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Senior UKMT Maths Challenge
17 Senior Wells pupils have achieved an award in this year’s Senior UKMT Maths Challenge.The Challenge is a 90-minute, multiple-choice competition aimed at pupils across... Read More
Geology Schools Challenge
Congratulations to the Wells A level Geology Team who have qualified for the National Final of the Geological Society Schools Challenge, after competing against teams... Read More
Inter-House Public Speaking Competition
A packed Cedars Hall was thoroughly entertained by a range of stimulating presentations at our annual Inter-House Public Speaking Competition on Friday evening. As a fitting... Read More
Development Day for Oxbridge
On Friday Wells was delighted to co-host the inaugural Oxbridge development day alongside Millfield School. This invigorating event saw 80 pupils from local state and independent... Read More
Modern Languages Film Nights
The first of this year’s film nights, run by the Department of Modern Languages, featured the award-winning Canadian French-language drama Monsieur Lazhar, a moving tale... Read More
Sixth Form Climate Change Conference
On Monday Wells Sixth Form pupils were invited to attend a Climate Change Conference hosted by Wells Cathedral, benefiting from a morning of inspiring speeches,... Read More
Wells Hosts Amnesty International Conference
On Thursday, Wells Cathedral School hosted Stand Up! A Schools Human Rights Conference, run by Amnesty International for senior pupils at schools and colleges across... Read More
New English Study Guides
Congratulations to Wells Head of English, Neil Bowen, who has recently published three new books in his Peripeteia Press series.The Art of Drama Volume 2:... Read More
World War II Battlefields Trip to Normandy
A mixed group of pupils from Years 9, 10 and 11 spent four days over the half term break experiencing an action-packed tour of World... Read More
Proud Sponsors of the Festival of Literature
Wells Cathedral School is proud to be part of the Wells Festival of Literature. This year we sponsored two events: Adam Rutherford who discussed his book... Read More
The Big Draw at Hauser and Wirth
On Thursday 10th October Year 10 artists attended the ‘Big Draw’ event at Hauser and Wirth, Bruton. An informative and interactive talk was given to... Read More
Sandhurst STEM Fair
On Friday 27th September, 16 Wells pupils attended the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, STEM Careers Fair. The group took part in a panel discussion with... Read More
Study Abroad Roadshow
On Wednesday morning, many senior and Sixth Form pupils attended a Study Abroad Roadshow, held in the foyer of Cedars Hall. This provided pupils with... Read More
Head of Schools Conference at Wells
Following on from last year’s successful conference, 44 pupils from Independent Schools across the South West arrived at Wells Cathedral School on Wednesday to engage... Read More
Adventures in Japan
Over the summer, a group of Upper Sixth pupils experienced the trip of a lifetime when they visited Kyoto in Japan, as part of a... Read More
Lower Sixth Enrichment
As part of their induction into the Sixth Form Lower Sixth pupils enjoyed a challenging and diverse critical thinking day hosted by Wiser Words. Pupils... Read More
Year 7 Team Building
Starting at a new school, or making the transition from Junior to Senior School is never easy. Wells places a significant emphasis on teams and... Read More
Magical Translation Winner
Congratulations to Upper Sixth pupil Beulah Adeleke, who entered two of the competitions run by the Creative Multiculturalism programme at the University of Oxford over... Read More
Wessex Water Young People’s Panel
Congratulations to Lower Sixth pupil Elaina Charalambous, who is one of 20 pupils within the Wessex Water region who have been selected to take part... Read More
Oxbridge Training Day
Upper Sixth pupils were recently challenged to think outside the box at the School’s Oxbridge training day. They learnt how to lay out arguments logically,... Read More
Wells Cathedral School Enjoy Excellent GCSE Exam Results Summer 2019
Pupils at Wells Cathedral School celebrated excellent GCSE results on Thursday, with the vast majority of subjects assessed against the reformed, more rigorous, GCSE examination... Read More
Wells Cathedral School Pupils Celebrate A Level Success
Upper Sixth pupils at Wells Cathedral School have received another strong set of A level results; 99 per cent of pupils passed, and over a... Read More
The Great Science Share
In the Trinity term Year 8 pupils took part in The Great Science Share initiative – a national campaign to inspire young people to share... Read More
Medieval History Trip
Just before the half term break, Year 7 history pupils spent a day visiting Tintern Abbey and Chepstow Castle, where activities included dressing in chainmail,... Read More
Geography Field Trip to Dartmoor
Lower Sixth geographers recently spent the day studying the extraordinary landscape of Dartmoor National Park, including a visit to Hay Tor and a river study... Read More
Sixth Form Geography Field Trip to Bristol
Lower and Upper Sixth geographers visited Bristol in stunning weather at the end of March. They took a boat tour around the historic floating harbour,... Read More
Malcolm Arnold Essay Prize
Congratulations to Upper Sixth pupil Thomas, who has recently been awarded Eton College’s prestigious Malcolm Arnold Essay Prize 2019 in the under 19s category. This... Read More
Exeter UCAS Exhibition
Last week, 80 Lower Sixth pupils from Wells attended the annual Higher Education Exhibition held at the Westpoint Centre in Exeter, accompanied by Wells Head of... Read More
Online A-level English Literature Seminars
Wells English A-level students recently took part in two online A-level English Literature seminars with university academics. The first was a seminar on ‘Hamlet’ with... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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.... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More