Loughborough College School (1917-1946)

Loughborough College School evolved from the Hickling Blue Coat School (originally for girls) endowed in 1690. By 1909 when Loughborough Technical Institute was opened the Hickling School had become a boys school. In 1916 this higher elementary school was closed and reorganised as a junior technical school and a department of the Technical Institute. The Junior Technical School was officially opened in September 1917. It changed its name to Loughborough Junior College in 1920 and in 1921 acquired grammar school status. Though its official name was Loughborough County Secondary School for Boys it continued to be known as the Junior College. The school name changed again - to Loughborough College School - in 1938. From 1942-55 it also included a school for Building & Constructive Trades. The Junior School of Art, which had opened in 1925 as part of Loughborough College’s School of Art, was merged with Loughborough College School in 1950 and the school then became co-educational. As a result of the 1944 Education Act it became in 1946 a county school with its own governing body, though it retained strong links with Loughborough College.

Successive names include: Junior Technical School (1917-1920); Loughborough Junior College (1920-1921); Loughborough County Secondary School for Boys (1921-1938) - never used; Loughborough College School (1938-1946).