Lancaster University School of Mathematics | |
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Address | |
67-69 London Road , , PR1 4BA | |
Coordinates | 53°45′32″N2°41′06″W / 53.759°N 2.685°W |
Information | |
Type | Maths school |
Executive Principal | Nick Burnham [1] |
Head of School | Peter Tiltman [2] |
Gender | Mixed |
Age | 16to 19 |
Website | http://www.lusom.ac.uk/ |
Lancaster University School of Mathematics, also known as LUSoM, is a maths school located in Preston, Lancashire, England. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] As a maths school, it is a specialist mathematics free school sixth form college.
The school was set up by the Rigby Education Trust, [8] a single-academy trust set up in partnership between the Lancaster University and Cardinal Newman College for the purpose of opening and operating the school. [9] It opened to students in September 2022 [10] and is located in a £8.5 million school building on London Road, Preston, [6] [3] and is the first purpose-built specialist Maths School in the UK. [11]
The school is highly selective, with prospective students expected to have GCSE mathematics qualification at grade 8 or 9 and required to sit an admissions assessment. [12] The course structure at LUSoM requires all students to study A-level Mathematics and Further Mathematics and a third A-level from either Physics, Chemistry or Computer Science. In addition, students may select a fourth subject from those three, or choose any other A-level subject to be taught at Cardinal Newman College, which is located less than half a mile from the school site. [12]
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