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Larkmead School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form situated on Faringdon Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England. It is one in a four-way partnership of Abingdon schools known as 14:19 Abingdon. The other members are John Mason School, Fitzharrys School and Abingdon and Witney College. The four partners share Sixth Form lessons and plans for the future are discussed between the head teachers of all three schools. Larkmead was granted specialist school status as a Performing Arts College in 2004. == History == At the close of the war in 1945, and the introduction of primary and secondary education under R.A. Butler's Education Act 1944, Abingdon borough decided that a larger school was desperately needed. The names Larkhill and Willowside were originally suggested for the school, but in the end the name 'Larkmead' was settled upon. The new school's buildings were completed by Easter 1956, and on Friday 8 June the school was officially opened by Sir John Douglas Cockcroft. Several additions were made to the school over the coming years, including a Kitchen (1958), a Caretaker's bungalow and Swimming Pool (1960) and a new Design Technology building (1969). In 1972, with the school preparing for comprehensive status, it was deemed necessary to update and extend the school's buildings. A new collection of buildings were built away from the main teaching areas to house the administrative centre of the school, where the Office and Learning Resource Centre are situated today. Up to the present day the school has made several new additions to its buildings, including a much needed Music Centre - including a performance room and several practice and technology rooms - and there are several initiatives ongoing to improve the facilities at the school. The School achieved the status of a Specialist School in the Visual and Performing Arts after much hard work from retired headteacher Richard Bysouth and the enthusiasm of Pupils and Parents who helped reach the required figure of £150,000 to complete the application. The merits of becoming a specialist school are widely disputed, with a recent paper suggesting that it made very little difference to exam results even in those subjects the school specialised in,〔() Taylor, J, "The Impact of the Specialist Schools Programme on Secondary School Exam Results in England" (September 2005)〕 and it is debatable whether the status has been good for Larkmead School. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Larkmead School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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