Wrekin College Information

A co-educational boarding and day school for ages 11 to 18. Applications for day, full and weekly boarding places are welcomed from UK and international pupils. Children usually join Wrekin College in First Form or Third Form, when most of them are either 11 or 13, and at Sixth Form. When Sir John Bayley founded Wrekin College in 1880, he wanted to establish a school which would be different. In particular, he said “the danger of any school is that of falling into a narrow groove of teaching all children as though they were turned out by Mother Nature in stereotyped fashion, of failing to realise that any successful school is one where each pupil receives individual attention”. This has been Wrekin’s philosophy ever since, and the Independent Schools Inspectorate noted this “the school provides warm and special pastoral care and treats the young as individuals”. The school has grown to over 570 pupils, and in 2007 the Governance of Wrekin College merged with The Old Hall School to create The Wrekin Old Hall Trust, sharing facilities and offering education from the age of four years through to 18 years. For many years the school was known locally as ‘The School in the Garden’ owing to its extensive gardens and playing fields. Part of the Allied Schools, it is also a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and the Boarding Schools' Association. To arrange to visit Wrekin College please email admissions@wrekincollege.com or telephone 01952 265 603