Wells Cathedral School
Somerset
Wells Cathedral School is the most recent addition to Samiad Summer School’s portfolio.
Tracing its history back to 909AD, Wells Cathedral School one of the oldest schools
in the world! Over 1,100 years later, the school has a unique status as an all-round
school providing academic and co-curricular excellence, with a music specialist
school embedded within it.
All of the boarding houses at Wells are beautiful medieval and 18th century
buildings with lovely British gardens, stimulating communal areas and cosy rooms,
in which each student has their own space. Whilst each of the houses is gifted with
quirky and unique qualities befitting historic houses, they also have all the modern
conveniences a boarder would expect – including Wi-Fi!
More information on Wells Cathedral School can be found here:
Wells Cathedral: https://wells.cathedral.school/
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wells_Cathedral_School

Facilities
- Twin, triple or dormitory accommodation options
- Modern, well equipped classrooms
- Sports hall with climbing wall
- 25m indoor swimming pool
- Tennis Courts
- 350-seat performance venue
- All weather sports pitches
Dining
Wells Cathedral School offers a wonderful dining facility where students can enjoy some great food with their new friends.
The friendly catering team at Wells Cathedral will be serving 3 meals a day to the students, all of which contain a wide variety to cater for everyone. Breakfast will consist of cooked breakfast options as well as continental options. Lunch and Dinner consists of a choice of three hot meal options, alongside a salad bar and lighter options. On trip days students will be provided with a packed lunch to take with them.
The Wells Cathedral catering team are able to cater for any dietary requirements, please make us aware of any special dietary needs during the application process.
Highlights
Summer Dates: Sunday 9th July – Sunday 20th August 2023
Age Range: 7-18 years
Programmes:
- English + Multi Activity
- English + Golf
- English + Robotics & Coding
- Intensive English
- Adult English
Minimum stay: 1 week duration