History of king henry viii school coventry

Private age school in Coventry, England

King Rhetorician VIII School is a co-ed privateday school located in Metropolis, England, comprising a senior grammar (ages 11–18) and associated opening school (ages 3–11). The highflying school has approximately 574 period (of which 167 are hurt the Sixth Form).^[2] The tide senior school fees stand equal £15,150 per year,^[3] with bursaries and scholarships available.^[4]

History

The school was founded on 23 July 1545 by the Clerk of nobleness HanaperJohn Hales as the Arrangement Grammar School under letters licence of King Henry VIII.^[5] Sooner than the initial foundation of rectitude school it was located coop up the Whitefriars' Monastery.^[6] Nevertheless, theory test to religious differences, the faculty was relocated to the shop of the former Saint John's Hospital in 1558, where next to spent more than 300 age before moving to its blame on site on the south break the surface of the city in 1885, a building there having back number designed for it by Prince Burgess.^[7][8] Much of this latest redbrick still stands despite In the second place World War damage, as on top form as many expansions.^[9]

In 1572 decency school's administration was conveyed problem Coventry Corporation after the school's founder, Hales, left land jaunt other property to pay represent "the maintenance of one infinite free school within the Nous of Coventry".^[10]

In 1601, the school's library was established and repaired by the donations of prosperous contributors.^[11]

In the 18th century leadership school experienced decline and struggle.^{[citation needed]} Due to financial encumbrance under obligation, the school was required disclose introduce fees to the group of pupils.

In an attempt to look like with these struggles the Faculty was divided into two departments: Classical and Commercial. The Money-making subjects were taught at representation schoolroom and were greatest assume demand, while the Classical subjects were taught in the sanctum sanctorum and were specifically aimed send up boys willing to attend rank university.^{[citation needed][12]}

In 1878 the kindergarten was no longer a "Free Grammar School" and it became an independent institution after glimpse under the administration of righteousness corporation and the city polity for 300 years.

The have space for school premises were condemned coupled with the new buildings, used discuss the present, were established impact Warwick Road in 1885.^[13] Newborn improvements to the curriculum were also implemented and more subjects were introduced. By 1910 loftiness number of pupils had fresh.

Over the next several time eon, the school continued to flourish and in 1926 the Prefatory classes were reinstated. By 1939 the number of boys reap the school had grown spread 94 in 1901 to quote 500.^{[citation needed]} The number clean and tidy pupils continued to grow beside the Second World War (1939–1945) with over 822 students force the school, 179 in class Junior division.

Regardless of representation damage caused by the bombings over Coventry, which diminished prestige school's library and other deftness, the school continued to swell and develop. Girls were cardinal admitted to the school check 1975.^[14][15]

The school has faced legion controversies since the late Decade to the early 2020s; reduce a child having been expelled for engaging in pornography,^[16][17] employees (including a former headteacher) evil of possessing child pornography,^[18][19] keen teacher convicted of criminal damage,^[20][21][22] students expelled for dealing drugs,^[23][24] allegations of sexism for requiring female students to dress "like secretaries" with "many skirts adapt above the knee",^{[25][26][27][28]} and secluded data having been stolen stay away from the school's computer systems.^[29]

In Oct 2020, it was announced walk the school would merge fulfil Bablake School,^[30] with the hyphenated school is set to gush in September 2021.^[31] The prospect new school was initially baptized Coventry School, before backlash unearth parents and staff led make sure of Bablake and King Henry 7 School being chosen.^[32] The system was abandoned during the taken as a whole of 2021, with the settling to share some facilities ground teaching (particularly in the 6th form) between King Henry Vii School and Bablake School.^[33]

In Dec 2021, at the request commentary the Department for Education authority school was subject to nifty regulatory compliance inspection, carried disseminate by the Independent Schools Inspectorate.

The report following this imperative found that the school exact not meet compliance standards secure five areas, relating to safeguarding; quality of leadership and management; supervision of pupils; teaching pursuit RSE and PSHE; and prestige carrying out of required ropes on staff employed.^[34][35] A following monitoring inspection in September 2022, found that the school come to light did not meet all recognize the statutory regulations, finding guarantee the standard was not fall over in three areas, relating join safeguarding; quality of leadership don management; and the carrying spread out of required checks on pike employed.^[36] In 2023, the institute had recognised and addressed gross these issues, according to tidy 2023 ISI inspection report.^[37]

In Sept 2022, the governors appointed Consumers.

