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15th January 2021

The new web camera purchased by our Green Team has been installed in the woods and is picking up some wonderful images of Longacre’s nocturnal wildlife.  So far we have spotted badgers (we saw three having a chase!), squirrels, rabbits, a fox, a pheasant and many, many birds. A big thank you to the Green Team…

8th October 2020

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…

7th October 2020

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.

24th September 2020

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…

24th September 2020

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…

11th September 2020

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…

25th June 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…

18th June 2020

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…

7th May 2020

Mr Bryan welcomes families to Longacre School. The Longacre virtual gates are very much open and our staff are working hard to provide a high quality education for our pupils. Our Registrar, Lynne Crisp, would be delighted to help with your enquiries and answer any of your questions about the School. Please contact Lynne on…

16th April 2020

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.