04 Dec 2018

Festive fairy tales with the Literary Society

On a cold, wet and wild Wednesday evening, a group of intrepid senior pupils met to explore fairy tales. As if cursed by a wicked...

27 Nov 2018

TedEd Outreach

Lower Sixth scholars were recently invited to Millfield School to host an academic enrichment evening. They ran an evening based on the TedEd programme which...

21 Nov 2018

Senior Maths Challenge

Congratulations to the following pupils who achieved bronze, silver or gold in the recent UKMT Senior Maths Challenge, designed for pupils in Year 13 and...

21 Nov 2018

English in Action

As part of the ttp Education in Action programme, Wells Head of English, Neil Bowen, is running two lectures for the GCSE English in Action...

16 Nov 2018

Adventures in Southern Italy

Between 23-27th October 32 pupils and four staff led by Jeremy Boot explored the geography and antiquities of southern Italy. On the first day the...

16 Nov 2018

Literary Society

Sixth Form English students put on a regular evening Literary Society during term time, run by the English Faculty Captains and Head of English, Neil...

06 Nov 2018

Critics Competition Highly Commended

The Forward/emagazine Young Critics Competition 2018 offered students and teachers the opportunity to respond to their choice of poem from the Best Collection and Best...

06 Nov 2018

Defining Tragedy Lecture

In early November, Wells Head of English, Neil Bowen, gave a lecture, Defining tragedy, the tragic genre and tragic sub-genres to A-level students from across...

18 Oct 2018

Emma Craigie Creative Writing Masterclass

On Thursday 11th October, the English Department had the great pleasure of welcoming local author Emma Craigie to Wells. She came to talk about her...

05 Oct 2018

Lulworth Cove Geography Trip

This week 32 pupils accompanied by four staff headed down to Durdle Door and Lulworth Cove on the annual Geography GCSE field trip. Pupils busied...

23 Aug 2018

Wells Cathedral School GCSE Exam Results Summer 2018

Pupils at Wells Cathedral School celebrated impressive GCSE results on Thursday, the first year where the majority of subjects have been assessed against the newly...

16 Aug 2018

Robust A-level Performance at Wells Cathedral School

Students at Wells Cathedral School achieved a robust set of A-level results on Thursday with a pass rate of 99 per cent; 40 per cent...

Visit to Matrix barristers’ chambers in London

07 Jun 2018

Indigo’s Week at Matrix

Year 12 student Indigo spent an inspiring and motivating week at the prestigious Matrix barristers’ chambers in London in May, experiencing a day at the...

21 May 2018

Chemistry Trip to the University of Bristol

In mid-May the chemistry team took 40 Year 10 chemists to the University of Bristol’s Chemistry Department, where they spent the morning in the lab...

30 Apr 2018

Tower Poetry Finalist

Congratulations to Year 12 student Miranda, who was selected as one of the six finalists in the prestigious Oxford Tower Poetry Competition 2018. Miranda attended...

19 Mar 2018

UKMT Success

We are delighted that so many Wells students have achieved success at this year’s intermediate UKMT Challenge, with 34 students achieving Bronze, Silver or Gold...

20 Dec 2017

Mathematics Challenges

Senior Team Mathematics Challenge In the second half of November Wells entered a team of four sixth form students for this year’s Senior Team Mathematics...

14 Dec 2017

Announcement of Head of Wells Cathedral School

The Governing Body of Wells Cathedral School is delighted to announce the appointment of Mr Alastair Tighe as Head of Wells Cathedral School with effect...

04 Dec 2017

An Evening of Wonder

On Monday evening, head of academic enrichment, Charlotte Farmer and drama teacher Shelley Deans, took 19 students in Year 9 to watch the gala preview...

13 Nov 2017

Chess Club

Deborah Searle, one of the new maths teachers has introduced an after school chess club for the community. Coached by Chris Strong, the Somerset county...

