Licensed Victuallers' School

LVS Ascot, is an independent all-ability school for pupils from 4 to 18 near Ascot, in the English county of Berkshire.

History

Founded in 1803 and originally situated in London, the school moved in 1922 to a site in Slough on Brunel Way (previously called Station Approach), adjacent to Slough Railway Station, where it remained until it sold the land to Tesco in the late 1980s, moving to its current home on the outskirts of Ascot (actually in Bracknell Forest).

Current information

LVS Ascot is set in 30 acres (120,000 m²) of land within Ascot in the county of Berkshire, on the site formerly occupied by Heatherdown Preparatory School. The school is owned by the Licensed Trade Charity^[1] and has been since 1972. The Queen is the patron of the school. The school has 3 day houses, Whitbread, Bell's and Courage, and 4 boarding houses, Bass, Carlsberg, Guinness and Gilbey. The school is co-educational and currently has 900 pupils aged 4–18, whilst also providing boarding facilities for some 200 pupils. Although an independent private school, LVS is non-selective. The school contains a 25-metre indoor swimming pool, theatre with hi-tech lighting, a recording studio, sports facilities including 4 tennis courts, a gym and a rock climbing wall. In 2004, the Learning Resource Centre was opened, extending the sixth form centre and the library.

In 2014 London 2012 Olympic hockey medallist Sarah Thomas opened LVS Ascot's new all-weather sports pitch.

The School's current Headmistress is Christine Cunniffe and the Director of Education is Ian Mullins.

Competitions

The school holds a number of inter-house competitions every year most notably: Inter-house drama which is held between Bells, Boarders, Courage and Whitbread. Inter-house Music and numerous inter-house sports including hockey, netball, tennis, football, rugby and cricket. During Book Week each year Inter-house Storytelling and the LVS Literary Challenge are held.

Motto

The school has two mottos: Fidelis ad finem (Faithful to the End) - displayed under the school crest - and "Developing caring, confident citizens for the future".

Notable former pupils

Simon Cowell
Paula Hamilton
John Moore
Tracey Ullman
Holly Tucker, founder of notonthehighstreet.com

References

↑ Charity Commission. Society of Licensed Victuallers, registered charity no. 230011.

External links

Schools in Berkshire, England¹

Primary	Caversham Primary School Downsway Primary School Langley Hall Primary Academy Lynch Hill School Primary Academy Redlands Primary School Wescott School Westende Junior School

Middle	Dedworth Middle School Trevelyan Middle School

Secondary (non-selective)	Altwood CE School Baylis Court School Beechwood School Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School Brakenhale Academy The Bulmershe School Charters School Churchmead School Cox Green School Denefield School Desborough School The Downs School Easthampstead Park School Edgbarrow School The Emmbrook School The Forest School Furze Platt Senior School Garth Hill College Highdown School Holyport College The Holt School John Madejski Academy John O'Gaunt School Kennet School The Langley Academy Little Heath School Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy Maiden Erlegh School Newlands Girls' School Park House School The Piggott School Prospect School Ranelagh School Reading Girls' School St Bartholomew's School St Crispin's School St Joseph's Catholic High School Sandhurst School Slough and Eton Church of England Business and Enterprise College Theale Green Community School Trinity School UTC Reading Waingels College Westgate School Wexham School The Willink School Windsor Girls' School The Windsor Boys' School

Grammar	Herschel Grammar School Kendrick School Langley Grammar School Reading School St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School Upton Court Grammar School

Independent (preparatory)	Crosfields School Dolphin School Eagle House School Elstree School Harriet House School Hemdean House School Lambrook Licensed Victuallers' School Ludgrove School Marist Preparatory School Newbold School Papplewick School St Andrew's School St George's School, Windsor Castle St Piran's Sunningdale School

Independent (senior)	The Abbey School Bearwood College Bradfield College Brigidine School Claires Court School Downe House School Eton College Heathfield School Hurst Lodge School Leighton Park School Licensed Victuallers' School Long Close School Luckley House School Marist Senior School Padworth College Pangbourne College Queen Anne's School Reading Blue Coat School Redroofs Theatre School St Gabriel's School St. George's School St Joseph's College St Mary's School Wellington College

Special	Manor Green School Mary Hare School Phoenix College

Defunct	Amersham Hall Beaumont College Douai School Elvian School Heatherdown School The Highlands School Imperial Service College Ryeish Green School Stubbington House School Wixenford School

¹includes schools in Bracknell Forest, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire, Windsor & Maidenhead and Wokingham.

Coordinates: 51°24′45″N 0°42′12″W / 51.4126°N 0.7033°W / 51.4126; -0.7033

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