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.
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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. In 1938, the school's name was changed to Lord Wandsworth College and fee-paying students were welcomed to the College in 1946.
In 1988, the College began admitting female pupils into the Sixth Form, and in 1997 went fully co-educational.
On 4th May 2025, a former pupil committed suicide. In the inquest into his death, the court was told that the college had a "bully or be bullied" culture.
Notable former pupils
Charlie Amesbury, rugby union player
Michael Bates, cricketer
Oscar Beard, rugby union player
Grace Blakeley, political commentator, journalist and author
Will Buxton, journalist and broadcaster
Callum Cant, author, researcher and labour rights advocate
Sir Peter Coulson, High Court judge
Louis Foster, Indycar driver and IndyNXT champion
Scott S. Hall, Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine
George 'Johnny' Johnson, RAF officer with the “Dambusters”
Ugo Monye, rugby union international and broadcaster
David Pownall
Peter Richards, rugby union international
Julian Sands, actor
Keith Wheatley, cricketer
Rupert Whitaker, co-founder of the Terrence Higgins Trust
Jonny Wilkinson, rugby union international
Ryan Wilson, rugby union international
Roger Bootle-Wilbraham, 7th Baron Skelmersdale, British politician and Conservative member of the House of Lords