LVS Ascot | |
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, , SL5 8DR United Kingdom | |
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School type | Private, co-educational, day and boarding |
Motto | Fidelis ad finem (Faithful to the end) |
Established | 1803 |
Founder | Society of Licensed Victuallers |
Department for Education URN | 110159 Tables |
Age range | 4–18 |
Enrollment | 900 |
Website |
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LVS Ascot is a private, co-educational, day and boarding school for pupils aged 4 to 18, situated near Ascot in the English county of Berkshire. It is operated by the Licensed Trade Charity, and parents who work in the licensed drinks trade receive a 20% discount on fees. [1]
Founded in 1803 by the Society of Licensed Victuallers (now operating as the Licensed Trade Charity), the school was originally situated in Kennington, London. [2] As industrialization advanced, the school lost its "wholesome and airy environment", and so in 1922 left the city for a site in Slough. The same concern caused the school to move to its current home in Ascot in 1989. [3] LVS Ascot was formerly known as Licensed Victuallers' School.
LVS Ascot is set in 25 acres (100,000 m2) of land within Ascot, [4] on the site formerly occupied by Heatherdown Preparatory School. The Queen was the school's patron. The school's 900 pupils, [5] of which some 200 are boarders, [6] are split into four houses: Boarders, Bell's, Courage, and Whitbread. [7] Facilities include an indoor swimming pool, a 300-seat theatre, a recording studio, a sports centre, a gym, and a rock-climbing wall. [8] A new all-weather sports pitch was opened by Olympic hockey medallist Sarah Thomas in 2014. [9]