King Edward VII School (King's Lynn)
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| King Edward VII School | |
| Headteacher | Mr Mike Douglass |
| Specialism | Sports College |
| Location | Gaywood Road King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 2QB England |
| LEA | Norfolk |
| Ofsted number | 121187 |
| Students | 1351 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11 to 18 |
| Website | http://www.kingedward.norfolk.sch.uk/ |
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King Edward VII School (known as KES) is a large secondary school in Gaywood Road (A148), King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. The history of the school dates back about 500 years. The school building is 100 years old. The school recently celebrated its one hundredth year as a secondary school, and was honoured with a visit from the Queen. King Edward VII School has a sister school in Chongqing, China. There was a trip to China in 2007 and another planned for 2008. The English pupils from KES teach the Chinese pupils 5 English sports and in return get taught 5 Chinese sports back. In 2008 KES performed a production of Bugsy Malone on the 12th, 13th and 14th of March. There has also been many cricket trips to Barbados.
[edit] Number of classrooms
A list of classroom blocks in the school:
- A-Block, Science, Drama Class room.
- B-Block, ICT, Geography, History, Religious Education, Latin, Classic Civilisation, Medical Office, Reception.
- C-Block, Mathematics, Music, IT, Business, Senior staff's offices, 6th Form Area, Drama room, Reprographics,
- D-Block, English, Modern Foreign Languages, PE Theory.
- E-Block, Science block, Pyschology classes.
- F-Block, (Only one classroom) English block, also next to the school library.
- G-Block, Arts and Crafts, Design and Technology, Food Textiles block, PE Theory classroom, SCOS Office.
- M-Block, Maths block.
- Sports hall Physical Education block.
Recently there have been four new classrooms added to the school which will be used for maths.
The school also has a tennis court at the very front of the school, an abandoned tennis court at the very back of the school, a long-jump sandpit at the very back of the school and a fairly big playing field. There are also houses that some of the cleaners live in inside the school.
The alumni association, the Old Lennensians, was revived in 2006 in association with the centenary of the new buildings donated by Sir William Lancaster.
Former pupils of the school and its predecessor, the Lynn Grammar School, include Captain George Vancouver http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Vancouver, Captain Manby http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Manby whose rocket apparatus for ship to shore rescues was used by HM Coastguard until recently, Stephen Fry an English comedian, writer, actor, novelist, filmmaker and television personality (although note that the Stephen Fry page in Wikipedia states that he attended Norcat, not KES), and England cricketer and former Captain of Middlesex Peter Parfitt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Parfitt (although this link says that he attended Fakenham Grammar, not KES). The famous eighteenth-century murderer, Eugene Aram, was an usher (teacher) at the school, and arrested there in the staff room.
[edit] Specialization
The school specializes in Physical Education, and is a certified sports college.
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