King's School

The King's School may refer to one of the following:

The original seven schools established, or re-endowed and renamed, by King Henry VIII in 1541 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, to pray for his soul. These are:

  • The King's School, Canterbury
  • The King's School, Chester
  • The King's School, Ely
  • The King's School, Gloucester
  • The King's School, Peterborough
  • The King's School, Rochester
  • The King's School, Worcester

Other King's Schools in the United Kingdom include:

  • King's School, Bruton, Somerset
  • King's School Ottery St. Mary, Devon
  • The King's School, Grantham, Lincolnshire
  • The King's School, Macclesfield, Cheshire
  • The King's School, Nottingham
  • The King's School, Plymouth
  • The King's School, Pontefract, West Yorkshire
  • The King's School, Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear
  • The King's School, Witney, Oxfordshire
  • The King's C.E. School, Wolverhampton
  • Kings' School, Winchester, Hampshire
  • King's School Senior, Fair Oak, Hampshire
  • Kings School of English, a group of private English Language Schools

Outside the United Kingdom:

  • The King's School, Parramatta, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
  • King's School (Auckland), Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand
  • King's Schools, a private Christian school in North Seattle, United States
  • King's School (Gütersloh), Gütersloh, Germany
  • The King's School, Panamá, Panamá, Panamá

Famous quotes containing the words king and/or school:

    “An illiterate king is a crowned ass.”
    —Medieval English proverb.

    Said by the chronicler William of Malmesbury to have been much used by King Henry I of England (1068-1135)

    “East, west, north, south, or like a school broke up,
    Each hurries toward his home and sporting-place.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)