King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth
| Motto | Dieu Et Mon Droit |
|---|---|
| Established | 1276 |
| Type | Foundation school |
| Religion | Secular and non denominational |
| Headteacher | James Lascelles |
| Founder | Edward VI |
| Specialism | Science, Languages |
| Location | Edward Street Louth Lincolnshire LN11 9LL England |
| Local authority | Lincolnshire |
| DfE number | 925/5405 |
| DfE URN | 120701 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 795 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Tennyson, Hobart, Franklin, Smith |
| Colours | Red and Blue |
| Alumni | Old Ludensians |
| Website | King Edward VI Grammar School Website |
Coordinates: 53°21′49″N 0°00′35″W / 53.3636°N 0.0098°W
King Edward VI Grammar School (often shortened to KEVIGS or KEVIS) is one of many Grammar schools in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Admissions
Students who wish to attend the school must take and pass a test called the Eleven Plus. It is situated in Louth, which is a small market town in Lincolnshire. Many of its students come from satellite villages surrounding it.
[edit] History
King Edward VI Grammar School is one of the oldest schools in the country.[citation needed] As early as the eighth century schooling was available, but the oldest reference to a school comes from a passage by Simon De Luda, the town's schoolmaster, in 1276. According to records, the school was funded by the town's religious and merchant guilds, as well as a Chantry established by Thomas of Louth in 1317. The dissolution of the monasteries in 1548 placed the future of education in Louth at risk. Leading figures in the local community petitioned the King, Edward VI, to secure the school's future and on 21 September 1551 the school was given a large amount of money and a Foundation was set up to administer it. The foundation continues to this day.
[edit] Extra curricular
The School has an extremely active Theatre Company, Called 'Edwards Theatre Company' which annually goes to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Edward's Theatre Company is open to students aged 15+. The school also offers a variety of school trips and outings, including an annual ski trip, annual music tours to many European countries, and trips to the USA, as well as day outings to various areas around the UK.
The school runs a successful Combined Cadet Force, with an Army section (afflitated to the 2nd Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment) and an RAF section. It has over 100 Cadets attending weekly parade nights on Tuesdays 4-6pm, training weekends and each section attends a summer camp at the end of the school year.[1] Recent army camps include Nesscliffe and Penally, whereas recent RAF camps include RAF Saint Morgan and RAF Lossimouth. While there used to be an Army Medical Corps, it faded out of existence a few years ago (time of writing 2010) due to lack of attendance.
[edit] Former manifestations
King Edward VI Grammar School has had many changes of character throughout its life, and has included the following:
- Until 1964 the school was a boys-only school.
- In 1903 a girls only school was set up nearby, becoming King Edward VI Girls' Grammar School, a girls' boarding school, in Westgate House on Westgate. It had around 400 girls.
- The girls' and boys' schools amalgamated in 1965 when administered by the Lindsey Education Committee. At this time it also became a 14-18 school within the Louth Plan, which basically stated that one selective 14-18 school should exist alongside two 11-16 high schools.
- In 1997 the Louth Plan ended and the school went back to taking 11-13 year olds, as well as continuing to educate the 14 to 18 year olds.
- The school adopted Foundation status in 1998
- KEVIS recently became a Specialist Science College, given the title in 2003.
- Male boarders at the school were living in The Lodge on Edward Street then after 1971, The Sycamores on Westgate (with a back gate on Crowtree Lane), then later moved into the old maternity hospital on Crowtree Lane next to the main school.
- Girls boarded at Masson House and The Limes, houses on Westgate.
[edit] Notable former pupils
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- Sir Herbert Broadley CBE, Director General in 1956 of the Food and Agriculture Organization
- Ernest Bowser, High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1943
- Corinne Drewery, lead singer of pop group Swing Out Sister
- Rt Rev William Elsey, Bishop of Kalgoorlie from 1919–50
- Edward John Eyre (5 August 1815 - 30 November 1901), explorer of the Australian continent and a controversial Governor of Jamaica.[citation needed]
- Andrew Faulds, Labour MP from 1966-74 for Smethwick, and from 1974-97 for Warley East
- Frederick Flowers
- Sir John Franklin, author and explorer, who attended from 1797 to 1800
- Rt Rev Field Flowers Goe, Bishop of Melbourne from 1887–1901
- Tim Gustard (1954) English painter
- Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden (1 April 1822 - 19 June 1886), English naval captain and Turkish admiral.[citation needed]
- Tom Hood, playwright
- Francis Hopwood, 1st Baron Southborough CMG CB
- Robert Mapletoft, Master from 1664-77 of Pembroke College, Cambridge
- Nathan McCree, music producer and composer of the original Tomb Raider game music
- Philip Norton, Baron Norton of Louth, Professor of Government since 1986 at the University of Hull
- William Patchell, President from 1924-5 of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)
- Captain John Smith, a mercenary and the first elected president of Virginia, famous for his relations with Pocahontas attended from 1592 to 1595.
- Major Peter Surtees MC
- Charles Heathcote Tatham, architect
- Alfred Lord Tennyson, poet, who attended from 1816 to 1820.
- Christopher Maltman, renowned opera singer and Royal Opera House Baritone.
