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King's College School, Cambridge. History[edit] King's College School was founded in 1441 by King Henry VI to educate the sixteen choristers who sing the services in the college chapel.

King's College School, Cambridge

The school is an integral part of King’s College. The school governors are appointed by King’s College and include both a number of King’s fellows and those recruited from beyond the college. It moved to its current site in 1878. From 1976 girls were admitted, and as the school expanded, it opened a pre-preparatory department.[1] Curriculum[edit] Pupils are taught Art, Design and Technology, Classics, English, Geography, History, ICT, Mathematics, Modern Foreign Languages, Music, Religious Education, Physical Education and Science. Boarding[edit] The boarding programme is open only to boys. Extracurricular Activities[edit] Music[edit] King's College School has had a strong tradition in music due to its heritage as a choral foundation school.

Other pupils have the opportunity to join the two chamber choirs, jazz ensemble and orchestra.[5] The Leys School. The Leys School is a co-educational Independent school.

The Leys School

The Leys is located in Cambridge, England, and is a day and boarding school for about 560 pupils between the ages of eleven and eighteen. The school is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. History[edit] The Nineteenth Century saw the founding of a large number of new schools in Britain, especially by the churches—including the Methodist church.

Although there were already several leading schools that offered an education for the sons of Ministers of the church, some Methodists were asking also for schools to be established for sons of lay church members. Following several visits to Cambridge, they discovered that a twenty-acre (80,000 m2) site called "The Leys Estate" was being offered for sale. During the Twentieth Century, The Leys grew significantly and by 1930 the number of pupils had reached 271. Principles[edit] Academic results[edit] Woodbridge School. Old Cranbrookians - Cranbrook School alumni website. Marietta High School. Pretoria Boys High School. Pretoria Boys High School, also known as Boys High, is a public, tuition charging, English medium boys high school located in Brooklyn, Pretoria, South Africa, founded in 1901 by The Rt Hon.

Pretoria Boys High School

Lord Milner. Its academic performance places it among the best secondary schools in rankings nationally, as well as in all of Africa.[1][2] Notable alumni includes two Nobel Prize laureates, 18 Rhodes scholars, several government ministers and members of parliament, 8 judges of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa, as well as numerous prominent intellectuals and high-ranking sportsmen.[3] The school enrols around 1500 pupils, including 300 boarders, from South Africa and beyond, managed by about a 100 full-time staff. The antecedent of the current school is the historic Staats Model School, built 1896-1897[4][5] by the government of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (later Transvaal) in central Pretoria.

The Cheltenham Ladies' College. Cheltenham Ladies' College is an independent boarding and day school for girls aged 11 to 18 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.

The Cheltenham Ladies' College

In the Financial Times' secondary school ranking,[1] Cheltenham Ladies College was placed at no. 34 in 2011 and no. 14 in 2010. Having introduced the International Baccalaureate in 2010, school rankings have yet to reflect this change. Berkhamsted School. Berkhamsted School is an independent school in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England.

Berkhamsted School

The present school was formed in 1997 by the amalgamation of the original Berkhamsted School, founded in 1541 by John Incent, Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, Berkhamsted School for Girls, established in 1888, and Berkhamsted Preparatory School. The new merged school was initially called Berkhamsted Collegiate School, but reverted to Berkhamsted School in 2008. Berkhamsted School is a "diamond school" in which pupils are taught coeducationally in both the Prep School and Sixth Form, but independently in the traditional Senior years, between the ages of 11 and 16.

The school has three main sites: the Prep School, the Castle Street Campus and Kings Road Campus (the latter two being the original boys' and girls' schools respectively). House system[edit] All Berkhamsted pupils belong to a House throughout their time at the School. Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School. The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School (commonly referred to as Haberdashers' or HABS) is a British public school for boys aged 4–18.

Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School

It is situated in Hertfordshire and is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and of the Haileybury Group. History[edit] 1690–1738[edit] In 1701 new rules were introduced which introduced a cap and gown as the school uniform, and the school created the position of a master to teach arithmetic and writing. Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls. History[edit] Early in the 20th Century, new sites for the Hoxton schools were purchased in Cricklewood (always referred to as Hampstead) for the Boys and Acton for the Girls.

Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls

Both these schools became Direct Grant in 1946 and then fully independent, day, fee-paying schools in 1976. The need for expansion saw the Boys’ School move again to Elstree, Hertfordshire in 1961, followed by the Girls in 1974.[1] The previous site of the girls' school, in Acton, became the Japanese School in London.[2] The School[edit] Belmont High School. National Honor Society. The National Honor Society (NHS) is a nationwide organization in the United States and consists of many chapters in high schools.

