LVS Ascot Students Offered Dream Sail Training Scholarships By Worshipful Company Of Innholders

26 May 2017

Six students from LVS Ascot are celebrating after being awarded with prestigious tall ship sail training scholarships from the Worshipful Company of Innholders, one of the City of London’s 110 livery companies, on Wednesday 3rd May.

The Master of the WCI, Charles Attlee, visited the independent all-ability school to put students through a rigorous interview process before awarding the valuable scholarships. The awards will see the group of A-Level students become sailors on the high seas on an intensive course in October, where they will board a tall ship from Portsmouth and spend a week sailing on the Solent.

The trip will see them climb high rigging on an old-style ship and take on testing tasks as part of the boat’s crew, providing amazing experiences where they will need to work well together in difficult circumstances, building their character on the trip of a lifetime.

Master of the Worshipful Company of Innholders Charles Attlee said: “We are delighted to offer to LVS Ascot’s students the opportunity to broaden their experiences and do something very few people have the chance to do. The students interviewed extremely well. They had a range of skills and backgrounds and showed off different sides to their characters. They were all confident interviewees and I enjoyed meeting them”.

Dr Paul Hodges, Head of Sixth Form at LVS Ascot, said: “Our ethos at LVS Ascot is to provide a refreshing approach to independent education, and being the only school to whom the Worshipful Company of Innholders offers sail training highlights that. We inspire our students to exceed their expectations and on this dream trip our six successful applicants will do exactly that as it will be a voyage of discovery in more ways than one”

Photo: Members of the WCI with LVS Ascot’s students awarded with prestigious sail training scholarships