Westholme School is a coeducational private school in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. Founded in 1923, it caters for boys and girls aged from 3 years to 18 years. The school became fully coeducational in 2018. Westholme's motto is ‘MENS SANA IN CORPORE SANO' meaning ‘A healthy mind in a healthy body'. Dr Richard Robson is the current principal of the school. History Westholme School was founded in Blackburn by Miss Emily Singleton on 19 April 1923. A qualified teacher originally from Blackburn, Miss Singleton decided to form a small primary school during the Great Depression due to the lack of alternatives in the local area. She started off by providing space and education for small numbers of local children in her parents' house, called Westholme on Preston New Road in Blackburn. By 1948 the school had gained in popularity, having grown to around 135 pupils and being officially recognised by the government as a formal place of education. This growth led to the formation of a secondary school and a move to larger premises in the area. During this time Westholme was beginning to gain a reputation for first rate education and pupil numbers continued to increase over the years. By now Miss Singleton was nearing retirement age and she needed a new buyer who could continue her work at the school. She came to an agreement with former WW1 veteran Mr Arthur Rouse, who became the new school principal and joined the school from the University of Salford. In 1968 the school became a charity administered by a board of governors and a sixth form was established with a ten-acre site building programme that included an assembly hall, laboratories, swimming pool, sports hall, playing fields, music centre and art studios. This meant that in just over 40 years the school had grown dramatically from its small beginnings as a source of primary education for a few local children at Miss Singleton's parents' house. It now consisted of a primary school, secondary school and sixth form all based at different locations just down the road from each other. Over the next few decades Westholme continued to develop and became one of the most successful schools in Lancashire, providing pupils with high-quality independent education and leisure opportunities. The school's expansion carried on during the late 1990s with the arrival of the then new school principal Lillian Croston. New facilities and extensions were