Langley Park School for Girls (also known as Langley Park Girls' School, or just Langley Girls) is a girls' secondary academy school in Beckenham in the London Borough of Bromley, England, with a mixed-sex sixth form.
The school motto is "Ad Rem Mox Nox", which roughly translates as "Time is short, get to work" or more specifically "Get it done before nightfall". In the 1960s, the official translation of the motto was "Work, for the night cometh".
This school is a DfES Designated Technology College. The head teacher is currently Dr Anne Hudson.
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