The idea of founding a boarding school on the Fylde coast originates with a Corsican man named Zenon Vantini. As … See more

This was erected in 1867, under the reign of William Osborne, with the foundation stone being laid by William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire. It is believed to have been designed by Edward Graham Paley. It is clearly mod… See more

The school offers both A-levels and the International Baccalaureate IB Diploma Programme for Sixth form students. Senior School students follow the British curriculum, whilst the Junior School has its own curricu… See more

• Rossall fives – Rossall's unique version of fives – an amalgamation of Rugby, Winchester and Eton fives – though it resembles Rugby fives more than the other two.
• Rossall hockey – A relatively famous game uniq… See more

Many notable people have studied at Rossall over the years.
• J. R. Ackerley – openly gay author, diarist and memoirist.
• Bill Ashton – founder of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra.… See more

Rossall is also home to the Lawrence House Astronomy and Space Science Centre – the only centre dedicated solely to the teaching of astronomy. The project consists of the telescope in Rossall's Assheton … See more

• 'Rossall School, Its Rise and Progress' – Canon St Vincent Beechy (1894)
• 'History of Rossall School' – John Frederick Rowbotham (First ed. 1895, John Heywood)… See more