Other boys practise hockey, basketball, fencing, swimming and other sports. King Edward's School. The mentoring society, with the aim of helping pupils in their studies, runs weekly under the supervision of the Learning Support co-ordinator. By the 1680s there were neer 200 boys in the school and a Petty School (a feeder school) had been established by the foundation. In June 2014, it was announced that the RAF section would be disbanded due to a lack of staff as well as for various other reasons. The school holds four concerts every year: three at the school site and one in the summer at the Symphony Hall, Birmingham. The move was complicated by the outbreak of the Second World War, and the subsequent evacuation of the pupils to Repton School for a short period. 709 King St. W. Kitchener, ON N2G 1E3 . The song is composed of four verses, with the chorus sung after each one. [6] The schools were finally completed around 1948, although the 1950s saw a period of expansion under the Chief Master Ronald G. Lunt, appointed 1952, including the construction of a swimming pool and the building of a chapel from a specially salvaged portion of the upper corridor of the New Street building. In 2012, King Edward’s was the first school in Britain to switch from A-levels to the IB in one go, and since then it has been consistently ranked among the leading IB schools in the world. Six were called after former Headmasters, and two after assistant masters (Rawdon Levett[14] and C. H. King Edward VI Grammar School Louth. Lieutenant Colonel John Augustus Conolly, won the Victoria Cross at the Siege of Sevastopol in the Crimean War. In the Shells boys take part in a three-day camping trip in Staffordshire, cooking their own evening meals. Although Association football is not played as a sport in the school, the AstroTurf pitches, school parade ground and chapel wall are used by boys at lunchtime for "Parade Ground Football" . The school remained relatively stagnant after this until Francis Jeune was appointed Headmaster in 1835. The Drama Society at KES/KEHS performs a junior play, senior play or musical, and syndicate play (organised solely by pupils) and participates in the Shakespeare Schools Festival (for pupils in the Fourths and Fifths). Alumni of the school include two Nobel laureates, J. R. R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings, and Field Marshal William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, British military commander in Burma during the Second World War. Hello and welcome to King Edward VI High School. It’s great to see our clubs and societies continuing to run virtually! Address: North Road, Bath, BA2 6HU School type: Other independent school Open help text for Other independent school opens a popup Education phase: Primary, Secondary and 16 to 18 Gender of entry: Mixed Ofsted rating: Phone: 519-578-0220, press 3 Fax: 519-578-0012 General email: ked@wrdsb.ca Attendance: • 519-578-0220, press 1 • email attendance Staff Contact Information. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. The school has operated annual cycle tours since 1995. 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. The school also competes in national competitions of a more intellectual nature including chess, general challenges and debating. Support and Assistance – SAFEGUARDING Safeguarding for Students – March 2020 School Nursing Poster 4YP Suffolk Young People’s Health Project (also known as 4YP) is a local charity, which provides and coordinates services that improve the social, emotional, and physical health and wellbeing of young people in Suffolk, aged 12-25. The contingent is part of 143 West Midlands Brigade, and the contingent are represented at the Brigade competitions by members of all three sections. King Edward VI College. 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King Edward's School has had a Combined Cadet Force (CCF) since 1906 (originally Officers Training Corps, then Junior Training Corps, 1940–48); it is a voluntary organisation. Harry Boot, physicist, co-developer of the cavity magnetron was a pupil of the school. There are also a few hill-walking, caving and climbing trips for boys in the lower years. 79 The Simpson Building, Trinity Road, Aston, Birmingham B6 6LS. Pupils’ behaviour within the classroom and around the school is good. On rare occasions, where boys are especially talented in several fields, they play those sports they excel in, as well as their chosen sport. In the Removes each form has a five-day youth hostel visit in the Lake District or Snowdonia. On a weekly basis, it involves itself in leadership tasks; first aid tasks and general military skills such as drill and uniform presentation. 529051. is recognised as one of the finest grammar schools in the country today. 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