St Leonards School
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St Leonards School, formerly St Leonards School for Girls, is an independent school
, founded by the University of St Andrews
in the nineteenth century.
It is located in St Andrews
, Fife
, on the east coast of Scotland
, today situated on one site in private grounds, just south of the town's historic cathedral
.
Although originally established in 1877 by Dame Louisa Lumsden
amid the increased demand for women's education, the school is now fully co-educational, taking boys and girls aged 4 to 18, with the option of boarding from age 12.
In 2005, The Sunday Times
named St Leonards its "Scottish Independent School of the Year".
St Leonards was one of the first schools in Scotland to offer the IB Diploma Programme
and is the only one in the country to have an all-IB Sixth Form.
in the belief that "a girl should receive an education that is as good as her brother's, if not better." In 1999 St Leonards Sixth Form and St Katharines Prep School
opened their doors to boys for the first time; the school soon became completely co-educational.
of St Leonards, making full use of the campus and facilities while retaining a degree of autonomy. However, in March 2002 it was announced that the prep school
would be relocated to the main building and renamed St Leonards Junior and Middle Schools. Following a further announcement in March 2005, St Leonards junior and middle schools merged with New Park School
, also located in St Andrews, operating as one unit under the name St Leonards-New Park. In June 2011 it was announced that the junior school would be known in future as St Leonards Junior School. At the same time, work commenced on a £2.5m redevelopment of the junior school which will result in a brand new, state-of-the-art building and enhanced facilities.
. More details about the history of lacrosse at St Leonards can be found on the School's website - http://www.stleonards-fife.org/Index.asp?MainID=4382
Girls at St Leonards continue to play lacrosse with great success. Recent achievements have included victory in the 2009 U15 Scottish Lacrosse Championships and qualification in 2009, 2010 and 2011 for the finals of the UK Small Schools' Tournament held at Rendcomb College, Gloucestershire.
Current members
Mr James Murray, MA LLB (Chairman)
Mr Ian Adam, CA
Mr Hamish Allridge, MA Dip Ed Cert Ed
Lord Balniel
Mrs Victoria Collison-Owen
Mr Roy de C Chapman, MA
Mr Alan Constable, BSc
Lady Fraser of Carmyllie, MSc
Col Martin Passmore, MA GCGI FRSA
Prof Louise Richardson BA MA MA MA PhD
Mrs Clare Wade
Mr Aubyn Stewart-Wilson, BSc
s rather than Scottish Standard Grade
s. Sixth Form students follow the International Baccalaureate Diploma programme.
St Leonards is an IB World School, one of only three schools in Scotland to have attained this status.
The average score was 34, equivalent to more than 3 A*s at A Level, five Scottish Higher As and 479 UCAS points.
The year group beat the 2010 worldwide average of 30 points and more than 20% achieved the minimum entrance requirements for Oxford and Cambridge Universities of 38 points.
Almost one third of the group also gained Bilingual Diplomas, indicating fluency in at least two languages.
With the results of appeals still to be determined and with a number of students to finish their exams in November, at least 80% of the students gained their first choice university place, at destinations including Oxford, Cambridge, St Andrews, Edinburgh and Durham.
University for St Leonards pupils as well as helping them to develop an appreciation and knowledge of research.
At the time Dr Michael Carslaw, Headmaster of St Leonards, said, “I’m delighted to see the relationship which already exists between St Leonards and the University bolstered in this way. I’m certain that the creation of this new position will be of great benefit to pupils at St Leonards.”
In the Spring of 2011, the School appointed Social Anthropology and Amerindian Studies student Juan Pablo Sarmiento as the second St Leonards Associate Researcher.
and Benenden School
.
Independent school (UK)
An independent school is a school that is not financed through the taxation system by local or national government and is instead funded by private sources, predominantly in the form of tuition charges, gifts and long-term charitable endowments, and so is not subject to the conditions imposed by...
, founded by the University of St Andrews
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews, informally referred to as "St Andrews", is the oldest university in Scotland and the third oldest in the English-speaking world after Oxford and Cambridge. The university is situated in the town of St Andrews, Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It was founded between...
in the nineteenth century.
It is located in St Andrews
St Andrews
St Andrews is a university town and former royal burgh on the east coast of Fife in Scotland. The town is named after Saint Andrew the Apostle.St Andrews has a population of 16,680, making this the fifth largest settlement in Fife....
, Fife
Fife
Fife is a council area and former county of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire...
