List of the oldest schools in the world
This is a list of extant schools excluding universities and higher education establishments. The dates refer to the foundation or the earliest documented contemporary reference to the school.
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Second century BC
- Shishi Middle School, China (143–141 BC) Note: The school ceased to operate for a period before its refounding in 1661. The claim to be the oldest continuous school has therefore been disputed.
Sixth century
- The King's School, Canterbury, England (597)[1][2]
Seventh century
- The King's School, Rochester, England (604)[1][3]
- St Peter's School, York, England (627)[1][4]
- Thetford Grammar School, Thetford, England (631),[5] first conclusive (1114)
- Royal Grammar School Worcester, England (685),[6] first conclusive evidence (1291)[1]
- Hereford Cathedral School, England (676),
Eighth century
- Beverley Grammar School, England (700)- Oldest state school in England[7]
- Gymnasium Paulinum, Germany (797)[8]
- Gymnasium Theodorianum, Germany (799)
Ninth century
- Gymnasium Carolinum, Osnabrück, Germany (804) - founded by Charles the Great (Charlemagne)
- Stiftsgymnasium Xanten, Xanten, Germany (exact founding date not clear)
Tenth century
- Wells Cathedral School, England (c.909)[9]
- Warwick School, England (914)
- St Albans School, England (948)[1]
- Southwell Minster School, England (c. 956)
- The King's School, Ely, England (970)[1]
- Roskilde Katedralskole, Denmark (c. 980)
- Pannonhalma Benedictine College, Hungary (996) - Founded by Grand Prince Géza of Hungary
Eleventh century
- Suzhou High School, China (1035)[10]
- Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík, Iceland (1056)
- Viborg Katedralskole, Denmark (c.1060)
- Katedralskolan, Lund, Sweden (1085) - Originally part of Denmark, despite the many Danish-Swedish wars continuously operating since it was founded.
- Salisbury Cathedral School, England (1091)
- Norwich School, England (1096)[1]
Twelfth century
- Abingdon School, England (1100, endowed 1256, refounded 1563)
- Stedelijk Gymnasium Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands (c. 1100)
- Dunfermline High School, Scotland (pre-1120, refounded 1468)
- High School of Glasgow, Scotland (pre-1124)[1]
- Reading School, England (1125)
- Royal High School, Edinburgh, Scotland (1128)
- Stirling High School, Scotland (1129)
- Stiftsgymnasium Melk, Austria (pre-1140)
- Bristol Cathedral School, England (1140)
- Ribe Katedralskole, Denmark (1145)
- Trondheim katedralskole, Norway (c. 1152)
- Bergen katedralskole, Norway (1153)
- Oslo katedralskole, Norway (1153)
- Derby School, England (1160)
- Institution Saint-Malo (fr), France (1161)
- Westminster School, England (1179)[1]
- Małachowianka, Poland (1180)
- Lanark Grammar School, Scotland (1183)
- Aarhus Katedralskole Denmark (1195)[11]
- Paulo Pontine, later Bedford School, Bedford, England (Date Uncertain, refounded by Edward VI 1552, see below)
Thirteenth century
- Colchester Royal Grammar School, England (pre-1206)
- Metropolitanskolen, Denmark (1209)
- Riga State Gymnasium No.1, Latvia (1211)
- Thomasschule zu Leipzig, Germany (1212)
- Lancaster Royal Grammar School, England (1235)
- High School of Dundee, Scotland (1239)[1]
- Bailuzhou High School, Ji'an, China (1241)
- Johan de Witt Gymnasium, Dordrecht, The Netherlands (1253)
- Abingdon School, England (1256)
- Aberdeen Grammar School (1257)
- Stedelijk Gymnasium van 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands (exact year of foundation unknown, but first mentioned in 1274)
- Cathedral School in Turku, Finland (1276)
- King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth, England (1276)
- Ruthin School, Denbighshire, Wales (1284)
- Katedralskolan, Uppsala, Sweden (exact year of foundation not known)
- Stedelijk Gymnasium Leiden, The Netherlands (First mentioned 1323, but year of foundation is estimated mid 13th Century)
Fourteenth century
- Stamford School, England (c.1309 but re-endowed 1532)
- Northallerton School, England (1323)
- Hanley Castle High School, England (1326)
- Jurisich Miklós Grammar School, Hungary, Koszeg (1328)
- Gymnasium Erasmianum, The Netherlands (1328)
- Gymnasium Ernestinum, Celle, Germany (1328)
- Bourne Grammar School Lincolnshire, England (1330)
- Hull Grammar School, England (1330)
- King's School Ottery St. Mary, England (1335)
- Barlaeus Gymnasium, Amsterdam, Netherlands (1342)
- Bablake School, England (1344)
- Instituto San Isidro, Spain (1346)
- St George's School, Windsor Castle, England (1348)
- Doncaster Grammar School / Hall Cross School, England (1350)
- Sint Maartensschool (name later changed into Praedinius Gymnasium), The Netherlands (1375)
- Prince Henry's High School, England (c1376)
- Stedelijk Gymnasium Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Amersfoort, The Netherlands (1376)
- New College School, England (1379)
- Wisbech Grammar School, England (1379)
- Knox Academy, Scotland (1379)
- Samuel von Brukenthal National College, Sibiu, Romania (1380)
- Winchester College, England (1382)
- Hereford Cathedral School, England (1384)
- Katharine Lady Berkeley's School, England (1384)
- Stedelijk Gymnasium Haarlem, the Netherlands (1389)
- Gymnasium Halepaghen-Schule Buxtehude, Germany (1390)
- Penistone Grammar School, England (1392)
- Gymnasium Haganum, The Netherlands (1394)
- Cathedral School of Vilnius, Lithuania (founded before 1397)
