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Norwich School is situated in Norwich , United Kingdom , and is one of the oldest schools in the country, with a traceable history as far back as 1096 . It is thought that the school was founded before that date, although no artefacts prove this provenance. Today the school thrives as an Independent , fee-paying school and still to this very day provides education in some of the original buildings. The school has a long association with the Cathedral Church and still uses the cathedral for morning Assemblies . The end of term ceremony involves some of the original pageantry from the 11th Century . HISTORY The school was founded in 1096 by Bishop Herbert De Losinga as an Episcopal Grammar School . Some of the original buildings are still used as cloakrooms to this very day. The Bishop's Palace until recently was used by boarders but nowadays the school is exclusively day pupils. In 1240 the first documented Head of the school was Vincent of Scarning – the first of an unbroken and documented line of headmasters that continues to the present day. In 1516 the Episcopal School was fused with the Almonry School and finally in 1540 Henry VIII merged these into his grammar school. In 1547 The School was rebranded 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. In 1551 the school moved from the cathedral premises to its own location right next to the cathedral, built on land donated by the church. Today the school is the primary private education provider in Norfolk with a history and adequate academic record. Mr J. Hawkins is the current Headmaster and Toby Chadd the Head of School. The head of history is currently Dr. David N Farr, a historian and author of a biography of John Lambert (General) - ISBN 1-84-383004-3. NOTABLE ALUMNI
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