February 10, 2026
From Horticulture to Health
In recent years, Miss Ladbrook and her budding team of student gardeners have transformed a…
February 05, 2026
Olympic Triathlete Alex Yee Inspires Wallingford School Students
Wallingford School was delighted to welcome Olympic gold-medal-winning triathlete Alex Yee for a day of…
January 07, 2026
On Board TS Royalist
My voyage on board TS Royalist from the 15th to the 21st of November has…
January 06, 2026
German Exchange
EnglishDeutsch We got to school at 5am, and got on the bus. We were all…
January 06, 2026
English Speaking Union’s Debate Competition
In November, the KS4 Debate team (Joseph, Jasmine, Thomas, Edward and Daisy) took part in…
January 06, 2026
Not Long Ago, In This Galaxy...
How many of us can say that they’ve met a man who has designed a…
January 05, 2026
MTC Doctors' Dinner
Last night, our Head Students, Orlagh and Wilfrid, attended the annual Merchant Taylors' Doctors' Dinner…
January 05, 2026
Mayoral Christmas Card
Christmas Card Winners Extraordinaire! When the Mayor of Wallingford, Ros Lester, contacted us to ask…
January 05, 2026
Livery Academy Awards
At the beginning of the school year, around 14 Year 12 students attended a workshop…
December 16, 2025
Merchant Taylors' Company Photo Competition 2025
What does the number 6 mean to you? The wives of Henry VIII? Sixth sense?…
December 02, 2025
Christmas in Blackstone Library
It’s beginning to look a lot Like Christmas…in the library. Join us for extra sparkle,…
November 11, 2025
Remembrance
We're always keen to see the annual Art Department 'Remembrance' window display! This year, they…
October 21, 2025
Kickboxing Champion
A big congratulations to Elden, Year 7, who became kickboxing world champion last week! We…
October 14, 2025
Wintour at Wallingford
Our Year 7s had the pleasure of welcoming visiting author Brian Dungan in collaboration with…
September 26, 2025
Speed Language Learning
It was great to see so many students getting involved in our Speed Language Learning…
September 24, 2025
Make a Difference Awards 2025
Lydia, Year 12, is 'Highly Commended' at the BBC Oxford Make a Difference Awards 2025.…
September 19, 2025
LAMDA Exam
We were pleased to present 33 students between Years 8-10 with their LAMDA exam certificates.…
September 11, 2025
Looking Forward...
We heard from Head Students, Wilfrid and Orlagh, in our Summer Newsletter, who excitedly set…
September 08, 2025
Poetry by Heart
In the summer term, Lizzie, Year 9, was selected as a finalist in the 'Poetry…
August 21, 2025
Key Stage 4 Results 2025
Students at Wallingford School are receiving their Key Stage 4 results this morning and we…
August 14, 2025
Key Stage 5 Results 2025
Everyone at Wallingford School is tremendously proud this morning of all of our Year 13…
June 06, 2025
Sponsored Walk 2025
We were really excited to launch our Sponsored Walk this morning in a series of…
May 28, 2025
Merchant Taylors' Company Wellbeing Conference
On Monday 19th May, Wallingford School Peer Supporters had the opportunity to attend the Merchant…
May 12, 2025
VE Day 80 London Parade
On Monday the 5th May, I had the honour of representing the Army Cadet Force…
April 23, 2025
Tournaments, Trips & Charity Competitions
What a brilliant second term of sport here at Wallingford! From netball and football, to…
April 22, 2025
A Brass Reflection
Our Year 13 music students recently finished the performance element of their A Level. This…
March 12, 2025
Livery Entrepreneurs Challenge
Wallingford School team, Ben, Rory, Annabelle and Lizzie (Year 12), headed to London on Friday…
March 07, 2025
Language Exchange
In February, a group of Year 10 and Year 12 French students were lucky enough…
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 28, 2025
A Moroccan Experience
During February half term, geographers from Year 11 and 13 travelled to Morocco to spend…
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…
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…
May 09, 2022
Bigg Band at Wallingford Car Rally
Bigg Band performed on Sunday at the Wallingford Car Rally. There was a fantastic turn…
May 09, 2022
Alumni News - Alex Bosley
We've been hearing what Wallingford School Sixth Form alumnus Alex Bosley (class of 2021) has…
March 17, 2022
25th World Scout Jamboree
We were pleased to hear that five students have been selected to attend the 25th…
March 16, 2022
Spring Concert is Back!
We're really looking forward to showcasing our talented young musicians at our Spring Concert on Thursday…
March 11, 2022
Year 13 Visit Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Miss Sutton and Year 13 visited Oxford University Museum of Natural History yesterday, where they…
March 10, 2022
Merchant Taylors' Design Competition
Product Design student Oscar, Year 12, attended Merchant Taylors' Hall yesterday, where he presented his…
March 09, 2022
DEC Non-Uniform Day - Friday 11th March
Wallingford School is having a non-uniform day on Friday 11th March, with suggested £1 donations…
March 07, 2022
Ninja Warrior 2022 - The Final!
