Long Close School is a profit-making

For-Profit School

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 coeducational Independent school

Independent school

An independent school is a school that is independent in its finances and governance; it is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operations, nor reliant on taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of tuition charges, gifts, and in some cases the...

 located in Upton, Slough

Upton, Slough

Upton is a suburb of Slough in Berkshire, England. Until the local government reforms of 1974 it was in Buckinghamshire. It was one of the villages that developed into the town.-History:...

 in Berkshire

Berkshire

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, England

England

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. The school is owned and operated by the Cognita

Cognita

Cognita is a private company which owns and operates independent schools throughout the United Kingdom. In addition, Cognita operates a number of international schools in Singapore, Spain, Thailand and Vietnam...

Group, and is the largest independent school in Slough. The school was founded in 1940. It offers a co-educational Nursery, Preparatory, and Senior day school for children two and over. In 2004 the school was bought by Cognita, the largest independent schools business in the UK.

External links

• Long Close School website