King Edward's School, Bath

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 results and regularly tops 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.

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Bath - United Kingdom - Public school - A level - GCSE - 1552

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The secondary school relocated from its central Bath Broad Street site in the 1960s to a 14 acre site on North Road at the Southeastern edge of the city. The Broad Street site continued to be used as the junior school for pupils aged 7 -11 but that too transferred to the North Road site in the late 1980s. There are currently plans to move the 'pre-prep' school, currently located elsewhere in Bath, on to the North Road site by 2009.

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1960s - 1980s

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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.

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1754 - Listed building

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The school has extensive 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 Club.

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Bathampton - Andy Robinson - Bath Rugby Club

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The drama department has produced a few notable alumini, 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 Mrs Sue Curtis, puts ona school play every year, most recently West Side Story, with cheorography by Julie Haines. Their most notable production was Dracula: A Rock Opera, which was written entirly by Sue Curtis and John Tilley, a 14 year old pupil at the time. It went on to tour Transilvania, and a documentary was filmed for television.

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Jeremy Irons - Stravinsky - Transilvania

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Alumni of the school include

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• Thomas De Quincey
• Sir William Edward Parry
• Bill Bailey
• Adrian Flook
• Sir Ian Prosser
 
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