King Charles I School

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name = King Charles I School


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street = Hill Grove House
city = Kidderminster
county = Worcestershire
country = England
postcode = DY10 1XA
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King Charles I School is a voluntary controlled, coeducational state school in the town of Kidderminster, Worcestershire. The school holds specialist Science College status.

History

The school was given its charter in 1636 by King Charles I; it was the only school in England to bear his name. The Foundation Specify|date=February 2007 was established seventy years earlier by Thomas Blount, Esq., Lord of the Manor of Kidderminster.Specify|date=February 2007

The school was in the chantry of the Parish Church of St. Mary and All Saints from 1566 until 1848, when it moved to the site known as Woodfield, on the Bewdley Road.The original premises, Woodfield House (a Georgian House built in 1785) and the Hall (built about 1848), are now listed buildings .Specify|date=February 2007 Kidderminster High School for Girls was founded in 1868.

In 1977, King Charles I School was formed when the Queen Elizabeth I Grammar School, Hartlebury, merged with the two Kidderminster grammar schools on the present site, which had been the home of the High School for Girls from 1912.

In the late 1970s the school held the Guinness world record for the longest continuous cricket match.Fact|date=January 2007

Present day

There have been steady additions to the school site to house different departments. The most recent addition, the Brooks Building neighbouring the Sixth Form Rose Garden, functions as a science laboratory and theatre. Because of the recent Worcestershire Schools 'shake-up',Specify|date=February 2007 several teaching posts and the current school site are under review .Fact|date=February 2007Specify|date=February 2007

currently it is a split site school with a lower school for year 7-8's at the old comberton middle school site, (in kidderminster). [http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/school_06.pl?Mode=Z&No=8854413&Type=LA&Num=885&Phase=p&Year=06&Base=]

ixth form

The School offers a sixth form for any students wishing to continue their post-16 studies. Recently the school has made an attempt at a general enrichment scheme, after General Studies was removed from the first year of Sixth Form Study. Students have the option of participating in activities such as a recognised first aid course, formal debate, and talks from lecturers on various issues such as driving skills and ethical issues in farming.

pecialist Science Status

The school received Specialist Science College within the past few years.Fact|date=February 2007 It has steadily been developed resources to promote this , including opening additional courses to non-students after hours.

Notable Alumni

*Walter Nash, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand
*Charles Wood, playwright and scriptwriter
*Brian Turner Tom Lawrence, winner of the Victoria Cross during the Boer War

External links

* [http://www.kingcharlesschool.co.uk/ Official website]