Nuneaton's King Edward VI Grammar School legally came in to being on 11 May 1552, following the grant of a royal charter. King Edward VI died the following year on 13 April 1553 aged just 15 years old.

The oldest surviving school building dates from 1595, was rebuilt in 1696 and served as the school until 1880. Badly damaged in the 1941 air raid it was later restored as the parish office and is still in use today in the grounds of St. Nicolas church.

The Old School

The New School

In 1880 the new Grammar School was built on the other side of the church yard on the King Edward Road site. The new building was built in the Tudor style by Clapton Rolfe, the architect of the Abbey Church nave.

The school was fee paying although the county council provided some scholarships. Boarding pupils lived in the headmaster's house which was situated to the left of the school . The school became non-fee paying in 1944 and in 1974 the Grammar school closed for good and was re-established as a sixth form college that still operates today.

Source: Nuneaton A History by E A Veasey

The School Song