Gresham's School
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| Motto | Al Worship Be to God Only |
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| Established | 1555 |
| Type | Independent day and boarding school |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Headmaster | Mr Douglas Robb |
| Chairman of Governors | Mr A Martin Smith BA Hons |
| Founder | Sir John Gresham |
| Location |
Holt Norfolk NR25 6EA England Coordinates: 52°54′37″N 1°06′13″E / 52.9102°N 1.1036°E |
| DfE number | 926/6003 |
| Staff | 90 (approx.) |
| Students | 800 pupils (approx.) |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Ages | 3–18 |
| Houses | Howson's (1903) Woodlands (1905) Farfield (1911) Tallis (1963) Oakeley (1971) Edinburgh (1984) Britten (1992) |
| Colours | Black, white and yellow |
| Former pupils | Old Greshamians |
| Patron | H.R.H. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh |
| Affiliations | Worshipful Company of Fishmongers and HMC |
| Website | greshams |
Gresham’s School is an independent coeducational boarding school in Holt in Norfolk, England. Gresham's School is one of the top 30 IB schools in England.
The school was founded in 1555 by Sir John Gresham as a free grammar school for forty boys, following King Henry VIII's dissolution of the Augustinian priory at Beeston Regis. The founder left the school's endowments in the hands of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers of the City of London, who are still the school's trustees.
In the 1890s, an increase in the rental income of property in the City of London led to a major expansion of the school, which built many new buildings on land it owned on the eastern edge of Holt, including several new boarding houses as well as new teaching buildings, library and chapel.
Gresham's began to admit girls in the mid-1970s and is now fully co-educational. As well as its senior school, it operates a preparatory and a Pre-Prep school, the latter now in the Old School House, the original senior school. Altogether, the three schools teach about eight hundred children.
Gresham's School at Holt was founded by Sir John Gresham by letters patent of 1555, during the reign of Queen Mary I. For its home he gave the school his house at Holt, which he had bought in 1546 from his elder brother Sir William Gresham.
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