Lomond School | |
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10 Stafford Street , , G84 9JX | |
Coordinates | 56°00′32″N4°44′13″W / 56.009°N 4.737°W |
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Former name | Larchfield School; Larchfield Academy; St Bride's School for Girls |
Type | Primary & Secondary Day & Boarding School Private School |
Motto | Latin: Prospiciamus (Let Us Look Forward) |
Established | 1977 |
Status | Open |
Local authority | Argyll and Bute |
School code | 8380139 |
Principal | Claire Chisholm [1] |
Gender | Co-Educational |
Age | 3to 18 |
Number of students | ~350 |
Education system | Scottish Education System International Baccalaureate |
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Colour(s) | |
Sports | Rugby, hockey, athletics |
Website | www |
Main building of Lomond School | |
Last updated: 25 November 2022 |
Lomond School is a private, co-educational, day and boarding school in Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Lomond School is, currently, the only day and boarding school on the west coast of Scotland.[ citation needed ] It was formed from a merger in 1977 between Larchfield School (founded 1845 and previously called Larchfield Academy) and St Bride's School for Girls (founded 1895). [2]
Lomond School primarily teaches to the Scottish Education System, but in pupils' senior years (S5 & S6) at the school they can move into one of the International Baccalaureate programmes. The IB programmes were introduced in August 2021. [3]
It is a member school of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. [4]
The principal of the school is Claire Chisholm who took over from Johanna Urquhart, [5] in January 2024. Before Mrs Urquhart, the previous headmaster was Simon Mills. [6]
Lomond School was the result of a merger between Larchfield School (founded 1845 and previously called Larchfield Academy) and St Bride's School for Girls (founded 1895) in 1977. [7]
Larchfield Academy (often called Larchfield School) was a preparatory school for boys in Colquhoun Street, Helensburgh and was founded in 1858. [8] Larchfield Academy had existed in various forms and in other buildings prior to that, with the original year of foundation given as 1845. The old school building was purchased along with the newly-completed Larchfield Academy in 1858 by James S. Scott. [9]
The school originally used both the Larchfield and St Brides sites. In February 1997, the St Brides building burnt down in a fire. [10] In October 1998, a replacement building was built on the St Brides site and incorporated elements of the former building that were not destroyed by the fire. The design of the new building was completed by senior master Ian McKellar, an architect turned graphic communication teacher at Lomond, and Glasgow-based architects G D Lodge. The Larchfield site was also sold at around the same time. [11]
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VICKI HOPKINSON came to prominence when she was awarded the David Cargill prize by the Royal Glasgow Institute in 1998. Since then, she has exhibited widely to much acclaim. She was educated at Lomond School, Helensburgh, then studied at Edinburgh College of Art[ dead link ]
He was born in Glasgow on February 24, 1853, and educated at Larchfield Academy — in those days an all age school — and at Glasgow University, where he graduated MA in 1872, BL in 1874, and LLB in 1878. He was made an honorary LLD by the university in 1907.