McLean, VA
McLean, VA
Building Tomorrow’s Leaders Together: A Private School with Heart
At Langley School, education is a community effort. Our private school fosters strong relationships between students, families, and educators, creating a supportive network where every child can flourish. Join us at Langley and be part of a private school that’s as committed to character as it is to academics.
Discover How Langley Can Shape Your Child’s Future
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Building Tomorrow’s Leaders Together: A Private School with Heart
At Langley School, education is a community effort. Our private school fosters strong relationships between students, families, and educators, creating a supportive network where every child can flourish. Join us at Langley and be part of a private school that’s as committed to character as it is to academics.
Discover How Langley Can Shape Your Child’s Future
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Our Mission
The Langley School fosters purposeful inquiry-based and social-emotional learning for children in preschool through grade 8 in a joyful, connected community. We empower all students as curious, confident, and resilient leaders, thinkers, and creators.
7:1 STUDENT TEACHER RATIO
83% OF LEAD TEACHERS HOLD ADVANCED DEGREES
NEARLY $2 MILLION GRANTED IN TUITION ASSISTANCE TO 18% OF THE STUDENT BODY
APPROXIMATELY 90 FACULTY MEMBERS
PRIMARY SCHOOL
Our flexible Primary School program ranges from four to 10 hours per day, so you can provide your child with a nurturing, academically focused environment in the way that best suits your family’s needs.
LOWER SCHOOL
Through our inquiry-based curriculum, students in grades 1-5 develop academic skills that allow them to ask important, probing questions and apply their learning to develop and improve their mastery of skills such as creativity, communication, critical thinking, and collaboration.
MIDDLE SCHOOL
In grades 6-8, just as we do throughout our program, we carefully balance each student’s intellectual preparation with social and emotional development – because we’ve seen, year after year, how powerfully each side supports and enhances the other.
533 Students
73% of Lead Teachers Have Advanced Degrees
Nearly $2M Granted in Tuition Assistance to 17% of the Student Body
84 Faculty Members
Our Mission
The Langley School fosters purposeful inquiry-based and social-emotional learning for children in preschool through grade 8 in a joyful, connected community. We empower all students as curious, confident, and resilient leaders, thinkers, and creators.
PRIMARY SCHOOL
Our flexible Primary School program ranges from four to 10 hours per day, so you can provide your child with a nurturing, academically focused environment in the way that best suits your family’s needs.
LOWER SCHOOL
Through our inquiry-based curriculum, students in grades 1-5 develop academic skills that allow them to ask important, probing questions and apply their learning to develop and improve their mastery of skills such as creativity, communication, critical thinking, and collaboration.
MIDDLE SCHOOL
In grades 6-8, just as we do throughout our program, we carefully balance each student’s intellectual preparation with social and emotional development – because we’ve seen, year after year, how powerfully each side supports and enhances the other.
Our Core Values
RESPECT
We treat others with dignity and act with consideration in all our endeavors and relationships, holding firm that our diverse identities, experiences, and perspectives strengthen our community. We demonstrate our commitment to listen, learn, and lead with open minds and hearts.
KINDNESS
We cultivate and protect a safe, welcoming, and affirming school environment for all by caring for one another with compassion and generosity.
INTEGRITY
We are true to ourselves and one another. We are honest and trustworthy in our personal conduct and in our work. We take responsibility for our words and actions and make amends when we make a mistake.
CITIZENSHIP
We work together to care for each other, our school environment, our local community, and the greater world. We seek to understand and serve. We act in accordance with all applicable laws and school policies.
BELONGING
We prioritize each individual’s sense of belonging as an essential condition for growth and development and a cornerstone of a strong, dynamic community. When we feel known, accepted, and valued, we thrive as learners, colleagues, and friends.
Langley: Through A Student Lens
Teaching at Langley
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Our Signature Inquiry Based and SEL Program
Belonging at Langley
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“Langley has been transformational. My child has both excelled academically and grown socially and emotionally in this unique program”.
-Current Langley Parent
Langley’s STEAM Philosophy
Our goal is to help students de- velop essential technology skills, knowledge, confidence, and thought processes that will fuel their future academic and career success.
STEAM is a multidisciplinary approach to learning that integrates science, technology, engineering, arts, and math, and where students are immersed in hands-on learning that fosters innovation, develops higher-order thinking, and addresses real-world issues. We intentionally integrate inquiry-based learning, design, and social-emotional learning so that students are able to answer meaningful questions and solve complex problems in a global society.
Leveraging the standards from the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), we continually evaluate, pilot, and implement innovative technology tools that amplify and accelerate teaching and learning.
Our Curriculum & Skill Development
Starting in junior kindergarten, students are exposed to age-appropriate digital tools.
Teachers facilitate a student-centered, inquiry-based process that inspires creativity, discovery, problem-solving, and risk-taking. To support this, students have access to materials and consumables to maximize idea creation and prototype building.
And, to ensure they are facile across platforms, they are exposed to multiple devices and programs.
NEXT SCHOOL PLACEMENT
Preparing confident, self-aware young people for high school – and lives of self-determined significance
As our students enter eighth grade, we draw on the self-awareness, self-motivation, and academic prowess attained at Langley to help them choose and apply to the high schools that best fit who they have become and will become in the years ahead.
This active, reflective transition process occurs at a crucial moment in each student’s personal development. As the process unfolds, students come to truly understand and articulate their own identity, empowering them to step confidently into the wider world. And there’s no better practice for college applications.
Langley’s high school placement team is here to support our families every step of the way throughout this transformational process.
High Schools our students attended in the past 5 years.
Our Curriculum & Skill Development
Finding solutions to complex problems requires curiosity, empathy, and ingenuity.
At Langley, inquiry-based learning engages our students in discovery, exploration, and guided practice, developing strong core academic skills, conceptual understanding, and critical thinking. Social-emotional learning develops our students’ emotional intelligence, cultural responsiveness, health and wellness, and resilience. Together, these complementary components of our curriculum promote intellectual flexibility, perspective-taking, interdisciplinary and interpersonal connection, collaboration, and innovation.
High School Placement
Preparing confident, self-aware young people for high school – and lives of self-determined significance
As our students enter eighth grade, we draw on the self-awareness, self-motivation, and academic prowess attained at Langley to help them choose and apply to the high schools that best fit who they have become and will become in the years ahead.
This active, reflective transition process occurs at a crucial moment in each student’s personal development. As the process unfolds, students come to truly understand and articulate their own identity, empowering them to step confidently into the wider world. And there’s no better practice for college applications.
Langley’s high school placement team is here to support our families every step of the way throughout this transformational process.
Schedule a time to meet with our Admission Team
Student Life
Fostering uncommonly grounded, joyful, confident young people
At Langley, going to school means much more than going to class. We see every moment of the school day as a chance for students to learn more about themselves and the wider world. That’s why we constantly seek out and create opportunities for discovery and connection – throughout and beyond the school day.
Our exuberant assemblies strengthen and energize our entire community. Our no-cut athletics program inspires intentional teamwork, invigorating competition, and lifelong healthy habits. Our elective program inspires new passions and skills from day one. Service learning nurtures compassion and spurs innovation. And day and overnight field trips enhance learning, build independence, and strengthen bonds with teachers and peers.
In this atmosphere of enthusiastic encouragement and sensible risk-taking, students’ confidence, self-awareness, compassion, and judgment grow by leaps and bounds.
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