Lancaster University School of Mathematics explained

Lancaster University School of Mathematics
Head Label:Executive Principal
Head:Nick Burnham[1]
R Head Label:Head of School
R Head:Peter Tiltman[2]
Address:67-69 London Road
Postcode:PR1 4BA
Coordinates:53.759°N -2.685°W
Lower Age:16
Upper Age:19
Website:http://www.lusom.ac.uk/

Lancaster University School of Mathematics, also known as LUSoM, is a maths school located in Preston, Lancashire, England.[3] [4] [5] [6] As a maths school, it is a specialist mathematics free school sixth form college.

The school was set up by the Rigby Education Trust,[7] a single-academy trust set up in partnership between the Lancaster University and Cardinal Newman College for the purpose of opening and operating the school.[8] It opened to students in September 2022[9] and is located in a £8.5 million school building on London Road, Preston,[10] and is the first purpose-built specialist Maths School in the UK.[11]

The school is highly selective, with prospective students expected to have GCSE mathematics qualification at grade 8 or 9 and required to sit an admissions assessment. The course structure at LUSoM requires all students to study A-level Mathematics and Further Mathematics and a third A-level from either Physics, Chemistry or Computer Science. In addition, students may select a fourth subject from those three, or choose any other A-level subject to be taught at Cardinal Newman College, which is located less than half a mile from the school site.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Head of School job pack . Lancaster University School of Mathematics . Lancaster University School of Mathematics . 2022-04-07.
  2. Web site: Head of School information . Linkedin.
  3. Web site: New images reveal how Lancaster University School of Mathematics will look . 2022-04-13 . www.lancaster.ac.uk . en.
  4. Web site: Lancaster University to launch specialist maths school for teenagers who 'live and breathe' the subject . 2022-04-13 . www.lancasterguardian.co.uk . en.
  5. Web site: The Lancaster University School of Mathematics . 2022-04-07 . Cardinal Newman College . en.
  6. Web site: New specialist maths school coming to Preston . 2022-04-07 . Blog Preston . en-en.
  7. Web site: THE RIGBY EDUCATION TRUST - GOV.UK . 2022-09-12 . get-information-schools.service.gov.uk . en.
  8. Web site: Lancaster School of Mathematics is given the green light . 18 August 2021 . 2022-04-07 . en-US.
  9. Web site: Lancaster University School of Mathematics - GOV.UK . 2022-09-12 . get-information-schools.service.gov.uk . en.
  10. Web site: Lancaster University School of Mathematics, Preston, Lancashire . 2022-04-06 . Lancaster University School of Mathematics . en-GB.
  11. Web site: Smythe . Kirsty . 2023-09-22 . Lancaster University School of Mathematics celebrates it's Grand Opening . 2023-12-10 . Lancaster University School of Mathematics . en-GB.
  12. Web site: Study . 2022-04-06 . Lancaster University School of Mathematics . en-GB.