Rossall School
Rossall School is a girls boarding and day school in Fleetwood, Lancashire, educating pupils aged 0 - 18 and founded in 1844. Boarding fees are £4,638 - £18,216 per term. Our advice on this school is independent and free.
- Type
- Girls boarding & day
- Boarders from
- 11 - 18
- Ethos
- Church of England
- Guardian required
- Yes
About Rossall
The story, ethos and character of Rossall.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Ethos
- Church of England
- Head
- Mr Andrew Mc Bride
Results 2025 IB Average: 36 A Level A*/A: 42% A Level A* - B: 70% GCSE A*/A: 43% Courses offered: Juniors, Y7-9, GCSE, IGCSE, Pre Sixth Form, Pre Sixth Form Foundation, A Level, IB, BTEC Sport, BTEC Musical Theatre Founded in 1844, Rossall's historic buildings nestle centrally within the beautiful 'listed' coastal campus.
A co-educational day and boarding school for 0 to 18 year olds, with boarding (full and weekly) from age 7. Rossall has excellent local, national and international transport links and is located only one hour from Manchester airport. The School's spacious 160 acre campus has extensive sports and recreation facilities, including a 25-metre indoor heated swimming pool, and we are home to unique sports including Ross Hockey and Fives.
Rossall School was founded in 1844 by Rev. St Vincent Beechey as a sister school to Marlborough College which had been founded the previous year. Its establishment was 'to provide, at a moderate cost, for the sons of Clergymen and others, a classical, mathematical and general education of the highest class.' Beechey set about finding the funds required to set up such a school and received from many including The Earl of Derby, the Duke of Devonshire and the Bishop of Chester.
Sir Peter Hesketh Fleetwood agreed to lease his ancestral home of Rossall Hall to the school on a 21 year lease with the option to purchase for £7000 in the first ten years. The Northern Church of England Boarding School, renamed Rossall College under the reign of its first Headmaster Dr John Woolley, opened on 22 August 1844 with 70 boys enrolled.
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