Loughborough High School - Campus

Campus

LHS is based on a multi-acre campus on the south side of Loughborough town centre; the three Endowed Schools are adjacent to one another, laid out along Burton Walks. The main bulk of the LHS part of the campus faces onto a central quadrangle. The east-side of the quad, closest to the main access of Burton Walks, is occupied by what is the oldest building but seems to be nameless, being referred to as the 'Main building', and housing the administrative aspects of the school including the Headmistress' study and also the Cope library (formerly the dormitory when the school accepted boarders). This building continues around the north side but here contains the great hall, art studios, technology rooms and a lecture theatre. Attached to the end of this building are the Cloisters and Rokeby which largely comprise of classrooms and a sixth form common room. Within the centre of the quad is a large patch of grass that up until recent years was used as two grass tennis courts. Other general classroom buildings facing the quad are the Chesterton Building to the west and the Charles Block to the south. The drama building is to the south, and in addition on the other side of Burton Walks, the 2006 newly built Loughborough Endowed Schools Music School, a separate 'school' shared between all three of the endowed schools as a separate music facility.

Also on the other side of Burton Walks (often known as "The Walks") are the gymnasium, science building, dining hall and astroturf pitches, the latter of which is also shared with the rest of the Loughborough Endowed Schools. Most of the buildings situated on the Burton Walks are primarily owned by the Loughborough Endowed Schools Campus with Fairfield Preparatory School located at the mouth, along with the gate house often occupied by the resident LGS deputy headmaster and the Loughborough Endowed Schools Carpark. At the End of Burton Walks is a T-Junction with LGS located to the left and LHS located to the right. Spreading the walks (situated between both of the schools) are several school houses which house several members of the teaching faculty, including the headmistress of LHS and the headmaster of LGS. A myth within both of the schools is that in between school hours, those within the ages of 10 to 16 are not allowed to fraternise with members of the opposite sex nor be seen within 6 inches of each other along the Burton Walks thus maintaining the all-boy and all-girl school divide.