King Charles I School

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King Charles I School is a voluntary controlled state school in the town of Kidderminster, Worcestershire.

1 History
2 Present day
3 Sixth form
4 Specialist science status
5 External links

[edit] History

Portrait of King Charles I used by the School

The school was given its charter in 1636 by King Charles I; it was the only school in England to bear his name. the Foundation^[specify] was established seventy years earlier by Thomas Blount, Esq., Lord of the Manor of Kidderminster.^[specify]

The school was in the chantry of the Parish Church of St. Mary and All Saints from 1566 until 1848, when it moved to the site known as Woodfield, on the Bewdley Road. The original premises, Woodfield House (a Georgian House built in 1785) and the Hall (built about 1848), are now listed buildings.^[specify] Kidderminster High School for Girls was founded in 1868.

In 1977, King Charles I School was formed when the Queen Elizabeth I Grammar School, Hartlebury, merged with the two Kidderminster grammar schools on the present site, which had been the home of the High School for Girls from 1912.

In the late 1970s the school held the record for the longest continuous cricket match.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Present day

There have been steady additions to the school site to house different departments. The most recent addition, the Brooks Building neighbouring the Sixth Form Rose Garden, functions as a science laboratory and theatre. Because of the recent Worcestershire Schools 'shake-up',^[specify] several teaching posts and the current school site are under review.^{[citation needed]}^[specify]

[edit] Sixth form

The School offers a sixth form for any students wishing to continue their post-16 studies. Recently the school has made an attempt at a general enrichment scheme, after General Studies was removed from the first year of Sixth Form Study. Students have the option of participating in activities such as a recognised first aid course, formal debate, and talks from lecturers on various issues such as driving skills and ethical issues in farming.

[edit] Specialist science status

The school received specialist science status^[specify] within the past few years.^{[citation needed]} It has steadily been developed resources to promote this, including opening additional courses to non-students after hours.