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Headmaster: The Reverend Mark Aitken, BA (Durham) Cert Theol FRSA  Bursar: J P Marshall   Admissions: Miss Alison Hall - Registrar

A Word from the Head

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Walk through the historic arch at St Lawrence College in Kent and you will immediately feel at home. The school welcomes students from all over the world and is a happy and caring international community. Recently modernised rooms and dormitories provide some of the best boarding accommodation in the country.

Outstanding results are achieved by the most academic students who progress to many of the top universities. The school is also highly regarded as a centre of excellence for ‘value added’: students who need additional support perform well beyond expectation.

The school has stunningly beautiful surroundings and outstanding sports facilities. The buildings reflect the nature of the school: steeped in history and tradition, yet modern, creative and forward-thinking. The main building has a striking 19th Century façade dating back to 1884 which sits alongside the glorious Chapel which was completed in 1927. Kirby House, opened in January 2007, accommodates our 11 - 13 year olds in modern 5 bedded dormitories with en-suite facilities. It is an imaginative design: architecturally striking, with a glass atrium and a virtual library at its centre. Throughout the school the lively, professional approach to education and an innovative curriculum provide a challenging and stimulating framework for teaching and learning, but most of all, the school really takes care of its pupils.

At St Lawrence College our aim is to encourage a real intellectual curiosity about life; an understanding that it is often in the service and support of others that we find most personal satisfaction and that there is more to life than the facts of the matter. This approach, growing out of deep Christian roots, produces a particular atmosphere within our school. It is enhanced by the size of the community which allows every pupil to be known personally by the staff. The exciting mixture of local children from the South East of England, sharing their education with others from all around the world, in a co-educational setting produces a hopeful vision for the future.

The school is close to the Channel Tunnel and the port of Dover, has excellent transport links to London and Europe and within an hour and a half of Heathrow and Gatwick airports.

Selecting a school can be one of the most important decisions we have to make and we therefore encourage parents and prospective pupils to visit the school if at all possible and to ask the following question. Are these pupils the kind of role models, companions and possibly life-long friends that I would like for my child? I am confident that you will say ‘yes’. The school is justifiably proud that St Lawrence students leave as confident, compassionate and capable adults.

School details

Age range: 11 - 18

Day pupils: 77 boys and 65 girls

Annual day fees: £12,900 - £12,900

Annual weekly boarding fees: £22,026 - £22,026

Full boarding pupils: 128 boys and 62 girls

Annual full boarding fees: £22,026 - £22,026

This school offers flexi-boarding.

TOTAL PUPILS: 205 boys and 127 girls, including 65 boys and 39 girls in the 6th form

Staff numbers: 46 full time and 20 part time

Method of entry: Assessment, Entry test or exam, GCSE results, Interview, This is a non-selective school, Report from previous school, Please apply to school, Registration, Scholarship exam, Visit school

Accreditations and affiliations: HMC, ISC

Religious affiliation: All denominations welcome, Church of England

Teaching languages: English

School facilities
Academic Languages Sport Activities Music Miscellaneous
  • Business studies
  • Classics
  • Design technology
  • Economics
  • Painting/Sculpture
  • Philosophy/Ethics
  • Psychology
  • Theology
  • Ancient Greek
  • Chinese
  • English
  • English as a foreign or 2nd language
  • French
  • Greek
  • Latin
  • Spanish
  • Aerobics
  • Archery
  • Athletics
  • Badminton
  • Basketball
  • Cricket
  • Cross-country
  • Golf
  • Gymnastics
  • Hockey
  • Netball
  • Rounders
  • Rugby
  • Soccer
  • Squash
  • Swimming
  • Table tennis
  • Tennis
  • Water sports
  • Cadets - CCF/ACF/ATC etc
  • Canoeing
  • Chess
  • Cycling
  • Dance
  • Drama productions
  • Duke of Edinburgh Award
  • Language club
  • Outdoor pursuits/Adventure trg
  • Public speaking/Debating
  • Riding
  • Sailing
  • Shooting
  • Skiing
  • Band/Orchestra
  • Brass
  • Choir
  • Guitar
  • Jazz
  • Keyboard
  • Organ
  • Percussion
  • Singing
  • Strings
  • Woodwind
  • Particular diets
  • Rail/Airport services
  • School bus service
  • Significant experience of expatriates' children
  • Significant experience of gifted children
  • Significant experience of international students
  • Significant experience of services' children
Scholarships

The school offers: Other bursaries, Academic, Armed forces, Art, Music, Senior school entry, All-rounder, 6th Form, Sport

Curriculum, exams and 6th form

Exam boards: Edexcel Foundation, AQA, OCR

  % pass rate at grades A* to C (exams at age 16): 86.2%
  % pass rate (exams at age 18): 96.5%
23 courses are offered for age 18 exams
93% of pupils went on to Higher Education or took a Gap Year

Special needs

This school provides for individual pupils with these needs:
Autistic Spectrum of Difficulties
Hearing Impairment (HI)
Visual Impairment (VI)
Dyslexia or Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD)
Social Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties
Moderate Learning Difficulties (MLD)
Aspergers Syndrome
Delicate/Medical Conditions
Epilepsy

School location

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