Established 1866 Headmaster Mr Simon O'Malley Phone +44 1843 862991 Founded 1866 | Religion Church of England Chairman Mr P. J. Woodhouse Number of students 133 | |
Type Independent school
Preparatory school (United Kingdom)
Day and boarding school
Co-educational Location Broadstairs
Kent
CT10 2DG
United Kingdom Address 114 Ramsgate Road, Broadstairs, Kent CT10 2DG, United Kingdom Similar St Lawrence College, Haddon Dene Preparato, Dane Court Grammar School, The Charles Dickens, Chatham & Clarendon Grammar Profiles | ||
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Wellesley House School is a prep school in Broadstairs in Kent.
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History
It was first established in 1866 as Conyngham House in Ramsgate, with the first of the buildings on the present site being built in 1898. During the Second World War the British Army used the school buildings while the school was temporarily housed at Rannoch. In 1969 the school amalgamated with St Peter's Court, another Broadstairs preparatory school, The problems of preparatory schools post-war had been predicted during the war by F. G. Ridgeway of St Peter's Court. The Wellesley House School site was developed as the sole site over the next few years. The school became co-educational in 1977.
School organisation
The school is organised into a Junior House (7–9 years) and Senior School (up to 13 years). There are three boarding houses: the boys' Junior House, the boys in the Main School and Orchard House for girls, but all pupils are split into one of four houses: Vikings, Romans, Saxons and Danes. The school is organised into year blocks:
Old Welleslians
The school and St Peter's Court in 2011 were voted 'The Archant Good School'. Distinguished former pupils include:
Armed Forces
The Arts
Business
Politics
Royalty
Sportsmen and sportswomen
Writers