Welcome to Wallingford
REMINDER FOR ALL PARENTS/GUARDIANS
If you have not yet returned the slip to school that asks for mobile numbers for contact by text, and E.mail addressess also for contact, please can you do so a.s.a.p. as we would like to be able to have this system in place early in the new school year.
We want to send every young person into the World ABLE and QUALIFIED to play their full part in it.
We aim for academic excellence. Whatever developments there are in education we will be seeking ways for our young people to have the opportunity to compete against the very best for the highest honours. The community we serve is demanding and supportive, which makes success essential and attainable.
Wallingford is a very stable, happy and positive place to study or work. Although we place a very high premium on academic attainment we also want to encourage young people to develop into polite, considerate and happy members of society. This we are developing through insistence on respect for others and the process of learning.
We choose to invest our time and resources on the basic components of a good education. We insist on good behaviour and courtesy towards others around school and do much to ensure that high standards are enforced. Students consider the good behaviour worthwhile because our staff receive a high calibre of professional development and in-service training that is focused on teaching and learning.
Our young people are a pleasure to be around and many members of staff willingly give up their spare time to organise activities for them, be they academic, sporting or arts-related. Whatever they turn their attention to seems to generate a lot of fun and high standards of performance.
Sixth formers study in a friendly atmosphere most evident in their own designated area. The sense of identity is strong and reinforced by a series of social events, culminating in the annual residential, which has been in places such as Barcelona and Paris. Our sixth formers are an integral part of the whole school. They put a lot into the community and clearly enjoy what they get out of their time with us.
This is a wonderful place to grow up and be educated. There can be no higher recommendation than the number of teachers who choose to send their own children here; myself included. I would advise anyone looking for a place to send their child, lucky enough to be considered for a place here, to take a close look. It is a very special place.
