In the early years, an essential part of teaching was how to raise live stock. In 1925 the school had ten times more chickens than pupils! and the syllabus not only included Geography and French, but…

A wonderful poem was printed in ‘The Sower’ by Marjorie A. Short;  when she graduated from LWC, she became was an assistant mistress at Longlevens, Gloucester in 1942  and then in 1943 married Charle…

Headmaster Adam Williams unveiled a wonderful map of the College in Spring 2023, detailing a host of new place names around the campus. As we move closer to the second century of our existence and co…

In 1994-95 saw the emergence of a major new force in popular music - Conformity's Edge. The band comprises Damon Barnard (Rhythm/vocals), Dan Horrigan (Bassist/backing vocals), Marcus Daws (Drums) an…

Delve into the archives of School productions and discover wonderful photos! This photo is from a production in December 1956 - Caesar & Cleopatra  Find the School production Photos from the 1950's b…

A beautiful, hardback book, full of iconic and previously unseen images from the first 100 years at LWC. If you would like your own edition of the book please click here to go to the Shop    

In 1965, The Sower reported on a promising Under Thirteen XV Rugby Team. The editorial and picture suggested that they may be the future first XV Rugby team. The archives show that not only did the t…

A year in Summary 2004 - Sport RUGBY 1st XV Squad: C. Amesbury (capt), N. Stewart (v.capt) S. Appan, A. Collins, J. Morris, A. Davies. N. Wright, A. Marshall, K. Traynor, A. Craig, L. Rehnberg, J. R…

The Sower reported in 1997, on the wonderful Art produced by the Fifth and Sixth forms, which was seen to produce new ideas both in medium and style.   'The Upper Sixth produced some strong work duri…

Toby East (2010) Wrote in The Sternian of his adventure through India to raise money for the Devon Air Amblulance   2500km is a long way to drive in a car let alone in a tuk tuk on the terrifying roa…

Desert Adventure In February 2023 a group of Sternians and LWC parents trekked the Sahara Desert in aid of the Lord Wandsworth Foundation. On 23rd February 2023, 25 Sternians, parents, staff and gov…

Sternians and former Foundationers Alex and Oli Plaistowe ran the British 10K through London dressed as Batman and Robin to raise funds for the Foundation. Click here to see this and other fund raisi…