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{{Infobox school
| name                    = King Edward VI Church of England Voluntary Controlled Upper School
| logo                    = COA Edward VI Bury St E.png
| logo_size               = 200px
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| motto                   = ''Schola Buriensis''
| established             = {{circa|{{start date and age|1550}}}}
| closed                  =
| type                    = [[Voluntary controlled school]]
| religious_affiliation   = [[Church of England]]
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| head_label              = Headteacher
| head                    = Deri O’Regan
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| founder                 = [[King Edward VI]]
| address                 = Grove Road
| city                    = [[Bury St Edmunds]]
| county                  = [[Suffolk]]
| country                 = England
| postcode                = IP33 3BH
| local_authority         = [[Suffolk]]
| ofsted                  = yes
| urn                     = 124856
| staff                   =
| enrolment               = 1,200 (2022)
| gender                  = [[Coeducational]]
| lower_age               = 11
| upper_age               = 16
| houses                  = Crown, Rose, Lion
| colours                 = Crimson and Gold {{Color box|#870C2B|border=darkgray}}  {{Color box|#D7A955|border=darkgray}}
| publication             = Celebrate! / The Iconoclast
| free_label_1            = Former pupils
| free_1                  = [[:Category:People educated at King Edward VI School, Bury St Edmunds|Old Burians]]
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| website                 = http://www.king-ed.suffolk.sch.uk
}}'''King Edward VI School''' is a co-educational [[Comprehensive school|comprehensive]] secondary school<ref>[http://www.education.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/school_10.pl?No=9354500&Mode=Z&Type=SC&Begin=s&Phase=1&Year=10&Base=b&Num=935 Education Performance Tables]</ref> in [[Bury St Edmunds]], Suffolk, England. The school in its present form was created in 1972 by the merging of King Edward VI Grammar School, with the Silver Jubilee Girls School and the Silver Jubilee Boys School (founded 1935<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016|title=End of an era heralds a new age|url=https://www.suffolknews.co.uk/bury-st-edmunds/news/end-of-an-era-heralds-a-new-age-1-7478987/|access-date=2021-03-02|website=Suffolk News|language=en}}</ref>). The school occupies the site of the former Silver Jubilee schools in Grove Road, Bury St Edmunds.
==History==
[[File:King_Edward_VI_School_1880.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|left|House on Northgate Street in [[Bury St Edmunds]], home of the school between 1665 and 1883<ref>{{Cite web|title=St Edmundsbury Local History - Wallplaques around Bury St Edmunds|url=http://www.stedmundsburychronicle.co.uk/wallplaquespage_04.htm|access-date=2021-03-02|website=stedmundsburychronicle.co.uk}}</ref>]]
King Edward VI School was founded about 1550 and has occupied a number of sites in the town prior to moving to the current location in 1972. In 1550 lands were given to provide funds for a "''scole ther to be founded by the kinges Maiestie in the like manner as the school at [[Sherborne School|Sherbourne]]''".
King Edward VI School celebrated the 450th anniversary of its foundation in 2000. The charter with Edward's seal is in the [[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|National Archives]] in [[Kew]], together with documents and books from the early years of the school's existence. One of these is the list of rules for the masters and boys. Originally a grammar school for boys, who studied Greek, Latin and religious instruction, it has moved to various different sites in the town all of which are marked with plaques donated by the Old Burians' Association.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oldburians.org.uk/|title=Old Burians Website}}</ref>
The oldest and rarest of the Grammar School's books and records are now deposited in the [[Cambridge University Library]], including the psalter which had survived from the Abbey of St Edmund. The University Library has a collection of more than 500 books belonging to the school. Some of the books were used by teachers and students – texts in Latin and Greek, stories, the plays of Shakespeare – and some were donated to the school by former students.{{cn|date=October 2022}}
[[File:School and playing fields, Bury St Edmunds - geograph.org.uk - 320450.jpg|thumb|upright=1.45|Vinefields site, home of the school 1883–1972.<ref>{{Cite web|title=History|url=http://www.oldburians.org.uk/history/|access-date=2021-03-02|website=Old Burians Association|language=en-US}}</ref> The Millennium Tower of [[St Edmundsbury Cathedral]] is visible in the distance.]]
