King Edward's School, Birmingham
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| Motto |
Dieu et Mon Droit (God and my right) |
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| Established | 1552 |
| Type | Independent day school |
| Chief Master | Dr Mark Fenton |
| Founder | King Edward VI |
| Location |
Edgbaston Park Road Birmingham West Midlands B15 2UA England Coordinates: 52°27′03″N 1°55′25″W / 52.4507°N 1.9237°W |
| DfE number | 330/6076 |
| DfE URN | 103584 Tables |
| Staff | 70 (approx.) |
| Students | 825 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | 8 |
| Colours | |
| Former pupils | Old Edwardians |
| Affiliation | HMC |
| Website | www |
King Edward's School (KES) is an independent day school for boys in Edgbaston, an area of Birmingham, England. Founded by King Edward VI in 1552, it is part of the Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI in Birmingham. It was ranked 7th in England in the Secondary school league tables in 2013.
It is a boys' school, although it shares the site, and is twinned, with King Edward VI High School for Girls (KEHS). Whilst the two schools are run completely separately, dramatic arts, societies, music and other events are often shared; the schools also share a couple of hockey pitches and several clubs. The shared area is called Winterbourne after the nearby Winterbourne Botanic Garden.
The Foundation was created on 2 January 1552 by Royal Charter of King Edward VI together with £20 per annum returned by The Crown for educational purposes. Five years earlier in 1547 the Act of Suppression, part of the wider Dissolution of the Monasteries, provided for the confiscation of all assets of religious guilds except an amount of land with an annual income of £21 (two thirds of the original lands) if the guild supported a school. The Guild of the Holy Cross in Birmingham had no school, but persuaded the Earl of Northumberland (also the lord of the manor of Birmingham) to release the land for the creation of a school. The charter of the free Grammer Schole of King Edward VI was issued on 2 January 1552, and the school came into being in the former guild building on New Street. By the 1680s there were neer 200 boys in the school and a Petty School (a feeder school) had been established by the foundation.
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