List of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom

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This list is a work-in-progress, as it is built from various sources. It is fully expected that some of the positions may yet change. The dates refer to the foundation or the earliest documented contemporary reference to the school.

Contents 1 Former (non-extant) schools 2 Extant schools 2.1 Sixth century 2.2 Seventh century 2.3 Eighth century 2.4 Tenth century 2.5 Eleventh century 2.6 Twelfth century 2.7 Thirteenth century 2.8 Fourteenth century 2.9 Fifteenth century 2.10 Sixteenth century 2.11 Seventeenth century 3 See also

[edit] Former (non-extant) schools

• Cor Tewdws (College of Theodosius), Llantwit Major (446 - closed down in reign of Henry VIII)
• Douai School (1615) - closed down in 1999

[edit] Extant schools

[edit] Sixth century

• The King's School, Canterbury (597)

[edit] Seventh century

• The King's School, Rochester (604)
• St Peter's School, York (627)

[edit] Eighth century

• Beverley Grammar School (700)

[edit] Tenth century

• The Pilgrims' School(c.900)
• Wells Cathedral School (909)
• St Albans School (948)
• The King's School, Ely (970)

[edit] Eleventh century

• Salisbury Cathedral School (1091)
• Norwich School (1096)

[edit] Twelfth century

• Warwick School (1123) (possibly 914)
• High School of Glasgow (pre-1124)
• Reading School (1125)
• Royal High School, Edinburgh (1128)
• Bristol Cathedral School (1140)
• Derby School (1160)
• Westminster School (1179)
• Lanark Grammar School (1183)

[edit] Thirteenth century

• Colchester Royal Grammar School (1206)
• Lancaster Royal Grammar School (1235)
• High School of Dundee (1239)
• Abingdon School (1256 (possibly as old as 1100))
• King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth (1276)
• Royal Grammar School Worcester (1291)

[edit] Fourteenth century

• Northallerton College (1323)
• Hull Grammar School (1330)
• Bablake School (1344)
• Doncaster Grammar School / Hall Cross School (1350)
• Wisbech Grammar School (1379)
• Winchester College (1382)
• Hereford Cathedral School (1384)
• Katharine Lady Berkeley's School (1384)
• Penistone Grammar School (1392)

[edit] Fifteenth century

• Chorister School (c.1400)
• Oswestry School (1407)
• Durham School (1414)
• Aberdeen Grammar School (1418) (possibly 1263)
• Royal Latin School (1423)
• Sponne School (1430)
• Sevenoaks School (1432)
• Eton College (1440)
• City of London School (1442)
• St. Bartholomew's School Newbury (1466)
• Magdalen College School, Oxford (1480)
• Stockport Grammar School (1487)
• Ermysted's Grammar School (1492) (first record of existence)
• King Edward VI School, Lichfield (1495)
• Loughborough Grammar School (1495)
• Queen Elizabeth's School, Wimborne Minster (1497)

[edit] Sixteenth century

• St Paul's School (London) (1509)
• Royal Grammar School, Guildford (1509)
• Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn (1509)
• Giggleswick School, North Yorkshire (c. 1512)
• Wolverhampton Grammar School (1512)
• Nottingham High School (1513)
• Pocklington School (1514)
• Manchester Grammar School (1515)
• Bolton School (1516)
• Cranbrook School, Kent (1518)
• King's School, Bruton (1519)
• Taunton Grammar School (1522)
• Sedbergh School (1525)
• Bishop Vesey's Grammar School (1527)
• Ipswich School (1528)
• The King's School, Grantham (1528)
• Bingley Grammar School (1529)
• Kimbolton School (1531)
• Bristol Grammar School (1532)
• Stamford School (1532)
• The Coopers Company and Coborn School, Upminster (1536)
• The Crypt School, Gloucester (1539)
• Berkhamsted Collegiate School (1541)
• Christ College Brecon (1541)
• The King's School, Chester (1541)
• The King's School, Gloucester (1541) (Dates from 11th century)
• The King's School, Peterborough (1541)
• The King's School, Worcester (1541)
• Dauntsey's School (1542)
• Colyton Grammar School (1546)
• Bradford Grammar School (1548)
• Maidstone Grammar School (1549)
• Sherborne School (1550)
• King Edward VI Grammar School (Chelmsford) (1551)
• King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth (1551) (possibly 1276)
• Bedford School (1552)
• King Edward's School, Bath (1552)
• King Edward's School, Birmingham (1552)
• Leeds Grammar School (1552)
• Shrewsbury School (1552)
• Bromsgrove School (1553)
• Christ's Hospital (1553)
• King Edward's School, Witley (1553)
• King Edward VI School, Southampton (1553)
• King Edward VI School Stratford-upon-Avon (1553)
• Tonbridge School (1553)
• Clitheroe Royal Grammar School (1554)
• Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall (1554)
• Boston Grammar School (1555)
• Gresham's School (1555)
• Ripon Grammar School (1555)
• Hampton School (1556)
• Oundle School (1556)
• Brentwood School (1557)
• Friars School, Bangor (1557)
• Repton School (1557)
• Enfield Grammar School (1558)
• The Alleynes School, Stevenage (1558)
• Solihull School (1560)
• Kingston Grammar School (1561)
• Merchant Taylors' School (1561)
• Elizabeth College, Guernsey (1563)
• Sir Roger Manwood's School (1563)
• Felsted School (1564)
• Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe (1564)
• Highgate School (1565)
• John Beddoes School (1565)
• Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Alford (1566)
• Rugby School (1567)
• Brentwood School (1568)
• Colfe's School (1568) refounded (1652)
• St Edmund's College (1568)
• Bury Grammar School (1570)
• Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle (1571)
• St Olave's Grammar School (1571)
• Harrow School (1572)
• Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Barnet (1573)
• Dartford Grammar School (1576)
• Pate's Grammar School (1576)
• Sutton Valence School (1576)
• Woodbridge School (1577)
• The Dronfield Henry Fanshawe School (1580) (possibly 1565)
• St Bees School (1583)
• Oakham School (1584)
• Uppingham School (1584)
• Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Ashbourne (1585)
• Spalding Grammar School (1588)
• Queen Elizabeth's High School (1589)
• Conyers' School (1590)
• Queen Elizabeth's Hospital (1590)
• Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield (1591)
• Stonyhurst College (1593)
• Emanuel School (1594)
• Wellingborough School (1595)
• Whitgift School (1596)
• Aldenham School (1597)
• Aylesbury Grammar School (1598)

[edit] Seventeenth century

• Ysgol David Hughes (1603)
• King James's School (1604)
• Blundell's School (1604)
• Carre's Grammar School (1604)
• Downside School (1607)
• The Royal School, Armagh (1608)
• Charterhouse School (1611)
• Batley Grammar School (1612)
• Dame Alice Owen's School (1613)
• Heversham School (1613)
• Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School (1614)
• Monmouth School (1614)
• Royal School Dungannon (1614)
• The Perse School (1615)
• Wilson's School (1615)
• Alleyn's School (1619)
• Dulwich College (1619)
• Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby (1620)
• Dr Challoner's Grammar School (1624)
• Latymer Upper School (1624)
• Chigwell School (1629)
• Caistor Grammar School (1630)
• Exeter School (1633)
• Red Maids' School (1634), all girls
• Calday Grange Grammar School (1636)
• The Maynard School (1658), all girls
• Old Swinford Hospital (1667)
• The Harvey Grammar School, Folkestone (1674)
• Reigate Grammar School (1675)

[edit] See also

• The oldest independent schools in the UK
• List of founders of English schools and colleges
• List of the oldest schools in the world