Independent schools: I-L

Published on Wednesday 23 April 2008 11:48

BY SCHOOL NAME: I-L

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The International School of Aberdeen

296 North Deeside Road, Milltimber, Aberdeen AB13 0AB

Tel: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

Web: www.isa.aberdeen.sch.uk

Type: Independent Day

Boarding: No

Roll: 490

Uniform: No

Average class size: 18

Fees (per annum): 14,335-16,050

Bursaries: Financial aid; academic bursaries; IB scholarships

Main extra-curricular activities: Sports, music, community service, International Scouts and Guides.

Community links: Cyrenians; visits to local residential homes for the elderly/Children 1st; "Creativity, Action, Service" in Malawi and Morocco (Amis d'ecole).

What qualities do you try to instil in pupils to take beyond school?

Recognition and celebration of cultural diversity to foster respect among individuals; students are challenged and supported to attain their personal potential and become contributing members of the global community; by providing a broad-based curriculum emphasising strong academics and creative expression, students will become critical thinkers and lifelong learners.

What do you hope to achieve in 2008?

Maintain our reputation for excellence in education; continue to provide a safe, caring learning environment for our students.

Kelvinside Academy

33 Kirklee Road, Glasgow G12 0SW

Tel: [phone]

E: [e-mail]

W: www.kelvinsideacademy.org.uk

Type: Co-ed (three to 18 years)

Boarding: No

Roll: 640

Uniform: Yes

Average class size: 18

Fees (per annum): 2,247-8,511

Bursaries: Yes

Main extra-curricular activities: Team sports (including rugby, hockey, athletics, curling) music, drama, Combined Cadet Force, Duke of Edinburgh Award.

Community links: In the past year, the senior school has be busy fundraising for a Kenya appeal and building links with the Jonathan Gloag Academy in Nairobi, as well as thousands of pounds for the Thomas Barnardo House Orphanage. There is a regular trip during the October half-term week, when previous destinations have included Paris, Russia, Normandy and New York. Sports tours are a regular feature of school life and Canada, Australia, Dubai and many European countries have all been visited in recent years.

What qualities do you try to instil in pupils to take beyond school?

The school motto AIEN APISTEYEIN, meaning "ever to be the best" aptly summarises our philosophy. In all areas of school life – academic, sporting and cultural – we aim to let each individual boy and girl realise their potential in full. We want our pupils to leave not only with the best possible academic qualifications and with the key skills essential for success in Higher Education and the world of work, but also with the personal qualities and interests, the confidence necessary for a happy, fulfilling life and responsible citizenship.

Famous past pupils: Sir Thomas Risk (ex-governor of Bank of Scotland); Lord Rodger; Colin MacKay (broad-caster); Alan G J Watt (Scottish rugby internationalist); Craig Wright (former Scottish cricket captain).

Kilgraston

Bridge of Earn, Perth, PH2 9BQ

Tel: [phone]

E: [e-mail]

Web: www.kilgraston.com

Type: Girls only for ages two and a half to 18 (day boys up to nine)

Boarding: Yes

Roll: 302 (120 boarders and 182 day)

Uniform: Traditional Scottish

Average class size: 14

Fees (per annum): Day – 7,125 – 12,300 Boarding – 17,385-20,985

Bursaries: Yes, depending on individual circumstances

Main extra-curricular activities: Riding, tennis, ballet, modern dance, Highland dancing, keep fit, orchestra, karate, numerous sporting activities including football, touch rugby etc.

Community links: Increased community/charity access to facilities eg swimming pool (opened March 2008), astro pitches, sports hall, riding etc; charitable work/community service; developing pupil awareness of real world issues as demonstrated during 2007/2008 with "Protect the Planet Week", Day for Darfur, Fair Trade Week, Visit to Prison etc; support of numerous charities including Children's Hospice Association Scotland, Save the Children, Macmillan Cancer Relief, Amnesty International, Churches Action for the Homeless, Royal British Legion, Cystic Fibrosis, Blythswood Shoe Box Appeal etc.

What qualities do you try to instil in pupils beyond school?

Independent well-rounded individuals, moral values, good citizens.

What do you hope to achieve in 2008?

Further significant development of sport – equestrian and astro facilities. Major investment in ICT – interactive classrooms; investment in specialist staff.

Lomond School

10 Stafford Street, Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute, G849JX

Tel: [phone]

E: [e-mail]

Web: www.lomond-school.org

Type: HMC co-educational day and boarding School for 3-18.

Boarding: Yes

Roll: 600

Uniform: Blue blazer with school crest (Prospiciamus – Let us look forward), grey trousers (boys), kilt for girls, S5 and S6 sweaters.

Average class size: 20

Fees: Primary – 6,795 Senior day – 8,085 Senior boarding – 9,210

Bursaries: Means tested bursaries up to 100 per cent of fees, academic scholarships, traditional music, third child discount, forces discount.

