Lomond School is an

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and boarding school in

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. Lomond School is, currently, the only

and boarding school on the west coast of

. It was formed from a merger in 1977 between Larchfield School (founded 1845 and previously called Larchfield Academy) and St Bride's School for Girls (founded 1895). Lomond School primarily teaches to the Scottish Education System, but in pupils' senior years (S5 & S6) at the school they can move into the one of the

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programmes. The IB programmes were introduced in August 2021. It is a member school of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. The principal of the school is Johanna Urquhart, who took over from the previous headmaster, Simon Mills, in August 2014.

History

Lomond School was the result of a merger between Larchfield School (founded 1845 and previously called Larchfield Academy) and St Bride's School for Girls (founded 1895) in 1977. Larchfield Academy (often called Larchfield School) was a preparatory school for boys in Colquhoun Street,

and was founded in 1858. Larchfield Academy had existed in various forms and in other buildings prior to that, with the original year of foundation given as 1845. The old school building was purchased along side the newly-completed Larchfield Academy in 1858 by James S. Scott. The school originally used both the Larchfield and St Brides sites. In February 1997, the St Brides building burnt down in a fire. In October of 1998, a replacement building was built on the St Brides site and incorporated elements of the former building that were not destroyed by the fire. The design of the new building was completed by senior master Ian McKellar, an architect turned graphic communication teacher at Lomond, and Glasgow-based architects G D Lodge. The Larchfield site was also sold at around the same time.

Notable former pupils

* John Logie Baird *

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, field hockey *

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, Scottish social anthropologist, clacissist and folklorist * Vicki Hopkinson, artist * Bonar Law *Dr John Edwin MacKenzie FRSE (1868-1955) chemist * Alexander Ure, 1st Baron Strathclyde

References

External links

Lomond SchoolProfile
on the Independent Schools Council website
1966 All school photo via Steve Kropper
Boarding schools in Argyll and Bute Member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference Independent schools in Argyll and Bute Primary schools in Argyll and Bute Secondary schools in Argyll and Bute Helensburgh International Baccalaureate schools in Scotland {{Scotland-school-stub