Having been a foundation grammar school since its foundation in 1550 the school surrendered some of its independence in 1922 when it became a [[Direct grant grammar school|Direct Grant School]], meaning an annual grant was paid to the school by the Board of Education for each boy above the preparatory department, provided an agreed percentage of free place boys were admitted each year. In 1944 with the enactment of the [[Education Act 1944]], the governors of the school decided that they could no longer meet the financial demand necessary to meet the requirement of the Act in order to maintain charity and thereby Direct Grant status, given the requirements for improved facilities for curriculum delivery that the Act demanded. Accordingly, in August 1946 the school became a Voluntary Controlled School under the aegis of the [[West Suffolk County Council]] Education Committee.
In 1972 Suffolk County Council implemented a three tier comprehensive system in the west of the county. The school merged with the Silver Jubilee Boys and Girls Schools to form King Edward VI Upper School, moving to the Grove Road site of the Silver Jubilee schools. The Vinefields grammar school site became the home of St James Middle School. The middle school closed following the creation of a new 11 to 18 school system in west Suffolk.
==World Wars==
[[File:The old Grammar School - geograph.org.uk - 526825.jpg|thumb|Site on Eastgate Street, home of the school 1550-1665<ref>{{Cite web|title=Oak House, Eastgate Street|url=http://www.lsk.co.uk/userfiles/files/brochures/MED_10272_6917.pdf|website=Lacy Scott & Knight}}</ref>]]
In common with schools of its type King Edward's has lost many old boys in war. Four Old Burians were killed in the Boer War, and thirty-two in WW1. On 4 February 1921 a memorial bearing the names of 32 old boys killed in the Great War was dedicated in the [[St Edmundsbury Cathedral|Cathedral at Bury St Edmunds]]. Twenty nine old boys gave their lives in WW2 and a memorial to those former pupils was placed close to the existing WW1 memorial in 1949. Both memorials were designed by Basil Oliver,<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Story of King Edward VI School|last=Elliott|first=Robert|publisher=Foundation Governors of the School|year=1963}}</ref> an old boy of the school.
==King Edward VI School Today==
The current school remains a Voluntary Controlled Church of England school and accepts Students from ages 11 to 16, it is attended by approximately 1400 pupils. It is a specialist [[sports college]] and is a Training school for new teachers. Since 2008, the school has also been partnered with Shanghai Yangjing-Juyan Experimental School in China to develop international links<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://king-ed.suffolk.sch.uk/international/index.php|title = International Links}}</ref> and exchanges between the schools have occurred.<ref>[http://www.buryfreepress.co.uk/news/local/chinese_students_welcome_to_bury_1_416592 Chinese students welcome to Bury] – Bury Free Press, 8 October 2009</ref>
The school was rated "Good" in its 2014 Ofsted Inspection<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/filedownloading/?id=933843&type=1&refer=0 |title=Ofsted report Feb 2009 |access-date=7 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415212749/http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/filedownloading/?id=933843&type=1&refer=0 |archive-date=15 April 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the school achieved a 77% 9-4 pass rate at GCSE and a 99% pass rate at A Level in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.king-ed.suffolk.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/2018-Examination-Results-and-Retention-Data.pdf|title=Examination Results 2018|date=2018}}</ref> A further inspection in 2019 maintained the "Good" rating with pupils judged to be making above average progress.
In 2016 the school became 11 to 18 institution admitting pupils in years 7, 8 and 9. The school has since become an 11 to 16 institution with the opening of the Abbeygate 6th Form College in Bury St Edmunds.
Since September 2011 until September 2022, the school had operated a [[house system]] and incorporated [[Vertical tutoring#Vertical tutoring|vertical tutoring]]. The school's house system operated through six 'Colleges' which have been developed to create smaller learning communities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://king-ed.suffolk.sch.uk/|title=King Edward VI Website}}</ref> The Colleges, all named after Suffolk places with significant heritage, were [[Elveden Hall|Elveden]], [[Hengrave Hall|Hengrave]], [[Ickworth House|Ickworth]], [[Kentwell Hall|Kentwell]], [[Melford Hall|Melford]] and [[Kenneth Carlisle|Wyken]]. Now the school has adopted a 3 house system. The three houses are Rose House (red) , Crown House (gold or green) and Lion House (blue). All named after the school crest.