National Honor Society

Selection is based on four criteria: scholarship, leadership, service, character. The national Honor Society requires some sort of service to the community, school, or other organizations. The projects help students meet the required service hour total monthly. The National Honor Society was founded in 1921 by the National Association of Secondary School Principals. Gresham's School. Gresham’s School is an independent coeducational boarding school in Holt in North Norfolk, England.

Gresham's School

Gresham's School is one of the top 20 IB schools in England.[1] The school was founded in 1555 by Sir John Gresham as a free grammar school for forty boys, following King Henry VIII's dissolution of the Augustinian priory at Beeston Regis. The founder left the school's endowments in the hands of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers of the City of London, who are still the school's trustees. In the 1890s, an increase in the rental income of property in the City of London led to a major expansion of the school, which built many new buildings on land it owned on the eastern edge of Holt, including several new boarding houses as well as new teaching buildings, library, and chapel. History[edit] Eton College. Public school in Eton near Windsor, England The school is the largest boarding school in England ahead of Millfield and Oundle.[10] Eton charges up to £48,501 per year[11] (£14,698 per term, with three terms per academic year, for 2022).[12] Eton was noted as being the sixth most expensive HMC boarding school in the UK in 2013–14;[13] however, the school admits some boys with modest parental income:[14] in 2011 it was reported that around 250 boys received "significant" financial help from the school,[15] with the figure rising to 263 pupils in 2014, receiving the equivalent of around 60% of school fee assistance, whilst a further 63 received their education free of charge.

Eton College

Eton has also announced plans to increase the figure to around 320 pupils, with 70 educated free of charge, with the intention that the number of pupils receiving financial assistance from the school continues to increase.[14] History[edit] Lockers Park School. Lockers Park School is a day and boarding preparatory school for 150 boys, situated in 23 acres of countryside in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.

Each year it sends boys to public schools in the UK, including Harrow, Eton, Radley, Bradfield, Shrewsbury School and Rugby. Its current headmaster is Christopher Wilson. Marlborough College. Coordinates: A variety of buildings around Court. The Good Schools Guide described Marlborough as a "famous, designer label, co-ed boarding school still riding high. The Glasgow Academy. This article is about the school. For the concert venue sometimes known by the same name, see O2 Academy Glasgow.

The Heights School. Gonzaga College High School. Gonzaga College High School is a Jesuit high school for boys located in Washington, D.C. The school is named in honor of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, an Italian saint from the 16th century. Taft High School. Taft School or Taft High School may refer to: Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut, founded by Horace Dutton Taft, William Howard Taft's brother Schools named after William Howard Taft: Other schools: Hermitage High School. Footscray City College.

Footscray City College is a Year 7-12 and TAFE co-educational school (college) that is located in Melbourne, Australia. It is adjacent to Victoria University's Footscray Park campus, and Footscray Park itself. Approximately 850 students attend, primarily from the local area, but also from further afield. The Sciences and the Arts are the curriculum strengths of the college, and an extensive range of subject and programs choices are offered, including an outstanding instrumental music program and a comprehensive sports program.[1] Melbourne High School. Melbourne High School is a selective-entry state school for boys in years 9 to 12 located in the Melbourne suburb of South Yarra, with a tax levy/fee of $4,500 per annum.

The school is known mainly for its strong academic reputation.[1] Melbourne High School had the leading rank based on VCE average, with its 2009 cohort achieving a median ENTER of 95.85, the highest of any Victorian school in recorded history.[2][3] Mac.Robertson Girls' High School. The Mac.Robertson Girls' High School (also known simply as Mac.Rob or MGHS) is an academically selective, public high school for girls, located in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. In 2001, The Sun-Herald ranked The Mac.Robertson Girls' High School sixth in Australia's top ten girls' schools, based on the number of its alumni mentioned in the Who's Who in Australia (a listing of notable Australians).[3][a] The Mac.Robertson Girls' High School has a long tradition of academic excellence with VCE scores propelling the school to be ranked 1st in the State of Victoria for seven consecutive years from 2002 to 2008, inclusive.

The school was ranked 3rd in 2009, but reclaimed its number 1 ranking once again in 2010, 2011 and 2013. [4] University High School, Melbourne. History[edit] Shenfield High School. Shenfield High School is a coeducational 11-18 secondary school with over 1200 students on roll, including 300 in the sixth form. It opened in 1962, celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2012. Central High School. Adams grammar school. Groton School. St. Timothy's School. Taft School. Loomis Chaffee School. The Hill School. Lawrenceville School. Northfield Mount Hermon School. St Paul's School.

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