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:

    “I would not like a king who could obey.”
    —Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)

    “In truth, the legitimate contention is, not of one age or school of literary art against another, but of all successive schools alike, against the stupidity which is dead to the substance, and the vulgarity which is dead to form.”
    —Walter Pater (1839–1894)