Founded over 1,111 years ago, Wells Cathedral School is a family-orientated, co-educational boarding and day school for 2-18 year olds. The school provides an all-round education alongside world-class Specialist Music and Chorister training. The school’s mission is to inspire every individual pupil to nurture their talents in a vibrant, creative, spiritual and stimulating environment to become a responsible global citizen.

Wells provides an innovative and bold curriculum with an Integrated Arts Programme, Modern Foreign Languages, STEM, a Specialist Music Scheme and a Specialist Maths Scheme. They offer over 25 subjects at GCSE and A level and the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ). Sport is an integral part of the School’s overall education with numerous pupils gaining representation at county and national level. They offer over 15 sport options and are proud to have been named home to one of the 10 most picturesque cricket grounds in Britain by Chief Cricket writer Scyld Berry at The Telegraph in 2024.

The school has won a selection of awards over the last four years for Independent School of the Year for Performing Arts, Finalist for Co-educational School of the Year, Highly Commended award for their Pre-Prep and a Best School Award for Inventive Sports Programme. They have also been awarded the highest possible grade of ‘Excellent’ for both pupil achievement and pupil personal development in the Independent School Inspectorate (ISI) report.

Over 90% of Wells’ pupils secure places to one of their first two choices of university. Over 80% to Russell Group, 5% to Oxford or Cambridge, around 25% to one of the world’s leading music conservatoires with a 100% success rate for musicians applying to conservatoires.