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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.
Cranbrook School, Kent (1518) King's School, Bruton (1519) Coleshill School (1520) Hackney Free (1520) later renamed The Urswick School; John Mayne School, Biddenden (1522) [citation needed] Kirkbie Kendal School founded as Kendal Grammar School (1525) Royal Grammar School, Newcastle (1525) Sedbergh School (1525) Boteler Grammar School (1526)
Kent portal; Schools portal; Biography portal; Former pupils of The King's School, Canterbury are known in some circles as Old King's Scholars. The abbreviation OKS is sometimes used. For former students of King's School, Chester, also known as "Old King's Scholars", see Category:People educated at The King's School, Chester.
St Augustine’s College in Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom, was located within the precincts of St Augustine's Abbey about 0.2 miles (335 metres) ESE of Canterbury Cathedral. It served first as a missionary college of the Church of England (1848–1947) and later as the Central College of the Anglican Communion (1952–1967).
King's School Canterbury Boat Club is a rowing club based at Brett Sturry Quarry, Westbere Lakes, Sturry, Canterbury, Kent, England. [1] History
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.
The King's School. King's School is the oldest secondary school in the United Kingdom. St. Augustine established it shortly after his 597 arrival in Canterbury though documented history of it only began after dissolution of the monasteries in the 16th century, when it took the present name in honour of Henry VIII. [115]
In 1982, The King's School, Canterbury [3] [8] purchased the Old Synagogue, and it serves as the school's music recital hall. Since purchasing the Old Synagogue, The King's School has allowed members of the school's Jewish society gather at the Old Synagogue regularly for brief, informal Friday evening Shabbat meetings; and the small local non-denominational Jewish community had occasional use ...