Year: 2020
Independent School of the Year 2020 for Community Outreach
We are thrilled to announce that Longacre has been chosen as joint winner of the Independent School of the Year 2020 for Community Outreach. The judges said “Longacre’s commitment to bring 4 year-olds to learn alongside the residents of a retirement village was inspirational”. The school was nominated in recognition of the strong community links…
Fresh Thinking Podcast
Longacre School’s Headmaster, Matthew Bryan was interviewed on the Fresh Thinking podcast this week. Click here to hear his thoughts about the changing nature of the parent-school relationship and whether the rise of virtual parents’ evenings and the live streaming of concerts is something which will continue long after the pandemic.
Kindergarten Empty Classroom Day
Kindergarten had a fantastic Empty Classroom Day! We were so lucky to miss the huge downpours of rain and the few spots of rain we had certainly didn’t dampen the children’s spirits! After collecting snappy, dry sticks for the fire it was time to light it. The children were in absolute awe when Mrs Hall-Palmer…
Year 6 trip to Henley Fort
Year 6 spent a very warm day visiting Henley Fort. We discovered that it was a Victorian fort that was built in the 19th century to protect London from the French. We came to visit as it was used in World War II for the Surrey Home Guard Headquarters as a re-supply depot. First of…
Bees Arrive at Longacre
Over the summer our groundsman, Mr Cox established a few beehives on the school site. This week, Year 6 were lucky to be the first year group to visit our Longacre bees. The children were very excited to discover that they would all be wearing bee suits as their protective gear and showed great commitment…
Longacre Shortlisted in the Independent Schools of the Year Awards 2020
We are thrilled to announce that Longacre has been shortlisted in the Independent Schools of the Year Awards in the Community Outreach Category. The school has been shortlisted in recognition of the strong community links we have developed with Elmbridge Retirement Village in the nearby village of Cranleigh. The initiative was started by Deputy Head, Ben Moir and…
11+ Success
We are extremely proud of all our Form VI pupils who are once again celebrating outstanding 11+ exam results this year. Between them they have received a total of 59 offers of senior school places from 17 senior schools across Surrey, West Sussex and Hampshire. In addition there were a record number of scholarships awarded to…
Coronavirus Update
In response to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, Longacre School will be providing our education remotely until further notice. Please visit our COVID-19 FAQs page here for further information about the plans we have put in place for remote learning for the summer term.
Form III Trip to The Lookout Discovery Centre
The Form III children had an exciting day out to the Lookout Discovery Centre in Bracknell. They enjoyed exploring all the different zones and investigating each exhibit to find out how they worked. The children also went to a ‘Forces’ workshop where they made parachutes, tested materials to learn about friction and looked at magnetic…
Form I Trip to Brooklands Museum
The Form I children visited Brooklands Museum this term as part of their ‘Wings & Wheels’ topic. They were fascinated to see the displays of old vehicles, from ‘Daisy’ the first car to ride round the Brooklands track, to Formula 1 racing cars. They saw every type of bike from penny-farthings to speed racing bikes…