Links with Wellington College are strong, and children are drawn into a progressive and challenging journey of all-round education. In 2024 Eagle House was renamed Wellington College Prep School. It is located on the South-Eastern corner of the Wellington College estate.
The unique learning adventure starts in Early Years classrooms where child-led learning is at the heart of everything. Children are encouraged to explore and question as they navigate through the Early Learning Goals, giving them the knowledge and skills that provide the right foundation for strong future progress through school and life. Children follow a curriculum designed around the International Primary Curriculum, a cross-curricular approach.
This allows them to discover and understand links between subjects through knowledge and skills-based learning and then apply this to achieve success.
As children progress through the school, Wellington College Prep encourages every individual child to be the best learner they can be. Children are taught by subject specialists and the syllabi are designed by individual departments drawing on the expectations of the National Curriculum at Primary and Secondary levels. There is time for exploration and mastery in academic subjects which allows the pupils to develop a passion and interest in particular areas, enthused by the staff who teach them.
Meet the Master
The Head of Wellington College Prep is Ed Venables. He has a background in Finance and held academic and pastoral leadership positions at Wellington College, including as Director of Admissions. He moved to Wellington College Prep in 2023. His family are closely tied to the school, where his wife also works, and all three of his sons have studied. He says:
“It is a genuine privilege to be helping our young people to find out who they are as people and to be playing a big part in giving them the self-confidence to enter their chosen senior schools fully prepared to flourish.”
