Wallingford School
March 12, 2025

Livery Entrepreneurs Challenge

Wallingford School team, Ben, Rory, Annabelle and Lizzie (Year 12), headed to London on Friday…
March 07, 2025

The Beating Heart of the British Art Scene

Mr Bowen and Mr Hinchliffe were really pleased to take our Year 13 artists to…
February 12, 2025

Grenoble - French Exchange 2025

Tuesday 4th February Students taking part in our annual French Exchange to Grenoble spent the…
February 12, 2025

An Evening of German at Radley College

Having thoroughly enjoyed the Oktoberfest event at Radley College in the autumn, a few of…
January 15, 2025

Year 7 Welcome Award-Winning Author Larry Hayes

We were delighted to welcome award-winning author Larry Hayes to the school to talk to…
January 13, 2025

Sharing Experiences

Last term, Lydia, Year 11 & Young Carer, met Ed Davey, MP, at an event…
January 08, 2025

A Great Kick-Off to the Year!

What an opening term of sport we’ve had at Wallingford! There have been riveting rugby…
January 08, 2025

A Head Full of Ideas

Last term, I was lucky enough to win a place on a teacher training course…
January 08, 2025

Merchant Taylors' Company Photography Competition

David Bowie famously sang a song called ‘Five Years’. Quite obviously, he was writing about…
December 09, 2024

Merchant Taylors' Livery Academy Awards Heat 2024

At the start of the school year, six students were selected to take part in…
November 20, 2024

World Challenge - Summer 2024

At the start of the summer, two groups of students went on a trip to…
October 02, 2024

The Merry Wanderers Project - Settling into Secondary School with the help of Shakespeare

Tom Davey, RADA trained and former RSC actor, is proud to be bringing this ground-breaking…
September 18, 2024

Out Standing in a Field

The Art Department create so many fantastic opportunities and new experiences for our young artists!…
August 22, 2024

Key Stage 4 Results 2024

Students at Wallingford School are receiving their Key Stage 4 results this morning and we…
August 15, 2024

Key Stage 5 Results 2024

We are tremendously proud this morning of all of our Year 13 students as they…
July 22, 2024

Max Warr's Legacy

In 2021, we shared a story about medical detection dog Max, named and sponsored in…
July 16, 2024

Anniversary Regatta Row-Past

John Marston recently visited the Henley Royal Regatta for a special event: "It was a…
June 14, 2024

Digital Wellbeing Conference at Merchant Taylors' Hall

Last term, head students Archie and Emily visited Merchant Taylors' Hall for a Digital Wellbeing…
June 10, 2024

Rotary Club 'Student of the Term'

Over the past couple of terms, Mr Lyons has been asked to nominate a student…
June 06, 2024

Young Carers in Schools Award

We’ve won a prestigious award for our work supporting young carers with their education.  We…
June 06, 2024

History Workshop at Merchant Taylors' Hall

Earlier this week, we took 30 Year 8 students to Merchant Taylors’ Hall, Threadneedle Street,…
May 15, 2024

Unique Art Awards

Lizzie, Year 7, has been working with Mrs Williams, Art Technician, over the past couple…
May 03, 2024

UKMT Team Maths Challenge

Tilda (Yr 8), Syrah (Yr 8), Callum (Yr 9) and Joseph (Yr 9) visited Headington…
March 21, 2024

UKTA National Blackbelt Seminar & Grading Weekend

Wallingford School Leisure Centre was delighted to host the 'UKTA National Blackbelt Seminar & Grading…
March 15, 2024

My Time in Belgium

I was lucky enough to get to go on the Belgium trip at the beginning…
March 08, 2024

German Exchange 2024

The week beginning 19th February, thirty-four GCSE and four A Level students took part in…
February 27, 2024

Diary of Geography Trip to Iceland

GCSE and A Level Geography students spent three days in Iceland over half term, and…
February 19, 2024

Unforgettable Adventure in Barcelona!

Our Sixth Form trip to Barcelona was an unforgettable adventure from start to finish. Despite…
February 09, 2024

French Exchange 2024

From 26th January to 2nd February, I took part in a French exchange to Oxford’s…
February 09, 2024

The Addams Family Musical

We were thrilled to present to audiences the Wallingford School’s 2024 production of The Addams…
February 01, 2024

Poetry Live!

On the 24th January, Years 10 and 11 embarked on a trip to The New…
December 15, 2023

Clean Sweep in the Merchant Taylors' Photography Competition!

This year’s Merchant Taylors’ Company Photography Competition was introduced to students in October, where they…
November 22, 2023

Why I Love Science

Before half term, Miss Sutton helped run a science essay writing competition for the STFC…
November 07, 2023

Wallingford Taekwon-do Medal Haul

Wallingford Taekwon-do took six students to the UK Open Championships 2023 and came away with…
August 24, 2023

Key Stage 4 Results 2023

Students at Wallingford School received their Key Stage 4 results this morning and we could…
August 17, 2023

Key Stage 5 Results 2023

We are tremendously proud this morning of all of our Year 13 students as they…
June 30, 2023

Sponsored Walk 2023

We're really excited to end our academic year on a high by bringing the whole…
June 22, 2023

HR Wallingford Visit for INWED23

It was a privilege to be invited to HR Wallingford last week for International Women…
June 13, 2023

Toll Gemacht, Alexander!

