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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 three-way partnership of Abingdon schools known as 14:19 Abingdon. The other members are John Mason School, Fitzharrys School and formerly Abingdon and Witney College. The three 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.HistoryAt 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).

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