Shrewsbury School
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This article is about the independent King Edward VI school. It is not to be confused with Shrewsbury High School or Shrewsbury Academy.
Shrewsbury School is a public school (English fee-charging boarding school for pupils aged 13 –18) in Shrewsbury. It was founded in 1552 by Edward VI by Royal Charter,[1] to reconstitute the town's collegiate foundations of the 6th and 10th centuries which were disestablished in the reformation. Shrewsbury School is one of the seven public schools addressed in the Public Schools Act 1868 and one of the nine schools reviewed by the Clarendon Commission between 1861 and 1864.[3]
Quick Facts Shrewsbury School Libera Scola Grammaticalis Regis Edvadri Sexti or King Edward VI School at Shrewsbury, Address ...
Shrewsbury School Libera Scola Grammaticalis Regis Edvadri Sexti or King Edward VI School at Shrewsbury | |
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Kingsland , , SY3 7BA England | |
Coordinates | 52.7038°N 2.7622°W / 52.7038; -2.7622 |
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Type | Public school Private boarding school |
Motto | Latin: Intus Si Recte Ne Labora (If Right Within, Trouble Not) |
Religious affiliation(s) | Church of England |
Established | 1552; 472 years ago (1552)[1] |
Founder | King Edward VI |
Local authority | Shropshire Council |
Department for Education URN | 123608 Tables |
Chair of Governing Body | James Pitt[2] |
Headmaster | Leo Winkley |
Staff | ca. 120 |
Gender | Co-educational (from 2015) |
Age | 13 to 18 |
Enrolment | ca. 840 |
Houses | 13 |
Colour(s) | Royal Blue and White |
Publication | The Salopian |
Former pupils | Old Salopians |
School Song | Carmen Salopiense |
Website | www.shrewsbury.org.uk |
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The present site, to which the school moved in 1882, is on the south bank of the River Severn.[1]