Lord Wandsworth College
school in Hampshire, UK
Lord Wandsworth College (LWC) is a co-educational private school in Long Sutton, Hampshire, England, for day and boarding pupils between the ages of 11–18, which occupies a 1,200-acre campus and is known for its charitable foundation. It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.
Since 2015, the headmaster has been Adam Williams.
In 2020, the College was named Independent School of the Year for Student Wellbeing, and was awarded the Schools of Character Kitemark by the Association of Character Education.
In April 2021, the College announced that it had entered a formal collaboration with St Neot's Preparatory School, Eversley and legally merged in September 2025, bringing the combined to roll to 1050.
At 436 hectares, its campus is larger than that of any other school in England apart from Winchester and Eton.
History
The College takes its name from Sydney Stern, 1st Baron Wandsworth, whose bequest established the school. Stern, a Liberal MP, wished to provide an education and supportive boarding environment to children, primarily from farming families, who had lost the support of one or both of their parents.
Eight years after Stern's death in 1912, The Lord Wandsworth Preparatory School (Gosden House, Bramley) opened. In November 1922, the first pupils, known as Foundationers, began attending Lord Wandsworth Agriculture College on the current site in the village of Long Sutton.
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