Loretto School

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Loretto School
Established 1827
Type Independent day and boarding school
Headmaster Dr Graham Hawley
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 0–18
Houses School, Pinkie, Hope, Seton, Balcarres, Holm
Colours Langhorne, Tristam, Greenlees, Mackintosh.
Publication The Lorettonian
Former pupils Old Lorettonians
Website Loretto School

Loretto School, founded in 1827, is an independent boarding and day school for boys and girls aged 0 to 18. The campus occupies 85 acres (34 ha) in Musselburgh, East Lothian.[1] It has approximately 600 pupils.

History

The school was founded by the Reverend Thomas Langhorne in 1827. Langhorne came from Crosby Ravensworth in Westmorland. He named the school for Loretto House, his then home, which was itself named for a medieval chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Loreto which had formerly stood on the site of the school. The school was later taken over by his son, also Thomas Langhorne. The last link with the Langhorne family was Thomas' son John, who was a master at Loretto from 1890 to 1897, and later headmaster at John Watson's Institution.[2][3] Loretto was later under the headmastership of Dr Hely Hutchinson Almond from 1862 to 1903.[4]

The school originally accepted only boys, but in 1981 girls joined the sixth form and in 1995 the third form, so making the school fully co-educational by 1995.[5]

Although the school is not the oldest independent school in Scotland (it is nearly 200 years younger than George Heriot's School), it claims to be the oldest Scottish boarding school.[6]

Facilities

Loretto's campus includes an Indoor Golf Centre, Pinkie House as well as a 300-seat theatre and 600 seat Chapel. The school is made up of three parts – the Nursery for children aged 0–5, the Junior School ('The Nippers') for children aged 5 – 12 and the Senior School for those aged 12 and over. 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 2nd to 5th form boarder boys), Holm house (for 2nd to 5th form girls), Balcarres house (for 6th form girls), Eleanora Almond house (for 6th form girls), Pinkie (for 6th form boys) and Hope house (for 6th form boys). [7]

The Golf Academy

The Loretto Golf Academy, established in 2002, has a current capacity of 50 young golfers.[8]

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. ↑ The Langhorne Memorial, The Levite, Vol IV, No.7 (Spring 1927)
  3. ↑ John Langhorne's grandfather (also John Langhorne, master of Giggleswick school) was the cousin and neighbour of Thomas Langhorne senior. See Crosby Ravensworth archives
  4. ↑ Eunson, John (2012). Sporting Scots: How Scotland Brought Sport to the World–and the World Wouldn't Let Us Win. Black & White Publishing. ISBN 978-1845024147.
  5. ↑ "Loretto School to go fully co-educational". Herald Scotland. 29 June 1994. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Official school website (homepage)". Loretto School. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Inspection Report". 1 February 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "current capacity of 50 young golfers, places in Loretto's Golf Academy are keenly prized". Lothian News. 28 April 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  9. ↑ "Michael Mavor". Telegraph. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  10. ↑ Warsop, Keith (2004). The Early FA Cup Finals and the Southern Amateurs. SoccerData. pp. 126–127. ISBN 1-899468-78-1.

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