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- 10/10/19
House Drama 2019
Last night saw a tight contest of skill and wit in House Drama! Judges came first with their Alice in Wonderland tale, full of colour and high quality acting. Dukes came a close second with a funny and heart-warming tale about a family intercepted by aliens, entitled Bonding. VCs were thir...Read Full Story - 08/10/19
Prep's Outdoor Adveture
For the first time, the Prep (Year 6 pupils) spent a weekend away at Boughton Woods courtesy of The Bushcraft Company. There was a mix of anxiety and excitement in the air as the children prepared for their residential adventure!Read Full Story - 08/10/19
Greenpower - Best Newcomer!
The Greenpower Education Trust is a UK based charity with an outstanding track record in kick starting careers in engineering. They help to unlock potential and spark enthusiasm for Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) through the excitement of motorsport. The aim of the project is...Read Full Story - 24/09/19
Year 10 German Exchange
Now an established and successful link involving Leicester Grammar School over the last seven years, and Solihull School, the German exchange programme with our partner school, the Elisabethenschule in Hofheim, near Frankfurt, has been running successfully since 1998. The first seven years of our in...Read Full Story - 18/09/19
World Biathle Championships for Tom
Over the last few years Year 10 pupil, Tom Dixon, has represented the school competing in cross country, track and field, swimming, cricket and rugby. Over the recent summer holiday, Tom competed in Biathle. Biathle is part of the Modern Pentathlon Olympic Programme and is closely linked to hi...Read Full Story - 17/09/19
Renowned Musicians Visit
We were delighted to host Duncan Chisholm and his friends to LGS. Duncan is one of Scotland’s most recognised and accomplished fiddle players and composers. Born and brought up near Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland, Duncan has spent most of his life developing his unique music...Read Full Story - 16/09/19
London Art Trip
Our Year 11 GCSE artists visited several London galleries last week. They were taken to Tate Modern where they visited the Olafur Eliasson Exhibition. They went on to the Cindy Sherman Exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery and finally to the Mall Gallery.Read Full Story - 16/09/19
Cycling Success for Dom
Congratulations to Year 10 pupil, Dom Switzer. Over the summer he competed in the Youth European Mountain Bike Championships. The event was held over a week in Pila, in Northern Italy.Read Full Story - 13/09/19
William's article published in The New European
Congratulations to our Year 10 pupil, William Wale, who has had an article published in The New European.Read Full Story - 12/09/19
Headmaster’s Response to Pupil Survey Results
Mr Watson presented the findings from the Pupil Survey conducted in the Trinity Term in the first whole-school assembly of the year. In the assembly, entitled ‘Our community – existing for you’, Mr Watson summarised pupils’ views of the many positives and strengths of the sch...Read Full Story - 22/08/19
Record-breaking GCSE Results
Following last week’s outstanding A level results, we are thrilled with our record-breaking 2019 GCSE results, achieved by our largest-ever cohort of 139 students. An incredible 30% of results achieved were at the new and highly elusive grade 9, with 57% at grades 9/8...Read Full Story - 15/08/19
Outstanding A Level Results 2019
We are once again celebrating our students’ outstanding A level results, with 81% of all grades achieved at A*-B (up from 77% in 2018) and an impressive 50% at A*-A (up from 47% in 2018). These excellent outcomes will enable the overwhelming majority of our students to embark confidently on th...Read Full Story