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The Wellington Academy, founded in 2009, is Wiltshire's first academy. Located in the town of Ludgershall, the academy is an 11-19 non-selective state-funded school, sponsored by Wellington College, an independent school in Berkshire.The President of the Academy is HRH the Duke of York, who performed the official opening of the new campus in November 2011. The first Principal of the Academy was Andy Schofield who oversaw its set-up, doubled its size to a school of over 1,000 and established its 6th Form. The Academy is now being run by Executive Headteacher Ms Abrilli Phillip.DesignThe Wellington Academy was designed by London-based architects BDP, built by Kier and was shortlisted in the best academy category for the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) Awards in 2009.CharacteristicsThe campus houses a community sports and fitness centre with bowling green, a hair salon, a cadet centre with indoor shooting range, twin boarding houses for 100 pupils, and Castledown Radio media centre. Located near to Tidworth Garrison on Salisbury Plain, almost half of the school's pupils are from service families. The Academy has a skills centre in the adjacent Castledown Business Park.AchievementsThe Wellington Academy's first set of results in 2010 established the school as one of Wiltshire's highest performing. The Academy was visited by Ofsted in December 2010 and was deemed to have made outstanding progress since opening.