About the school
The King's School, Canterbury is a co-educational day and boarding school for pupils aged 13 to 18 years. The school as presently constituted was founded in 1541, although it originated as part of the monastery founded by Saint Augustine in 597. The school is a charity which is overseen by a board of 16 governors. The chair and four members of the board are drawn from the Canterbury Cathedral Foundation. There are fourteen boarding houses, including a new house for international pupils, together with three separate houses for day pupils. Since the school's previous inspection, it has opened, in September 2018, an international college for overseas pupils aged between 13 and 16 years.
What the school seeks to do
The school aims to anchor a 21st century education within the continuing history of the oldest school in the country, basing the education provided on the simultaneous pursuit of academic and co-curricular excellence. The approach encompasses the acquisition of additional skills and knowledge, appropriate to age and within the context of both breadth and depth.
About the pupils
Pupils come from a range of social and economic backgrounds, mostly from white British families living within a 60-mile radius of the school. About a third of pupils are from overseas. The school's own assessment indicates that the ability of pupils is above average. The number of pupils requiring support for special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is 97. They require support with a range of learning and physical disabilities including dyslexia and dyspraxia. No pupil has an education, health and care (EHC) plan. There are 271 pupils for whom English is an additional language (EAL), three of whom receive specialist support from the school. The school has modified its curriculum for those pupils it has identified as having particular abilities, gifts and talents.
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