Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School
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| Motto | Latin: Amare et servire |
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| Established | 1914 |
| Type | Academy |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Headmaster | Mr Paul Stubbings |
| Founders |
Henry Fitzalan-Howard Edmund Fitzalan-Howard |
| Location |
89 Addison Road Holland Park London W14 8BZ England Coordinates: 51°30′14″N 0°12′43″E / 51.50392°N 0.21184°E |
| Local authority | Kensington & Chelsea |
| DfE number | 207/5402 |
| DfE URN | 141931 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Students | 950 |
| Gender | boys (11-18), co-ed (16-18) |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses |
More Mayne Fisher Campion |
| Colours | |
| Publication | Sixth Sense |
| Patron | Cardinal Herbert Vaughan |
| Former pupils | Old Vaughanians |
| School Song | To Be A Pilgrim (He who would valiant be) |
| Yearbook | The Vaughan Annual |
| Boat Club | The Vaughan Boat Club 
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| Website | www |
The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School, commonly referred to as The Vaughan, is a leading Roman Catholic public school in Holland Park, Kensington and Chelsea, London, England. It was formerly a grammar school and one of several selective Catholic schools in England, and is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. As of 2011, the headmaster is Paul Stubbings.
The school has approximately 950 students. The A2-Level pass rate in 2006 was 100% (National Average: 97%), and over 95% of the grades were A-C. The average number of UCAS points per candidate was 359.
The school is a school for practising Catholics and the school only accepts practising Catholics into it.
The school teaches choral and instrumental music in addition to the usual academic subjects. The school does not select first year pupils on academic prowess, but accepts pupils who are practising Catholics.
The school is renowned for the quality of both its choral and instrumental music, with a significant number of pupils who go on to Oxford and Cambridge, reading music.
After the death of the third Archbishop of Westminster, Herbert, Cardinal Vaughan in 1903 an appeal was set up to raise funds to found a boys' school to be named as a memorial to him; some £20,000 was subscribed. The school was founded in 1914; the founders included Viscount Fitzalan, the Duke of Norfolk and the Marquis of Ripon. At first a private school, it became a state-funded grammar school in 1944. The Vaughan began to take pupils of all abilities in 1977 and became an all-ability school. Girls were first admitted to the sixth form in 1977. The school is now voluntary-aided public school and draws pupils chiefly, but not exclusively from Inner London.
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