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King Edward VII School, Sheffield

Coordinates: 53.3762N 1.4957W

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This article is about King Edward VII School (formerly Wesley College) in Sheffield, England.

King Edward VII School (KES) is a mixed secondary

school and sixth form located in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, King Edward VII School
England.

Contents
1 History
2 The school today
3 Headteachers of King Edward VII School Motto fac recte, nil time
4 Notable former pupils of King Edward VII School (Do right, fear nothing)
5 Notable former staff of King Edward VII School Established 1905
6 References
7 Bibliography Headteacher Linda Gooden
8 External links Chair of Barbara Walsh
Governors
Location Glossop Road
History Broomhill
Sheffield
KES, named after the reigning monarch, was formed in 1905 South Yorkshire
when Wesley College was merged with Sheffield Royal S10 2PW
Grammar School (SRGS) on the site of the former on
England
Glossop Road. The former buildings of Wesley College, now
53.3762N 1.4957W
King Edward VII Upper School, designed and built by the
Sheffield architect, William Flockton in 1838, were Grade Local Sheffield City Council
II* listed in 1973.[1] The school's history is far older than its authority
regal name suggests. It can be traced directly to a Royal DfE number 373/4259 (http://schoolsfinder.direct.
Charter granted in 1604 for the "Free School of King James",
gov.uk/3734259/overview/)
the result of a legacy of Thomas Smith who had died the
previous year. However, there are traces of the school as far DfE URN 107140 (http://www.education.gov.u
back as the thirteenth century, like a number in other towns k/edubase/establishment/summary.x
of mediaeval England (see Old Edwardians website for more html?urn=107140) Tables (https://w
details). ww.compare-school-performance.ser
vice.gov.uk/school/107140)
The School supported a Junior School until the advent of the
11-plus entry that was a consequence of the Education Act Ofsted Reports (https://reports.ofsted.gov.u
1944. The last boys left the Junior School in 1947 and the k/inspection-reports/find-inspection-
1948 entry was the first entirely from the 11-plus. The report/provider/ELS/107140)
School has been particularly successful in preparing boys for
Students 1,703
entry to the University of Oxford and the University of
Cambridge. These reached a peak in 1961 (28 Oxbridge Gender Mixed
entries) and 1962 (26 Oxbridge entries) although after the Ages 1118
latter, the headmaster N L Clapton in his 1962 Speech Day
Website www.kes.sheffield.sch.uk (http://ww
address observed that the figure was unlikely to be attained
again. At the time the school had about 750 pupils, all boys, w.kes.sheffield.sch.uk)
of whom around 250 were in the three-year sixth form.
Comprehensive and accurate details of the school's academic successes in those years are to be found in the
complete collection of Speechday Leaflets on the Old Edwardians' website.[2] By 1962 the school's alumni

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society at Oxford University, the Seventh Club (see Old Edwardian archives) had 82 members, about one
percent of the university's male junior members. It is questionable whether even schools such as Eton or
Manchester Grammar, despite being twice the size, could equal that. In particular, many boys went to The
Queen's College, Oxford as the School was one of 20 Schools in Yorkshire, Westmoreland and Cumberland
that were eligible for the Hastings Scholarships at that College. As recently as 2014 the school was successful
in sending seven students to Oxford and Cambridge.

The final 11-plus examination entry was in 1968 and the School steadily became a co-educational
comprehensive school from September 1969, as each year group of grammar school entries gradually matured
and left. Girls were admitted in 1969 to Crosspool Secondary Modern School which became the Lower School
for King Edward VII School. In 2005, the school celebrated its 100th anniversary. During 2011-12 a major
building programme of extension and refurbishment was undertaken.

Further details about the school's history are to be found on the Old Edwardians website (see references below,
Archive). This comprehensive site includes about 1150 relevant articles and photographs, with documents such
as School magazines, Speechday Leaflets and official form photographs, plus a list of approximately 400 Old
Edwardians. That list includes many in the "golden era" of admissions during the Clapton era, especially 1952-
59, not included in the less widely based Alumni list below, and concentrates on those it has been possible to
trace of significant achievement after they left the school. Surprisingly, the school itself maintains no such
records. The OE list reveals that a noteworthy proportion of Old Edwardians went on to become professors at
universities around the world. Remarkably, there were substantially more Old Edwardian British ambassadors
than Old Edwardian members of parliament. The school's historian has picked up on the fact that in 2000, the
British ambassadors to Ukraine, Colombia and NATO were all Old Edwardians; all three of them had been
'soldiers' in a school performance of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in March 1956. As befits an industrial and
engineering city such as Sheffield, the school also produced more than its fair share of prominent industrialists
and world-class engineers.

