HISTORY OF DAUNTSEY’S SCHOOL

Dauntsey’s School was founded in West Lavington, Wiltshire, in 1542 under the will of Alderman William Dauntesey, Master of the Worshipful Company of Mercers.

“I William Dauntsesy Citizen and Alderman of the Cities of London……will that in West Lavington a house called a church house and a house for a schole be kept……and that Ambrose Dauntesey shall name and appoint one apt and convenient person to teach gramer in the Schole house…..”

From these humble beginnings over four and a half centuries ago, Dauntsey’s has grown into a thriving, modern school community of some 700 boys and girls, and the School is proud of its continued links with the Mercers’ Company.

Click on the photographs below to discover more about the fascinating history of our School, and do look at the Timeline.

A much more detailed interactive history of the School, along with memoirs of ODs and a moving time line can be found on the Dauntsey’s School Millennium CD ROM.  For a complimentary copy of the cd rom to be sent to you, please send us an email requesting your personal copy to: foundationoffice@dauntseys.wilts.sch.uk