The Licensed Victuallers' School (LVS Ascot) is an

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, co-educational, day and boarding school for pupils aged 4 to 18, situated near Ascot in the English county of

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. It is operated by the

Licensed Trade Charity The Licensed Trade Charity (LTC) is a registered charity in the United Kingdom that cares for people working in, or retired from, the licensed drink trade and their dependents. It is constituted as a registered charity under English law, and its h ...

, and parents who work in the licensed drinks trade receive a 20% discount on fees.

History

Founded in 1803 by the

Society of Licensed Victuallers The Licensed Trade Charity (LTC) is a registered charity in the United Kingdom that cares for people working in, or retired from, the licensed drink trade and their dependents. It is constituted as a registered charity under English law, and its ...

(now operating as the Licensed Trade Charity), the school was originally situated in

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. As

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advanced, the school lost its "wholesome and airy environment", and so in 1922 left the city for a site in

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. The same concern caused the school to move to its current home in Ascot in 1989.

Today

LVS Ascot is set in of land within Ascot, on the site formerly occupied by

Heatherdown Preparatory School Heatherdown School, formally called Heatherdown Preparatory School, was an independent preparatory school for boys, near Ascot, in the English county of Berkshire. Set in of grounds, it typically taught between eighty and ninety boys between ...

. The Queen was the school's patron. The school's 900 pupils, of which some 200 are boarders, are split into four houses: Boarders, Bell's, Courage, and Whitbread. Facilities include an indoor swimming pool, a 300-seat theatre, a recording studio, a sports centre, a gym, and a rock-climbing wall. A new all-weather sports pitch was opened by Olympic hockey medallist Sarah Thomas in 2014.

References

External links

The Licensed Trade Charity's website
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