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List of Early Grammar Schools
Schools that have closed
- Derby School (1160, Royal charter 1554) – closed in 1989
- Hull Grammar School (c.1330, endowed 1479) – closed in 2005
- Cirencester Grammar School (1461) – closed in 1966
- Taunton Grammar School (1522) – closed in 1870
- Mercers' School (1545) - closed in 1959
- Douai School (1615) – closed in 1999
- Midhurst Grammar School (1672) – closed in 2008
Schools that are still operational
The bold date on each line is the foundation (or when it is believed to have been founded)
- 597The King's School, Canterbury (abbey founded 597, Royal charter 1541)
- 604The King's School, Rochester (Royal charter 1541)
- 627The Minster School, York
- 627St Peter's School, York
- 631Thetford Grammar School (mentioned 1114, refounded 1566)
- 676Hereford Cathedral School (mentioned 1384)
- 685Royal Grammar School Worcester (first conclusive evidence 1291, Royal charter 1561)
- 700Beverley Grammar School (c.700)
- 900The Pilgrims' School (c.900)
- 90?Warwick School (10th century, refounded 1545)
- 909Wells Cathedral School (909)
- 948St Albans School (c.948, refounded 1549)
- 970The King's School, Ely
- 1091Salisbury Cathedral School (1091)
- 1096Norwich School (1096, refounded 1547)
- 1125Reading School (abbey founded 1125, refounded 1486, Royal charter 1541)
- 1140Bristol Cathedral School (abbey founded 1140, refounded 1542)
- 1179Westminster School (1179, Royal charter 1540)
- 1206Colchester Royal Grammar School (1206, Royal charter 1585)
- 1235Lancaster Royal Grammar School (1235)
- 1256Abingdon School (endowed 1256 (possibly as old as 1100), refounded 1563)
- 1276King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth (earliest reference 1276, refounded 1551)
- 1299Ipswich School (1299, refounded 1528)
- 1309Stamford School (1309, re-endowed 1532)
- 1323Northallerton College
- 1326Hanley Castle High School
- 1329The King's School, Grantham (refounded 1528)
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1330Bourne Grammar School (earliest record of existence 1330, endowed 1636)
- 1335The King's School, Ottery St Mary (refounded 1545)
- 1344Bablake School
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1350Doncaster Grammar School / Hall Cross School (first record of existence 1350)
- 1379New College School
- 1379Wisbech Grammar School
- 1382Winchester College
- 1384Katharine Lady Berkeley's School
- 1392Penistone Grammar School
- 1407Oswestry School
- 1414Durham School (refounded 1541)
- 1416Chorister School
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1423Royal Latin School (first mention 1423, Royal charter 1548)
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1430Sponne School (chantry founded 1430)
- 1432Sevenoaks School
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1440Chipping Campden School (c1440)
- 1441Eton College
- 1442City of London School
- 1446St Dunstan's College (earlier than 1446)
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1451Hartismere School
- 1466St. Bartholomew's School, Newbury
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1476Bromsgrove School (record of a chantry school 1476, re-founded 1553)
- 1480Magdalen College School, Oxford
- 1487Stockport Grammar School
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1492Ermysted's Grammar School (record of a chantry school 1492, re-founded 1548)
- 1495King Edward VI School, Lichfield
- 1495Loughborough Grammar School
- 1497The Prebendal School
- 1497Queen Elizabeth's School, Wimborne Minster
- 1499Giggleswick School (Royal charter 1553)
- 1502The King's School in Macclesfield
- 1503Bridgnorth Endowed School
- 1509St Paul's School (London)
- 1509Royal Grammar School, Guildford
- 1509Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn
- 1512Wolverhampton Grammar School
- 1512Lewes Old Grammar School Lewes, East Sussex
- 1513Nottingham High School
- 1514Pocklington School
- 1515Manchester Grammar School
- 1516Gillingham School
- 1516Bolton School
- 1518Cranbrook School, Kent
- 1519King's School, Bruton
- 1520Coleshill School
- 1525Royal Grammar School, Newcastle
- 1525Sedbergh School
- 1527Bishop Vesey's Grammar School
- 1529Bingley Grammar School
- 1532Bristol Grammar School
- 1532Stamford School
- 1532The College of Richard Collyer
- 1536Coopers' Company and Coborn School
- 1539The Crypt School, Gloucester
- 1541Berkhamsted Collegiate School
- 1541The King's School, Chester
- 1541The King's School, Gloucester (Dates from 11th century)
- 1541The King's School, Peterborough
- 1541The King's School, Worcester
- 1541Northampton Grammar School – later renamed to Northampton School for Boys
- 1542Dauntsey's School
- 1545King Henry VIII School, Coventry
- 1546Archbishop Holgate's School, York
- 1546Colyton Grammar School
- 1548Bradford Grammar School
- 1549Maidstone Grammar School
- 1549Kirkham Grammar School
- 1550King Edward Grammar School, Bury St. Edmunds
- 1550Sherborne School (possibly early 8th century)
- 1551King Edward VI Grammar School (Chelmsford)
- 1551King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth (possibly 1276)
- 1552Bedford School (earliest record 1085)
- 1552King Edward's School, Bath
- 1552King Edward's School, Birmingham
- 1552King Edward VI Grammar School, Stourbridge (formerly chantry school 1430) (became Sixth Form College 1992)
- 1552King Edward VI School, Morpeth) (formerly chantry school, established in 14th century, abolished in 1547)
- 1552Leeds Grammar School
- 1552Shrewsbury School
- 1552Hutton Grammar School
- 1553Christ's Hospital
- 1553King Edward's School, Witley
- 1553King Edward VI School, Southampton
- 1553King Edward VI School Stratford-upon-Avon
- 1553Tonbridge School
- 1554Clitheroe Royal Grammar School
- 1554Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall
- 1555Boston Grammar School
- 1555Gresham's School
- 1555Ripon Grammar School
- 1556Hampton School
- 1556Oundle School
- 1557Repton School
- 1558Brentwood School
- 1558Enfield Grammar School
- 1558Alleyne's High School, Stone, Staffordshire
- 1558The Thomas Alleyne School, Stevenage, Hertfordshire
- 1558Thomas Alleyne's High School, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire.
