Ulverston Victoria High School
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Ulverston Victoria High School (UVHS) is a Mathematics and Computing Specialist school in the town of Ulverston, Cumbria. It is a comprehensive school and takes its students from the local area as well as some from Barrow-in-Furness, Grange-over-Sands and Coniston. The school has a successful Sixth Form drawing students from a large area.
The school's most notable sporting achievement is winning the BSOA Large Secondary School Orienteering crown for the last 12 years [1]. In 2006 the school took both 1st and 3rd place[2] in the Large Secondary School category. The orienteering team have come back from the 2006 World Schools Orienteering Championship with 4th, 7th and 5th places for their three teams. [3]The School Orienteering team also has trips to Scandinavia, where the students get to compete in the Swedish 5 days. This event is one of the biggest orienteering events in the world attracting in excess of 20,000 competitors!
The school has launched an alumni website for ex-members of the sixth form to keep in touch with each other and the school.