The Ninja Warrior finalists had to overcome another fantastic course set by the PE Department…
February 02, 2022
Mia at Modern Art Oxford
Mia Annesen-Wood actually has a painting exhibited at Modern Art Oxford! She actually, actually has!…
January 27, 2022
Year 11 Film Music Workshop
Film music is a huge industry, and composing or performing in film music is a…
January 21, 2022
Public Speaking Workshop
Year 12 students, AJ, Alex, Bethany, Lorna, Saoirse, and Rob, took part in a Public…
December 17, 2021
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
As we wave off our students at the end of another term and another year,…
December 01, 2021
The Wizard of Oz - Postponed
Due to rapidly-changing national events, we have decided to postpone our production of ‘The Wizard…
November 25, 2021
Merchant Taylors’ Company Livery Academy Award
On Monday, we went to the Merchant Taylors’ Hall in London to compete against 2…
November 11, 2021
Remembrance Day
Wallingford School has marked Remembrance Day a number of ways this week: Mrs Saunders, our…
November 01, 2021
MTOAT welcomes Buckinghamshire UTC into the Trust
Merchant Taylors’ Oxfordshire Academy Trust is delighted to confirm the transfer of Buckinghamshire University Technical…
November 01, 2021
Max - Bio Detection Dog
We are very pleased to start the term with an introduction to Max, Bio Detection…
September 29, 2021
Year 10 National Boxing Champion
A big congratulations to Sky, Year 10, on becoming national champion (female 63kg) at the…
September 28, 2021
Donkey Sanctuary Mural
Year 12 and Year 13 artists kindly gave up their time to paint a mural…
August 12, 2021
Key Stage 4 Results 2021
This morning we celebrate the achievements of our Year 11 students in securing a hugely…
August 10, 2021
Key Stage 5 Results 2021
We are tremendously proud this morning of all of our Year 13 students as they…
July 22, 2021
Have A Great Summer!
As we bid a farewell to our students in true Wallingford School style, we wish…
July 22, 2021
House Champions 2020-2021
We've added-up the final House Points from all the students and here are the final…
July 07, 2021
STEM Rocket Launch
Year 7 students have been designing and launching rockets in their STEM lessons this week.…
July 06, 2021
Introducing the Head of Year 7 2021
We are pleased to introduce Mr Choi as Head of Year 7 – over the…
June 25, 2021
Sponsored Walk 2021
As mentioned earlier this week, our Enrichment Week will end with a whole school community…
June 21, 2021
Visit from Thames Valley Air Ambulance
We were joined by Ruth from The Thames Valley Air Ambulance in preparation for our…
October 16, 2020
Gardening Club
Mr Marston spoke about Gardening Club in last week's Headteacher's Message and we managed to…
July 13, 2020
North-West Rowing Crafting Competition
Anna, Year 12, entered the North-West Rowing crafting competition to make, bake or model an…
January 13, 2020
Wallingford Students in Panto!
We love to hear about our students' extra-curricular activities outside of school. Ellie, Year 13,…
October 16, 2019
Law Lecture and Court Sermon
Sixth formers witnessed some history today, as they took part in the Court Sermon at…
September 30, 2019
Sue Ryder Charity Fashion Show
On Saturday nine students from Wallingford School took part in the Sue Ryder Charity Fashion…
September 26, 2019
Year 13 Geography Fieldwork to Porthcawl
Our Year 13 Geographers have been out all week completing fieldwork at Porthcawl, South Wales.…
September 23, 2019
Sixth Form visit to Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford
Some of our Sixth Form students visited the Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford on…
September 12, 2019
Kayaking Under 14s National Champion
Congratulations to Harry, who this summer became the Kayaking Under 14s National Champion in both…
August 15, 2019
A Record Year
This year we entered our largest ever cohort of students and achieved our best…
July 18, 2019
Success for Rory at European Open Agility Championships
We are very pleased to hear about Rory's success at the European Open Agility Championships.…
July 12, 2019
The Sky's the Limit!
We previously reported that Year 7, Sky, had won a National Championship. Now we hear…
May 01, 2019
Year 12 visit an artist
On Monday, Year 12 art students met local artist and designer Fay Ford in her garden studio.…
October 09, 2018
Remembrance Concert at Birmingham Symphony Hall
Sunday 11th November 2018, 2.30pm Tickets: £10-£28 Students from Wallingford School will be joining schools…
July 24, 2018
Year 9 Residential Reports
As we head into the summer break, here's a look back at the Year 9…
July 09, 2018
Dieppe 2018
C’était fantastique!! In fact, those words don’t even sum up how amazing our trip to…
July 04, 2018
Year 9 Residential 2018
This week, many Year 9 students are spending the week at Kilvrough, Yenworthy and Woodlands activity…
June 19, 2018
Win for Wallingford Rowing Club
Congratulations to Wallingford School students Amelia, Anna, Freya, Lily, Olivia and ex-student Liberty for their…
May 17, 2018
SEND Residential 2018
Last week, some of our Year 7 students visited PGL Liddington for a couple of…
March 09, 2018
Rory and Sonic - Team GB
The Kennel Club has recently announced Team GB for the European Agility Champs to be…
December 15, 2017
Secret Knowledge in Oxford
Last week some of our Year 9 students had a very interesting time discovering 'Secret…
December 15, 2017
Bugsy Malone
After a busy couple of days with the winter weather we haven't had the opportunity…
November 30, 2017
Swim England Synchronised Swimming
We would all like to congratulate Teri, Year 12 on her success over the weekend…
July 18, 2017
European Open Agility Championships
Year 8 student Rory and his dog, Sonic, have won a bronze and silver medal…
January 31, 2017
Young Enterprise Trade Fair
The Young Enterprise team went to Templars Square Shopping Centre, Cowley, for their first trade…
January 04, 2017
Merchant Taylor's Company Photography Competition 2016
Many thanks to the Merchant Taylors' Company for their annual School Photography Competition. Our students…