Lady Lumley's School is a specialist sports and language college in Pickering, North Yorkshire

Pickering, North Yorkshire

Pickering is an ancient market town and civil parish in the Ryedale district of the county of North Yorkshire, England, on the border of the North York Moors National Park. It sits at the foot of the Moors, overlooking the Vale of Pickering to the south...

, England

England

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, and is one of the most popular in the Ryedale region. It was founded around 200 years ago by Lady Lumley, a local Lady of the Manor. OFSTED

Ofsted

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 rate Lady Lumley's as "good".

The school has many links around the Globe. It is linked with schools in Tanzania, Morocco, China and France. The school also has been awarded Sportsmark 2008, an iNET qualification, Specialist Schools and Academies Trust, a British Schools Orienteering award and was classified as a Healthy School.

Alumni

• John Healey
  John Healey
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  , Labour Party
  Labour Party (UK)
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   MP
  Member of Parliament
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   for Wentworth and Dearne
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   (1997 - present)
• Ashley Hicklin
  Ashley Hicklin
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  , singer/songwriter
• Richard Buck
  Richard Buck
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  , British
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   sprinter
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• Craig
  Craig Short
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   and Chris Short
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  , professional footballers