"Individual students are challenged, supported and encouraged; they comment that they feel valued and consider themselves fortunate to attend the school. The students’ personal development and their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development are outstanding." - Ofsted

Welcome to the Sir John Lawes website. For over 70 years Sir John Lawes School has been delivering an outstanding education for all students in our care and I hope within these pages you will discover something of how we combine the best of traditional values with the very latest in teaching methods and technologies.
Our three specialisms demonstrate the strengths of the school. Specialisms in Science and Media Arts place us at the cutting edge of teaching and learning and enable us to use new technologies creatively to supplement our students’ experience. Our training school status reflects the importance we place on recruiting and developing the very highest-quality staff in all areas of the organisation.
We are also very aware of our responsibilities to the wider community and awards such as our International School status are evidence of our students’ awareness of the role they play as global citizens.
Claire Robins, Headteacher
01 September 2010
Once again we are immensely proud of our students who have excelled themselves at both GCSE and A Level.
11 August 2010
SJL has been selected as one of 50 schools in the UK to take part in this year’s Rolls-Royce Science Prize.
18 July 2010
SJL celebrated its 70th anniversary on Saturday 17th July and over 700 alumni and their families travelled from across the country to join our existing staff, students and parents.
30 June 2010
Plea for any unwanted cameras, lights and photography equipment.
18 June 2010
At our recent Governing Body meeting governors voted unanimously to proceed to the next stage of the consultation process which is to publish a Statutory Notice and publish full formal proposals. These are available to download.
08 June 2010
On Sunday 6th June 70 students and staff joined forces to take part in the Race for Life.