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Winchester College[1]

Independent · ages 13–19

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Headline results

A-level average grade
AL A A 2024/25[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
33.7 2025/26[3]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[3]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]

IGCSEs don't count towards Attainment 8, so it understates many independent schools.

Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths
2024/25 40.7[5] 84%[5]
2023/24 43.9[6] 86%[6]
2022/23 56.4[7] 91%[7]
2021/22 30.5[8] 0%[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
A 2024/25[2]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
68.2% 2024/25[2]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 A[10] 69.9%[10]
2022/23 A[11] 74.3%[11]
2021/22 A[12] 72.5%[12]
2012/13 A-[13]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
75.9% 2023/24[14]
UK higher education
63.9% 2023/24[14]
Education
70.9% 2023/24[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2023/24[14]
Employment
5.1% 2023/24[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2022/23 68.1%[14] 53.9%[14] 60.3%[14] 1.4%[14] 6.4%[14]
2021/22 65.5%[14] 50.7%[14] 56.3%[14] 0%[14] 9.2%[14]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

For independent schools the DfE publishes destinations after 16–18 study only: no destinations after GCSEs and no university progression figures (top third, Russell Group, Oxbridge).

Ofsted

Inspected by
Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)[15]

ISI inspection

Inspection
March 2026[16]
Framework
Framework from September 2023[16]
Leadership and governance
Standards met[16]
Quality of education
Significant strength[16]
Health and wellbeing
Standards met[16]
Social and economic education
Standards met[16]
Safeguarding
Standards met[16]

Leadership and governance

  • ISI recommended: The school should put all past inspection reports online in the same place.

Quality of education

  • ISI found (March 2026): The school's broad curriculum helps pupils explore academic interests and develop their communication and cultural understanding.

Health and wellbeing

  • ISI recommended: The school should ensure its attendance policy reflects all required statutory guidance.
  • ISI recommended: The school should help parents easily see what has been covered in relationships and sex education so they can support their child.

Previous ISI inspections: 2026, 2023, 2022, 2018, 2015 (2026 report, 2023 report, 2022 report, 2018 report, 2015 report).

ISI's page for this school

Findings of the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI), restated in our own words: not ISI's wording. Read the full report on ISI's website.

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Fees

Day
£15,318 a term 2026/27 · Day fees per term · VAT not stated[17]
Boarding
£20,700 a term 2026/27 · Boarding fees per term · VAT not stated[17]

As published by the school on its own website for the year shown, quoted from our archived copy. Ranges run from the lowest to the highest fee the school lists for that stage. Check the school's current fees before deciding: extras (lunch, trips, exams) and bursaries are not included. Fees are never used to rank schools.

Type
Other independent school[1]
Ages
13–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
Boarding school[1]
Capacity
925[1]
Local authority
Hampshire[1]
Website
www.winchestercollege.org[1]
Nursery classes
No Nursery Classes[15]
Special classes
No Special Classes[15]
Section 41 (can be named in an EHC plan)
Not approved[15]
District
Winchester[18]
Postcode
SO23 9NA[1]
URN
116532[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
734 2024/25[19]
SEN support
13.1% 2024/25[19]
EHC plan
0.3% 2024/25[19]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
0% 2024/25[19]

Practicalities

Admissions contact
The school provides contact details for admissions, including a phone number and email address. 2026-12-04[20]
Open events
The school lists three upcoming 13+ Open Events with specific dates and booking URLs. Entry Sept 2027[20]

