Winchester College

Winchester College
The school seen from Winchester Cathedral
Address
College Street Winchester, Hampshire , SO23 9NA England
Coordinates	51°03′29″N 01°18′46″W / 51.05806°N 1.31278°W / 51.05806; -1.31278
Information
Type	Public school Private co-educational boarding school
Motto	Manners makyth man
Religious affiliation(s)	Church of England
Established	1382; 642 years ago (1382)
Founder	William of Wykeham
Department for Education URN	116532 Tables
Warden	Richard Stagg
Headmaster	Elizabeth Stone
Staff	c. 350
Gender	Male (mixed at 16-18)
Age	13 to 18
Enrolment	c. 740
Houses	11 (10 Commoner or Old Tutor Houses plus College): College A. Chernocke House (Furley's) B. Moberly's (Toye's) C. Du Boulay's (Cook's) D. Fearon's (Kenny's) E. Morshead's (Freddie's) F. Hawkins' (Chawker's) G. Sergeant's (Phil's) H. Bramston's (Trant's) I. Turner's (Hopper's) K. Kingsgate House (Beloe's)
Colour(s)	Blue, brown & red
Publication	The Wykehamist, Quelle, The Spirit Lamp, The Trusty Servant
Former pupils	Old Wykehamists
School song	Domum
Website	www.winchestercollege.org

Winchester College is an English public school (a long-established fee-charging boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) with some provision for day attendees, in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It was founded by William of Wykeham in 1382 as a feeder school for New College, Oxford, and has existed in its present location ever since. It is the oldest of the nine schools considered by the Clarendon Commission. The school has begun a transition to become co-educational, and has accepted male and female day pupils from September 2022, having previously been a boys' boarding school for over 600 years.

The school was founded to provide an education for 70 scholars. Gradually numbers rose, a choir of 16 "quiristers" being added alongside paying pupils known as "commoners". Numbers expanded greatly in the 1860s with the addition of ten boarding houses. The scholars continue to live in the school's medieval buildings, which consist of two courtyards, a chapel, and a cloisters. A Wren-style classroom building named "School" was added in the 17th century. An art school ("museum"), science school, and music school were added at the turn of the 20th century. A war cloister was built as a memorial in 1924.

The school has maintained traditions including its mascot, the Trusty Servant; a set of "notions" forming a sort of private language; and a school song, Domum. Its headmasters have included the bishops William Waynflete in the 15th century and George Ridding in the 19th century. Former pupils are known as Old Wykehamists.