Editing Jeffrey Archer (section)

===Wellington School===
In 1951, Archer won a scholarship to [[Wellington School, Somerset|Wellington School]] in Somerset (not [[Wellington College, Berkshire|Wellington College]] in Berkshire, as he was later inclined to claim) after passing the 11-plus.<ref name=Farndale/> At this time his mother, Lola, was employed as a journalist on Weston's local newspaper, the ''[[Weston Mercury]]''.<ref name=Jeffrey>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/jul/19/archer.politics2|last=Jeffrey|first=Simon|title=Rise and Fall of Jeffrey Archer|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=19 July 2001|location=London|access-date=3 November 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208215635/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/jul/19/archer.politics2|archive-date=8 December 2015}}</ref> She wrote a weekly column entitled "Over the Teacups", and frequently wrote about Jeffrey, calling him 'Tuppence'.<ref name="Crick">{{cite news|last1=Crick|first1=Michael|title=Just Jeffrey: The child is father to the man.|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/just-jeffrey-the-child-is-father-to-the-man-todays-lord-archer-is-easily-recognisable-in-the-1416039.html|access-date=18 September 2016|work=The Independent|date=24 July 1994|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919000051/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/just-jeffrey-the-child-is-father-to-the-man-todays-lord-archer-is-easily-recognisable-in-the-1416039.html|archive-date=19 September 2016}}</ref> Although Archer enjoyed the local fame this brought him, it caused him to be the victim of bullying while at Wellington School.<ref name=Davies/>

Archer left school with [[O-levels]] in English literature, art, and history. He then spent a few years in a variety of jobs, including training with the army and a short period with the [[Metropolitan Police]].<ref name=Davies/> He later worked as a [[physical education]] teacher, first at Vicar's Hill, a [[Preparatory school (United Kingdom)|preparatory school]] in Hampshire, and later at [[Dover College]] in Kent.<ref name=Jack/>