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 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 , 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.
The school was built on what before was glebe land named Market Field, at what was the east limit of the built-up area of Rugby. Early History Under its second headmaster, Weisse who renamed himself Whitehouse when the First World War started , a small incident caused a lasting effect on the area. To enlarge the school's sports area, he planned to buy a larger area of glebe land, Reynolds Field, west of the school land.
But, as he was going down Bath Road in a carriage towards the railway station to go to Oxford to buy the land, the horse veered to the left and the carriage hit a lamppost; the horse panicked and the carriage overturned and Weisse was spilt out on the road, cutting his eye on glass from a broken carriage lamp.
This event forced Weisse to miss the meeting, which was never rearranged for later, and the school never bought the land except Penrhos House much later.
Voluntary aided status This partnership continued into voluntary aided status under the Act. High levels of intellectual independence are encouraged amongst students where knowledge, interpretation and evaluation of the past are a priority.
In Year 7 , students concentrate on war, society and power, covering a range of topics from traditional British history, such as the Norman Conquest, to topics such as Genhis Khan and the Asante kingdom. In Year 8 , students focus on science and religion, revolutions and the treatment of minorities, covering a range of topics from traditional British history, such as the Peasants Revolt, to revolutionary movements in Central America.
This school opened in on what was then Market Field. The early years saw a struggle for numbers and income, so that there was a constant desire for children of the town to be charged fees.
In the early 20th century Rugby School proposed to hand over the school to the county, although a compromise was reached. The 21st century has seen further building work at the school the ramshackle wooden huts on the playing field used for Maths and the Sixth Formers are no more! Readers of this site may be pleased to know that History has always been part of the curriculum, although in the scope of the subject was rather limited.
The school also ran a Natural History Society, with excursions to historical places close by to the school. It is impossible to do justice to near years history of a school in one page. Anybody wanting to learn more about the early years, however, could do worse than finding a copy of L. Wells and A. I went to Lawrence Sheriff in , and stayed there until Our playing fields about a mile from the school have also been extensively re-developed and new facilities have been completed for music, technology and art.
As might be expected, demand for places has become very high, and the school is now five times over-subscribed. In response to this and the continuing growth of Rugby, we successfully bid for Grammar School Expansion funding in Despite the turbulent that we have all experienced, we are still on track to complete the new building by September and the refurbishment of the rest of LSS by September When the expansion is complete the school will have grown from in to approximately So, how would I define the way we do things around here?
Placing an emphasis on academic success? Certainly, but I would say that is a by-product of our broader approach, not our central aim. Focused upon innovation and showing a willingness to take the road less travelled?
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