King's School, Bruton

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King's School, Bruton
Motto	Deo Juvante
Established	1519
Type	Independent, day and boarding
Religious affiliation	Church of England
Headmaster	Nigel M. Lashbrook
Location	Plox Bruton Somerset BA10 0ED England
Students	350
Gender	Mixed
Ages	13 to 19
Website	kingsbruton.com
Coordinates: 51°06′37″N 2°27′16″W / 51.110265, -2.454449

King's Bruton is an independent co-educational secondary school based in Bruton, Somerset, England. It was founded in 1519 and received royal foundation status around 30 years later in the reign of Edward VI. It is a member school of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.

The School became Co-Educational in the 1990s and now has three girls houses: Wellesley, Priory and Arion. Old House, New House, Blackford House And Lyon House are still male boarding houses. In September 1999, The Hobhouse Science centre was opened, complete with a fully equipped observatory.

England Rugby coach Brian Ashton was formerly a history teacher and sports coach at the school. King's School Bruton once owned a copy of the Magna Carta dating from 1297 which they sold to the Australian Governement in 1952 for £12,500.^[1]

Contents 1 Notable Old Brutonians 1.1 Staff 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Notable Old Brutonians

Ex-pupils are know as Old Brutonians. Notable alumni include:

• Marcus Brigstocke (comedian and satirist)^{[citation needed]}
• Hugh Cruttwell (former principal of the Royal School of Dramatic Art, and father of Greg Cruttwell)^{[citation needed]}
• William Ventris Field, 1st Baron Field (judge)^{[citation needed]}
• Ralph Hopton, 1st Baron Hopton^{[citation needed]}
• Christopher Bournes Rhys-Jones (father of Sophie, Countess of Wessex), who is now Vice-President of the Old Brutonian Association^{[citation needed]}
• Air Chief Marshall Sir Peter Squire, who is now a governor of the school^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Staff

• Brian Ashton (Head Coach of the England national rugby union team)

[edit] See also

• Hazlegrove Preparatory School

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• King's Bruton
• The Old Brutonians Association
• Hazlegrove Preparatory School
• Independent Schools Inspectorate Inspection Report 2003

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