Loretto School

Loretto School

Established	1827
Type	Independent school
Headmaster	Peter Hogan
Headmaster Junior School	Philip Meadows
Location	Linkfield Road Musselburgh East Lothian EH21 7RE Scotland
Staff	112
Students	580
Gender	co-educational
Ages	3–18
Houses	School, Pinkie, Hope, Seton, Balcarres, Holm
Colours	Red
Founder	Rev. Thomas Langhorne
Website	Loretto School

Loretto School is an independent school in Scotland, founded in 1827. The campus occupies 85 acres (34 ha) in Musselburgh, near Edinburgh.^[1]

History

Loretto (which is Scotland's oldest extant boarding school)^[2] was founded by the Reverend Thomas Langhorne in 1827. Langhorne came from Crosby Ravensworth, near Kirkby Stephen. The school was later taken over by his son, also Thomas Langhorne. The last link with the Langhorne family was John Langhorne, who was master at Loretto from 1890–1897 and later headmaster at the John Watson's Institution.^[3][4]

Loretto was under the headmastership of Dr Hely Hutchinson Almond (1862–1903), a distant relative of Thomas Langhorne.^[2]

The school is made up of two parts - the Junior School ('The Nippers') for children aged 3–12 and the Senior School for those aged 12 and over. In 1981 girls joined the Sixth form and in 1995 the Third form, so making the school fully co-educational by 1997.

Loretto's campus includes Pinkie House as well as a 300 seat theatre and 600 seat Chapel. Pupils attend as boarders, flexi-boarders and day pupils and are all attached to a specific house. Houses include Schoolhouse (for day pupils), Seton house (for 3rd to 5th form border boys), Holm house (for 3rd to fifth form girls), Balcarres (for 6th form girls), Pinkie and Hope house (lower sixth and upper sixth boys).

In 2001 the film director Don Boyd published an article in The Observer detailing his sexual abuse by a teacher in the school.^[5] The revelation led to further allegations about the teacher from other former pupils and subsequent calls for the teacher's prosecution.^[6][7] The teacher, then 79 years old, was subsequently charged but the case was later dropped on the grounds of his ill-health.^[8][9]

The Golf Academy

The Loretto Golf Academy was established in 2001, and has since attracted many top young golfers around the world. The Golf Academy allows pupils to combine regular golf tuition without affecting their academic studies. One of the Golf Academy's targets is to produce a future Open champion.

On 11 July 2006, Loretto clinched the HMC Foursomes title. After triumphing in the 'Northern' section of the competition, Loretto maintained their unbeaten record in the National Finals with an eventual 2-1 victory over Eton to be crowned British Independent Schools Champions 2006. More recently a pupil in the Loretto Golf Academy won the 2010 Welsh Women's Amateur Golf Tournament and the Individual Player section of the 2010 National Intercollegiate Championships. On 6 July 2010, Loretto reclaimed the HMC Foursomes title.

Headmasters

• 1825-1862 Langhorne family (Thomas, Thomas II, John)
• 1862-1903 Hely Hutchinson Almond
• 1903-1908 Henry Barrington Tristram
• 1908-1926 Allan Ramsey Smith
• 1926-1945 Dr James Robertson Campbell Greenlees
• 1945-1960 David Forbes Mackintosh
• 1960-1976 Rab Brougham Bruce Lockhart
• 1976-1984 David Bruce McMurray
• 1984-1995 The Rev. Norman Walker Drummond
• 1995-2000 Keith Joseph Budge
• 2001-2008 Michael Barclay Mavor^[10]
• 2008- Peter A. Hogan

Notable alumni

For a more inclusive list see Category:People educated at Loretto School, Musselburgh

Notable Old Lorettonians include:

