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**King Edwards School, Bath**
Headmaster (senior school)	Crispin Rowe
Founded	1552
School type	Public School with pre-prep (age 3-7), Junior (7-11) and Senior (11-18) divisions
Member	Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
Gender	Co-educational: founded as all boys school: girls admitted to sixth form from 1986, fully co-educational from 1997
Location	Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, United Kingdom
Total pupils	Approx. 700 (inc Sixth Form)

King Edward's School (KES) in Bath, United Kingdom is a public school providing education for pupils aged 3 - 18. It is well known for its academic excellence and regularly top the tables of Bath schools for A level and GCSE examination results. It was founded in 1552 and thus is the oldest school in the city of Bath.

The secondary school relocated from its central Bath Broad Street site in the 1960s to a 14 acre site at North Road in the Southeastern edge of the city. The junior school (7-11 year olds) remained on the Broad Street site until the summer of 1990 when it transferred to a new building in the North Road school grounds. In 2005 plans were drawn up to move the 'pre-preparatory' school, currently located elsewhere in Bath, on to the North Road site by 2009. These plans have more recently been shelved due to ongoing disputes with the local planning authorities over road access to the site.

The old Broad Street site was sold by the school when it moved but has remained empty since and today the 1754-built Grade II Listed building tops the list of buildings at risk in Bath.

The school has playing fields in Bathampton which are used mainly for playing rugby. Former England Rugby Coach Andy Robinson used to teach Rugby, Physical Education and Mathematics at the school whilst he was playing (amateur rugby) for Bath Rugby Club.

The drama department has produced several notable alumni, such as Andy Steggall, who has made a name for himself recently directing Jeremy Irons in A Soldier's Tale, by Stravinsky. The department, led by Sue Curtis, puts on a school play every year, most recently Shakespeare's Hamlet. The school's most notable production was Dracula: A Rock Opera, which was written entirely by Curtis and John Tilley, a 14 year old pupil at the time. It went on to tour Transylvania, and a documentary was filmed for television.

The music department has recently made considerable advances under the direction of Mr. Rob Hughes and Mr. Rupert Drury, recent achievements include becoming the overall winner for orchestral music in the Mid Somerset Festival and the featuring of the school choir on Blue Peter. Notable musical alumni include John Tilley who has gone on to play in the band Kubb.

Notable Alumni

Bill Bailey
Jonathan Caines
Adrian Flook
Sir William Edward Parry
Sir Ian Prosser
Thomas De Quincey
John Tilley
Tom Pakeman
Henry Duckworth
Giles Glass
Hugh Roberts
Nigel Vile - author of 20+ walking guidebooks.

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 The old Broad Street site was sold by the school when it moved but has remained empty since and today the [[1754]]-built Grade II [[Listed building]] tops the list of buildings at risk in Bath.
-The school has playing fields in [[Bathampton]] which are used mainly for playing rugby. Current England Rugby Coach [[Andy Robinson]] used to teach Rugby, Physical Education and Mathematics at the school whilst he was playing (amateur rugby) for [[Bath Rugby| Bath Rugby Club]].
+The school has playing fields in [[Bathampton]] which are used mainly for playing rugby. Former England Rugby Coach [[Andy Robinson]] used to teach Rugby, Physical Education and Mathematics at the school whilst he was playing (amateur rugby) for [[Bath Rugby| Bath Rugby Club]].
 The drama department has produced several notable alumni, such as Andy Steggall, who has made a name for himself recently directing [[Jeremy Irons]] in A Soldier's Tale, by [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky]]. The department, led by Sue Curtis, puts on a school play every year, most recently Shakespeare's Hamlet. The school's most notable production was Dracula: A Rock Opera, which was written entirely by Curtis and John Tilley, a 14 year old pupil at the time. It went on to tour [[Transylvania]], and a documentary was filmed for television.