- 1560Solihull School
- 1561Kingston Grammar School
- 1561Merchant Taylors' School
- 1563Sir Roger Manwood's School
- 1564Felsted School
- 1564Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe
- 1565Highgate School
- 1566King Charles I School
- 1566Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Alford
- 1566Rivington and Blackrod Grammar School, Rivington (now Rivington High School)
- 1566Bedford Modern School
- 1567Ashby School
- 1567Rugby School
- 1568Colfe's School refounded (1652)
- 1568St Edmund's College
- 1570Bury Grammar School
- 1571Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle
- 1571St Olave's Grammar School
- 1571Burford School
- 1572Harrow School
- 1572Netherthorpe School
- 1573Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Barnet
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1574Appleby Grammar School (charter granted by Elizabeth I in 1574)
- 1576Dartford Grammar School
- 1576Pate's Grammar School
- 1576Sutton Valence School
- 1577Woodbridge School
- 1579The Dronfield Henry Fanshawe School (endowed 1564)
- 1583St. Bees School
- 1584Oakham School
- 1584Uppingham School
- 1585Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Ashbourne
- 1588Newport Free Grammar School
- 1588Spalding Grammar School
- 1589Queen Elizabeth's High School
- 1590Conyers' School
- 1590Queen Elizabeth's Hospital
- 1591Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield
- 1592Lymm High School
- 1593Stonyhurst College
- 1594Emanuel School
- 1595Wellingborough School
- 1596Whitgift School
- 1596Trinity School of John Whitgift
- 1597Aldenham School
- 1598Aylesbury Grammar School
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1600Kimbolton School (1531, earliest references, 1600 accepted)
- 1604King James's School
- 1604Blundell's School
- 1604Carre's Grammar School
- 1606Downside School
- 1606Marlwood School
- 1606Paston College
- 1607Ilkley Grammar School
- 1611Charterhouse School
- 1612Batley Grammar School
- 1613Dame Alice Owen's School
- 1613Heversham School
- 1614Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School
- 1614Steyning Grammar School
- 1615The Perse School
- 1615Wilson's School
- 1616Richard Hale School
- 1619William Parker School
- 1619Alleyn's School
- 1619Dulwich College (founded as: The College of "God's Gift")
- 1620Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby
- 1624Dr Challoner's Grammar School
- 1624The Latymer School
- 1624Latymer Upper School
- 1624Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
- 1629Chigwell School
- 1630Caistor Grammar School
- 1630The Norton Knatchbull School
- 1633Exeter School
- 1634Red Maids' School (all girls)
- 1636Calday Grange Grammar School
- 1636Lady Manners School
- 1640Free Grammar School, Alton (Also known as Eggar's)
- 1642The King's School, Westminster City School Formed and refounded in 1877
- 1645Cheam School
- 1645The Palmers School, Westminster City School Formed and refounded in 1877
- 1646Reading Blue Coat School
- 1647The Emery Hill School, Westminster City School Formed and refounded in 1877
- 1652Earls High School
- 1656Adams' Grammar School
- 1658Hele's School , moved site in 1937
- 1658The Maynard School , all girls
- 1660Henry Box School
- 1666Sir Thomas Rich's School
- 1667Old Swinford Hospital
- 1669Brigg Grammar School , Sir John Nelthorpe School since 1976.
- 1674The Harvey Grammar School, Folkestone
- 1675Reigate Grammar School
- 1677Sandbach School
- 1685Tenison's School, Lambeth
- 1694The Royal Hospital School
- 1698Grey Coat Hospital