History
LCS was founded in 1879 as Sparham Sheldrake's Preparatory School for Boys or The Grove and was later named Lakefield Preparatory School. The current name was given following the Second World War. In 1989 it became coeducational, after much debate among its alumni, Board of Governors, and trustees.
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