wallington county grammar school
Wallington
I am delighted to welcome you to the website of Wallington County Grammar
School, one of the best schools in the country. Our motto is Per Ardua Ad Summa,
'Through Difficulties to the Heights'. Coming to school here as a student or
professional means that we reach those heights daily by being part of such a
successful educational organisation. What makes us great is that we meet life’s
difficulties together, as a community and a family, using our core values of
compassion, courage, commitment and creativity to achieve excellence. We believe
that we should always show compassion to others, making decisions without
self-interest and supporting all those in our community to be happy and
successful. We must have courage, never being afraid of failure but embracing it
to learn from our mistakes and better ourselves. We are committed, not just to
reaching academic success but to enriching ourselves as scholars, sportsmen and
women, artists, musicians, actors, debaters and anything else we set our minds
to. Finally we are creative, always being willing to consider different
solutions and think deeply about the challenges we face as individuals and as a
society. Above all, we celebrate our incredible students through a culture of
praise and recognition to make sure they leave us with the conviction that they
can achieve anything they put their minds to. Being a boys selective school
founded in 1927 that welcomes girls into the Sixth Form, we work within the
Folio Education Trust, blending the best of tradition with innovation to engage
and inspire our students to be the very best they can be. Because of this our
students make progress within the top few percent of all secondary schools in
the country at GCSE and go on to gain places at the world’s top universities.
Ofsted recognised the achievements of our wonderful students and staff, grading
the School as 'outstanding' in all categories in 2017. I am incredibly proud to
have worked here for the last 16 years and look forward to many more moments of
pride and delight in seeing the heights that our students reach each and every
day.
