Longcroft School and Performing Arts College
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Longcroft School is a comprehensive secondary school with Performing Arts College status situated in Beverley
, East Riding of Yorkshire
, England
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College. This specialism was achieved in 2001 (re-accredited in 2006 and 2009) and brought with it the funds to increase class-room space, develop a fully working theatre in the school hall and extend links to the wider community and feeder primary schools. In more recent years Longcroft was successful in acquiring funding, with East Riding of Yorkshire Council, to build a new sports hall and state-of-the-art all-weather pitch. The facilities available at the school are used by many community groups and organisations during evenings, at weekends and during school holidays.
Beverley
Beverley is a market town, civil parish and the county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, located between the River Hull and the Westwood. The town is noted for Beverley Minster and architecturally-significant religious buildings along New Walk and other areas, as well as the Beverley...
, East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire
The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire, is a local government district with unitary authority status, and a ceremonial county of England. For ceremonial purposes the county also includes the city of Kingston upon Hull, which is a separate unitary authority...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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History
For 60 years Longcroft has been a thriving, innovative and friendly community-facing school and sixth form, that now also enjoys the status of a Performing ArtsPerforming arts
The performing arts are those forms art which differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face, and presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some physical art object...
College. This specialism was achieved in 2001 (re-accredited in 2006 and 2009) and brought with it the funds to increase class-room space, develop a fully working theatre in the school hall and extend links to the wider community and feeder primary schools. In more recent years Longcroft was successful in acquiring funding, with East Riding of Yorkshire Council, to build a new sports hall and state-of-the-art all-weather pitch. The facilities available at the school are used by many community groups and organisations during evenings, at weekends and during school holidays.