The school today

The school is on two sites: The Lower School (KS3) on Darwin Lane, and the Upper School (KS4, Sixth Form
and Language College).

The school is described in the 2006 OFSTED report of 13 September 2006 as a mixed Community Secondary
School (1119).[3] The school has 1,678 students in all, 524 of whom are in the 6th form.

In 2015, the school received an OFSTED score of "Good".

Of the 6th form roughly 50% originate from the Lower School, the remainder coming from other schools in the
Sheffield region (many of which are 1116).

The Chair of Governors is Barbara Walsh and the Headteacher is Mrs Beverley Jackson.

The Upper School was recently refurbished, with the addition of a sports hall and science block, as part of the
BSF (Building Schools for the Future) programme; work began in July 2010 and finished in May 2012.[4]

Headteachers of King Edward VII School

19051926 J. H. Hichens MA, LLD (Hons)[5]
19261928 S. R. K. Gurner, MC, MA
19281938 R. B. Graham, MA[6]
19381950 A. W. Barton, MA, PhD
19501965 N. L. Clapton, MA
19661988 R. Sharrock, MSc[7]
19882008 M. H. A. Lewis, MA[8]
20082016 Mrs B Jackson, MA[9]
2016Present Linda Gooden M Ed [10]
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2016Present Linda Gooden M Ed[10]

Notable former pupils of King Edward VII School

See List of Old Edwardians (Sheffield) and also Category:People educated at King Edward VII School,
Sheffield.

Notable former staff of King Edward VII School

Henry John Chaytor, 190508, Second Master, became Master of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Francis Ernest Brown, 190512, Second Master after Chaytor's departure, became Headmaster of
Geelong School in Australia
Horace Brearley, 193746 (father of Mike Brearley, England cricketer)
E F Watling, 192460, Classics master and translator of Sophocles

References
1. "Images of England" (http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=2&id=458431).
Images of England. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
2. "The Headmaster's address; SPEECH DAY 22nd NOVEMBER, 1962" (http://oldedwardians.org.uk/nlc/s
peechdays/62NLC.html).
3. 2006 OFSTED report for KES (http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/filedownloading/?id=835025&type=1&refer=
0)
4. Detailed plans of the refurbishment, 2010 2012 (http://kingedwardviischool.squarespace.com/storage/b
sf-folder/BSF%20Sept%2010%20Presentation.pdf)
5. "Mr J H HICHENS, Head 1905-26" (http://oldedwardians.org.uk/nlc/staff/hichens.html).
6. "Mr R. B. Graham, Head 1928-38" (http://oldedwardians.org.uk/nlc/staff/GrahamRB.html).
7. "Russell Sharrock, Headmaster" (http://oldedwardians.org.uk/nlc/staff/sharrock.html).
8. "Michael Lewis MA, Headteacher" (http://oldedwardians.org.uk/nlc/staff/lewis.html).
9. "Mrs Beverley Jackson" (http://oldedwardians.org.uk/bj/BJackson.html). Oldedwardians.org.uk.
Retrieved 2011-01-24.
10. "King Edward VII School Governors" (http://kes.sheffield.sch.uk/king-edward-vii-school-governors/). 1
May 2015.

Bibliography
Cornwell, John (2005). King Ted's. King Edward VII School, Sheffield. ISBN 0-9526484-1-5 .
Various (1995). Tha'll never gerr in theer... King Edward VII School, Sheffield. ISBN 0-9526484-0-7.
MacBeth, George (1987). A Child of the War. Jonathan Cape Ltd. ISBN 0-224-02436-1.

External links
King Edward VII School and Language College (http://www.kes.sheffield.sch.uk/)
Archive of school photos,magazines and list of Old Edwardians (http://oldedwardians.org.uk/nlc/)
LinkedIn Group (http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=2349569&trk=anet_ug_grppro)
About King Edward VII School (http://www.maulu.demon.co.uk/OE/kes.html)
BBC News King Edward VII School League Tables (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/educatio
n/04/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/373_4259.stm)
OFSTED report 2002 (http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/107/107140.pdf)
2005 GCSE results for Sheffield LEA (http://www.dfes.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/dfe1x2_05.pl?
Mode=Z&No=373&Base=b&X=1&Type=)
2005 A-level results for Sheffield LEA (http://www.dfes.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/dfe2x2_05.p
l?Mode=Z&No=373&Base=a&X=1&Type=)

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DCSF Achievement and Attainment levels 2007 (http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/scho

ol_07.pl?No=3734259&Mode=Z&Type=SC&Phase=k&Year=07&Base=a&Num=373)

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