Lawrence Sheriff School is a selective boys' grammar school in Rugby in Warwickshire. The school is named after Lawrence Sheriff, the Elizabethan gentleman who founded Rugby School. The school's name is often abbreviated to 'LSS'. A grammar school is a type of school found in some English-speaking countries; some of which date back to earlier than the 16th century. ... Rugby is a market town in the county of Warwickshire in central England on the River Avon. ... Warwickshire (pronounced either /ˈwɔːɹɪkˌʃə/ or /ˈwɔːɹɪkˌʃɪə/) is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in central England. ... Lawrence Sheriff or Lawrence Sheriffe (c1510-1567) was an Elizabethan gentleman and grocer to Elizabeth I who founded Rugby School. ... Elizabeth ushers in Peace and Plenty. ... A view of Rugby School from The Close, the playing field where according to legend Rugby was invented Rugby School, located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire, is one of the oldest public schools in the United Kingdom and is perhaps one of the top co-educational boarding schools in...

History

The Griffin: the Lawrence Sheriff School emblem

Lawrence Sheriff School was founded to fulfill Lawrence Sheriff's original intentions to provide a school for the boys of Rugby, which was originally carried out by Rugby School. By the eighteenth century, Rugby School had acquired a national reputation as a public school and moved to its present site. Image File history File links Sherifflogo. ... Image File history File links Sherifflogo. ...

As the proportion of pupils from outside Rugby increased and the people of the town seemed to benefit less from Lawrence Sheriff's original bequest, local concern led to the nineteenth century proposal of a Lower School for local boys, with Foundation Scholarships to the Great School. The Lower School was opened in 1878 on the present site of Lawrence Sheriff School with a curriculum designed to meet the needs of a commercial education and preparation for Rugby School. By 1906, a compromise between the traditions of the Foundation and a proposal to hand the school over to the County, led to a Governing body chaired by the Headmaster of Rugby School and containing both Foundation and County Governors.

This partnership continued into voluntary aided status under the 1944 Act.

At the time the school opened, it was on the outskirts of the town, which in 1878 was considerably smaller than it is today. The original building (now called Big School), was extended in 1909 with science wings on each side. The school continued to grow with several extensions, including the Jubilee Wings (1926 and 1934), the library wing (1957), and major expansion in the early 1960s, which included new biology labs and a new gymnasium. Big School was badly damaged by a fire in 1983, but was immediately restored, so the only tell-tale signs of this event are the steel reinforcements of the ceiling timbers. The venerable school organ was damaged beyond repair and was replaced. The most recent period of growth started in the late 1980s and the school has seen many extensions and new facilities over the last fifteen years.

Present Day

Lawrence Sheriff School is now the selective boys' grammar school for Rugby and the surrounding area, with the buildings owned and maintained by the Governors, and the running costs funded by the local Authority.

The school also has an old boys society: the Old Laurentians.

The school has been expanded greatly in the last five years with the construction of a new sixth form centre and the conversion of Penrhos House, originally a lower school common room, into a Music and Drama block. A common room is a type of shared lounge, most often found in dormitories, at (for example) universities, military bases, hospitals, rest homes, hostels, and even minimum-security prisons. ...

Thanks to Sport England funding, the school also houses a regional and local table tennis centre. Sport England logo Sport England (formerly the English Sports Council) is the body responsible for distributing funds and providing strategic guidance for sporting activity in England. ... Wang Liqin winning a forehand drive against Jörg Rosskopf. ...

Future Plans

The school is planning to introduce a new timetable.[1] From September 2006, an 'enrichment' period will follow after periods one and two. Enrichment will be 30 minutes long and will be used for tutor time on Mondays and Fridays and extra-curricular activities from Tuesdays to Thursdays. The current hour-long lunch break will be shortened to 40 minutes and the day will end with an assembly at 3.30pm, 15 minutes earlier than in previous years. Also planned for the next school year is a 'vertical tutoring' system in which form groups contain students of different years, and tutor groups will be divided by the school house system. Both of these are intended as beneficial change, but have met with opposition. The House System is a traditional feature of British schools, similar to the collegiate system of a university. ...

Other information

• The school has four houses: Caldecott, Simpson, Tait and Wheeler
• The Parents' Association is in the Guiness Book of Records as the UK's oldest PA association
• The school has a partnership with Rugby School, Bishop Wulstan School and twinned at the 'A' level of education with Rugby High School
• Arthur Bostrom who played Crabtree, the policeman, in 'Allo 'Allo! was the head boy at the school
• The school's former pupils include Warwickshire cricket player Mike Powell and singers Jason Pierce and Will Carruthers.
• Former pupils are called Old Laurentians

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External links

• The Lawrence Sheriff School website
• The Old Laurentians website
• Regional Table Tennis Centre