, on the east coast of Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, today situated on one site in private grounds, just south of the town's historic cathedral
St Andrew's Cathedral, St Andrews
The Cathedral of St Andrew is a historical church in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, which was the seat of the Bishops of St Andrews from its foundation in 1158 until it fell into disuse after the Reformation. It is currently a ruined monument in the custody of Historic Scotland...
.
Although originally established in 1877 by Dame Louisa Lumsden
Louisa Lumsden
Dame Louisa Innes Lumsden, born into a wealthy family in Aberdeen, Scotland DBE was a lecturer in classics at Girton College and the first Headmistress of St Leonards, Fife. She is credited with introducing lacrosse to St...
amid the increased demand for women's education, the school is now fully co-educational, taking boys and girls aged 4 to 18, with the option of boarding from age 12.
In 2005, The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times (UK)
The Sunday Times is a Sunday broadsheet newspaper, distributed in the United Kingdom. The Sunday Times is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News International, which is in turn owned by News Corporation. Times Newspapers also owns The Times, but the two papers were founded...
named St Leonards its "Scottish Independent School of the Year".
Overview
St Leonards has approximately 530 pupils between the ages of 4 and 19.St Leonards was one of the first schools in Scotland to offer the IB Diploma Programme
IB Diploma Programme
The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme is a two-year educational programme for students aged 16–19that provides an internationally accepted qualification for entry into higher education, and is recognised by universities worldwide. It was developed in the early to mid-1960s in Geneva by...
and is the only one in the country to have an all-IB Sixth Form.
History
St Leonards and St Katharines School for Girls was founded in 1877 by Louisa LumsdenLouisa Lumsden
Dame Louisa Innes Lumsden, born into a wealthy family in Aberdeen, Scotland DBE was a lecturer in classics at Girton College and the first Headmistress of St Leonards, Fife. She is credited with introducing lacrosse to St...
in the belief that "a girl should receive an education that is as good as her brother's, if not better." In 1999 St Leonards Sixth Form and St Katharines Prep School
Preparatory school (UK)
In English language usage in the former British Empire, the present-day Commonwealth, a preparatory school is an independent school preparing children up to the age of eleven or thirteen for entry into fee-paying, secondary independent schools, some of which are known as public schools...
opened their doors to boys for the first time; the school soon became completely co-educational.
St Katharines and St Leonards-New Park
St Katharines School was the original prep schoolPreparatory school (UK)
In English language usage in the former British Empire, the present-day Commonwealth, a preparatory school is an independent school preparing children up to the age of eleven or thirteen for entry into fee-paying, secondary independent schools, some of which are known as public schools...
of St Leonards, making full use of the campus and facilities while retaining a degree of autonomy. However, in March 2002 it was announced that the prep school
Preparatory school (UK)
In English language usage in the former British Empire, the present-day Commonwealth, a preparatory school is an independent school preparing children up to the age of eleven or thirteen for entry into fee-paying, secondary independent schools, some of which are known as public schools...
would be relocated to the main building and renamed St Leonards Junior and Middle Schools. Following a further announcement in March 2005, St Leonards junior and middle schools merged with New Park School
New Park School
- Founding and Development :New Park School was an independent preparatory school in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. The school was founded in 1933 by Cuthbert Dixon, a teacher at Merchiston Castle School....
, also located in St Andrews, operating as one unit under the name St Leonards-New Park. In June 2011 it was announced that the junior school would be known in future as St Leonards Junior School. At the same time, work commenced on a £2.5m redevelopment of the junior school which will result in a brand new, state-of-the-art building and enhanced facilities.
Lacrosse
The school is believed to be the first in the world to have played women's lacrosseWomen's lacrosse
Women's lacrosse, sometimes shortened to wlax or lax, is a sport played with twelve players on each team. Originally played by the indigenous peoples of the Americas, the first tribe to play it was the Hauser tribe, of the Great Plains. The modern women's game was introduced in 1890 at the St...
. More details about the history of lacrosse at St Leonards can be found on the School's website - http://www.stleonards-fife.org/Index.asp?MainID=4382
Girls at St Leonards continue to play lacrosse with great success. Recent achievements have included victory in the 2009 U15 Scottish Lacrosse Championships and qualification in 2009, 2010 and 2011 for the finals of the UK Small Schools' Tournament held at Rendcomb College, Gloucestershire.
