If you are an international family looking at UK boarding schools, Lord Wandsworth School（旺兹沃思勋爵学校）— named Lord Wandsworth College on its own website — is a co-educational school in Hampshire that takes boarders from Year 7 through the Sixth Form. This guide pulls together what international applicants actually need to plan: the programmes on offer, the assessment and English requirements, the published 2026/27 fees, and the practical arrangements around guardians and visas. All facts come from the school’s official website, accessed 4 August 2026 and re-checked on 5 August 2026.
Programs and boarding at Lord Wandsworth School
Lord Wandsworth Schoolsits on a 1200-acre campus in Hampshire with just over 700 pupils, less than an hour from Heathrow Airport and central London; Hook Station, a ten-minute drive away, has a direct rail connection to London Waterloo. The curriculum follows the UK boarding school pattern: GCSEs through the lower years, then A Levels and BTEC in the Sixth Form. The main entry points are Year 7 and Year 9, with Year 8 and Year 10 places also considered and a significant Sixth Form cohort each year. Boarding is a core part of the school: around 60% of pupils board, either full-time, weekly, or flexi (three nights), and every pupil — day or boarding — belongs to one of the eight boarding houses. Full boarding is the option the school singles out as especially well suited to international students, since pupils remain at school through the term and only return home at exeats and half-term holidays.
Entry requirements for international applicants
The route into Lord Wandsworth Schoolstarts with registration, which closes on 1 December in the year before entry; late applications are accepted if places remain. Registered candidates are invited to sit the LWC Pre-Test, either at their current school or at the College. For international pupils the assessment runs online: all registered candidates attend an online international pupils’ assessment day, sit the LWC online academic test, and have an interview with the Headmaster plus a senior member of staff such as a Houseparent. Sixth Form candidates may also be asked to sit tests in the subjects they plan to take at A Level. Every international applicant completes a Password English Language Assessment; for Sixth Form entry the school typically expects a minimum Password score of 5.5, equivalent to IELTS 5.5 or above. For Year 7 and Year 9 entry, the school asks for a report from the pupil’s current school, and the assessment days combine individual and group interviews built around activities that explore creativity, problem-solving, communication and teamwork.
2026/27 fees and what they include
Lord Wandsworth Schoolpublishes its 2026/27 fees including VAT at 20%. For Junior years: full boarding is £16,185 per term, weekly boarding £15,625, flexi boarding (three nights) £14,075, and day £10,995. For Senior years: full boarding £18,330, weekly boarding £17,555, flexi boarding £15,825, and day £12,940. The school states its fees are inclusive, with no extra charges for pre-school or after-school care and meals; day pupils can join for breakfast and stay for tea and prep at no extra charge. A one-off Visa/CAS administration fee of £150 applies. Optional extras include music tuition at £35.70 per 35-minute lesson or £45.95 per 45-minute lesson, learning support at £50 per 50-minute lesson, and English as a Foreign Language at £30 per 30-minute lesson. Occasional boarding is £85 per night (excluding VAT) and an exeat weekend stay is £160 (excluding VAT). Sibling discounts apply: 7% per child when three siblings attend, rising to 10% for all when a fourth joins.
Application timeline and support for international families
The calendar matters at Lord Wandsworth School. For Year 7, registration ideally happens in Year 5, or by the start of the autumn term in Year 6; the window closes 1 December, the Pre-Test runs in the autumn term of Year 6, assessment week begins 12 January, and offers go out at the end of January. Year 9 follows the same shape, with offers before the February half-term, and the school does not require successful candidates to sit Common Entrance. Sixth Form registration should start in Year 11, ideally by the start of the autumn term in Year 10; assessment days are held in December and February, with first-round offers in January and second-round offers in March. Sixth Form entry requires a minimum of six Grade 5s at GCSE (or equivalent), preferably Grade 7s in the subjects to be studied at A Level, and places are offered on the basis of an interview with the academic team, an academic assessment, predicted GCSE results and a reference from the current school. Scholarship applications (academic, art, DT, music, drama, dance, sports, depending on year) close on 1 December.
International families have two additional arrangements to plan. Lord Wandsworth Schoolrequires every pupil whose parents do not live in the UK to have a UK-based guardian accredited by AEGIS or the BSA, able to accommodate the pupil in an emergency and whenever the College is closed, including half-terms and exeat weekends. On visas, the school is a UKVI licence holder and can sponsor international students under the student visa scheme; the published term dates for 2026/27 — autumn term starting 3 September 2026 and ending 11 December, spring term 5 January to 25 March 2027, and summer term from 19 April to 6 July — are the anchor points for working backwards on visa timing. All figures in this guide reflect the school’s official website as of 4 August 2026 (re-checked 5 August 2026), which remains the authoritative source for changes. If you would like help turning a Lord Wandsworth School application into a step-by-step plan matched to your child’s year group and circumstances, our consultants can talk through your specific situation.