Lancaster School

Lancaster is a comprehensive school for boys aged 11-16 located in Knighton, Leicester and is a specialist sports and arts college. [ [http://www.lancaster.leicester.sch.uk/page_viewer.asp?page=School+Information&pid=3 The Lancaster School - School Information ] ] Lancaster acquired specialist sports college status on 1st September 2000; only three other schools in the East Midlands had achieved this designation at that time. [ [http://www.lancaster.leicester.sch.uk/page_viewer.asp?page=Specialist+College&pid=2 The Lancaster School - Specialist College ] ] The Lancaster School was featured in the documentary series 'The Choir - Boys Don't Sing', where choir master Gareth Malone started a student and staff choir and took them to perform at the Royal Albert Hall. The four part series was aired on BBC1 in February 2008. [http://www.lancaster.leicester.sch.uk/news/default.asp?storyID=1] In January 2007, the school added a £1.6 million four court indoor tennis centre to accompany its six floodlit outdoor tennis courts, multi-use games area, two gymnasiums and field. The indoor tennis centre is shared throughout the community. [http://www.lancaster.leicester.sch.uk/page_viewer.asp?page=Sports+College&pid=7]

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