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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.
[6] [7] In 2025 Time Out (magazine) called the Index "one of the most respected rankings" [8] and "a prestigious list of the very best private schools in the world". [ 9 ] The index is intended as a resource for parents in choosing schools for their children. [ 10 ]
Hanley Castle High School (chantry school 1326, charter 1544) The King's School, Grantham (1329, refounded 1528) Bourne Grammar School (earliest record of existence 1330, endowed 1636) The King's School, Ottery St Mary (1335, refounded 1545) Bablake School (1344) St George's School, Windsor Castle (1348)
Frances Houghton MBE (born 1980), Olympic rower and World Champion; Millie Knight (born 1999), Paralympic skier; Cecil Paris (1911–1998), first-class cricketer; chairman of the Test and County Cricket Board (1968–1969) and president of the Marylebone Cricket Club (1975) Tom Ransley MBE (born 1985), former Olympic rower and World Champion
Revd Canon Frederick Joseph John Shirley, D.D., Ph.D., LL.B. (1890–1967) was an Anglican priest as well as being the headmaster of The King's School, Canterbury, a fee paying school, from 1935 to 1962. He was educated St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and London. He married his wife in 1926 and their daughter became the first and, at the time, the only ...
Former pupils of The King's School, Canterbury are known in some circles as Old King's Scholars. The abbreviation OKS is sometimes used. 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 .
There are around 2,400 private schools in England. [1] Many are represented by the Independent Schools Council (ISC), while around 300 independent senior schools are represented by the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC), although both bodies also represent schools outside England and the United Kingdom.
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