St Louis Grammar School awarded £125k grant towards new Science facilities

We are delighted to have been awarded a grant of £125,000 by the Wolfson Foundation towards the development of two new Science rooms in 2025.

The Wolfson Foundation is an independent grant-making charity with a focus on education and research. Since it was established in 1955, the Wolfson Foundation has awarded over £1 billion (£2 billion in real terms) to projects across the UK.

Commenting on the award, Dr Noreen Mulholland, Head of Science at St Louis, said,

“Science thrives at St Louis, last year we had 148 pupils studying science at GCSE level and 88 at A Level. Results are consistently excellent, even considering the fact that some of our Science rooms are 70 years old. Originally designed for 100 pupils, the popularity of science has grown tremendously over the last 20 years”.

The new rooms are scheduled to be completed and open by the end of September this year. As well as benefiting all pupils in St Louis, the new rooms will also enable us to further develop our Primary School outreach programme, giving local primary school pupils the opportunity to try out some practical science in state-of-the-art facilities.

Marcus Cooper, Director of Engagement and Development at St Louis, said,

“Science is a priority for St Louis and two new Science rooms are a key project as we look forward to the next 100 years of excellence in education locally. Over the last five years we have developed new facilities for arts, music and drama through the outstanding Centre of Excellence for Creative and Expressive Arts as well as new, floodlit 3G sports pitches, now used by community groups every evening.

These facilities have demonstrated the 'lift' that pupils and staff experience from a modern environment and I have no doubt that the new science facilities will transform the students’ experience and prepare them in the best possible way for University and the workplace. Thank you so much to the Wolfson Foundation for their support and the positive impact it will have on our students’ futures”.