Lancaster University School of Mathematics

Lancaster University School of Mathematics, also known as LUSoM, is a maths school located in Preston, Lancashire, England.^{[3][4][5][6][7]} As a maths school, it is a specialist mathematics free school sixth form college.

Lancaster University School of Mathematics
Address
67-69 London Road Preston , Lancashire , PR1 4BA England
Coordinates	53°45′32″N 2°41′06″W / 53.759°N 2.685°W / 53.759; -2.685
Information
Type	Maths school
Executive Principal	Nick Burnham^[1]
Head of School	Peter Tiltman^[2]
Gender	Mixed
Age	16 to 19
Website	http://www.lusom.ac.uk/

The school was set up by the Rigby Education Trust,^[8] a single-academy trust set up in partnership between the Lancaster University and Cardinal Newman College for the purpose of opening and operating the school.^[9] It opened to students in September 2022^[10] and is located in a £8.5 million school building on London Road, Preston,^[6][3] and is the first purpose-built specialist Maths School in the UK.^[11]

The school is highly selective, with prospective students expected to have GCSE mathematics qualification at grade 8 or 9 and required to sit an admissions assessment.^[12] The course structure at LUSoM requires all students to study A-level Mathematics and Further Mathematics and a third A-level from either Physics, Chemistry or Computer Science. In addition, students may select a fourth subject from those three, or choose any other A-level subject to be taught at Cardinal Newman College, which is located less than half a mile from the school site.^[12]

References

1. "Head of School job pack" (PDF). Lancaster University School of Mathematics. Lancaster University School of Mathematics. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
2. "Head of School information". Linkedin.
3. "New images reveal how Lancaster University School of Mathematics will look". www.lancaster.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
4. "Lancaster University to launch specialist maths school for teenagers who 'live and breathe' the subject". www.lancasterguardian.co.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
5. "The Lancaster University School of Mathematics". Cardinal Newman College. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
6. "Lancaster University School of Mathematics, Preston, Lancashire". Lancaster University School of Mathematics. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
7. "New specialist maths school coming to Preston". Blog Preston. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
8. "THE RIGBY EDUCATION TRUST - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
9. "Lancaster School of Mathematics is given the green light". 18 August 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
10. "Lancaster University School of Mathematics - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
11. Smythe, Kirsty (22 September 2023). "Lancaster University School of Mathematics celebrates it's Grand Opening". Lancaster University School of Mathematics. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
12. "Study". Lancaster University School of Mathematics. Retrieved 6 April 2022.