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Lucton's roots trace back to the original Lucton School in Herefordshire, England, which was founded in 1708; the Shanghai campus presents itself as an overseas branch of that historic school. The Shanghai campus was planned from 2016 and opened in September 2018 as Lucton School Shanghai. Since opening it has maintained formal links with the UK school—UK governors and senior staff took part in the 2018 opening and leaders from the UK have visited the Shanghai campus. These points are described on the school's history and news pages and in coverage of the 2018 opening.
Lucton Shanghai is structured as a full‑boarding secondary community and the school's website and news feed show regular campus news, term events and celebration days. The school marks an annual Founders'/Founding Day tied to the opening date (early September) and publishes weekly campus updates and event reports; visits from staff of the UK school have been recorded in the school's news coverage. Boarding life, scheduled weekends and co‑curricular programmes are recurring features of the community calendar described in the school's news and activities pages.
There is no publicly accessible page on Lucton School Shanghai's website that describes a formal, named Parent‑Teacher Association (PTA). Parent engagement that is publicly documented includes open days and "校长见面会" (principal meetings) for families, the school's Founders'/Founding Day celebrations, and regular parent communications through the school newsfeed and announcements. These parent‑facing events (open days/principal meetings) are described in the school's admissions and news material, and the school's principal has addressed parents in posted messages. For confirmation about an organised PTA, parent committees, volunteer groups or a calendar of parent activities, the most direct route is to contact the school's admissions/admin office (email and phone are listed on the site). If you'd like, I can draft an email or phone script to request specific PTA details from the school.
Lucton School Shanghai is the Shanghai campus of the historic British Lucton school and opened in September 2018. The campus is located in Pudong New Area and is operated as a fully boarding school. The school follows an English/British curriculum offering IGCSE and A Level pathways and includes ESL support for students whose first language is not English. The website highlights a range of on-site facilities and extended programmes: a central football pitch, roof tennis and basketball courts, water-sport provision and a dedicated equestrian (马术) centre — the site notes that equestrian activity is part of the sports offering. Class-size guidance on the site states IGCSE classes are around 20 students and A Level classes around 12. The school presents a bilingual (Chinese/English) environment and lists modern foreign languages such as French, Spanish and German among its extended language options.
