Langtree School

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Langtree School
Langtree school logo.png
Address
Langtree School
Reading Road

, ,
RG8 0RA

England
Information
Type Academy
MottoPutting Learning First
Establishedc. 1708 [1]
Local authority Oxfordshire County Council
Department for Education URN 137976 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadteacherSimon Bamford
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 16
Colour(s)Navy, white   
Websitewww.langtreeschool.com
View of Langtree School, Woodcote, Oxfordshire. Langtree school, Woodcote - geograph.org.uk - 1005580.jpg
View of Langtree School, Woodcote, Oxfordshire.

Langtree School is a coeducational secondary school located in the village of Woodcote in South Oxfordshire, England. [2] [3] The school has approximately 624 students and a team of around 55 teachers and support staff. It became a DfES Specialist Performing Arts College in 2006. [4]

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Previously a community school administered by Oxfordshire County Council, in April 2012 Langtree School converted to academy status.

The school was inspected by Ofsted in 2023, and was graded good. [5]

History

The first records of a Sunday school 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 reorganized as Langtree Secondary School. [1]

Notable former pupils

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References

  1. 1 2 "Parishes: South Stoke | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  2. "Langtree School". BBC News, UK. 15 January 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
  3. "Langtree School". Performance tables 2010. UK: Department for Education. 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
  4. "Head's Welcome". Langtree School, UK. Archived from the original on 26 February 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
  5. "Langtree School". Ofsted, UK. Retrieved 25 September 2023.

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