| Established | 1866 |
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| Type | Independent school Preparatory school (United Kingdom) Day and boarding school Co-educational |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Headmaster | Mr Simon O'Malley |
| Chairman | Mr T M Steel |
| Location | Broadstairs Kent CT10 2DG United Kingdom |
| Students | 133 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 6–13 |
| Website | www.wellesley.kent.sch.uk |
Wellesley House School is a preparatory school in Broadstairs in Kent.
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It was first established as 1866 as Conyngham House in Ramsgate with the first of the buildings on the present site being built 1898. During the Second World War the British Army used the school buildings while the school was temporarily housed at Rannoch.[1] In 1969 the amalgamation with St. Peter's Court another Broadstairs preparatory school occurred (the problems of preparatory schools post war had been predicted during the war by FG Ridgeway of St Peter's Court),[2] with the Wellesley House School site being developed as the sole site over the next few years. The school became co-educational in 1977.
The school is organised into a Junior House (7–9 years) and Senior School (up to 13 years). There are 3 boarding houses, the boys Junior House, the boys in the Main School and Orchard House for girls but all pupils are split into one of four houses, Vikings, Romans, Saxons and Danes. The school is organised into year blocks:
The school and St Peter's Court have a long history of success, perhaps disproportionate to their small sizes. Distinguished alumni[3] include soldiers (Peter de la Billière, John Ruggles-Brise, Lord Jellicoe), politicians (Ian Liddell-Grainger, James Arbuthnot, Nicholas Lyell, Henry Bellingham) , business (Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Sir Adrian Swire, Neil Sclater-Booth, John and Patrick Cobbold), literary figures (Jonathon Porritt, Tom Stacey, Simon Astaire, Hew Strachan), sportsmen (Graham Cowdrey, Alex Loudon, George Mann, multiple Olympic medalists) and royalty (Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, Prince George, Duke of Kent, Prince William of Gloucester, Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester). In 2011 it was voted The Archant Good School.