Winchester

Winchester: how pupils join

When would your child join, and what would they be asked to do? The notes below explain what we have found about entry to Winchester. Check the current dates and requirements with the school before planning an application.

Based on: Winchester Prospectus Supplement 2011–12. Older evidence: the process may have changed

Current admissions information on Winchester’s site checked 23 Sep 2026

Entry points to ask about

13+ (Year 9)
16+ (Year 12)

From our own notes, not the school’s current admissions pages. Entry ages and stages change: check them with the school.

What the sources tell us

The 13+ route, as described in 2011–12
Scholarships (Election), as described in 2011–12

Registration. By the end of Year 5, under the 2011–12 prospectus.
Year 6 assessment. Housemaster interview, short verbal and numerical reasoning, and a school report.
Conditional place. Followed by a later entrance examination; the source described roughly 14 scholarships and six exhibitions annually.

What we haven’t found

This describes the process in 2011–12, not the current route. We haven’t found how many apply.

Before you plan an application

Entry ages, dates and assessments can change from one year to the next. No school has confirmed the entry details on this site, so use these notes to prepare your questions and check the current arrangements on its admissions pages.

Winchester’s admissions page “Admissions”, checked 23 Sep 2026

Winchester College’s own website ↗

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Record details

As recorded

The record’s own wording, where this page puts it in plainer words.

Entry note: Historical 13+ route
Entry note: Scholarship / Election route
Entry note: By the end of Year 5 under the historical prospectus.
Entry note: This is historical process evidence, not the current 2026 route. No applicant denominator was found.
Entry note: 2011–12 prospectus