Lancaster School
The Lancaster School is a comprehensive school for boys aged 11 to 16, located in Knighton, Leicester, England. It is a specialist sports and arts college.[1]
As of May 2016, the headteacher of the school is Anna Fisher, who took over as interim head of the school in 2015.
Lancaster acquired specialist sports college status on 1 September 2000; only three other schools in the East Midlands had achieved this designation at that time.[2] The Lancaster School was featured in the documentary series The Choir: Boys Don't Sing, in which choir master Gareth Malone started a student and staff choir and took them to perform at the Royal Albert Hall. The four-part series was aired on BBC Two in February 2008.[3][4]
In January 2007, the school added a £1.6 million four court indoor tennis centre to accompany its six floodlit outdoor tennis courts, multi-use games area, two gymnasiums and field. The indoor tennis centre is shared throughout the community.[5]
In January 2014, the new building was opened which consisted of new science, maths and IT departments. £13 million pounds were spent by Russell Kennedy, the previous headteacher. The new building also featured a state of the art dinner atrium and a new kitchen.
In 2015 Kennedy abdicated his position as headteacher, and Fisher came into power as interim head of the school.[6]
In 2016 a published report showed the school was in £1 million of debt.[7] Later the debt seemed to have been halved.
References
- ↑ The Lancaster School - School Information
- ↑ The Lancaster School - Specialist College
- ↑ http://www.lancaster.leicester.sch.uk/news/default.asp?storyID=1
- ↑ BBC: The Choir
- ↑ http://www.lancaster.leicester.sch.uk/page_viewer.asp?page=Sports+College&pid=7
- ↑ http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/new-interim-head-city-secondary-sets-stall/story-28510653-detail/story.html
- ↑ http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/lancaster-school-inadequate-says-ofsted/story-28876363-detail/story.html
External links
Coordinates: 52°36′21″N 1°07′36″W / 52.6059°N 1.1268°W