Lomond School
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Lomond School is an independent co-educational day and boarding school in Helensburgh
, Argyll and Bute
, Scotland
. It was formed from a merger in 1977 between Larchfield Academy
(founded 1845) and St Bride's School for Girls (founded 1895). It is a member school of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
.
It currently has over 575 pupils and over 45 teaching staff.
Helensburgh
Helensburgh is a town in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies on the north shore of the Firth of Clyde and the eastern shore of the entrance to the Gareloch....
, Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute is both one of 32 unitary council areas; and a Lieutenancy area in Scotland. The administrative centre for the council area is located in Lochgilphead.Argyll and Bute covers the second largest administrative area of any Scottish council...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. It was formed from a merger in 1977 between Larchfield Academy
Larchfield Academy
Larchfield Academy was a preparatory school for boys in Helensburgh, Scotland.It was founded in 1845. Among its famous pupils were Sir James Frazer and John Logie Baird. In the late 1920s and early 1930s Cecil Day-Lewis and W. H...
(founded 1845) and St Bride's School for Girls (founded 1895). It is a member school of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference is an association of the headmasters or headmistressess of 243 leading day and boarding independent schools in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and the Republic of Ireland...
.
It currently has over 575 pupils and over 45 teaching staff.
Notable former pupils
- John Logie BairdJohn Logie BairdJohn Logie Baird FRSE was a Scottish engineer and inventor of the world's first practical, publicly demonstrated television system, and also the world's first fully electronic colour television tube...
- Alistair Cooper
- Andrew Jamieson
- Jody McMeeking
- Stewart Macintosh
- Duncan McKerracher
- William Godfrey
- Danny Rob
- Emma Shopp - Stacey Stone (Season 1, Episode 2)
- Jodie Smith