Winchester college class size

[Tobstar106]

Does anyone know how many boys in a classs and year at Winchester college please ?

Where is your son now ?

I’m saying that I wouldn’t have come off the wait list at Eton to take the place at Winchester. I would have waited to see if he was offered a place.

Also UK based boys do very badly at Winchester when it comes to US universities.
This is a major consideration for us, the aid is extremely generous, I know first hand from my daughter’s school how important support from the school is and it doesn’t exist at Winchester.The boys who are successful use very expensive outside agencies, they are very wealthy families from overseas.

My daughter’s school offered a high level of support open to everyone so it can be done.
Winchester falls very short with university applications in general but particularly US support.

I don’t want to share publicly @Tobstar106 .

How do you consider you know so much about Winchester ? How can you slate winchester publicly but you can’t say where your son is at school ?

It’s pretty obvious that I am a parent with experience of Winchester..

@Tobstar106 Most parents won’t share where they moved or intend to move their son to on a public forum.

Nope not true ! I have spoken to loads of people on this forum with children at Winchester and Eton , that’s what the forum is for information

That must be super frustrating to send your child to this famous school and they don't even get into the uni of their choice.

What went wrong?

My son is not at university age yet @nataliesbasket ,we could see from the years above us . Parents in our house were willing to share their experiences and it has helped us make a decision.

That’s your experience not everyone else’s , you can’t go on a forum and rip apart a school just because your son did not fit in , it’s not just any school is it , you could get sued for that !

My boy gets assessed by exam results and behaviour , our headmaster is so proud of him he has exceeded himself

What went wrong ? the boys did not work and excel , it happens, I bet lots did get into first choice uni !
Do not underestimate Alevels they are incredibly hard nothing like GCSE

@Runningupthathill1980 I am not going to Winchester my son is , try not to be so jealous 😘

By the way, regarding A levels - it is important to pick the subjects boys are actually intrinsically best at. And if they do not, that is when the B/C are more likely to creep in. A lot of the current Russell group unis for sought after courses do require AAA - so A star, A star (or A) B could miss an offer.
Personally, I do think it is a little ridiculous to think 3 As is somehow intrinsically better than 2 A stars and one B (especially if the B grade is not that relevant to the subject being studied).

I think the issue is more nuanced than I send my DS to a famous good school therefore he can get into any university of his choice. I have friends , one DS Eton - didn't get Oxford very happy an another university. Another friend DS at , Winchester , didn't get into Cambridge , very happy at another university.

If going to these schools or the like gave you an automatic passage to the university of your choice , well , the systems' a bit broken isn't it ? And there is of course the point that the school years might give a boy / young man the best his parents ( with his agreement for the school ) they can give him for those years.

@Araminta1003 absolutly

None of this is particularly surprising. Co-education has been a disaster for Wincoll and many parents I think are turned off by the way it is being implemented today. The exam results are but one symptom.

Wincoll is on the way to becoming yet another mediocre co-ed boarding school along the lines of Rugby or Wellington with nothing but a glittering past behind it.

Co-education has been a disaster for Wincoll

Genuinely interested to hear your evidence for this claim @KookyCoralDuck.

WinColl currently only has around 3-4 girls per house, as numbers have been limited by the need to live close enough to the school to be a day pupil (until next academic year when girls' boarding opens). It's hard to see how such a small number could constitute "a disaster". The girls in my DS's house are just...part of the house like any other pupil. Girls contribute to the academic and extracurricular life of the school and their achievements are celebrated in school and house communications.

My DS went to a co-ed prep, and personally I'm pleased that he has the opportunity to experience co-education again in the sixth form - it's far more normal preparation for university life. I can't see that the presence of girls has diluted or downgraded the Winchester experience at all (for pupils of either sex). Becoming co-ed may have put some parents off the school (and I agree it was handled clumsily by the outgoing head), but that's a choice they are free to make.

I am more than happy my boy will have girls in six form , there is absolutely no way on this earth Winchester will go down hill , if any of the boys results are going down it is because the boys are not working hard enough , you cannot blame the school for this , like I said before it seems they have had a bit of a terrible intake wich can happen. You compare Winchester college to wellington and Rugby , I believe you are delusional, the boys that are going from my prep school are highly intelligent and the boys that are going from Summerfields are absolutely top of their game and have chosen Winchester instead of Eton !
to be honest like I said before if you didn’t fit the school just leave and go somewhere else but try not to ruin it for everyone else , Winchester is the richest school far more richer and exclusive than Eton , if you would like my appionion a much happier place to be , not stuck in a room on your own as you are at Eton . Look at the sad events that Eton has to answer to , the bullying that ended in a young boy taking his life in his room , not every where is perfect but Eton is far from perfect !!!! I would rather have girls in my sons house than bullies .