King Edward VI School, Bury St Edmunds

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King Edward VI Church of England Voluntary Controlled Upper School
Motto Schola Buriensis
Established c. 1550
Type Comprehensive
Religion Church of England
Headteacher Mr Geoff Barton
Location Grove Road
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP33 3BH
England
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Local authority Suffolk
DfE URN 124856 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Students 1393
Gender Coeducational
Ages 13–18
Houses Kentwell, Ickworth, Wyken, Elveden, Melford, Hengrave
Former pupils Old Burians
Website www.king-ed.suffolk.sch.uk

King Edward VI School is a co-educational comprehensive secondary school[1] in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England. The school in its present form was created in 1972 by the merging of King Edward VI Grammar School with the Silver Jubilee Girls School and the Silver Jubilee Boys School. The school occupies the site of the former Silver Jubilee schools in Grove Road Bury St Edmunds, the former grammar school site at The Vinefields now accommodates St James Middle School.

History

King Edward VI School was founded about 1550 and has occupied a number of sites in the town prior to moving to the current location in 1972. It is believed there was a school in Bury St Edmunds from the 10th century. In 903 the body of King Edmund was laid in the priests' college, of which the school was a part. King Canute established a Benedictine Monastery in Bury, and paid from the royal purse for boys of promise, even freed sons of slaves, to attend school. In 1550 lands were given to provide funds for a "scole ther to be founded by the kinges Maiestie in the like manner as the school at Sherbourne".

King Edward VI School is, therefore, the second King Edward VI School in the country, and in 2000 it had been founded for 450 years. Bury was privileged to have a Royal School. The charter with Edward's seal is in the Public Records Office together with documents and books from the early years of the school's existence. One of these is the list of rules for the masters and boys. Originally a grammar school for boys, who studied Greek, Latin and religious instruction, it has moved to various different sites in the town all of which are marked with plaques donated by the Old Burians' Association.

King Edward VI School Today

The current school is a Voluntary Controlled Church of England school and accepts Students from ages 13 to 18, it is attended by approximately 1400 pupils. It is a specialist sports college and is a Training school for new teachers. Since 2008, the school has also been partnered with Shanghai Yangjing-Juyan Experimental School in China to develop international links[2] and exchanges between the schools have occurred.[3] From September 2011, the school has operated a collegiate system and incorporated vertical tutoring.[citation needed]

The school was rated "Good" in its 2014 Ofsted Inspection[4] and achieved a 64% A*-C pass rate at GCSE including English and Maths in the 2011 results, 58% in 2013 and again reported 58% in 2014[5][6] with an 80% A*-C pass rate at A Level.[7]

From September 2016 the school will once again become an 11 to 18 institution admitting pupils in years 7, 8 and 9.

There in an active alumni association known as The Old Burians which was established during the era of the former grammar school and continues to recruit new members from the school. It has existed for at least 200 years, and possibly longer. Re-formed after the Great War in 1922, its fortunes have fluctuated, but it now currently has a worldwide membership of around 600 former pupils and staff. The Old Burians Chartable Trust Set up in 1997 provides financial support to Sixth Formers for personal development projects.

Previous Headmasters

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Old Burians

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See also: Category:People educated at King Edward VI School (Bury St Edmunds)

References

  1. ↑ Education Performance Tables
  2. ↑ http://king-ed.suffolk.sch.uk/international/index.php
  3. ↑ Chinese students welcome to Bury – Bury Free Press, 8 October 2009
  4. ↑ Ofsted report Feb 2009
  5. ↑ DfE Performance tables West Suffolk Secondary Schools 2011-2013
  6. ↑ EADT Results 2014 abstracted 6 Sep 2014
  7. ↑ EAD Results 2014 abstracted 6 Sep 2014

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