Lady Lumley's School

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Lady Lumley's School
Motto Deo, Regi, Patriae (For God, King, Country)
Type Comprehensive
Headteacher Richard Bramley
Chair John Garbutt
Founder Lady Lumley
Specialism Sports and Languages
Location Swainsea Lane
Pickering
North Yorkshire
YO18 8NG
England Coordinates: 54°15′06″N 0°47′02″W / 54.2516°N 0.7839°W / 54.2516; -0.7839
Local authority North Yorkshire
Students 1253
Ages 11–18
Website www.ladylumleys.n-yorks.sch.uk

Lady Lumley's School is a specialist sports and language college in Pickering, North Yorkshire, England. It was founded in Thornton le Dale in 1670 and named after Viscountess Lumley, a family title of the Earl of Scarborough.[1] It has school links worldwide, particularly within Tanzania, Morocco, China and France.[2] The current school in Pickering was one of the first comprehensive schools in the country.

The school has been awarded Sportsmark 2008, an iNET qualification, Specialist Schools and Academies Trust, a British Schools Orienteering award and was classified as a Healthy School.[citation needed] In 2010 Ofsted Inspection Report rated Lady Lumley's School as overall grade 2 (good).[3]

Notable alumni

References

  1. "Thornton le Dale", Welcome to Scarborough, Visitoruk.com. Retrieved 17 December 2011
  2. "School website". 
  3. "Lady Lumley's School", Ofsted Report 2010. Pdf download required. Retrieved 17 December 2011


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