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Oldest UK Independent Schools

 
  • The King's School, Canterbury (597)
  • The King's School, Rochester (604)
  • St Peter's School, York (627)
  • Wells Cathedral School (909)
  • Warwick School (914?)
  • St Albans School (948)
  • The King's School, Ely (970)
  • Norwich School, Norwich (1096)
  • High School of Glasgow (1124)
  • Bristol Cathedral School (1140)
  • Westminster School (1179)
  • High School of Dundee (1239)
  • Abingdon School (1256, possibly as old as 1100)
  • Royal Grammar School Worcester (1291)
  • Winchester College (1382)
  • Hereford Cathedral School (1384)
  • Oswestry School (1407)
  • Durham School (1414)
  • Sevenoaks School (1432)
  • Eton College (1440)
  • City of London School (1442)
  • Magdalen College School, Oxford (1480)
  • Stockport Grammar School (1487)
  • Loughborough Grammar School (1496)
  • St Paul's School (1509)
  • Royal Grammar School, Guildford (1509)
  • Wolverhampton Grammar School (1512)
  • Nottingham High School (1513)
  • Pocklington School (1514)
  • Manchester Grammar School (1515)
  • Bolton School (1516)
  • Sedbergh School (1525)
  • Bristol Grammar School (1532)
  • Stamford School (1532)
  • Berkhamsted Collegiate School (1541)
  • The King's School, Worcester (1541)
  • The King's School, Chester (1541)
  • Bradford Grammar School (1548)
  • Sherborne School (1550)
  • Bedford School (1552)
  • King Edward's School, Birmingham(1552)
  • King Edward's School, Bath (1552)
  • Shrewsbury School (1552)
  • Leeds Grammar School (1552)
  • Bromsgrove School (1553)
  • Christ's Hospital (1553)
  • King Edward's School, Witley (1553)
  • Tonbridge School (1553)
  • King Edward VI School, Southampton (1553)
  • Gresham's School (1555)
  • Oundle School (1556)
  • Hampton School (1556)
  • Brentwood School (1557)
  • Repton School (1557)
  • Solihull School (1560)
  • Kingston Grammar School (1561)
  • Merchant Taylors' School (1561)
  • Elizabeth College, Guernsey (1563)
  • Felsted School (1564)
  • Highgate School (1565)
  • Rugby School (1567)
  • Colfe's School (1568) refounded (1652)
  • St Edmund's College (1568)
  • Harrow (1572)
  • Sutton Valence School (1576)
  • St Bees (1583)
  • Oakham School (1584)
  • Uppingham School (1584)
  • Queen Elizabeth's Hospital (1590)
  • Stonyhurst College (1593)
  • Emanuel School (1594)
  • Wellingborough School (1595)
  • Whitgift School (1596)
  • Aldenham School (1597)
  • Kimbolton (1600)
  • Charterhouse School (1611)
  • Batley Grammar School (1612)
  • Downside School (1614)
  • Monmouth School (1614)
  • Perse School (1615)
  • Dulwich College (1619)
  • Latymer Upper School (1624)
  • Chigwell School (1629)
  • Exeter School (1633)
  • Hutchesons' Grammar School (1641)
   


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