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Lomond School
Lomond School in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
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- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Lomond School is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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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. 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). 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. It is a member school of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. The principal of the school is Claire Chisholm who took over from Johanna Urquhart, in January 2024. Before Mrs Urquhart, the previous headmaster was Simon Mills.
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Background
History
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. Larchfield Academy (often called Larchfield School) was a preparatory school for boys in Colquhoun Street, Helensburgh and was founded in 1858. 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. The school originally used both the Larchfield and St Brides sites. In February 1997, the St Brides building burnt down in…
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- Coordinates
- 56.0090, -4.7370
- Address
- 10 Stafford Street
- Established
- 1977
- Official site
- www.submarinecentre.org
Sources
- wikidata: Q6669528 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Lomond School (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Lomond School?
- Lomond School is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.0090°, -4.7370°.
- When was Lomond School built?
- Lomond School dates to 1977.