Wellfield's 95th Anniversary
We are delighted to announce our intention to celebrate the 95th anniversary of our school in 2025 with memorabilia and an itinerary of events. Unfortunately our planned celebration for 90 years was cancelled due to the pandemic.
Now for a quick history lesson! The original school was opened by Councillor Peter Lee JP on Saturday 22nd March 1930. The school was named The A.J Dawson Secondary School after the Director of Education who was well known in the area as he often visited schools.
In subsequent years and reflecting changes to educational policy the school has been known as A.J Dawson Grammar School, Wellfield A. J Dawson Grammar School, Wellfield Comprehensive School, Wellfield Community School and now simply Wellfield School.
Wellfield Comprehensive School started as an amalgamation of three schools, Wellfield Grammar School (previously AJ Dawson), Wingate Secondary Modern School and Wheatley Hill Secondary Modern School. Then Yohden Hall School closed in the 1980’s and pupils and staff from this school also joined Wellfield.
Wellfield has been judged as a “good” school by Ofsted in 2014 and 2018.
We invite all past students to share in this occasion. Your memories and contributions are welcome as we commemorate our shared legacy. Let's honour our past, celebrate our present, and inspire the future.
Afternoon Tea - 23rd October 2024
Thank you to everyone who joined us for Afternoon Tea on Wednesday 23rd October 2024.
Your help was vital in allowing us to collate and organise our photographs ready for our special 95th anniversary exhibition in March 2025.
Keep an eye on our Facebook page and website for more information on our full itinerary of events planned to celebrate our 95 years of education in Wingate.
Afternoon Tea
