Loughborough Grammar School A GSG School
- Loughborough Grammar School
Burton Walks
Loughborough
Leicestershire
LE11 2DU - Head: Mrs Helen Foster
- T 01509 233233
- F 01509 218436
- E [email protected]
- W lsf.org/grammar/
- A mainstream independent school for boys aged from 10 to 18 with a linked junior school
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Leicestershire
- Pupils: 850; sixth formers: 248
- Religion: Christian
- Fees: Day £15,900 - £16,170; Boarding £39,000 - £39,270 pa
- Open days: September, November (Sixth form) and March; Bespoke events throughout the year.
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: Loughborough High School, Fairfield Prep School, Loughborough Amherst School
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Fabulous music school that is shared with the other schools in the Loughborough Schools Foundation. Please note the grand piano (Steinway) in one recital room; they have others too. Plenty of teams for all. Sport rotated and varied, so even the least sporty boy can find a niche. Mention must go to DT: a massive department, with state of the art equipment, run by a very enthusiastic teacher. The boys are taken driving round a local race track in the cars they have restored and built...
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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.
Sports
Fencing
What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
Since September 2023, Helen Foster, previously deputy head of pastoral and discipline since 2018. She is the first female head in their history. Educated at Woodbridge School, then gained a degree in architecture from Edinburgh, where she played hockey to a competitive level. Trained as a teacher of geography and geology and taught in Liverpool, Cheadle Hulme and then Leicester before becoming a boarding housemistress at Oakham, where she also raised her own three children for nine years. She told us she has only one question to ask of everything that happens at the school – ‘Is it good enough for the boys?’ If it is not, she says she ‘simply changes it – that’s what championing boys means’.
Entrance
Entry into year 6 is small, 17 places, and not publicised; mainly takes younger siblings. Most...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
We are currently able to offer limited support for pupils with special educational needs but are not able to offer any specialist teaching. The progress of pupils with special educational needs is carefully monitored. 10-09
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | Y |
| Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyspraxia | Y |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | Y |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | Y |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | Y |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | Y |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | Y |
| 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 | Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment | Y |
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield Prep School | 2022 | Most go to this school |
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