Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys

Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys is a school of over 1300 pupils and staff, located on the outskirts of Canterbury, Kent. It holds both Foundation and Grammar school status.Its sister school is Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School.Students from all over East Kent, within nine miles of the school (with some exceptions), typically join the school in Year 7 and can then stay on until GCSE examinations in Year 11. However, the majority of students decide to stay on into the sixth form, where a large number gain entry into universities, both in the UK and abroad. Notably, while the lower school (Years 7-11) is limited to boys, the sixth form is mixed.It is situated on the B2068 towards the Canterbury bypass, south of the city.HistoryFoundationThe school was founded along with its sister school in 1881, succeeding the Blue Coat Boys' School housed at the Poor Priest's Hospital in order to provide better education for the lower proportion of the Middle Class. The schools were originally called the Canterbury Middle Schools, but in order to dispel the impression that the schools were socially exclusive (the pair were often collectively known as the "middle class school"), they were renamed in 1887 after Simon Langton, Archdeacon of Canterbury (previously the Archbishop of York), who, after his death in 1248, had left behind endowments to the Poor Priest's Hospital (which were later bequeathed to the Simon Langton schools).