The picture shows Year 11 from Larkmead in 2006. Every single one of them has a white shirt and Larkmead tie on, and none have tied it the trendy way (just a bit of tie beneath the knot).

Larkmead is currently featured on a government run website called teachernet for their scheme to promote lively and varied playground activities “…boys playing ‘kwik cricket’ and touch rugby at one end of the playground, girls shooting basketball hoops at the other…” This teachernet site is one in a group of school websites. There is also governornet and I am told there is also a parentsnet but cannot find it yet. It will give a parents view into teachernet data, and the new style on-line annual Report on the school. Examination results will be loaded centrally by

All the three public secondary schools in Abingdon (Larkmead, John Mason, and Fitzharries) have new headmasters and deputy heads this year. At Larkmead Chris Harris (pictured) has taken over from Richard Bysouth.

The three secondary schools worked together on a joint bid to become centres of excellence for different areas (and get extra central government funding). Larkmead’s specialism is Visual and Performing Arts.

The three schools become one when you get to year 12 and 13 and do A levels. A student can study at all three achools, but have tutor groups at their original school.

Larkmead also has a specialist Special Needs unit and hearing resource base.