Talk:King Edward VI School, Southampton

Bit of a stretch to call it a Public School
Whilst it is an independent school with a very long history, I think it would be a considerable stretch to call KES a public school. A private school, certainly, but public schools are elite schools. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.169.21.218 (talk) 06:59, 18 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Its history fits exactly the definition of a public school: "Public schools emerged from charity schools established to educate poor scholars, the term "public" being used to indicate that access to them was not restricted on the basis of religion, occupation, or home location, and that they were subject to public management or control, in contrast to private schools which were run for the personal profit of the proprietors." And it is a member of the Headmasters Conference, membership of which in more modern times has been taken as a definition of public school. This school is the epitome of a British public school - it is not one of the elite top Seven, but it is and has been for its entire 460 year history a Public School. Not many schools fit the definition as closely as this one.  SilkTork  ✔Tea time  09:42, 23 March 2017 (UTC)