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Throughout this challenging academic year there was relief at the progressive lifting of global travel restrictions and WCI Managing Director, Scott Bryan and the team immediately took to the skies to visit each and every one of the schools in the Wellington family. The team was warmly welcomed by all the leaders, teachers and support staff across the Wellington College International partnership who have continued in these extraordinary times to ensure their schools are providing a world class education.
Thailand
WCI Bangkok was shortlisted for International School of Year in the prestigious International Schools Awards which recognise exceptional initiatives implemented by English international schools around the world. IGCSE courses at WCI Bangkok also began in earnest this year, and their Y10s are already on track for some exceptional results. In the Theatre, the Juniors delighted with an amazing production of Peter Pan, whilst the seniors took staff and parents on a journey to Alice’s weird Wonderland.
Their talented Art students featured in a major exhibition at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre.
From U7s to U15s, WCIB athletes blazed a trail through the Basketball and Football leagues. Wellington Golf is now no 2 in the Bangkok schools table, and the team won the FOBISIA competition for the whole of South East Asia – despite only having students up to year 10 and the golf programme only being open for 2 years.
In the pool, they are now placing among the most elite squads nationally. Athletics, netball, tennis, cricket, gymnastics, archery, table tennis, dance and more have also featured significantly across the year.
China
WCI Shanghai has been increasing noticed for its achievements in IBDP, sustainability, social awareness and design.The College has been named the school among the ‘Top 3 IB Schools in China’ and also one of the ‘Top 40 Global IB Schools’ by IB-schools.com, a globally recognised website that guides parents and pupils to schools with the best IB programmes in the world.
WCI Hangzhou has been awarded the Silver standard for the Carnegie Centre of Excellence Mental Health in Schools ‘Further Education Mental Health Award.
WCI Tianjin received an International Design Award for the recent renovation of its Founder’s Library. Additionally, the Ecological Landscape Alliance recently recognised the College’s campus beautification project with its annual Healing Landscape Award.
Dr Yang Yang, Master of WCI Tianjin was named ‘Master of the Year’ by Beijing-based research and consultancy firm New School Insight. She was also named ‘2022 Outstanding Contributor to the Integration of Western and Chinese Education’ at the 2022 ‘Echoes in China’ Tencent Education International School Development Forum.
2023 began with several accolades from KingLead, one of China’s most reputable school-ranking services with one of the highlights being Julian Jeffrey, WCC Chief Executive Master, receiving their ‘Global Leading Principal’ award.
India
In addition to our schools in China and Thailand we are excited to support the opening of the 8th Wellington College International school in Pune, India and will welcome, in a spectacular opening ceremony in September 2023, their founding students and staff to the Wellington community. WCI Pune will be a co-educational day and boarding school for 800 pupils between the ages of 2-18, established on a new state of the art campus which will accommodate 3 schools and will be the first of the family of schools to open in India.
Summer School and International Exchanges
Wellington College UK is also delighted to be hosting the Wellington Summer School again this year, organised by David Wilson, International Academic Director. In July 2023, we look forward to welcoming a plentiful number
of G7/Y8 students from WCC and our partner school in Thailand to the UK for a full two-week programme of activities and learning on and off our outstanding campus. The first student and staff exchanges from our family of schools with
the College since COVID have also now resumed in earnest.
