Windermere School | |
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Address | |
Patterdale Road Windermere, The Lake District , LA23 1NW England | |
Coordinates | 54°23′38″N 2°54′49″W / 54.394°N 2.9136°W |
Information | |
Type | Private day and boarding school |
Motto | Latin: Vincit qui se vincit (One conquers who conquers oneself) |
Established | 1863 |
Founder | Elizabeth Hall and Catherine Sharpe |
Chairman | Peter Hogan |
Head teacher | Jenny Davies |
Gender | Mixed |
Age | 3 to 18 |
Enrolment | approx. 360 |
Houses | Cavendish, Flemyng, Lonsdale and Strickland (red, blue, green, yellow) |
Colour(s) | Navy and cyan |
Alumni | Stannites |
Website | www |
Windermere School is a independent co-educational boarding and day school in the English Lake District. Founded in 1863, it has approximately 360 pupils between the ages of 3 and 18, around a third of whom are boarders. The School is split across three campuses on over fifty acres of land: the junior school at Elleray; the senior school and sixth form at Browhead; and Hodge Howe, the school's Royal Yachting Association watersports centre on the shores of Lake Windermere.
Windermere was named Sunday Times International Baccalaureate School of the Year for 2017-2018 and is a member of Round Square and the Society of Headmasters & Headmistresses of Independent Schools. The Good Schools Guide describes Windermere as 'a school which revels in a hearty approach to everything from academia to friendships'.[1] In the latest inspection report by the Independent Schools’ Inspectorate (February 2018), Windermere School received the highest grades for the quality of the education provided; it was recognised as ‘Excellent’ for both categories: academic and other achievements, and personal development. [2]