Lucton School
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| Motto |
Floreat Luctona May Lucton flourish |
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| Established | 1708 |
| Type | Independent day and boarding |
| Religion | Christian (non-denominational) |
| Headmistress | Mrs G R Thorne, MA |
| Chairman of the Board of Governors | D Llewellin |
| Founder | John Pierrepont |
| Location |
Lucton Herefordshire HR6 9PN England Coordinates: 52°16′33″N 2°49′31″W / 52.2759°N 2.8254°W |
| DfE number | 884/6007 |
| DfE URN | 117045 Tables |
| Staff | c.50 |
| Students | 342 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Ages | 6 mths–18 yrs |
| Houses | Collingwood, Drake, Nelson, Rodney |
| Colours | |
| Publication | The Luctonian |
| Registered charity Number | 518076 |
| ISI number | 6662 |
| Website | Lucton School website |
Lucton School, is an independent, co-educational, day and boarding school in Lucton near Leominster, Herefordshire, England. It was founded in 1708 as a boys' school and began admitting girls in the 1970s. It currently has c.350 pupils on roll, aged from six months to 18 years. The school operates as a registered charity and is a member of the Independent Schools Association, the Independent Association of Preparatory Schools, the Independent Schools Council Information Service and the Boarding Schools Association. Fees are currently £29,955 for full boarders, £24,750 for weekly boarders and £12,945 for day pupils.
The school was founded by John Pierrepont in 1708. Pierrepont had made his fortune as a vintner in London and, being unmarried, elected to use his fortune in good works. He restored the chapel in Lucton village and provided a stipend for a minister. In his will, he also provided bequests to The Royal Hospital of St Bartholomew (of which he was a governor) and Mile End Hospital. His generosity is recorded on a funeral cartouche, originally mounted in the chapel in Lucton but now in the dining hall of the school. By Act of Parliament in 1708, Pierrepont established a free school in Lucton, based on the tithes due him from estates and manors such as those in Yarpole, Bircher, Luston and Eyton. The school was founded as a Bluecoat school (although the governors provided for pupils at Lucton the cheaper alternative of brown coats) and the building was erected on land purchased from Pierrepont’s friend, Sir Herbert Croft of nearby Croft Castle. Pierrepont himself set out detailed rules for the foundation and running of the School, aided by his parish priest at St. Botolph, Aldgate, Rev'd Dr White Kennett (later 16th Bishop of Peterborough.) His school was, he decided, to provide a sound Anglican education, as well as studies in Greek, Latin, reading, writing and arithmetic. The endowment was to provide free education to 50 boys from poorer families, whilst 30 boys from wealthier families would pay up to 10/- per annum.
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