The King Edward VI School, Morpeth

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name = King Edward VI School


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city = Morpeth
county = Northumberland
country = England
postcode = NE61 1DN
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enrollment = 1400
gender = Mixed
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King Edward VI School, Morpeth is a voluntary controlled comprehensive school located in Morpeth, Northumberland, England.

History

The origins of the school lie in the medieval chantry of Morpeth, with which a school was associated by the 14th century. The chantry was abolished in 1547 under Edward VI, and the school with it, but Edward re-founded the school by royal charter in 1552 as the Free Grammar School of Morpeth or Morpeth Grammar School, which occupied the chantry premises until it was moved to a new school building in 1858/59.

The refoundation of the school is frequently associated with William Turner (c. 1508-1568), nonconformist divine, known as the "Father of English Botany", who was a native of Morpeth, and is believed both to have attended the Grammar School before going to Cambridge and later to have been its headmaster.

Morpeth Grammar School was involved in the lawsuit of longest duration in English legal history. The case, concerning the recovery of lands granted to the school by Edward VI and later leased to the Thornton family, began in 1710, was reopened in 1833, advanced in 1847, and determined in 1870, concerning the recovery of lands granted to the school by Edward VI later leased to the Thornton family. [ [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Pn0DAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA521&lpg=PA521&dq=king+edward+vi+morpeth&source=web&ots=x20tNw8Hx1&sig=Sr3ugzPjKcIhRKt-rmJ8OD4KwFE&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result Google Books: Law Journal 1832-1949] ] .

The school lost its status as a grammar school in the educational reforms of the 1970s and became a comprehensive under its present name.

Present-day

King Edward VI School was awarded Beacon School status in 2003, and Leading Edge status, in 2004.

The Head Teacher as of 2008 is Mr S. Taylor.

chool arms

The school arms are: Argent masoned gules, a tower triple-turreted within a bordure of the second charged with eight martlets of the first.

Notes

ources

* [http://www.kevi.info The King Edward VI School website]
* [http://www.des.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/archives/dfe2x1_00.pl?Code=&Mode=&School=9294501 DES website: The King Edward VI School, Morpeth]
* [http://schoolsfinder.direct.gov.uk/9294501/school-profile/ Schoolsfinder Direct (UK Government) website: school profile 2006]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/05/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/929_4501.stm BBC: Secondary schools league tables: The King Edward VI School, Morpeth]
* [http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:_39uVlPIrZIJ:www.morpethpride.org.uk/chantrycmp.htm+morpethpride&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=uk Morpeth Chantry Conservation Management Plan] (includes historical detail on the buildings and the school)
* [http://www.newcastle-antiquaries.org.uk/bagpipemuseum/index.php? Morpeth Bagpipe Museum: Chantry building]