Editing Lacock (section)

== Education ==
A school was provided on a central site in Lacock village by [[Henry Fox Talbot]] in 1824, with accommodation for 100 pupils. Another classroom was added in 1852 and around this time it became a [[National school (England and Wales)|National School]]; by 1858 there were about 120 pupils. The school was rebuilt on the same site in 1859, again at the expense of the Talbot family, for 220 pupils and 80 infants. Numbers declined in the 20th century; 135 attended in 1955 when the school gained [[Voluntary controlled school|voluntary controlled]] status. Children of all ages were educated until the early 1960s when older pupils were transferred to Chippenham.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/School/Details/773|title=Lacock Church of England Primary School|website=Wiltshire Community History|publisher=Wiltshire Council|access-date=18 December 2017}}</ref>

Since 1946 there has been an agricultural college at the Lackham estate, in the north of the parish towards Chippenham. With its {{Convert|400|acre||adj=on}} farm it is now part of [[Wiltshire College]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/articles/2006/07/24/timeline_lackham_feature.shtml|title=Wiltshire College Lackham celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2006|last=Misson|first=Jill|date=29 October 2014|website=BBC Wiltshire|access-date=18 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=7 October 2015 |title=Wiltshire College and its precursors |url=https://wshc.org.uk/lacock/lacock-unlocked/places/item/wiltshire-college-and-its-precursors.html |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=[[Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre]]}}</ref>