King Edward VI School, Bury St Edmunds
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| King Edward VI Church of England Voluntary Controlled Upper School | |
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Grove Road , , IP33 3BH England | |
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| Type | Comprehensive |
| Motto | Schola Buriensis |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Church of England |
| Established | 1550 |
| Local authority | Suffolk |
| Specialist | Sports College |
| Department for Education URN | 124856 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Headteacher | Mr Geoff Barton |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 13 to 18 |
| Enrollment | 1393 |
| Houses | Kentwell, Ickworth, Wyken, Elveden, Melford, Hengrave |
| Former pupils | Old Burians |
| Website | http://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.
The School accepts Students from ages 13 to 18, it is attended by 1393 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]
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.
Previous Headmasters
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- 1553–c1560 John Fenn (deprived of office)
- c1670 Edward Leedes
- 1788–1809 Michael Thomas Becher
- 1809–1828 Benjamin Heath Malkin
- 1828–1841 John Edwards
- 1841–1855 John William Donaldson
- 1855–1879 Albert Henry Wratislaw
- 1879–1890 Charles Sankey
- Arthur Wright Callis
Old Burians
- John Battely – Archdeacon of Canterbury
- John Burroughs – architect
- Robert Butts – Bishop of Ely
- Thomas Clerke, MP
- Richard Cumberland – dramatist
- Sir Charles Davers, Bt - politician
- Roy Flatt – dean of Argyll and The Isles
- Edward Greene – founder of Greene King brewery
- John Mitchell Kemble – historian
- Charles Lee – general in US Continental Army
- Dudley Long North – politician
- William Sancroft (1617–1693) – 79th Archbishop of Canterbury
- Sir William Spring, Bt – politician
- Sir Thomas Watson, Bt – President of Royal College of Physicians, physician to queen
- John Winthrop the Younger – governor of Connecticut
- Edward FitzGerald - Poet and Translator of Rubáiyát of Khayyám
References
- ^ Education Performance Tables
- ^ http://king-ed.suffolk.sch.uk/international/index.php
- ^ Chinese students welcome to Bury – Bury Free Press, 8 October 2009
- ^ Ofsted report Feb 2009
- ^ DfE Performance tables West Suffolk Secondary Schools 2011-2013
- ^ EADT Results 2014 abstracted 6 Sep 2014
- ^ EAD Results 2014 abstracted 6 Sep 2014
External links
- Use dmy dates from April 2012
- 1550 establishments in England
- Educational institutions established in the 1550s
- Secondary schools in Suffolk
- Training schools in England
- People educated at King Edward VI School (Bury St Edmunds)
- Church of England secondary schools in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
- Voluntary controlled schools in England
- Bury St Edmunds
- Comprehensive schools in Suffolk