The King's High School (also called simply King's High or KHS) is a private day school for girls on the Banbury Road, Warwick, England. One of its main feeder schools is Warwick Preparatory School, which takes girls from the ages of 3 to 11 and boys up to the age of 7.
Plans for a girls' school in Warwick were drawn up as long ago as 1875, but the school could not get underway until 1879. In this year boys from The King's School, Warwick, later to become known as Warwick School, who were being taught in Landor House, the modern site of the girls' school and the birthplace of the poet Walter Savage Landor, finally moved to their new buildings south of the River Avon. KHS, The Squirrels (the nickname of the Prep School) and Warwick School now form the Warwick Schools Foundation. The King's High School for Girls has suffered throughout its history from being very short of space, and, since its foundation, has taken over the buildings of two neighbouring schools. The premises of one of them, the former King's Middle School (which was only in existence from 1875 to 1906), caught fire in 1970.
There are now brand new buildings, including a new sixth form building, completed in 2006, on the former Middle School site. It was opened in December 2006 by Dame Judi Dench, new Art, Music and DT facilities, and new refurbished dining room. The school no longer has the lease on the former St Peter's Chapel, known as the Eastgate, situated at the top of Smith Street. There is an astroturf pitch and over 6 acres (2.4 ha) of playing fields on land adjoining Warwick School's own playing fields half a mile to the south.
Increasing levels of co-operation between Warwick School and King's High School for Girls has led to the joint teaching of certain AS Level and A Level subjects from September 2004, for example drama, physical education and most recently politics. Girls have been also admitted since 2003 to the Warwick School Combined Cadet Force, founded in 1948. In the same year a former sixth former and former head girl, Alice Woodhouse, received Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year.[1] A group of girls, also, successfully swam across the English channel in 2012.[2]
In September 2016 it was announced that the school would move to a new £30 million development adjacent to Warwick School and the Prep School on Myton Road.[3] The school was named West Midlands Independent Secondary School of the Year 2019 by the Sunday Times Parent Power School Guide.[4] The school opened its doors at the new site in September 2019.
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High SchoolAddressBanbury RoadWarwick CV34 6YEEnglandCoordinates52 16 57 N 1 35 07 W 52 2826 N 1 5852 W 52 2826 1 5852InformationTypePrivate day schoolEstablished1879Head MasterStephen BurleyGenderGirlsAge11 to 18Enrolmentc 700Colour s Jade green and navy blue Websitehttp www kingshighwarwick co uk Contents 1 History 1 1 Headmistresses Head Masters 2 Notable former pupils 3 References 4 External linksHistory editPlans for a girls school in Warwick were drawn up as long ago as 1875 but the school could not get underway until 1879 In this year boys from The King s School Warwick later to become known as Warwick School who were being taught in Landor House the modern site of the girls school and the birthplace of the poet Walter Savage Landor finally moved to their new buildings south of the River Avon KHS The Squirrels the nickname of the Prep School and Warwick School now form the Warwick Schools Foundation The King s High School for Girls has suffered throughout its history from being very short of space and since its foundation has taken over the buildings of two neighbouring schools The premises of one of them the former King s Middle School which was only in existence from 1875 to 1906 caught fire in 1970 There are now brand new buildings including a new sixth form building completed in 2006 on the former Middle School site It was opened in December 2006 by Dame Judi Dench new Art Music and DT facilities and new refurbished dining room The school no longer has the lease on the former St Peter s Chapel known as the Eastgate situated at the top of Smith Street There is an astroturf pitch and over 6 acres 2 4 ha of playing fields on land adjoining Warwick School s own playing fields half a mile to the south Increasing levels of co operation between Warwick School and King s High School for Girls has led to the joint teaching of certain AS Level and A Level subjects from September 2004 for example drama physical education and most recently politics Girls have been also admitted since 2003 to the Warwick School Combined Cadet Force founded in 1948 In the same year a former sixth former and former head girl Alice Woodhouse received Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year 1 A group of girls also successfully swam across the English channel in 2012 2 In September 2016 it was announced that the school would move to a new 30 million development adjacent to Warwick School and the Prep School on Myton Road 3 The school was named West Midlands Independent Secondary School of the Year 2019 by the Sunday Times Parent Power School Guide 4 The school opened its doors at the new site in September 2019 Headmistresses Head Masters edit 1879 1895 M Fisher 1896 1913 M Lea 1913 1921 E M Edgehill 1921 1922 G Gargner 1922 1944 V E L Doorly 1945 1947 G M Wiseman 1948 1970 W Hare 1970 1987 M Leahy 1987 2001 J M Anderson 2001 2015 E S Surber 2015 2020 R Nicholson 2021 present S BurleyNotable former pupils editSee also Category People educated at The King s High School for Girls Dr Barbara Ansell 1923 2001 UK founder of pediatric rheumatology Catherine Bott b 1952 Soprano Singer and Radio Presenter Dr Helen Castor b 1968 historian author and formerly a lecturer at University of Cambridge Professor Emma Dench the McLean professor of ancient and modern history Harvard University Kim Hartman b 1952 actress most notably Private Helga Geerhart in Allo Allo Nadia Parkes b 1995 The Spanish Princess and Domina TV series actress 5 Lucy Rose b 1989 Indie folk singer songwriter Professor Dame Julia Slingo DBE b 1950 Met Office Chief Scientist June Tabor b 1947 Folk singer Sophie Turner b 1996 Game of Thrones actress Gemma Whelan b 1981 Game of Thrones actressReferences edit Young human rights reporter of the year 2012 sixth form winner The Guardian 14 May 2012 Archived from the original on 24 June 2021 West Midland Swimming website report A Leamington Courier article on the move Parent Power 2021 Best UK Schools Guide and League Table https www kingshighwarwick co uk news pid 0 amp nid 1 amp storyid 236External links editThe King s High Website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The King 27s High School for Girls amp oldid 1191005746, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
