Age range. 3–18.
Number in school. 475.
Fees per term (2024-2025). Reception, Years 1 and 2: £4,505, Years 3 to 5: £5,110, Year 6 to Sixth Form: £6,115. Scholarships, Bursaries, Vouchers/Government Funding, Monthly Payment Scheme available.
The earliest records we have of the School’s existence date from 1320, but the School gained its present name when it was re-founded in 1601 under the will of an Elizabethan merchant and Lord Mayor of London, Sir Wolstan Dixie.
The most distinguished of the School’s former pupils is Thomas Hooker, founder of Hartford, Connecticut, and Father of American Democracy. The best known of its teachers is undoubtedly Dr Johnson, moralist, poet and author of the famous dictionary, who taught at the School in the mid-eighteenth century.
The main building of today’s School was built in 1828 and faces the historic market square of Market Bosworth, making a distinctive landmark. However, in 1969 the School was closed, as new, much larger comprehensive schools found favour.
It was to revive the best aspects of the grammar school tradition that the Leicestershire Independent Educational Trust was formed in 1983, and four years later the School was reopened as a selective, independent, day school for boys and girls of all backgrounds between the ages of 10 and 18. Three years later our Junior School opened, moving to its present premises, Temple Hall in Wellsborough, in 2001, where we have The Pippins Nursery.
The emphasis remains the same as it ever was: to provide an excellent academic education that will be of lasting value to our children as they face the challenges of the future.
Both schools are selective and have academic achievement as their central aim. Music, drama, sport and service are also an integral part of the education offered. Both schools have an interdenominational Christian basis. The relative smallness of the schools ensures that they combine great friendliness with excellent discipline, providing a secure and well-ordered framework in which children can confidently achieve their full potential. We are ambitious for each of them.
The Grammar School offers academic, music, art, sports and sixth form scholarships.
Charitable status. The Leicestershire Independent Educational Trust is a Registered Charity, number 514407.