Huge congratulations to our Year 8 German student Alexander Simpson for having come 2nd in the…
June 13, 2023

Thumbs Up for New Minibus

We were really excited by the arrival of our new minibus last week, which has…
May 23, 2023

Matt Falls for Skydiving

Matt, Year 12, has never been one for sport at school, but has taken his…
May 22, 2023

Florentina at The Cathedral of Polo

In April, Year 8 student Florentina was invited by the Argentine Polo Association to play…
May 19, 2023

Charlie's Work Experience - A Ringing Endorsement

Charlie, our Year 8 bell-ringer we wrote about last November had the unique chance to gain…
May 16, 2023

Jasmine and Orla & the Wallingford Wildcats

Jasmine and Orla in Year 8 are members of the Wallingford Wildcats hockey team, and…
May 12, 2023

The King and Lizzie

Lizzie, Year 10, has been part of the Girlguiding youth steering group 'Amplify' for the last…
March 23, 2023

York Trip Diary - Day Three

Wednesday 22nd March This morning we went to the National Railway Museum where students could…
March 22, 2023

York Trip Diary - Day Two

Tuesday 21st March First stop was York Minster, the second largest medieval gothic cathedral in…
March 22, 2023

York Trip Diary - Day One

Monday 20th March After a long journey, we arrived in York and headed straight out…
March 10, 2023

Belgium Trip Diary - Day Three

Today was a dry day - hurray! We had a 2 hour coach journey to…
March 09, 2023

Belgium Trip Diary - Day Two

Today has been another tremendous day in Belgium. The day got off to a great…
March 08, 2023

Belgium Trip Diary - Day One

First day in Belgium. A long day, after a very early start, but a really…
March 06, 2023

Building Bird Boxes at Earth Trust

Great work from our Year 10 Skills students at Earth Trust last week. Some of…
March 02, 2023

Spring Concert 2023

Just one week to go until our Spring Concert! It's been great to see and…
March 02, 2023

World Book Day 2023

It's World Book Day! Be sure to grab an e-voucher (check your Satchel homework timetable…
February 22, 2023

Planting Day

A couple of weekends ago, Wild about Wallingford, GreenArt and a team of volunteers planted…
February 21, 2023

Gateway to Great Design

Last year our A Level Product Design students were asked to design a new gateway…
February 02, 2023

Year 9 Student Plays His Way to Italy

We are thrilled to hear that Peter in Year 9 has been selected to represent…
February 01, 2023

Merchant Taylors' Company Competition Winners

Earlier this week, Miss Jolly and Beatrice (Year 12) visited Merchant Taylors' Hall representing Wallingford…
January 04, 2023

Biodiversity Garden Project Launch

As the school broke up last term, not everyone was downing tools for Christmas. GreenArt…
December 20, 2022

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

We were pleased to be able to have our traditional whole school assembly before the…
December 06, 2022

Sleigh2Give

We're really pleased to support the Play2Give @play2give Sleigh2Give campaign again this year - the annual Christmas present…
November 11, 2022

Remembrance Day 2022

Wallingford School showed our respects to those who died in conflicts across this world this…
November 11, 2022

Charlie Rings the Changes

Charlie in Year 8 is a Campanologist, and he regularly updates music teacher Ms Hammond…
November 04, 2022

Recording at Readipop

After our successful songwriting competition last July, our winning group, Dynamic Force (Ferne, Lyna, Carys…
November 04, 2022

6th Former Harry Helps Host 24-Hour Radio Fundraiser

We were really pleased to hear what Harry, Year 13, has been up to in…
November 02, 2022

Ex-Wallingford School Student Rises to the Challenge!

Ms Lancaster, Head of English, was thrilled to see ex-student Hollie Partis representing St. Catherine's…
October 31, 2022

Angie's Amazing Art

We have some wonderful young artists at Wallingford School. We often watch in amazement when…
October 30, 2022

What do teachers do on INSET days?

Have you ever wondered what your teachers get up to on INSET days? Look no…
October 19, 2022

Spellbinding Reads

We return to school on Monday the 31st - Halloween! Mrs Saunders, School Librarian, has…
October 14, 2022

Year 7 CPR Training

All of our Year 7 students are receiving a 30-minute basic CPR training session today…
October 12, 2022

Army Careers Visit

On Tuesday 4th October, Wallingford School arranged for some regiments from The Army to come…
September 06, 2022

Invitation to Tender - Pat Granados' Biodiversity Garden & Amphitheatre

We are really pleased to be progressing plans with the Pat Granados’ Biodiversity Garden and…
August 25, 2022

Key Stage 4 Results 2022

Students at Wallingford School are receiving their Key Stage 4 results this morning and we…
August 18, 2022

Key Stage 5 Results 2022

We are tremendously proud this morning of all of our Year 13 students as they…
July 08, 2022

World Music Day Songwriting Competition

The Music department have been blown away by the talent and creativity of our musicians…
July 06, 2022

STEM Workshop

This week Year 9 students have participated in the Intensive STEM Summer Camp, run by…
July 05, 2022

Rugby Success

We always love to hear about our students' activities outside of school. Aimee, Year 10,…
May 24, 2022

Hustings - Student Leadership Group

We want to say a big well done to the 11 candidates who put themselves…
May 17, 2022

Year 10 Work Experience 2022

We're always so pleased when our Year 10s return from their week of work experience,…
May 11, 2022

Brightwell cum Sotwell CofE Primary School Ofsted Report

We are delighted to be able to share the published Ofsted Inspection report for Brightwell…
May 10, 2022

Wallingford Rowing Club Fundraiser

Wallingford Rowing Club juniors (mostly from Wallingford School) completed a 24h sponsored ergo over the…