Langtree School is a

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located in the village of

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. The school has approximately 624 students and a team of around 55 teachers and support staff. It became a

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Specialist Performing Arts College in 2006. Previously a community school administered by

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, in April 2012 Langtree School converted to academy status. The school was inspected by

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in 2023, and was graded good.

History

The first records of a

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in Woodcote hamlet date back to as early as 1708, and a day school was established in 1715. In 1878 the school became a Board school; it was closed in 1899 and a new school was built to hold 120 children. It existed up to 1957 as a mixed County School, and was then reorganised as Langtree Secondary School.

References

External links

Langtree School website
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