King Edward's School, Bath
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| Headmaster (senior school) | Crispin Rowe |
| Founded | 1552 |
| School type | Public School with pre-prep (age 3-7), Junior (7-11) and Senior (11-18) divisions |
| Member | Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference |
| Gender | Co-educational: founded as all boys school: girls admitted to sixth form from 1986, fully coeducational from 1997 |
| Location | Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, United Kingdom |
| Total pupils | Approx. 1000 (inc Sixth Form) |
King Edward's School (KES) in Bath, United Kingdom is a public school providing education for pupils aged 3 - 18. It is well known for its academic results and regularly tops the tables of Bath schools for A level and GCSE examination results. It was founded in 1552 and thus is the oldest school in the city of Bath.
The secondary school relocated from its central Bath Broad Street site in the 1960s to a 14 acre site at North Road in the Southeastern edge of the city. The junior school (7-11 year olds) remained on the Broad Street site until the late 1980s when it transferred to a new building in the North Road school grounds. There are currently plans to move the 'pre-prep' school, currently located elsewhere in Bath, on to the North Road site by 2009.
The old Broad Street site was sold by the school when it moved but has remained empty since and today the 1754-built Grade II Listed building tops the list of buildings at risk in Bath.
The school has extensive playing fields in Bathampton which are used mainly for playing rugby. Current England Rugby Coach Andy Robinson used to teach Rugby, Physical Education and Mathematics at the school whilst he was playing (amateur rugby) for Bath Rugby Club.
The drama department has produced a few notable alumini, such as Andy Steggall, who has made a name for himself recently directing Jeremy Irons in A Soldier's Tale, by Stravinsky. The department, led by Mrs Sue Curtis, puts ona school play every year, most recently West Side Story, with cheorography by Julie Haines. Their most notable production was Dracula: A Rock Opera, which was written entirly by Sue Curtis and John Tilley, a 14 year old pupil at the time. It went on to tour Transilvania, and a documentary was filmed for television.
Alumni of the school include
School Song
Now let us lift our voices
With one consent to sing.
Long live the name of Edward,
Our Founder and our King!
Who would not join this chorus
Is either rogue or fool,
Long live the name of Edward,
God bless the brave old School!
(chorus)
Long live the good old School, boys,
Let all good fellows sing!
Long live the name of Edward,
Our Founder and our King!
We sing our great departed,
Whom none may disallow,
Strong souls whose tasks are ended,
Brave voices silent now;
Their memory leads us forward,
To fight and upward fight,
To strike a blow at baseness,
And make the right out might.
(chorus)
We call our budding heroes
To learn the game of life,
In cricket's manly warfare
And football's stirring strife,
In every action honest,
In every danger cool,
Come win throughout the world, boys,
Fresh laurels for the School.
(chorus)
Old time is on our track, boys,
And seas may soon divide
The voices now united,
The friends now side by side;
But whereso'er we carry
The pride of Edward's name,
Let each forget himself, boys,
And strive to play the game.