Lichfield Cathedral School A GSG School
- Lichfield Cathedral School
The Palace
The Close
Lichfield
Staffordshire
WS13 7LH - Head: Mrs Susan Hannam
- T 01543 306170
- F 01543 306170
- E thepalace@lichfie…athedralschool.com
- W www.lichfieldc…edralschool.com
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 3 to 18.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Staffordshire
- Pupils: 540; sixth formers: 70 (29 boys and 41 girls)
- Religion: Church of England
- Fees: £10,617 - £16,641 pa
- Open days: Please call school for individual tour.
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- ISI report: View the ISI report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
A small school historically renowned for music, though headmistress points to broader curricular achievement in recent years. Parents praise the ‘value added’, taking pupils ‘beyond their considered capabilities’. They like the way their children are ‘gently encouraged’ in an environment fostering ‘hard work’, yielding ‘increasingly good results’...‘It is easy to sit in the shadow of a medieval cathedral and say, “Aren’t we lucky”, but it is our duty to see those who have not and do something...Since 2003 they have given over 15,000 children in over 150 schools access to music programmes by sharing their resources and experience
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Other features
All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
Choir school - substantial scholarships and bursaries usually available for choristers.
What The Good Schools Guide says
Head teacher
Since 2015, Sue Hannam. Born and educated locally in Sutton Coldfield, a stone’s throw from Lichfield. Father was a professional goalkeeper for Aston Villa, mother in accounts. Completed English degree and PGCE at Birmingham University, grasping, ‘with both hands’ a foreign exchange to Innsbruck University, Austria, ‘expanding my horizons and overcoming language barriers’. To fund an MA, took short term teaching job in Cirencester but stayed for three years. However, the plan was always for law. Graduating from Chester Law School, took articles with local firm of solicitors, turning down a permanent role when she developed a ‘hankering for the classroom’. Honed her teaching skills at secondary establishments Polesworth then Coleshill, where she remained for six, ‘very happy’ years.
In 2009, Lichfield Cathedral School (LCS) enticed her to set up...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
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Special Education Needs
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
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