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About us
About us
The college was founded in the fourteenth century by William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor to Edward III and Richard II.
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Admissions
Admissions
The admission of boys to Winchester at age thirteen is largely in the hands of Housemasters. When a boy is eight years old his name can be registered for entry into the School as a prospective member of a particular boarding House.
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Education
Education
A Winchester education is unique. Our pupils enjoy good teaching and our teachers enjoy the liveliness of bright pupils. Success in examinations is one consequence of this, but we think it more important to encourage boys to love learning.
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Pastoral Care
Pastoral Care
Everything we do at Winchester is an aspect of our pastoral care of the boys; classes, sports teams, clubs and societies. We are a fully resident community and we think of ourselves as a network of friends.
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Support Us
Support Us
Development and Win Coll Soc work together to support the School through fundraising and events for OWs, parents and past parents.
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Community
Community
Although the School is immediately outside the mediaeval city walls of Winchester near to Kingsgate, it has always been a part of the wider community and this is nowhere more evident than in its current geography.
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Enterprises
Enterprises
Winchester College Enterprises is responsible for the use of all College facilities by members of the public outside of term time.
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Register
Register
Complete and submit the online questionnaire for your entry into the Seventh Edition of the Winchester College Register.
Headmaster's letter to the Daily Telegraph
28 FEBRUARY 2011Headmaster's letter to the Daily Telegraph:
The Chairman of the Society of Headmasters and Headmistresses of Independent Schools is right (as reported in Graeme Paton's article published today) to deplore use of British universities as an instrument to cure our social ills. The purpose of a university is to discern and train academic excellence, regardless of social background. Independent schools are doing a great deal to assist children from disadvantaged backgrounds to gain access to their educational services. Will those children too, by virtue of their membership of an independent school, be discriminated against by the Government's policy to force universities to admit more students from deprived backgrounds as a quid pro quo for permission to charge higher fees? Such a policy will do great damage to the quality of universities and to their international standing, not to mention the quality of the future leadership we need in this country.