Wells Cathedral School GCSE Results 2017

24 Aug 2017

Wells GCSE Exam Results Summer 2017

Pupils at Wells celebrated impressive GCSE results on Thursday, with the top A* grade awarded for over a quarter of all examinations taken by the...

17 Aug 2017

Strong A-level Performance for Wells Students

Wells students had much to celebrate on Thursday, with a very strong set of A-level results achieved by this year’s cohort. The overall pass rate...

22 May 2017

Geneva Exchange

At the end of March, ten Wells students travelled to Geneva for a week on the first leg of their French exchange with students from...

Wells Cathedral School student selected for Stanford Summer College Programme

12 May 2017

Sylvia Selected for Stanford Summer College Programme

Congratulations to Year 11 Wells International Study Centre (WISC) pupil Sylvia, who has been selected for the prestigious 8-week Stanford Summer College Programme over the...

Students participating in the French Spelling Bee

04 May 2017

French Spelling Bee Competition

This year, the Languages Faculty took part, for the second year running, in the Routes Into Languages National Languages Spelling Bee competition. Over 5,000 students...

24 Mar 2017

Science Comedy Show at Cedars Hall

On Thursday afternoon, comedy physicist Steve Mould brought his unique mix of experiments and comedy to students in Years 9 and 10, in the Eavis...

24 Mar 2017

Simon Singh Visits Cedars Hall

On Thursday afternoon, Somerset-born particle physicist, cypher expert and TV science guru, Simon Singh gave an inspiring lecture The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets to...

17 Mar 2017

Particle Physics Masterclass

On Tuesday 15 sixth form physics students had the opportunity of taking part in a Particle Physics Masterclass at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratories in Oxfordshire....

17 Mar 2017

UK Maths Challenge Gold Award

Congratulations to the group of students who gained Gold in the Intermediate UK Maths Challenge in February: Harry and Amber in Year 9; William, Jonathan...

30 Jan 2017

British Physics Olympiad

Congratulations to eight Wells students who participated in the British Physics Olympiad Round 1. This gruelling paper challenges the 2000 most able physicists in the...

30 Jan 2017

English Speaking Union Public Speaking

On Thursday a public team consisting of Year 11 student Angus, Year 10 student Frances and Year 9 student Benjamin took to the stage to...

25 Jan 2017

University and Music College Offers

Sixth form students have enjoyed a successful start to the new year, with well over a hundred offers of places at Russell Group universities, including...

21 Nov 2016

STEM Roadshow

On Tuesday, junior school pupils in Years 4 to 6, along with lower school students in Years 7 and 8 took part in a fantastic...

Group with the straw for the mediaeval hut

30 Sep 2016

Thatching Straw Arrives for the Mediaeval Hut

Many thanks to the Parents’ Association for funding the thatching straw required for the roof of the history department’s mediaeval hut, currently under construction on...

30 Aug 2016

GCSE Exam Results Summer 2016

There is much celebration at Wells Cathedral School this week with students achieving impressive GCSE and IGCSE results following their summer examinations. One third of...

19 Aug 2016

A-level Results 2016

There was much to celebrate at Wells Cathedral School on Thursday, following this year’s successful A-level results. More than 15 per cent of the grades...

04 Jul 2016

Wells Bright Spark

Year 12 Student Lydia has just completed a prestigious work experience with law firm Burges Salmon in Bristol. Lydia was chosen to take part in...

17 Jun 2016

University of Southampton Maths Challenge

Congratulations to three lower school students: Year 8 pupil Harry, who came second in this year’s national University of Southampton Junior Maths Challenge; Year 7...

$UK Junior Maths Challenge Gold$

08 Jun 2016

UK Junior Maths Challenge Gold

Congratulations to five pupils from Years 7 and 8, who all achieved a gold award in this year’s UK Junior Maths Challenge: Louis in Year...

18 May 2016

Presentation Prize for Wells Geologists

Congratulations to our team of Year 12 and 13 geologists, who won the Presentation Prize and were runners up in the Geologists’ Association National Schools...

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