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The King Alfred School is a co-educational independent day school in Golders Green in North West London. It was founded in London in 1898 [2] by Charles E. Rice, a former teacher at Bedales School [citation needed]. The school was considered "radical" for its era, as it provided a secular education in a co-educational setting. [3]
King Alfred's Academy is a secondary school in Wantage, Oxfordshire, administered as an academy. [1] It is named after King Alfred the Great, who ruled Wessex from 871 to 899 and was born in Wantage in 849 AD. The school has approximately 140 teachers and 1,800 students spread across two sites.
King Alfred School, Plön, was a boarding school for children whose parents were British military or civil service personnel working in Germany; between 1948 and 1959, it educated approximately 4000 pupils aged between 11 and 18 years old.
The King Alfred School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Highbridge, Somerset, England. It is an academy and part of The Priory Learning Trust. It serves Brent Knoll, Highbridge, Burnham-on-Sea and the surrounding villages. In 2007, the school celebrated its 50th anniversary. [2] In 2017 it had 1375 pupils. [3]
King Alfred School, London, an independent school in London, England; The King Alfred School, Highbridge, a state secondary school in Highbridge, Somerset, England; King Alfred School, Plön, A BFES (British Forces Education Service) boarding school, which existed in Germany from 1948 to 1959; King Alfred's Academy, Wantage, Oxfordshire ...
Alfred was the youngest son of Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, and his wife Osburh. [5] According to his biographer, Asser, writing in 893, "In the year of our Lord's Incarnation 849 Alfred, King of the Anglo-Saxons", was born at the royal estate called Wantage, in the district known as Berkshire [a] ("which is so called from Berroc Wood, where the box tree grows very abundantly").
Longer courses needed more space so the Admiralty requisitioned two further premises: Mowden School, also in Hove and Lancing College near Lancing. Mowden School, taken over in 1940, became known as HMS King Alfred II or HMS King Alfred (M) while Lancing College, taken over in 1941 became HMS King Alfred III or HMS King Alfred (L).
King's College, Taunton, or King Alfred's College as it was originally named, was founded in 1880 by Canon Nathaniel Woodard. [1] King's College was the fifth of the Woodard schools to be opened. Woodard purchased the recently built buildings of Taunton Grammar School in South Road when financial difficulties forced the Grammar School to move ...