St Laurence School

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name = St Laurence School


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head = Mr James Colquhoun
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street = Ashley Road
city = Bradford-on-Avon
county = Wiltshire
country = England
postcode = BA15 1DZ
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enrollment = 1315
gender = Coeducational
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St Laurence School is a state secondary comprehensive school in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, UK. The school is also a specialist Arts College. The school was founded in 1980 as a result of the merger of Fitzmaurice Grammar School and Trinity Secondary Modern school. The current headteacher is James Colquhoun. In 2000 it became a Performing Arts College, resulting in extra investment in drama, music and dance facilities. In 2006 45% of the school's GCSE pupils achieved grades A* to C. 54% of A-level students achieved grades A or B. While this is significantly above the national average, it is well below the school's highest ever results. Currently there are 1,170 pupils attending the school, across key stages 3-5.

The school's teaching departments are spread across numerous buildings on the school site. The school site also includes a large sports hall (opened in 1998) and several sports courts, pitches and playing fields. A lecture theatre has also been recently built, with the aim of reducing the use of the facilities in the Wiltshire Music Centre for school presentations and events.

Wiltshire Music Centre

The Wiltshire Music Centre, opened in 1997, is on the school site. Private and curriculum-based music lessons are held in the classrooms and teaching rooms in this building; and school assemblies, exam presentations, and other special events are held in its main auditorium. The Music Centre also contains a recording studio.

Roman villa remains

Aerial photographs and minor archaeological excavations in 1976 indicated the presence of the remains of a Roman Villa underneath the school's sports fields [ [http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/archaeology-service/recent-archaeological-finds/bradford-on-avon-roman-villa.htm Wiltshire County Council | Bradford on Avon Roman Villa ] ] . A more major excavation in 2003 uncovered Roman era floor mosaics and walls once belonging to this villa, along with a stone structure believed to have once been part of an early Christian baptistery.

Model United Nations

St Laurence is one of only a handful of state-sector schools in the country to have a strong tradition of taking part in Model United Nations. The school's inaugural MUN conference was held in November 2007, and was attended by delegates from state and private schools across the south west of England.

The official St Laurence School Model United Nations website can be seen at [http://slsmun.pezmc.com]

References

External links

* [http://www.st-laurence.wilts.sch.uk Official School Website]
* [http://www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk/ Wiltshire Music Centre]
* [http://slsmun.pezmc.com SLS MUN]