Newcastle-Under-Lyme School

Newcastle-under-Lyme School (HMC) is one the country’s leading independent schools and renowned for its exceptional academic performance and extensive all-round co-curricular provision. As Staffordshire’s largest independent school, NULS attracts pupils from Staffordshire, Cheshire, Shropshire, Derbyshire and Telford and Wrekin, from ages 2 -19.

NULS was founded in 1602 and regularly tops the county's league table for GCSE and A Level but has also reached the UK Top 50 and Top 100 Schools at GCSE and A Level in recent years. NULS achieved the highest ratings possible under full ISI Education Quality Inspection in March 2020 and obtained a rare ‘Significant Strength’ award in its glowing ISI inspection report of 2024. Our 35 acre campus enables the school to benefit from impressive facilities for teaching, learning and extracurricular provision across our Nursery, Prep and Senior and Sixth Form with the school’s ambitious vision for development detailed at www.nulsvision.co.uk