Main extra-curricular activities: We offer a rich programme of over 50 extra-curricular activities from outdoor pursuits, hill running and the Duke of Edinburgh Award to the traditional music group, reading and art groups, chess and science club and Young Engineers, to mention just a few. A wide range of trips and expeditions are offered each year, including canoeing expeditions to Baffin Island, the North West Territories and Sweden, trips with World Challenge to India and Tanzania, a week of trekking in Morocco, a week at a language school in Nice, a rugby and hockey tour to South Africa, cultural trips to Paris and Berlin and a history trip to Russia. Shorter weekend trips are a regular feature on the calendar such as mountain biking in the Lake District or a ghost story weekend at a youth hostel. The main school sports are rugby, hockey, athletics, cricket and tennis.

Community links: The school has a long record of collaboration with community groups and access to existing facilities is willingly provided to local organisations. The facilities are used primarily for the school's own core responsibility which is education and this links closely to our partner organisations whose aims revolve around developing skills, encouraging wellbeing and the broadening of interests for participants, particularly young people. In addition to the school gymnasium which can be used for indoor sports there are four tennis courts and a full sized, floodlit, all-weather pitch which can be used for outdoor sports.

What qualities do you try to instil in pupils to take beyond school?

We give a particular focus on independence, self-confidence, teamwork and commitment. Involvement in extra-curricular activities, trips and expeditions is strongly recommended as a means to developing these traits, while also being a source of enjoyment and interest. The concepts of teamwork, commitment, self-confidence and independence are developed through personal development days when the timetable is suspended. These days are run in school by staff from Beyond Adventure, which specialises in outdoor adventure and personal development.

What do you hope to achieve in 2008?

The school is about to embark on a further ambitious building programme to complement building that has taken place in the last ten years. This programme has seen a new main school building, a new coeducational boarding house, new art rooms and PE facilities including a full-sized Astroturf pitch. Work will begin this year on a new sports hall on the Ardencaple site, which will provide for an even wider variety of sports and include a climbing wall and dance studio. It is scheduled for completion in 2009.

Famous past pupils: John Logie Baird (television inventor), Andrew Bonar Law (Prime Minister).

Loretto School

Linkfield Road, Musselburgh EH21 7RE

Tel: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

Web: www.loretto.com

Type: HMC co-ed boarding and day for 3-18.

Boarding: Full, and flexi-boarding plus day pupils.

Roll: 530 in total (340 in senior school, 190 in junior school).

Uniform: Distinctive red jacket for which Loretto is well-known.

Average class size: 15 for GCSE and 11 for A-Level. No more than 19 in junior school.

Fees (per annum): Day – 2,070-5,310 Boarding – 4,500-7,825

Bursaries: Loretto strives to achieve a diverse roll by providing bursary support to children who meet its entrance criteria, irrespective of their parents' financial means. We offer a wide range of scholarships and means-tested bursaries: academic, all-rounder, sport, art, drama, music and golf.

Main extra-curricular activities: Outdoors: Duke of Edinburgh, CCF. Cultural: concert/jazz/rock bands, piping, orchestra, full programme of visiting lectures, gallery/exhibition visits, visiting musicians, artists, actors. Sport: the main sports are rugby, hockey, lacrosse, netball, tennis, cricket, athletics, cross-country running, swimming, plus secondary sports: hip hop dance, Highland dance, music technology, skiing, golf, shooting, scuba diving, fives. Other clubs include astronomy, singing, chess, biology society.

Community links: Many of our pupils carry out local community service as part of the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme. This includes assistance in local charity shops, at Eden Hall Hospital, in primary school after-school Clubs and other local groups such as Rainbows, Brownies, Cubs and Scouts. Lorettonians also help at local open access sports clubs, visit the elderly and infirm, and participate in a variety of local conservation work. Further afield, pupils assist with Riding for the Disabled, at the Edinburgh soup kitchen and work with the Bethany Trust for the Homeless, manning the Christmas tree stall in Musselburgh and participating in the sleepover in Edinburgh. Lorettonians serve as guides to historic Pinkie House and the chapel site for visitors.

What qualities do you try to instil in pupils to take beyond school?

Pupils learn to believe in themselves and their values and to take responsibility for themselves and others. Loretto offers an ethos of enduring values in a changing world; the pattern of each busy day reinforces the qualities that characterise the school's spirit – esteem for others and self, giving of one's best, loyalty and recognition of trust. The nurturing of confidence, skill and wisdom have real significance in our daily life. In every child, the school installs a readiness to participate and the stamina and commitment to see each challenge through to its end. Loretto provides a holistic education, developing mind, body and spirit.

What do you hope to achieve in 2008?

To develop plans and raise funds for a new multipurpose hall and teaching classroom on the junior school campus. To extend weekly and flexi-boarding in the junior school. Further extend our programme of providing specialist, professional games coaches in junior/senior schools and ongoing enhancement of sport facilities. Extend facilities for the golf academy to ensure we remain a UK market leader. This includes creating a driving range and extending facilities at school. The school welcomes a new headmaster in September, Peter Hogan, current Warden of Llandovery College. We have created a new post with the appointment of a director of expressive arts: music, drama and art. The Loretto Foundation aims to create additional funding for bursary places to allow us to widen access to child from low income groups.

Famous past pupils: Lord (Norman) Lamont, Lord (Hector) Laing, Andrew Marr, Alastair Darling, Jim Clark.