List of oldest schools explained

This is a list of extant schools, excluding universities and higher education establishments, that have been in continuous operation since founded. The dates refer to the foundation or the earliest documented contemporaneous reference to the school. Claimed dates must be supported either by linking to a properly referenced article (any language WP) or else by reference here. Unlinked, unreferenced schools may be deleted.

Sixth century

Seventh century

Eighth century

Ninth century

Tenth century

Eleventh century

Twelfth century

Thirteenth century

Fourteenth century

Fifteenth century

Sixteenth century

See also

References

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 597 AND ALL THAT: A Brief History of the King's School, Canterbury . www.kings-school.co.uk . https://web.archive.org/web/20110928010901/http://www.kings-school.co.uk/document_1.aspx?id=1%3A31887&id=1%3A31658&id=1%3A31637 . 28 September 2011.
  2. Web site: The History of King's Rochester . kings-rochester.co.uk . 13 November 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110130064400/http://www.kings-rochester.co.uk/History.aspx . 30 January 2011 .
  3. Web site: The School . thetgram.norfolk.sch.uk . 13 November 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101205004955/http://www.thetgram.norfolk.sch.uk/History.htm . 5 December 2010 .
  4. Web site: Lessons From History . rgsw.org.uk . 25 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101203022253/http://www.rgsw.org.uk/rgsw/lessons_from_history . 3 December 2010 . dead .
  5. Web site: WIR : SEIT 797 > Eine Schule in Entwicklung . German . 13 November 2010.
  6. Book: Colchester. L.S.. Quilter. David Tudway. Quilter . Alan. A History of Wells Cathedral School. 1985. Wells Cathedral School. First.
  7. Web site: The Warwick School Story. Old Warwickians. 27 July 2019.
  8. Book: Toqto'a. History of Song. 1977 . Zhonghua Book Company. Beijing. 9787101071122. zh. etal. Toqto'a (Yuan Dynasty). History of Song (Yuan dynasty).
  9. Book: Phillips, Daphne . The Story of Reading . 1980 . Countryside Books . 0-905392-07-8 . 138. Reading Grammar School, which had fallen on bad times and had been closed in the 1860s, was revived and reopened in 1871 in an impressive new building in Erleigh Road, of which Alfred Waterhouse was the architect. The Prince of Wales laid the foundation stone in 1870.
  10. Web site: Un peu d'histoire. www.ism-lapro.fr. 29 April 2018.
  11. https://www.akat.dk/historien/ Hitorien
  12. Cathcart . Rex . In the Shadow of St. Patrick's . Dublin Historical Record . 1994 . 47 . 1 . 71–76 . 0012-6861.
  13. http://www.historytoday.com/garth-christian/british-towns-and-cities-lewes British Towns and Cities: Lewes
  14. Web site: History & Archive The Coopers' Company and Coborn School. www.cooperscoborn.org.uk. 18 June 2017.
  15. https://medresasa.edu.ba/o-medresi/
  16. News: McGuire . Peter . ‘It was the right thing to do’: The Dublin private school that dropped its fees . The Irish Times . en.
  17. http://www.kes.hants.sch.uk/school-history The schools official homepage shows founded 1553, opened 1554.
  18. https://vasa.gavle.se/studera-hos-oss/ "Studera hos oss." Vasaskolan.
  19. Rietz, Johan Emil (1848) Skånska Skolväsendets historia. Lund, p. 149.