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The King's School is a public school in Canterbury, Kent, England.It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and the Eton Group.It is Britain's oldest public school and is considered to be the oldest continuously operating school in the world, as education on the Abbey and Cathedral grounds has been uninterrupted since AD 597.
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At The King's School Canterbury, a ‘Remove’ denotes a pupil in their second year, between Shell and fifth form: in other words, a Year 10 pupil. This system is still used today. [2] At Marlborough College, the ‘Remove’ is the second year, coming after the Shell (first year) and the Hundred (third year or GCSE year).
Example 3: 31 December 1695. This falls in the reign of William III alone (after Mary's death), whose "first" regnal year is 1694; so 1695 – 1694 = 1, add 1 because 31 December is after 28 December, and also add 6 because the date is after Mary's death (on 27 December), so the date falls in the "8th" year of his reign.
When Shirley took over the Headmastership of the King's School, Canterbury, in 1935, bankruptcy was close: the school had debts of £40,000 - £60,000 and was making an annual loss of £6,000. He was at the same time appointed a Residentiary Canon of Canterbury Cathedral in whose precincts the School is situated.
Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, who crowned King Charles and married Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, has resigned amid criticism of how he handled a probe into "the most prolific ...
This is a list of some notable former pupils of The King's School, Canterbury, known as Old King's Scholars (abbreviated as OKS). The term King's Scholar referred to the few boys who, by their academic ability at a very young age, won scholarships to King's.