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This list of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom contains extant schools in the United Kingdom established prior to 1800. The dates refer to the foundation or the earliest documented contemporary reference to the school. In many cases the date of the original foundation is uncertain.
Bristol Grammar School, England (1532) Nicolas Gibson Free School now the Coopers' Company and Coborn School, England (1536) [18] Elizabethan Grammar School now Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College, England (1536) Gazi Husrev-beg medresa , Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1537) [19] Kilkenny College. Ireland (1538)
Nevertheless, there exist Catholic independent schools such as St Aloysius' College, Glasgow, Fernhill School, Rutherglen, and Kilgraston School. During the Scottish Reformation , while there were no Catholic seminaries in England and Wales, there was a number of Scottish seminaries before the restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy .
Hereford Cathedral School is a private, co-educational boarding and day school for pupils of ages 3 to 18 years, from nursery to sixth form. Its headmaster is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference .
This article contains a list of the oldest existing social institutions in continuous operation, by year of foundation, in the world.Inclusion in this list is determined by the date at which the entity met the traditional definition of an institution – may it be public, political, religious or educational – although it may have existed as a different kind of institution before that time.
Endowed schools have a long history. The oldest, having been founded in 597 as a cathedral school, is King's School, Canterbury.Over time a group of the endowed schools became known as "public schools" to differentiate from private teaching by tutors and to indicate that they were open to the public regardless of religious beliefs, locality and social status. [4]
Roman Catholic schools in Wales (5 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Catholic schools in the United Kingdom" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
List of Catholic schools in New South Wales; Canada List of schools of the Ottawa Catholic School Board; List of schools in the Toronto Catholic District School Board; List of Catholic schools in Hong Kong; List of Catholic schools in Ireland by religious order. List of Jesuit schools in Ireland; List of Catholic schools in New Zealand