List of oldest schools in Wiltshire

The following is a list of the oldest schools in Wiltshire.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
Salisbury Cathedral School, the oldest school in Wiltshire

Schools still in operation
Rank School name Location Established Age (years)
1 Salisbury Cathedral School Salisbury 1091[1] 930
2 Dauntsey's School West Lavington 1542 [2] 479
3 The John Bentley School (now Kingsbury Green Academy) Calne 1663 [3] 358
4 Warminster School Warminster 1707 [4] 314
5 Box Primary School Box 1708 [5] 313
6 Godolphin School Salisbury 1726 [6] 295
7 Matravers School Westbury 1814 [7] 207
8 St Edmund's Girls' School Laverstock 1815 [8] 206
9 Lacock Primary School Lacock 1824 [9] 197
10 Preshute Church of England Primary School Preshute 1833 [10] 188
11 Marlborough College Marlborough 1843 [11] 178
12 Neston Primary School Neston 1861 [12] 160
13 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Devizes 1864 [13] 157
14 St Mary's School, Calne Calne 1873[14] 148
15 Bishop Wordsworth's School Salisbury 1889[15] 132
16 Stonar School Atworth 1895 [16] 126

Former schools
Rank School name Location Established Closed Age (years)
1 Marlborough Royal Free Grammar School Marlborough 1550[17] 1975 425
2 Fitzmaurice Grammar School Bradford-on-Avon 1897[18] 1980 83

See also

References
  1. "Salisbury Cathedral School". History & Inspection Reports. Retrieved 6 February 2019
  2. "Dauntsey's". History of the School. Retrieved 6 February 2019
  3. "The John Bentley School". School History. Retrieved 6 February 2019
  4. "Warminster School". Our History. Retrieved 6 February 2019
  5. "Wiltshire Community History". Box - Box Church of England Primary School, Box. Retrieved 6 February 2019
  6. "UK Boarding Schools". Godolphin, Salisbury. Retrieved 6 February 2019
  7. "Westbury Heritage Society". Schools. Retrieved 7 February 2019
  8. "St Edmund's Girls' School, Salisbury". Heritage and history. Retrieved 7 February 2019
  9. "Lacock Primary". The History of Lacock Church of England Primary School. Retrieved 8 February 2019
  10. "Preshute Primary". History of our School. Retrieved 8 February 2019
  11. "Marlborough College". College History. Retrieved 9 February 2019
  12. "Neston Primary". Neston - A Brief History. Retrieved 7 February 2019
  13. "St Joseph's Catholic Primary School". History of St Joseph's Catholic Primary School. Retrieved 7 February 2019
  14. Kay Stedmond St Mary's School Calne 1873–1986 (B. A. Hathaway, 1986, ISBN 0-948640-10-3), p. 6
  15. Frederick Crossfield Happold, Bishop Wordsworth's School 1890–1950 (Printed for Bishop Wordsworth's School, 1950), p. 7
  16. "Stonar School". School History. Retrieved 7 February 2019
  17. The Educational Calendar and Scholastic Year-book for 1871, p. 87
  18. Keith Berry, Bradford on Avon's schools: the story of education in a small Wiltshire town (Bradford on Avon, Ex Libris Books, 1998 ISBN 0-948578-96-3, p: 123
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