School news
Choir of Norwich Cathedral
Choristers and Girls' Choir sing at 359th Festival of Sons of the Clergy
Rounders Club
Strong performances from rounders teams.
Cricket Club
Another clean sweep of victories, this time against Woodbridge.
Prospectus
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Open days
Open Days are held in September and June. Our next Open Morning will be:
Saturday, 22 June 2013
FROM 10:00 - 12:00
Heritage
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Norwich School has a long and fascinating history. Its roots and the buildings it occupies date back to the foundation of the Cathedral. Each day, the pupils and teachers go about their business in and around magnificent mediaeval buildings.
It is impossible to ignore the sense of tradition and the beauty of the surroundings.
The School has a long list of distinguished former pupils, including Sir Edward Coke, Humphry Repton, Lt Col Derek Seagrim VC, Major Hugh Seagrim GC, Lord Blake and Lord Ashcroft.
The most famous of all Old Norvicensians is Horatio, Viscount Nelson.
Time line
1096
Bishop Herbert de Losinga establishes the Benedictine Priory at Norwich and, shortly afterwards, an Episcopal Grammar School
c. 1100
The original Bishop's Palace is built (now part of a Senior School classroom block)
c.1240
Vincent of Scarning appears in a document as Master of the Episcopal School - the first of an unbroken and documented line of headmasters that
continues to the present day
c.1285
First record of the Almonry School - a second school within close proximity of the Cathedral
1316
Chantry Chapel of St John the Evangelist (now the School Chapel) is founded by Bishop John Salmon
1421
A further Chantry Chapel, probably associated with Agincourt veterans, is founded in the Chapel Crypt by Henry V
c.1516
Amalgamation of the Episcopal School and the Almonry School
1540
King Henry VIII's Grammar School is established, on the Cathedral foundation
1547
The School is refounded as King Edward VI's Grammar School under the Great Hospital Charter, thus separating it from the Cathedral foundation and placing it under the control of the Mayor and Aldermen of Norwich
1551
The School moves into its current buildings - School House and the School Chapel (the former College and Chantry of St John the Evangelist, which had been dissolved in 1547)