Dixie Grammar School
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Station Road , , CV13 0LE England | |
Coordinates | 52°37′29″N 1°24′11″W / 52.62463°N 1.40302°W |
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Type | Private school |
Established | 1601 (refounded) |
Department for Education URN | 120339 Tables |
Gender | Coeducational |
Age | 3 to 18 |
Enrolment | 500 |
Houses | York and Lancaster |
Colour(s) | Yellow and blue |
Publication | Snow Leopard |
Website | www |
Dixie Grammar School is a private school in Market Bosworth, Leicestershire.
The earliest records of the School's existence date from 1320, but the school was re-founded in 1601 under the will of an Elizabethan merchant and Lord Mayor of London,
The most distinguished of the School's former pupils is
The main building of today's school was built in 1828 and faces the market square of Market Bosworth. A distinguished headmaster of the school was the Rev.
The Leicestershire Independent Educational Trust was formed in 1983, and four years later the school was re-opened as a selective, independent, day school for boys and girls of all backgrounds between the ages of 10 and 18. Three years later the Junior School opened, moving in 2001 to its present premises, Temple Hall in
The Dixie Grammar provides education for the following ages of children:
- The Pippins Nursery School (ages 3–4)– in Wellsborough
- The Dixie Grammar Junior School (ages 5–10) – in Wellsborough
- The Dixie Grammar School (ages 10–18) – in Market Bosworth
The school has maintained the Independent Schools' Inspectorate top rating of 'Excellent' for Educational Quality unbroken since 2015. The Headmaster, Mr Richard Lynn, has been in post since 2014.