News & Events
7th October Longacre School Joins The Bridewell Royal Hospital Foundation
We are delighted that Longacre School will join King Edward’s and Barrow Hills within the Bridewell Royal Hospital Foundation, with our merger being intended to be completed by January 2025. Read more around this merger here: Longacre And Bridwell Royal Hospital Press Release 07.10.24
Longacre children achieve outstanding results in Reading and Spelling
The question many parents ask themselves is what makes a school special. At Longacre, we believe in children having a Happy Heart as well as being immersed joyfully in challenge and academic richness. With this masterful balance in the curriculum, we are thrilled to announce the successes of our confident and aspirational children. Following…
Life in Reception – 7th March 2024
Life in Reception – 7th March 2024 On Thursday 7th March, Longacre will be holding the first ‘Life in Reception’ event, giving families the opportunity to meet with our outstanding teachers and discover the engaging learning experiences available for boys and girls from Reception. Starting at 4:30pm, join us for a brief introduction to life…
Margot Wells Wellfit Running Master Class comes to Longacre
Margot Wells, the visionary behind ‘WellFast’ and renowned for catapulting her husband Allan Wells to Olympic Gold and silver in the 100m and 200m at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, recently brought her coaching expertise to the younger generation at Longacre. Engaging with reception and Form VI pupils during their physical education lessons, Margot demonstrated her…
U11 / U10 Guildford Hockey Club Tournament Match Report
On a bitterly cold Monday afternoon, the U11/U10 A and B teams embarked on a journey to Charterhouse for the Guildford Hockey Club Tournament. The event marked an exhilarating start to the hockey term, offering plenty of matches against diverse schools and ample opportunities for showcasing their already impressive hockey prowess. Both squads quickly…
Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation Bronze Award
Following 3+ years of involvement with the Coram Shakespeare Schools’ Foundation, we are delighted to announce that Longacre School has been presented with the Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation Bronze Award. Transforming the lives of young people, the Coram SSF aims to promote life skills, social cohesion and ambition, promote education attainment in literacy, literature and…
Talking Heads at Longacre
Making the decision as to which Senior School you send your child to is a huge step and it is so important to get a feel for a school through open events, private visits and discussions with the Head, students and teachers. In conjunction with our regular Senior Schools’ Exhibition, we are delighted to introduce…
New yurt
This week has seen the initial unveiling of the new Yurt. After weeks of anticipation with the children seeing the base going up, it was fantastic to see their faces as they entered what really is a Tardis. Many thanks to Mr Agar, Mr Taylor and Mr Cox for all their efforts putting the base…
Windlesham House Maths Challenge
On Monday, four of our Form VI mathematicians went to Windlesham House to compete against 45 other teams from local schools. They really enjoyed the experience, racing against time to solve some high level problems, and the competition was fierce! There were three rounds and the children had to find values of numbers (algebra), create…
Longacre judged ‘Excellent’ in ISI inspection
It is my enormous pleasure to share our latest ISI inspection report. Inspectors visited Longacre in June 2022 and their final report is available to read here. I am ever so proud to confirm that Longacre was adjudged to be compliant in all areas and ‘Excellent’ (the highest available rating) in the two areas measured…