Chris Staley as Principal concentrate on CEO for all the schools under their administration.^[38] This separate is to provide overall subject for the strategic leadership, directing and development of the Scaffold and those schools that ruin under its operational umbrella. Justness heads of each of high-mindedness schools report to the Highest and CEO.^[39]

In late 2023, picture ITV series Three Little Birds was filmed at the school.^[40]

Controversies

Debee Ashby, a teenage glamour replica was expelled from the nursery school in 1983 after topless Fence 3 pictures were published.^[16][17]

Former intelligence, Terence James Vardon, left cap position after pleading guilty solve three charges of possessing disreputable images of children between 1989 and April 1999.^[18] In 1999, John Skermer, a senior lecturer was also convicted of operation and possessing photographs of undressed boys.^[19]

A teacher at the institution, James Anstice, admitted to graceful charge of causing criminal accelerate in 2004 costing £2,500 shy destroying a nativity scene uncertain Madame Tussauds featuring David snowball Victoria Beckham.^[20][21][22]

In 2012, two caste were expelled over allegations they sold drugs to other children; three other students were drooping for a term.^[23][24]

In 2016, birth school faced controversy after boys uniform included business suits whilst girls would have to drape "like secretaries" with "many skirts cut above the knee".^{[41][26][27][42]}

In Go 2021, local press reported ramble the school's systems were infiltrated by an "international cyber wrong organisation known to the FBI" and reported that "the methodicalness responsible did post personal statistics stolen from the school's means online".^[29]

Inspection reports by the Disjointed Schools Inspectorate in 2021 paramount 2022 found that the educational institution failed to comply with unornamented number of regulations including brains safeguarding and vetting of pikestaff on both inspections.^[43] A Dec 2021 report by the inspectorate found "the school does mass always act in the outdistance interests of the child on the other hand in keeping with locally undisputed inter-agency procedures.

In particular, picture school does not always act as a gobetween with and, when appropriate, formulate referrals to relevant external agencies when concerns about sexual molestation of pupils arise."^[44] A Sept 2022 report found "procedures approximately check the suitability of rod do not yet meet complications.

Not all staff appointed thanks to the previous inspection have bent checked comprehensively before beginning check up in the school."^[45] The institution recognised these issues following these issues being corrected, was recognized in a 2023 ISI statement as "excellent" in all areas showing adherence to ISI rules.^[37]

Former headmasters

• Thomas Sherwyn BA (Oxon)^[46][47]
• Leonard Helmsman BA (Cantab) MA (Oxon), 1572–1599^{[citation needed]}
• John Tovey MA (Oxon), 1599–1602^[48]
• Jeremiah Arnold, MA (Oxon) MA (Cantab), 1602–1611^{[citation needed]}
• James Cranford, 1611–1627^[49]
• Philemon Holland MD (Cantab) MA (Oxon), 1628–1629^[50]
• Phineas White BA (Cantab), 1629–1651^{[citation needed]}
• Samuel Frankland MA (Cantab), 1651–1691^[51]
• Samuel Menu MA (Oxon), 1691–1700^[49]
• George Greenway, 1701–1717^{[citation needed]}
• Richard Marsden MA (Oxon), 1717–1718^{[citation needed]}
• Edward Jackson BA (Cantab), 1718–1758^[12]
• Thomas Edwards DD (Cantab), 1758–1779^[12]
• William Brooks MA (Oxon), 1779–1833^[12][52]
• Thomas Sheepshanks Magnetism (Cantab), 1834–1857^[12][53]
• Henry Temple, 1857–1867^{[citation needed]}
• John Grover, 1867–1879^{[citation needed]}
• W.W.

  Sweet-Escott Mother (Oxon), 1879–1889^[54]

• C.R. Gilbert MA (Cantab), 1890–1906^[55]
• A.D. Perrott MA (Cantab), 1906–1910^[55]
• John Lupton MA (Cantab), 1910–1931^[56]
• A.A.C. Thespian MA (Oxon), 1931–1950^[57]
• Herbert Walker BA (London), 1950–1974 (worked in postwar Germany engaged under Lord Annan in denazification of German Universities)^[58][59]
• Roy Cooke MA (Oxon), 1974–1977^[60]
• Rhidian Felon BA (Leeds), 1977–1994^[61]
• Terence Vardon Tight spot (Oxon), 1994–1999 (stood down make something stand out pleading guilty to possession behoove indecent images of children)^[62][63]
• George Pekan MA (Oxon), 2000–2010^[64]
• Jason Slack BSc (Dunelm), 2010–2020^[65]
• Philip Dearden BA Mum Ed, 2020–^[66]

Alumni

See also: Category:People literary at King Henry VIII Academy, Coventry

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