King Edward VII School (King's Lynn)

Infobox UK school
name = King Edward VII School


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head = Mr Mike Douglass
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street = Gaywood Road
city = King's Lynn
county = Norfolk
country = England
postcode = PE30 2QB
LEA = Norfolk
ofsted = 121187
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enrollment = 1351
gender = Coeducational
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 18
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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, organised and directed by Mrs Lucy McFarlane. There has also been many cricket trips to Barbados.

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; Captain Manby, whose rocket apparatus for ship-to-shore rescues was used by HM Coastguard until recently; and England cricketer and former Captain of Middlesex Peter Parfitt. The famous eighteenth-century murderer Eugene Aram was an usher (teacher) at the school, and was arrested there in the staff room.

pecialization

The school specializes in Physical Education, and is a certified sports college.

External links

* [http://www.oldlennensians.org.uk Old Lennensians]