Wellington College is a co-educational public school providing education for boarding and day pupils in the village of Crowthorne, in Berkshire, in the United Kingdom.

[2] The college was built as a national monument to the military victory against Napoleon, and the political service as British Prime Minister, of the first Duke of Wellington, in whose honour it is named.

[4] Queen Victoria laid the foundation stone in 1856, and inaugurated the school's public opening on 29 January 1859.

Many former Wellington pupils fought in the trenches during the First World War, with a large number volunteering for military service immediately after leaving school.

A recent change to the scheme of reduced fees early in 2006 extended the privilege to the orphan children of deceased servicemen or servicewomen of His Majesty's Armed Forces irrespective of rank, and to the orphan children of persons who, in the sole opinion of the Governors, have died in acts of selfless bravery.

[10] In 2024, Wellington College was once again featured in Tatler magazine, with the Master, James Dahl, being nominated for "Best Head of a Public School".

He felt that it was important to help his pupils find the best ways to be happy, and explained the reasons for introducing the subject to the curriculum.

The grounds of the college include a theatre, a 9-hole golf course, a science block, a language learning centre, extensive woodland, an indoor swimming pool and games courts, and many playing fields, particularly those for cricket and rugby.

[21] The woodland area of the college is listed as a Local Nature Reserve (LNR) called Edgbarrow Woods.

[25] A number of Old Wellingtonians play professional rugby union, including: James Haskell (England),[26] Paul Doran-Jones (England),[26] Max Lahiff (Bath Rugby and Bristol Bears),[27] brothers Max Evans[28] and Thom Evans (Scotland),[28] Sam Aspland-Robinson (Harlequins),[29] Rory Brand (London Irish), who was the College's first recipient of the Jimmy Higham Scholarship,[30] and Madison Hughes (USA 7s).

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The majority are composed of boarders with a small number of day pupils also, although two, Wellesley and Raglan, are day-pupil exclusive.

The Old Wellingtonian Society was set up to further the interests of the college and its past and present members, and to keep former pupils in touch with each other and with the school.