Windermere School is an independent, co-educational boarding and day school in the English Lake District. It was founded in 1863 in the seaside town of Lytham St Annes in Lancashire and moved to its present site in 1924. It currently has around 400 pupils, a third of whom are boarders. In addition to the main campus, the school owns the nearby Elleray estate, which houses the preparatory department, and a watersports centre on Windermere. Originally a girls' school, boys have been admitted since 1999. The school has been known by a variety of different names including St. Anne's School, and Windermere St. Anne's. The school is a member of Round Square and the Society of Headmasters & Headmistresses of Independent Schools.
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