King Edward VI Grammar School, or KEGS, is a British grammar school located in the town of Chelmsford. It takes pupils between the ages of 11 and 18 — from Year 7 to 11 the pupils are exclusively male, although it becomes mixed in the sixth form (years 12 and 13).
The present headteacher is Thomas Sherrington, who succeeded Dr. Mike Walker, after he moved to Felsted School in 2008.
KEGS was one of many grammar schools founded by Edward VI. Its cu...
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King Edward VI Grammar School, or KEGS, is a British grammar school located in the town of Chelmsford. It takes pupils between the ages of 11 and 18 — from Year 7 to 11 the pupils are exclusively male, although it becomes mixed in the sixth form (years 12 and 13).
The present headteacher is Thomas Sherrington, who succeeded Dr. Mike Walker, after he moved to Felsted School in 2008.
KEGS was one of many grammar schools founded by Edward VI. Its current form resulted from a royal warrant dated 24 March 1551, although evidence of this school exists from as far back as the 13th Century, possibly earlier, in an alternative location. Indeed, the school of 1551 was merely a "rebranding" of the Chelmsford Chantry School, a Roman Catholic institution which had been abolished along with the monasteries during the English Reformation. The school was moved to its present site on Broomfield Road in 1892. Once a boarding school, it was one of many grammar schools to fully join the state sector and...
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