Lomond School
Lomond School is an independent co-educational day and boarding school in Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It was formed from a merger in 1977 between Larchfield Academy and St Bride's School for Girls (founded 1895). It is a member school of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. The school was originally located in the Larchfield Academy. The old building burnt down in a fire and now there is a new building where the old one was.Larchfield Academy (often called Larchfield School) was founded in 1845 and was latterly a preparatory school for boys. In the late 1920s and early 1930s Cecil Day-Lewis and W. H. Auden taught there briefly.It currently has over 575 pupils and over 45 teaching staff.Notable former pupilsJohn Logie BairdLochlan Samuel Gatley, artistGiles Calder, professional rugby player and explorerJames George Frazer, Scottish social anthropologist, clacissist and folkloristWilliam GodfreyVicki Hopkinson, prizewinning artistJodie SmithStewart MacintoshAlexander Ure, 1st Baron StrathclydeExternal linksLomond SchoolLomond School's page on Scottish Schools Online