In the inspectors' and the school's words

Academic
This develops pupils’ understanding of how they can assimilate and synthesise ideas very well. This is a significant strength of the school.[21]
Warmth
This helps to build warm house communities which are welcoming to new pupils. Pupils and staff collaborate warmly in learning[21]
Pastoral care
Boarders are cared for by well-trained staff. Staff ensure that boarders are able to get the help and support that they require Boarders have easy access to an independent person and to a number of external support services for children, in addition to internal counselling services[21]
Behaviour
typically act in accordance with the school values, which helps make the school community supportive, calm and purposeful.[21]
Learning support
Pupils who have SEND are well supported by staff. Leaders ensure these pupils’ individual needs are identified promptly. The school has identified 114 pupils as having special educational needs and/or disabilities.[21]
Enrichment
Levels of participation by pupils in the extra-curricular programme are high. Pupils are able to choose from a wide variety of sports, clubs and activities[21]
Pupil voice
Older pupils lead the school’s charity committee which organises all elements of termly school-wide fundraising events Charities are selected by pupils through a voting system[21]
Independence
This approach helps pupils to think independently and critically, form and justify independent views[21]
Collaboration
Boarding houses ensure a well-developed sense of community and common purpose, with pupils helping and supporting each other in academic studies, sport and extra-curricular activities. Older pupils in boarding houses also help and support younger pupils with their academic work.[21]
Structure
exhibit manners, kindness, honesty and punctuality at all times. Teachers use class time efficiently and have high expectations of pupils’ behaviour so that pupils engage purposefully with their studies.[21]
Diversity
Almost all pupils are male and are boarders. The school has identified English as an additional language for a very small proportion of pupils.[21]

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2012/13, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Department for Education: 16-18 destination measures: 16-19 study leavers institution level destinations. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments (independent schools' inspectorate and provision). Period 2026-10-17, published 2026-10-17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. reports.isi.net: reports.isi.net document (PDF). Period 2026-10-17. Licence: copyright-quoted.
  17. winchestercollege.org: winchestercollege.org — Fees. Period 2026-10-17. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (2)
    Boarding fees per term: £20,700 (p. 1)
    Day fees per term: £15,318 (p. 1)
  18. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  19. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  20. winchestercollege.org: winchestercollege.org — Book a 13 open event. Period 2026-10-14. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (4)
    Please book using the form below or for more information, contact our Admissions team on +44 (0)1962 621247. (p. 1)
    Open Mornings run from 09:30 to 12:00. (p. 1)
    Friday 4 December 2026 (p. 1)
    Thursday 11 February 2027 - 13+ Open Day for families with children at school overseas (p. 1)
  21. reports.isi.net: reports.isi.net document (PDF). Period 2026-10-14. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (18)
    This helps to build warm house communities which are welcoming to new pupils (p. 11)
    Pupils and staff collaborate warmly in learning (p. 9)
    This develops pupils' understanding of how they can assimilate and synthesise ideas very well. This is a significant strength of the school (p. 3)
    Boarders are cared for by well-trained staff. Staff ensure that boarders are able to get the help and support that they require (p. 3)
    Boarders have easy access to an independent person and to a number of external support services for children, in addition to internal counselling services (p. 14)
    typically act in accordance with the school values, which helps make the school community supportive, calm and purposeful (p. 10)
    Almost all pupils are male and are boarders (p. 16)
    The school has identified English as an additional language for a very small proportion of pupils (p. 16)
    exhibit manners, kindness, honesty and punctuality at all times (p. 16)
    Teachers use class time efficiently and have high expectations of pupils' behaviour so that pupils engage purposefully with their studies (p. 9)
    Levels of participation by pupils in the extra-curricular programme are high. Pupils are able to choose from a wide variety of sports, clubs and activities (p. 3)
    Older pupils lead the school's charity committee which organises all elements of termly school-wide fundraising events (p. 12)
    Charities are selected by pupils through a voting system (p. 12)
    This approach helps pupils to think independently and critically, form and justify independent views (p. 8)
    Boarding houses ensure a well-developed sense of community and common purpose, with pupils helping and supporting each other in academic studies, sport and extra-curricular activities (p. 3)
    Older pupils in boarding houses also help and support younger pupils with their academic work (p. 8)
    Pupils who have SEND are well supported by staff. Leaders ensure these pupils' individual needs are identified promptly (p. 9)
    The school has identified 114 pupils as having special educational needs and/or disabilities (p. 16)