Governing Council
The school's administration is overseen by a group of citizens (some of whom include business leaders and British nobility.) This council makes primary financial and major personnel decisions (headmaster/headmistress.)Current members
Mr James Murray, MA LLB (Chairman)
Mr Ian Adam, CA
Mr Hamish Allridge, MA Dip Ed Cert Ed
Lord Balniel
Mrs Victoria Collison-Owen
Mr Roy de C Chapman, MA
Mr Alan Constable, BSc
Lady Fraser of Carmyllie, MSc
Col Martin Passmore, MA GCGI FRSA
Prof Louise Richardson BA MA MA MA PhD
Mrs Clare Wade
Mr Aubyn Stewart-Wilson, BSc
Headmistresses and headmasters
For the first 124 years, (when the school was an all-girls school) the Head of St Leonards was always a woman.- 1877 – 1882 Dame Louisa LumsdenLouisa LumsdenDame Louisa Innes Lumsden, born into a wealthy family in Aberdeen, Scotland DBE was a lecturer in classics at Girton College and the first Headmistress of St Leonards, Fife. She is credited with introducing lacrosse to St...
- 1882 – 1896 Dame Frances DoveFrances DoveDame Jane Frances Dove, DBE, JP was an English women's campaigner who founded Wycombe Abbey and other girls' schools....
- Miss Bentinck Smith
- Dr Janet Macaulay
- Miss Martha Hamilton
- 1988 – 2000 Mrs Mary James (Married to Mr Lawrence JamesLawrence JamesEdwin James Lawrence , most commonly known as Lawrence James, is an English academic, notable for his works as a writer and historian. He has written several works of popular history about the British Empire...
) - 2001 – June 2003 Mrs Wendy Bellars
- August 2003 – April 2008 Mr Robert A J Tims
- April 2008 – Dr Michael Carslaw
Curriculum
St Leonards has largely followed the English, rather than the Scottish education system. Pupils take GCSEGeneral Certificate of Secondary Education
The General Certificate of Secondary Education is an academic qualification awarded in a specified subject, generally taken in a number of subjects by students aged 14–16 in secondary education in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and is equivalent to a Level 2 and Level 1 in Key Skills...
s rather than Scottish Standard Grade
Standard Grade
Standard Grades are Scotland's educational qualifications for students aged around 14 to 16 years, which are due to be fully replaced in 2014 when Scottish Qualifications Authority's Higher Still system becomes the main qualifications as part of the major shake up of Scotland's education system as...
s. Sixth Form students follow the International Baccalaureate Diploma programme.
St Leonards is an IB World School, one of only three schools in Scotland to have attained this status.
2011 IB Diploma results
St Leonards students again performed strongly in their 2011 IB Diploma exams.The average score was 34, equivalent to more than 3 A*s at A Level, five Scottish Higher As and 479 UCAS points.
The year group beat the 2010 worldwide average of 30 points and more than 20% achieved the minimum entrance requirements for Oxford and Cambridge Universities of 38 points.
Almost one third of the group also gained Bilingual Diplomas, indicating fluency in at least two languages.
With the results of appeals still to be determined and with a number of students to finish their exams in November, at least 80% of the students gained their first choice university place, at destinations including Oxford, Cambridge, St Andrews, Edinburgh and Durham.
St Leonards Associate Researcher
In the Spring of 2010, in a pioneering move, the School announced the appointment of the very first St Leonards Associate Researcher. The incumbent, a research student at the University of St Andrews, will act as a point of contact in theUniversity for St Leonards pupils as well as helping them to develop an appreciation and knowledge of research.
At the time Dr Michael Carslaw, Headmaster of St Leonards, said, “I’m delighted to see the relationship which already exists between St Leonards and the University bolstered in this way. I’m certain that the creation of this new position will be of great benefit to pupils at St Leonards.”
In the Spring of 2011, the School appointed Social Anthropology and Amerindian Studies student Juan Pablo Sarmiento as the second St Leonards Associate Researcher.
Notable seniors
Former Pupils of St Leonards are known as St Leonards School Seniors, as is the style at the sister schools Wycombe AbbeyWycombe Abbey
Wycombe Abbey is an independent girls' boarding school situated in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. It is academically one of the top schools in the United Kingdom, and the top girls' boarding school...
and Benenden School
Benenden School
Benenden School is an independent boarding school for girls in Kent, England. It is located in Benenden in the Kentish countryside, between Cranbrook and Tenterden....
.
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