King Edward's School, Bath

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**King Edward's School, Bath**
"Dieu et mon droit" - (the Royal motto); (French for "God and my right")
Foundation	1552
School type	Co-educational day school
Headmaster	Mr Crispin Rowe
Chairman of Trustees	Mr A Greening
Location	Bath, United Kingdom
Pupils	700
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Website	Official site

King Edward's School (KES) ,Bath in South-West England is a Public school providing education for pupils aged 3 - 18. It regularly top the tables of Bath schools for A level and GCSE examination results.^{[citation needed]} 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.

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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 Drumming in the Deep, written by Sue Curtis. 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.

The school also has a Combined Cadet Force (CCF), formerly affiliated with the Light Infantry, although since the position of SSI was taken over by WOII David Lee KRH (R), the CCF has become affiliated with the King's Royal Hussars. The CCF has proven to be increasingly popular amongst students over the years, and now has a fully established shooting team.

It has recently been announced that pupils from Beechen Cliff school are going to join the school's CCF so that Beechen Cliff can start their own CCF.