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| King Edward VI School | |
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| , , SO15 5UQ England | |
| Coordinates | 50°55′22″N 1°25′01″W / 50.92278°N 1.41694°W |
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| Type | Private day school |
| Motto | Dieu et mon droit (God and my right) |
| Established | 1553 |
| Founder | William Capon |
| Department for Education URN | 116580 Tables |
| Head teacher | Neal Parker (Senior) Rebecca Smith (Prep) |
| Staff | approx. 130 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 960 |
| Houses | Lake, Capon, Watts, Sylvester, Reynolds and Lawrence |
| Former pupils | Old Edwardians |
| Website | https://kes.school |
King Edward VI School (also known as King Edward's, or KES) is a selective co-educational private school founded in Southampton, England, in 1553. The Senior and Sixth Form site is on Hill Lane, Southampton whilst the Preparatory School is located in Romsey.
The school was founded at the request of William Capon, who bequeathed money in his will for a grammar school for the poor. King Edward VI signed the necessary Royal Charter in 1553 and the school opened in 1554. King Edward's became an independent school in 1978 and accepted girls into the sixth form in 1983. It became a fully co-educational school in 1994. It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, and is a registered charity.[1] The school roll is approximately 950 pupils.
The current building was designed by the English architect Ernest Berry Webber in the early 1930s.