Loretto School

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Loretto School
Established 1827
Type Independent day and boarding school
Acting Head Elaine Logan
Headmaster of Junior School Philip Meadows
Founder Rev. Thomas Langhorne
Location Linkfield Road
Musselburgh
East Lothian
EH21 7RE
Scotland
Staff 112
Students 615
Gender co-educational
Ages 3–18
Houses School, Pinkie, Hope, Seton, Balcarres, Holm
Colours Langhorne, Tristam, Greenlees, Mackintosh.
Former pupils Old Lorettonians
Website Loretto School

Loretto School was founded in 1827 and is an independent boarding and day school for boys and girls aged 3 to 18. The leafy campus occupies 85 acres (34 ha) in Musselburgh, near Edinburgh.[1] This leading Scottish private boarding and day school is home to the world famous Golf Academy and provides an all-round education for just over 600 pupils and is well known for its emphasis on the development of the whole person, mind, body and spirit. 2013 saw Loretto School celebrate its best ever public examination results with 98% of its leavers entering their choice of university.

History

Loretto (which is Scotland's oldest extant boarding school)[2] was founded by the Reverend Thomas Langhorne in 1827. Langhorne came from Crosby Ravensworth, near Kirkby Stephen. The school was later taken over by his son, also Thomas Langhorne. The last link with the Langhorne family was John Langhorne, who was master at Loretto from 1890–1897 and later headmaster at the John Watson's Institution.[3][4]

Loretto was under the headmastership of Dr Hely Hutchinson Almond (1862–1903), a distant relative of Thomas Langhorne. The school's name derives from Loretto House, in which Langhorne was living at the time he started the school, which in turn was based on the dedication of a chapel to Our Lady of Loreto, which can traced back to the 12th century on the site of the school.[5]

The school is made up of two parts - the Junior School ('The Nippers') for children aged 3–12 and the Senior School for those aged 12 and over. In 1981 girls joined the Sixth form and in 1995 the Third form, so making the school fully co-educational by 1997.

Loretto's campus includes Pinkie House as well as a 300 seat theatre and 600 seat Chapel. Pupils attend as boarders, flexi-boarders and day pupils and are all attached to a specific house. Houses include Schoolhouse (for day pupils), Seton house (for 3rd to 5th form boarder boys), Holm house (for 3rd to fifth form girls), Balcarres house and Eleanora Almond house (for 6th form girls), Pinkie and Hope house (lower sixth and upper sixth boys).

The Golf Academy

The Loretto Golf Academy was established in 2001, and has since attracted many top young golfers around the world. The Golf Academy allows pupils to combine regular golf tuition without affecting their academic studies. One of the Golf Academy's targets is to produce a future Open champion. On 11 July 2006, Loretto clinched the HMC Foursomes title. After triumphing in the 'Northern' section of the competition, Loretto maintained their unbeaten record in the National Finals with an eventual 2-1 victory over Eton to be crowned British Independent Schools Champions 2006. More recently a pupil in the Loretto Golf Academy won the 2010 Welsh Women's Amateur Golf Tournament and the Individual Player section of the 2010 National Intercollegiate Championships. Loretto have won the Independent Schools Golf Associations Home Internationals on 3 occasions 2010,2011 and 2012. Loretto won the Independent Schools Golf Association (ISGA) National finals in 2011 and were runners up in 2012 at Carnoustie

Headmasters

Notable alumni

For a more inclusive list see Category:People educated at Loretto School, Musselburgh

Notable Old Lorettonians include:

References

  1. ↑ "Welcome to Loretto School". Lorettoschool.co.uk. Retrieved 4 April 2012. 
  2. ↑ "Loretto School Heritage and Locality". Retrieved 25 October 2012. 
  3. ↑ The Langhorne Memorial, The Levite, Vol IV, No.7 (Spring 1927)
  4. ↑ John Langhorne's grandfather (also John Langhorne, master of Giggleswick school) was the cousin and neighbour of Thomas Langhorne senior. See Crosby Ravensworth archives
  5. ↑ "A History of Loretto". Retrieved 25 October 2012. 
  6. ↑ "Michael Mavor". Telegraph. Retrieved 4 April 2012. 
  7. ↑ Don Boyd (19 August 2001). "Don Boyd: A suitable boy | From the Observer | The Observer". Guardian. Retrieved 4 April 2012. 
  8. ↑ Warsop, Keith (2004). The Early FA Cup Finals and the Southern Amateurs. SoccerData. pp. 126–127. ISBN 1-899468-78-1. 

External links

Gallery

  • Pinkie House

  • Balcarres House and Holm House

  • Sports field by the Esk

  • Pinkie Entrance

  • Loretto and the Old Stables

  • Winter at Loretto

  • Loretto at Millhill

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