With recreational amenities that include over 100km of exercise trails, lush parks, open spaces, the world’s only urban wildlife sanctuary, and a wide range of housing options, from apartments to executive estates, Tatu City is an ideal location for a top-ranked British school to establish itself and bring world-class education to the region. Wellington College International Kenya will share the values, ethos, enduring quality, and ambition of Wellington College, the world-famous, pioneering British co-educational school. 

Wellington College International Kenya is the second school in Africa to come out of the partnership between Wellington College Education and Rendeavour. Wellington College International Lagos is located in Alaro City, Tatu City’s sister city in Nigeria. Wellington College International Kenya represents a key milestone in Rendeavour’s mission to provide world-class education within its visionary new cities. By replicating the success of the Wellington College International Lagos campus at Alaro City, Rendeavour is creating a Pan-African network of education excellence that bridges West and East Africa.

Wellington College International Kenya will be the top school in East Africa, delivering an outstanding education that provides students with the knowledge, skills, and character to realise their potential and serve and help shape a better world. Drawing students from neighbouring East African countries and beyond, the Tatu City campus is planned as a modern, purpose-built educational environment, providing advanced science laboratories and teaching spaces, innovative technology infrastructure, comprehensive sports and recreational facilities (including a 50-meter Olympic-standard swimming pool), creative and performing arts spaces, as well as dedicated areas supporting students’ personal and social development. The state-of-the-art school further underpins the success of Tatu City, which has attracted USD 3.5 billion of investment to Kenya and created more than 30,000 new jobs in the last five years.

Wellington College International Kenya will follow the rigorous English National Curriculum, culminating in the challenging A-level programme, as well as offering coaching and teaching excellence in sports, music, and the arts. Wellington College is a thought leader in education, and our new school will take a global lead in the areas of AI and human flourishing.

As part of the global Wellington College Education family, students at Wellington College International Kenya will benefit from connections with sister schools across Europe and Asia, including opportunities for collaboration, shared academic initiatives, and international programmes. On graduation, pupils will join the Old Wellingtonian alumni network, offering lifelong links to an established global community.

James Dahl, 15th Master, Wellington College, said, “The launch of Wellington College International Kenya is a moment of great pride for our global family of schools. At Wellington College, we believe that education flourishes through genuine connection - sharing expertise, culture and innovation across borders. Our expanding family of schools enables each school to draw on the collective strength of the whole: leadership collaboration, aligned professional learning, rich co-curricular links, and a shared commitment to our values. For our new partners in Kenya, this inter connectivity will provide immediate access to the vibrancy, talent, and experience of our entire community. Together, we will ensure that Wellington College’s distinctive educational excellence resonates powerfully in Tatu City and beyond.”

Stephen Jennings, Founder and CEO of Rendeavour, said, “Receiving a top British education no longer requires sending children to the United Kingdom. Wellington College International Kenya offers a blend of academic rigour and extra-curricular activities and amenities found only at Tatu City and in Kenya, one of the most beautiful countries on earth. Kenya is on many families’ ‘bucket list’ of life goals and experiences, and now they can also consider relocating to Kenya and Tatu City for access to one of the best education experiences in the world.”

Sir Anthony Seldon, Founding Director, Wellington College Education, said, “Today’s announcement of Wellington College International Kenya marks a transformative moment for education in East Africa. Wellington College’s pioneering work at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Human Flourishing, developed in close partnership with the OECD, offers a model of schooling that is both deeply humane and boldly future facing. In Kenya, this vision will help young people understand not only how to use emerging technologies wisely, but how to live with purpose, compassion and integrity. Wellington College International Kenya will stand as a beacon for the region, demonstrating how great schools can nurture character while embracing the extraordinary opportunities of the AI age.”

About Rendeavour and Tatu City

Rendeavour is Africa’s new city builder. Backed by American, Norwegian, New Zealand, and British investors, Rendeavour's cities are among the largest construction projects in Africa and hubs for businesses, homes, education, and recreation within infrastructure-ready economic zones. Current developments at Rendeavour are valued at more than $5 billion, with over 200 businesses, schools educating more than 6,000 students, and 10,000 mixed-income homes occupied or under development.

Tatu City is a 5,000-acre new city on Nairobi’s doorstep, featuring homes, schools, businesses, a shopping district, healthcare facilities, green spaces, and recreation for more than 250,000 residents and tens of thousands of daily visitors. It is Kenya’s first operational Special Economic Zone, designed to support businesses and create a live-work-play environment just 30 minutes from Nairobi.

For more information about Wellington College International Kenya, visit: www.wellingtoncollege.ke.
For more information about Tatu City, visit: www.tatucity.com.
For more information about Rendeavour, visit: www.rendeavour.com.

About Wellington College, UK

The Founding School, Wellington College (Crowthorne, England), was established through the vision of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and granted its Royal Charter in December 1853. Today, Wellington College stands as a globally recognised British co-educational boarding and day school, delivering a world-class, holistic education to 1,200 students aged 13–18 within an inclusive and vibrant community.

About Wellington College Education 

WCE is the global educational network of Wellington College, created to align and amplify the impact of all our international education initiatives. Through direct operations and strategic partnerships, WCE ensures that every endeavour contributes to a shared vision—where the collective strength of our global family is far greater than the sum of its individual parts. Wellington College International (WCI) is the international arm of Wellington College Education and licensor.

For more information, contact: sglynn@wellingtoncollegeeducation.com, info@wellingtoncollegeinternational.com or visit https://wellingtoncollegeinternational.com/.