St Edmund's School
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| Motto | "Fungar Vice Cotis" (Be as a whetstone for others to be sharpened upon) |
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| Established | 1749 |
| Type | Independent day and boarding |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Headteacher | Louise Moelwyn-Hughes |
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St Thomas' Hill Canterbury Kent CT2 8HU England Coordinates: 51°17′30″N 1°03′35″E / 51.2917°N 1.0597°E |
| Local authority | Kent |
| DfE number | 886/6050 |
| DfE URN | 118998 |
| Students | 570 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 3–18 |
| Website | www |
St Edmund's School, Canterbury is an independent day and boarding school located in Canterbury, Kent, England. St Edmund’s provides an excellent all-round education for girls and boys aged 3-18 in an historic and inspiring Cathedral city setting. The school offers a nurturing, yet challenging, environment where an emphasis is placed upon academic rigour and extra-curricular involvement. This day and boarding school attracts talented pupils from wide ranging backgrounds, and is proud to educate the Choristers of Canterbury Cathedral.
St Edmund's School Canterbury was first established in 1749, as the Clergy Orphan Society (later the Clergy Orphan Corporation) in Yorkshire. In 1812, the school moved to St John's Wood at the nursery end of Lord's Cricket Ground. An associated school for girls was located on the same site, but later moved to become St Margaret's School, Bushey in Hertfordshire.
In 1855, the school moved to Canterbury. The acquisition of property and financing to build the school was provided by Samuel Warneford. The main school building was designed by the architect Philip Charles Hardwick, while the chapel was completed in 1858.
In 1982, girls were admitted to the school.
The name of the first Headmaster, between the years 1751 and 1762, is unknown.
The Revd Daniel Addison (1762 - 1783)
The Revd Daniel Addison (1783 - 1804)
The Revd Thomas Cripps (1804 -1805)
The Revd Evan Jones (1805 - 1813)
The Revd William Farley (1813 - 1816)
The Revd Thomas Wharton (1817 - 1837)
The Revd George Bewsher (1837 - 1841)
The Revd. Daniel Butler (1841 - 1867)
The Revd Charles Matheson (1867 - 1891)
The Revd Arthur W. Upcott (1891 - 1902)
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