• A.G.G. Asher - international cricketer and rugby player
• George Bertram Cockburn - pioneer aviator
• Don Boyd - film director, producer, screenwriter, novelist.^[5]
• Alexander Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh - Unionist representative peer, Secretary for Scotland, Governor of the Bank of Scotland, Chancellor of the University of St Andrews, and leading figure in the Church of Scotland
• Jim Clark - Formula One Champion (twice), Grand Prix winner and world champion
• Paul Clauss - international rugby player
• Alistair Darling - former Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Fergus Ewing - SNP politician
• Sir Nicholas Fairbairn, Conservative politician, former Solicitor General for Scotland
• Sir Denis Forman - Chair of the British Film Institute; Chairman and Managing Director of Granada Television
• Peter Fraser, Baron Fraser of Carmyllie - Conservative politician, former Solicitor General for Scotland
• James Graham, 8th Duke of Montrose
• James Greenlees - Scottish international rugby captain; later headmaster of Loretto School
• William Alexander Kerr - Victoria Cross
• Norman Lamont - former Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Hew Lorimer - sculptor
• Miles Mander - early Hollywood actor
• Andrew Marr - journalist
• Edward Powys Mathers - translator, poet, and pioneer cryptic crossword setter
• Robin Orr - composer
• Hugo Rifkind - columnist
• Rev. Henry Holmes Stewart (1847–1937) FA Cup winner in 1873^[11]

References

1. ^ "Welcome to Loretto School". Lorettoschool.co.uk. http://www.lorettoschool.co.uk/. Retrieved 4 April 2012. 
2. ^ ^{a b} The History of Loretto School^{[dead link]}
3. ^ The Langhorne Memorial, The Levite, Vol IV, No.7 (Spring 1927)
4. ^ John Langhorne's grandfather (also John Langhorne, master of Giggleswick school) was the cousin and neighbour of Thomas Langhorne senior. See Crosby Ravensworth archives
5. ^ ^{a b} Don Boyd (19 August 2001). "Don Boyd: A suitable boy | From the Observer | The Observer". Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2001/aug/19/life1.lifemagazine. Retrieved 4 April 2012. 
6. ^ "PRIVATE SIR ON SEX RAP; Top school claim. - Free Online Library". Thefreelibrary.com. 14 June 2002. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/PRIVATE+SIR+ON+SEX+RAP%3B+Top+school+claim.-a087198901. Retrieved 4 April 2012. 
7. ^ "Sexually abused during his time at Loretto School, Don Boyd returns to Edinburgh and launches a book incorporating his abuse - News - Scotsman.com". Living.scotsman.com. 25 August 2010. http://living.scotsman.com/features/Sexually-abused-during-his-time.6496311.jp?articlepage=2. Retrieved 4 April 2012. 
8. ^ "Ex-Teacher Charged With Sexual Encounter With Pupil - Education News". redOrbit. 9 March 2006. http://www.redorbit.com/news/education/422606/exteacher_charged_with_sexual_encounter_with_pupil/. Retrieved 4 April 2012. 
9. ^ James McKillop and Graeme Smith (25 August 2001). "'I am in total shock. It feels as if I am being hung, drawn, and quartered' Retired teacher hit by abuse allegations shuts door to Herald inquiries". Herald Scotland. http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/i-am-in-total-shock-it-feels-as-if-i-am-being-hung-drawn-and-quartered-retired-teacher-hit-by-abuse-allegations-shuts-door-to-herald-inquiries-1.175771. Retrieved 4 April 2012. 
10. ^ "Michael Mavor". Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/6990095/Michael-Mavor.html. Retrieved 4 April 2012. 
11. ^ Warsop, Keith (2004). The Early FA Cup Finals and the Southern Amateurs. SoccerData. pp. 126–127. ISBN 1-899468-78-1. 

External links

• Loretto School's official website
• Loretto School's page on Scottish Schools Online
• Loretto School's reviews, rankings and reports page in the Independent Schools Directory
• Loretto School profile at SCIS website

Gallery

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  Pinkie House

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  Balcarres House and Holm House

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  Sports field by the Esk

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  Pinkie Entrance

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  Loretto and the Old Stables

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  Winter at Loretto

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  Loretto at Millhill