Prince Henry's High School
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Prince Henry's High School | |
Motto | Parva Magna Crescunt |
Established | bef. 1376 |
Type | Public Secondary School and Sixth Form College |
Headteacher | Mr Bernard Roberts |
Specialism | Language College |
Location | Victoria Avenue Evesham Worcestershire WR11 4QH England |
LEA | Worcestershire |
Ofsted number | 117000 |
Students | 1337 |
Gender | Coeducational |
Ages | 13 to 18 |
Website | http://www.princehenrys.worcs.sch.uk |
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Prince Henry's High School is a school in Evesham, Worcestershire, England. It is a co-educational comprehensive high school, in which there are about 1050 students enrolled, aged between 13 and 18.
The school is over 630 years old and was originally set up as a school for the poor attached to Evesham's Benedictine Abbey. The school is named after Prince Henry, the brother of King Charles I who the Vicar of Evesham, Dr Lewis Bayley had previously taught and secured an endowment from for the school and the town of Evesham through a new town charter, which mentioned a "Free Grammar School of Prince Henry in Evesham".
The School was a Grammar School until 1973, when it became a Comprehensive school. In 1993 it became a Grant-maintained school then in 1999 it became a Foundation School. It is now a Language College.