The Old Grammar School Lewes

Junior, Senior and Sixth Form Departments in Lewes, East Sussex

The Old Grammar School is a direct successor to the Free Grammar School at Southover, Lewes and was was originally founded in 1512.

A co-educational day school, the school caters for some 370 boys and girls from between 4½ and 18 years of age in its Junior Department, Senior Department and Sixth Form.

Recently accredited by The Independent Schools Council, the school aims to give each pupil the best possible education in accordance with his or her individual abilities and, at the same time, provide a friendly and caring environment.

• Located in Lewes, the historic county town of East Sussex.
• The Senior Departments and Sixth Form occupy listed buildings in central Lewes. The Junior School has its own building in a residential part of the town.
• The school draws pupils from a wide catchment area and operates coach or minibus services from many of these. Lewes is also well served by road and rail public transport services.
• Fees range from £996 to £1963 per term. Scholarships are available at 11 and 13 and for pupils entering the school in the Sixth Form. For those pupils who have been at the school for a number of years and who achieve the requisite grades at GCSE, Sixth Form fees are discounted. A family discount is given when there is more than one child in the Junior and/or Senior Departments.
• Class sizes are small and do not normally exceed 20 pupils. Generally, those in the Senior Department are organised into smaller groups.
• Ecumenical with a Christian ethos and run on Christian lines.