Winchester College Sixth Forms for Girls

Sixth Form

Girls Boarding

From September 2026, we will welcome Sixth Form girl boarders for the first time. The new boarding houses, located next to the Sports Centre, each feature en-suite single and double rooms, a common room, dining hall, co-ed study spaces, and a beautiful, spacious courtyard.

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Taking care of you

Katherine Cole is the Housemistress of the first Sixth Form Girls’ Boarding House.

Katherine joins Winchester from Sherborne Girls in Dorset, where she spent four years as Housemistress of the school’s Upper Sixth house. She studied German and Linguistics at Jesus College, Oxford, and spent a year at the Universität Trier in Germany focusing on German Literature.

Her career has included roles as Head of German at both Ardingly College and St. Edward’s School in Oxford, where she was also Assistant Housemistress in the Upper Sixth house and a mixed age house respectively at both schools.

Beyond the classroom, Katherine has managed netball and badminton teams, accompanied numerous Duke of Edinburgh expeditions, and led overseas trips and exchanges. She is a particular fan of German Christmas markets and enjoys participating in choirs whenever possible, as well as playing the flute and baritone saxophone. An avid concertgoer and traveller, she is married to Ben, a Classics teacher and has two children.

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