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Introducing the new Longfield Logo
In order to reflect the changes that have taken place at Longfield, a new logo has been designed,
incorporating elements that represent Longfield’s ethos.
A group of pupils worked closely with a professional design company to share their ideas and discuss
what they thought were the most important aspects of school life. A competition then took place with
staff and pupils voting for their favourite design on the learning portal. The winning design retains the
‘Longfield blue’ of the old logo but it was felt that rather than representing the school’s sports
specialism only (like the old logo) the new design should show everything that is important about the
school. The symbol in the new logo does this; five arrows all feed into a central point, creating a star
shape.
The star shape signifies the school’s unrelenting focus on achievement and the fact that all five
elements create this shows how everyone works together as a team to achieve our shared goals. The
light blue arrows in the symbol represent sport, the green represent the local area and the dark blue
arrow the business-like focus of everyone at the school.
We feel that the new logo represents a new era at Longfield; one which retains the positive elements
of the past whilst looking forward to a bright, new future.
Miss Jackson
Deputy Headteacher
Longfield Academy of Sport secures
£50,000 from sporting legacy fund
People of all ages in the Darlington area can look forward to decades of high-quality sport after
Longfield Academy of Sport secured £50,000 from Sport England’s Protecting Playing Fields Olympic
legacy.
Longfield Academy of Sport will use the investment to improve the drainage to four football pitches.
The Protecting Playing Fields fund is part of the £150 million Places People Play legacy programme
that is bringing the magic of a home Olympic and Paralympic Games into communities across the
country. Every sports facility that receives funding will carry the London 2012 Inspire mark –
celebrating the link to the Games.
Headteacher, Mrs Johnson, said: “We are delighted to have secured this investment, which means we
can upgrade the quality of our pitches to ensure maximum usage of our facilities from partner clubs.
This will ensure that partner clubs, local junior town and district teams have access to pitches which
currently have a history of drainage problems.
Overall, 163 projects have benefited from a total of £7.8million of investment from the three rounds of
Protecting Playing Fields funding, with 504 pitches and nearly 1,900 acres protected and improved,
and 57.4 acres of land purchased.
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