Dauntsey's School
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| Motto |
Honor Deo (Motto of the Worshipful Company of Mercers meaning "Honour God") |
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| Established | 1542 |
| Type | Independent day and boarding school |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Headmaster |
Mark Lascelles |
| Visitor | The Most Rev The Lord Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Founder | William Dauntesey |
| Location |
West Lavington Wiltshire SN10 4HE England |
| DfE URN | 126532 Tables |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | 5 Boarding houses and & 7-day houses |
| Colours | Black & White & Red & Blue |
| Publication | The Dauntseian |
| Former pupils | Old Dauntseians |
| Website | www |
Coordinates: 51°16′55″N 1°59′53″W / 51.282°N 1.998°W
Mark Lascelles
Dauntsey's School is a co-educational independent day and boarding school in the village of West Lavington, Wiltshire, England. The school was founded in 1542, in accordance with the will of William Dauntesey, a master of the Worshipful Company of Mercers.
The school was moved to its current site in 1895. The school occupies approximately 25 acres (100,000 m2) of land at the main school campus, though this was recently increased by the acquisition of a field behind the school. However, the school has yet to develop this land, and it is now being used as playing fields. The school used to have a bike park, which featured in MBUK in 2004 when they held the 'Backyard Jam'. Where the Osiris BMX team did a show there, though the park has since been bulldozed by the school to avoid lawsuits as the local residents took to using it without permission. The school also owns a large portion of land approximately 15 minutes' walk (or a mile's drive) from the main school. The land has an old Manor building on it, which is used as a lower school boarding house, a wood, a golf course, a defunct swimming pool and an athletics track and now also a cricket pitch set in the walled garden.
Most houses are named after former headmasters, the exceptions being Manor, Farmer, and Mercers (named after a building, a generous donor and the Worshipful Company respectively). All houses are on main school site, except Manor.
In lower school the day pupils' houses determine little more than where their locker is, and where they must be for registration. For lower school boarders, however, the Manor house is the only boarding house available, and therefore will be where they live, and eat.
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