Lancaster Royal Grammar School was featured in Nicky Campbell’s recent BBC Radio 4 series about boarding schools: How boarding schools shaped Britain. 

The school is featured in the third episode (Modern boarding).  The section on state boarding and LRGS starts at 25 minutes:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00282gw 

We have three boarding houses, and 120 boarding places for boys aged 11 to 18 and Sixth Form girls.  The boarding community is at the heart of our school.  Many of our boarders live relatively locally, but it is also wonderful to educate and care for pupils from across the country, and from Hong Kong to the Isle of Man!