St Laurence School

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St Laurence School is a secondary school in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England. It became an Academy in August 2011.AdmissionsThe school is also a specialist Arts College, formerly in the district of West Wiltshire. The current headteacher is Fergus Stewart. It takes pupils also from Atworth, Monkton Farleigh, Winsley, Limpley Stoke South Wraxall, Bradford Leigh and Trowbridge. It is situated in the north-west of Bradford-on-Avon on the road out towards Little Ashley.HistoryThe school was founded in 1980 on as a result of the merger of Fitzmaurice Grammar School and Trinity Secondary Modern school, opening on the Trinity site. In 2000 it became a Performing Arts College, resulting in extra investment in drama, music and dance facilities. It is named after the historically-important Saxon St Laurence's Church, Bradford-on-Avon.The school's teaching departments are spread across numerous buildings on the school site. The school site also includes a large sports hall and several sports courts, pitches and playing fields. A lecture theatre was built in 2007 and was joined by a state of the art independent learning centre in 2011.