Lawrence Sheriff School is a selective boys' grammar school in Rugby in Warwickshire. The school is named after Lawrence Sheriff, the Elizabethan man who founded Rugby School. The school's name is often shortened to 'LSS', or often just 'Sheriff' by boys at the school. In a recent OFSTED inspection the school achieved 'outstanding' in all fields of inspection. The school runs in partnership with Rugby High School for Girls, the local all-female grammar school.
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