Winchester College

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Winchester College is an English public school (a fee-charging boarding school) for pupils aged 13–18 in Winchester, Hampshire. It was founded by William of Wykeham in 1382 as a feeder school for New College, Oxford, and has operated continuously on its present site ever since. It is the oldest of the nine public schools investigated by the Clarendon Commission. Historically, the school was a boys' boarding school, but from September 2022, it has accepted both male and female day pupils into its sixth form. The school was founded to provide an education for 70 scholars, with a choir of 16 "quiristers" aged up to 12. Gradually numbers rose with paying pupils known as "commoners" alongside the scholars. 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...

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