Lathallan School A GSG School
- Lathallan School
Brotherton Castle
Johnshaven
Angus
DD10 0HN - Head: Mr Richard Toley
- T 01561 362220
- F 01561 361695
- E admissions@lathallan.org.uk
- W www.lathallan.org.uk/
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 1 to 18.
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Angus
- Pupils: 195; sixth formers: 11
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: Day £9,321 - £23,304; Boarding £28,890 - £30,950 pa
- Open days: October: register online at the school's website.
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Music everywhere – bagpipe boxes all over the porch and hall when we visited, both girls and boys in pipe bands much in demand for charities and have entertained Princess Anne of late, played in the Angus show, the Glamis gathering, Hollyrood parliament etc. Pipes and drums played at the battlefields in Belgium and compete in the Royal Pipe Band competitions. Scottish country dancing no longer has parental input; marvellous photographs in the porch of a junior Scottish country dancing lesson – note the kilt loops and the ecstasy on the faces of the young...
What the school says...
Lathallan is a unique school that inspires individuals to thrive in its idyllic learning location within a 19th Scottish century castle on the North Sea coastline between Angus and Aberdeenshire.
A sector leader in Outdoor Education, Lathallan has been the No.1 Independent School in Scotland for the Duke of Edinburgh's Award for the past four years.
Within the classroom, pupils are given outstanding opportunities to achieve their full potential through a focus on small class sizes, with an average of 12 pupils per class. With leading facilities such as a new science centre, unique treehouse classroom, pupils excel in all aspects of the curriculum.
On the sporting field, Lathallan thrives. In 2018, they won the Scottish Schools Netball Cup S2 Bronze and Senior Silver Open. Rugby is a core part of the school as it hosts an annual 7s event and over 20 per cent of the school roll perform regionally or nationally at sport.
Lathallan is a non-selective school that offers weekly, flexi and full-board and is accessible through direct bus links throughout Angus and Aberdeenshire.
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since 2009, Richard Toley BA MPhil PGCE. He joined Lathallan in 2006 as director of co-curriculum from nearby High School of Dundee. Degree from St David’s Lampeter, MPhil from St Andrews and PGCE from Strathclyde. He and his wife live on site, with their young now in the junior and senior schools. A historian, charming and relaxed, Mr Toley teaches classical studies and history in the senior school. He also leads learning on the school farm and this regular interaction with pupils gives him a greater working knowledge of their individual needs. Four alpacas have recently joined the farm where pupils learn in a hands-on way about animal care, conservation and sustainability.
Mr Toley runs the school with senior school head, Duncan Lyall BSc PGCE, an Edinburgh lad, and Pamela...
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