Wallington County Grammar School

About the School

Wallington County Grammar School is regarded as one of the best schools in the country. Thew school motto is Per Ardua Ad Summa, 'Through Difficulties to the Heights'.

Going to Wallington County Grammar School as a student or professional means that they reach those heights daily by being part of such a successful educational organisation. What makes Wallington County Grammar School great is that they meet life’s difficulties together, as a community and a family, using its core values of compassion, courage, commitment and creativity to achieve excellence.

Staff believe that a school should always show compassion to others, making decisions without self-interest and supporting all those in the community to be happy and successful. Pupils must have courage, never being afraid of failure but embracing it to learn from mistakes and to better ourselves. Wallington County Grammar School is committed, not just to reaching academic success but to enriching pupils as scholars, sportsmen and women, artists, musicians, actors, debaters and anything else they set their minds to.

Pupils are creative, always being willing to consider different solutions and think deeply about the challenges they face as individuals and as a society. Wallington County Grammar School celebrates its students through a culture of praise and recognition to make sure they leave with the conviction that they can achieve anything they put their minds to.

Wallington County Grammar School is a boys selective school founded in 1927 that welcomes girls into the Sixth Form, they work within the Folio Education Trust, blending the best of tradition with innovation to engage and inspire students to be the very best they can be.

Because of this students make progress within the top 2% of all secondary schools in the country at GCSE and go on to gain places at the world’s top universities. Ofsted recognised the achievements of Wallington County Grammar School students and staff, grading the School as 'outstanding' in all categories in 2017.