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Loretto School, Musselburgh

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Loretto School details

Address:

Loretto School
Musselburgh, Musselburgh, Scotland EH21 7RE

Telephone:

0131 653 4441

Fax:

0131 653 4445

Email:

admissions@loretto.com

Website:

www.loretto.com

Authority:

East Lothian

Gender of entry:

Girls

Age range:

13-18

Number of students:

416

Affiliation:

HMC

Gender of sixth form:

Mixed

General information

Headteacher: Mr Michael Mavor.

Background: Founded in 1827 as original independent boarding school set in 85 acres of leafy campus just outside Edinburgh, Scotland, Loretto School provides an all-round education for 460 boys and girls - boarders, flexi-boarders and day pupils - aged 3-18. Loretto is 30 minutes by car from Edinburgh international airport and runs daily minibuses from East Lothian and the Borders.The activities do change slightly from year to year, but those available in 2005-06 include: ceramics, fitness centre, clay pigeon shooting, golf, mathematics clinic, skiing, tap dancing, jazz dancing, art, pipe band, exploration society, concert band, badminton, biology society, in good faith, karate, judo, .22 shooting, squash, touch rugby, astronomy club, chemistry club, debating and public speaking, football, netball, swimming, school magazine, evening reflections, scuba diving, singing, chess club and fives. Several of these are part of the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme at Bronze and Silver.The Loretto Golf Academy was established as the UK's first school golf academy in 2002 and attracts many talented golf scholars from around the world. .

Boys' age range: 13 to 18.

Girls' age range: 13 to 18.

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