- Ipswich School, Suffolk, England (1399) (first record of existence)
Fifteenth century
- Chorister School, England (c.1400)
- Oswestry School, England (1407)
- Durham School, England (1414) (possibly 635)
- Aberdeen Grammar School, Scotland (1418) (possibly 1257)
- Royal Latin School, England (1423)
- Brechin High School, Scotland (1429)
- Sponne School, England (1430)
- St. Patrick's Cathedral Choir School, Dublin, Ireland (1432)
- Sevenoaks School, England (1432)
- Eton College, England (1440)
- Chipping Campden School, England (c1440)
- City of London School, England (1442)
- Adams' Grammar School, England (1442)
- Bridlington School, England (1447)[12]
- Dreikönigsgymnasium, Cologne, Germany (1450)
- Phanar Greek Orthodox College, Istanbul, Turkey (1454)
- St. Bartholomew's School, England (1466)
- Bromsgrove School (record of a chantry school 1476, re-founded 1553)
- Magdalen College School, Oxford, England (1480)
- Galatasaray High School, Istanbul, Turkey (1481)
- Skegness Grammar School, England (1483)
- Stockport Grammar School, England (1487)
- Ermysted's Grammar School, England (1492) (first record of existence)
- King Edward VI School, Lichfield, England (1495)
- Loughborough Grammar School, England (1495)
- The Prebendal School, England (1497)
- Queen Elizabeth's School, Wimborne Minster, England (1497)
Sixteenth century
- St Paul's School, London, England (1509)
- Wolverhampton Grammar School, England (1512)
- Nottingham High School, England (1513)
- Manchester Grammar School, England (1515)
- Sedbergh School, England (1525)
- Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne, England (1525)
- Bishop Vesey's Grammar School, England (1527)
- Kilkenny College. Ireland (1538)
- The Crypt School, England (1539)
- The King's School, Worcester, England (1541)
- The King's School, Gloucester, England (1541)
- The King's School, Chester, England (1541)
- Stadtgymnasium Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany (1543)[13]
- Colyton Grammar School, Colyford, Devon, England (1546)
- Bradford Grammar School, Bradford, Yorkshire, England (1548)
- Christ's Hospital, England (1552)
- Hutton Grammar School, England (1552; endowed 1522)
- Tonbridge School, England (1553)
- Queen Mary's Grammar School, England (1554)
- Boston Grammar School, England (1555)
- Laxton Grammar School, England (1556)
- Hampton School, England (1556)
- Academic Grammar School, Prague, Czech Republic (1556)
- Brentwood School, England (1557)
- Repton School, England (1559)
- Solihull School, England (1560)
- St Olave's Grammar School, England (1561)
- Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood, England (1561)
- Felsted School, England (1564)
- Highgate School, England (1565)
- Ashby School, England (1567)
- Harrow School, England (1572)
- Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet, England (1573)
- Dartford Grammar School, England (1576)
- Kirkcudbright Academy (earliest record of existence 1582)
- St. Bees School, England (1583)
- Pontificio Collegio Gallio, Como, Italy (1583)
- Spalding Grammar School, England (1588)
- Joyce Frankland Academy, England (1588) (formerly Newport Free Grammar School)
- Queen Elizabeth School, Kirkby Lonsdale, England (1591)
- Ratsgymnasium Osnabrück, Germany (1595)
- Aldenham School, England (1597)
- Aylesbury Grammar School, England (1598)
Number of extant schools founded before 1600 by country
- Austria 1
- China 3
- Czech Republic 1
- Denmark 5
- England 93
- Finland 1
- France 1
- Germany 10
- Hungary 2
- Iceland 1
- Ireland 2
- Italy 1
- Latvia 1
- Lithuania 1
- Netherlands 10
- Norway 3
- Poland 1
- Romania 1
- Scotland 8
- Spain 1
- Sweden 2
- Turkey 2
- Wales 1
See also
- List of the oldest public high schools in the United States
- List of the oldest schools in Sri Lanka
- List of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom
- List of oldest universities in continuous operation
- The oldest independent schools in the UK
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Swinnerton (2005), p. 107
- ↑ http://www.kings-school.co.uk/document_1.aspx?id=1:31887&id=1:31658&id=1:31637
- ↑ "The History of King's Rochester". kings-rochester.co.uk. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
- ↑ Mortimore, M.J.A. Bridlington School: A History, p. 13. Hutton Cranswick, East Yorkshire: Alan Twiddle Publishing, 1999. ISBN 1-902508-03-3.
- ↑ "The School". thetgram.norfolk.sch.uk. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
- ↑ "Lessons From History". rgsw.org.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
- ↑ Beverley town council website
- ↑ "WIR : SEIT 797 > Eine Schule in Entwicklung" (in German). Retrieved 13 November 2010.
- ↑ Colchester, L.S.; Quilter, David Tudway; Quilter, Alan (1985). A History of Wells Cathedral School (First ed.). Wells Cathedral School.
- ↑ Toqto'a; et al. (1977). History of Song (in Middle Chinese). Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company. ISBN 9787101071122.
- ↑ Hitorien The schools official homepage (Danish)
- ↑ Mortimore, M.J.A. Bridlington School: A History, pp. 15–17. Hutton Cranswick, East Yorkshire: Alan Twiddle Publishing, 1999. ISBN 1-902508-03-3.
- ↑ de:Stadtgymnasium Dortmund
- Bibliography
- Swinnerton, Jo (2005). "Britain's first public schools". The History of Britain Companion. London: Robson. p. 107. ISBN 1861059140.
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