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  • Lavington School Open Evening Advertising Feature Lavington School is delighted to invite you to its 6th form Open Evening on Thursday 6th November at 5pm. After a long wait, we finally opened our doors to our first A-level cohort in September 2025 where we have been able to offer our students a diverse and rich A-level curriculum. Lavington has a well-qualified and enthusiastic 6th form teaching team. Therefore, our students benefit from high-quality teaching. Students also have a designated 6th form space open to them which was completely refurbished for the opening in September. A further extension is scheduled to open in September 2026. This will enable us to offer our students even more excellent facilities. Lavington is a high performing school and now we have the opportunity for students to continue their learning journey through to the end of year 13. As a new 6th form we are proud of the range of experiences we can offer our young people, not only through the curriculum, but also our extracurricular model. Students have already had the opportunity to go to a university fair in Bristol and have heard from a guest speaker from Imperial College London. Read more on our website. The link is in our bio.
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