Wellington School Purchases Local Property

11 Apr 2017

Wellington School is pleased to confirm that it has had an offer accepted on The Grange, a large Edwardian house very close to the School on Wellesley Park.

The purchase of the grade 2 listed building, which is still subject to contract has been sold by Abbeyfield, a charitable housing association which owns over 500 houses and care homes throughout the UK. The building is returning to educational use more than a century after it was built as girls’ school in 1906.

“We are delighted to have acquired The Grange. It is a beautiful building, which with minimal internal development, will become a first class boarding house from September 2018,’ commented Henry Price, Headmaster at Wellington School.

‘We are seeing a growing interest in boarding at Wellington from UK and international pupils alongside our day pupils. Whilst boarding is not for everyone, I am a great believer in the enriching experience it provides, as well as developing a sense of independence as pupils look to life at university and beyond. We already have four houses providing weekly and full boarding at Wellington and it is our intention that The Grange becomes a senior girls’ house for around 20 pupils with the very best facilities as well as pastoral care.’

Henry Price concluded, ‘To have acquired such a wonderful property, just a few hundred yards from the School, will greatly enhance our boarding provision and I hope that it will also be a positive benefit to the wider community.’