==The Old Burians Association==
There is an alumni association known as The Old Burians. The Old Burians Charitable Trust, set up in 1997, provides financial support to current and former students for personal development projects.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oldburians.org.uk/charitable-trust-awards/|title=Old Burians website}}</ref>
==Headteachers==
{{incomplete list|date=December 2013}}
*1553–c1560 [[John Fenn (priest)|John Fenn]] (deprived of office)
*c1670 [[Edward Leedes]]
*1788 –1809 Michael Thomas Becher
*1809–1828 [[Benjamin Malkin|Benjamin Heath Malkin]]
*1828–1841 John Edwards
*1841–1855 [[John William Donaldson]]
*1855–1879 [[Albert Henry Wratislaw]]
*1879–1890 Charles Sankey (left to become a House Master at [[Harrow School|Harrow]])
*1890–1894 [[James Peile]]
* 1894–1908 Arthur Wright Callis
* 1908–1911 E T England
* 1911–1923 B S Richards
* 1923–1940? J M Wadmore
* 1940?–1970 Robert Elliott
* 1970–1981 David Pullan (died in office)
* 1981–2002 Michael W Moran
* 2002–2017 Geoff Barton (subsequently General Secretary of the [[Association of School and College Leaders]])
* 2017–2021 Lee Walker
* 2021–2022 Beverley Tucker and Tom Grey (interim)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ghaemi |first=Mariam |date=2021-09-25 |title=Meet co-headteachers of established secondary school |url=https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/education/co-headteachers-at-suffolk-school-on-working-together-8361678 |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=East Anglian Daily Times |language=en-UK}}</ref>
* 2022–present Deri O'Regan
==Notable Old Burians==
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{{alumni|date=April 2022}}
*[[Chris Auchinvole]] – New Zealand politician
*[[John Battely]] – Archdeacon of Canterbury
*[[Charles James Blomfield]] – Bishop of London
*[[Edward Valentine Blomfield]] – classicist
*[[Edmund Boulnois]] – businessman and politician
*[[Horace Browne]] – cricketer and barrister
*[[James Burrough (architect)|James Burrough]] – architect
*[[Robert Butts (bishop)|Robert Butts]] – Bishop of Ely
*[[Charlie Carrel]] – Professional poker player and coach
*[[Thomas Clerke (MP)|Thomas Clerke]] – MP
*[[Thomas Collins (cricketer, born 1841)|Thomas Collins]] – cricketer
*[[Richard Cumberland (dramatist)|Richard Cumberland]] – dramatist
*[[Thomas Curteis]] – cricketer and clergyman
*[[Sir Charles Davers, 6th Baronet|Sir Charles Davers, Bt]] – politician
*[[Sir Robert Davers, 5th Baronet|Sir Robert Davers, Bt]] – explorer
*[[Robert Dewing]] – cricketer and army officer
*[[Edward FitzGerald (poet)|Edward FitzGerald]] – Poet and Translator of Rubáiyát of Khayyám
*[[Roy Flatt]] – dean of Argyll and The Isles
*[[Edward Greene (MP)|Edward Greene]] – founder of Greene King brewery
*[[Charles Jenyns]] – cricketer
*[[John Mitchell Kemble]] – historian
*[[Basil Charles King]] – geologist
*[[Jack Lankester]] – professional [[Association football|footballer]]
*[[Charles Lee (general)|General Charles Lee]] – general in US Continental Army
*[[William Mather (cricketer)|William Mather]] – cricketer
*[[Dudley Long North]] – politician
*[[Henry Perkins (cricketer)|Henry Perkins]] – cricketer, brother of the below
*[[John Perkins (cricketer)|John Perkins]] – cricketer, brother of the above
*[[Jocelyn Pook]] – musician and composer
*[[James Poulson]] – cricketer
*[[Edward Romilly]] – cricketer, MP for Ludlow and Chairman of the Board of Audit
*[[William Sancroft]] – 79th [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]
*[[Richard Sibbes]] – Puritan theologian
*[[Mercer Simpson]] – writer
*[[Mark Smith (academic)|Mark Smith]] – Vice Chancellor of Lancaster University
*[[Sir William Spring, 2nd Baronet|Sir William Spring, Bt]] – politician
*[[Stephen Spring Rice (1814–1865)|Stephen Spring Rice]] - philanthropist
*[[George Pretyman Tomline]] – theologian and Bishop of Lincoln
*[[Ed Upson]] – professional footballer
*[[Chris Walker-Hebborn]] – Commonwealth Games gold medallist swimmer
*[[John Walsham]] – diplomat
*[[Thomas Watson (physician)|Sir Thomas Watson]] – President of Royal College of Physicians, physician to queen
*[[John Winthrop the Younger]] – governor of Connecticut
*[[Edward Frank Wise|Frank Wise]] – diplomat economist and politician; Labour MP, 1929–31
==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.oldburians.org.uk/ Old Burians]
*[http://www.king-ed.suffolk.sch.uk/ King Edward VI School]
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