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Help Us Raise £100,000 to Create a Place Where Minds Connect and Ideas Take Root
Throughout 2026/27, the King's School community will come together to support the redevelopment of Newton's Courtyard, an underused space at the heart of the school site.
Our goal is to raise £100,000 to transform the courtyard into a vibrant outdoor environment where pupils can learn, connect, explore and grow.
The project will create a safe, accessible and inspiring space for outdoor learning, reflection and informal social interaction, enhancing daily school life and supporting generations of King's pupils to come.
As the school approaches its 500th anniversary in 2028, Newton's Courtyard will become a lasting legacy, celebrating King's tradition of curiosity, character and ambition while creating new opportunities for future generations.
The King's School holds a remarkable archive charting more than five centuries of history, achievement, and community life. From photographs and documents to records of pupils, staff, and school traditions, these materials tell the story of The King's School and the people who have shaped it.
A selection of our archive imagery and materials has already been digitised and is now available online, allowing alumni, pupils, and the wider community to reconnect with the school's past. We now wish to continue this important work by digitising our entire archive collection, ensuring it is preserved, protected, and accessible for generations to come.
Fully digitising the archive is a substantial undertaking, with an estimated total cost of £100,000. Funds raised through the King's School Archive Appeal will support:
- The professional digitisation of historical documents and images
- Secure digital storage and long‑term preservation
- Improved access to the archive for alumni, researchers, and the school community
By supporting this appeal, you are helping to safeguard the heritage of King's School, protect fragile historical materials, and make our shared history available to all, now and in the future.
Every contribution brings us closer to preserving the story of The King's School in full.
As we celebrate 500 years of heritage and tradition at the King's School and look to the decades and centuries ahead, leaving a gift in your will is your opportunity to make a lasting contribution to the School for generations to come.
Leave a gift in your will and help safeguard The King's School's future.
Your support:
Bequests to The King's School are exempt from Inheritance Tax
Let us know your plans, this is not a requirement but does help us with our long term financial planning.
If you have already made your Will but now wish to include The King's School, you can use our sample Codicil form or one that your Solicitor advises.
In all instances, we advise consultation with your legal advisor when drawing up or revising your Will.
Types of Legacy
This allows you to give a specific sum of money to King's. As the value of a specific sum would decrease over time owing to inflation, it is possible to index-link this so that it maintains its current-day value.
This is a method of providing for your family first and then benefiting King's. It involves leaving your assets to trustees so that the beneficiaries can enjoy the income during their lifetime, with the whole or a portion reverting to King's on their deaths.
This involves leaving all or part of the net residue of your Estate to King's, after all pecuniary legacies, debts, fees and other liabilities have been met. This gift has more flexibility than a pecuniary gift in that you do not have to quantify the sum or take into account inflation when you draw up your Will.
This provides for the eventuality that if none of your named dependants survive you, your Estate will be left to other named beneficiaries and charities including King's.
You can leave a specific personal possession to a charity such as King's. Examples include property, jewellery, antiques, works of art, stocks and shares. If you do, these possessions will be excluded from the valuation of your Estate and will not be liable for Inheritance Tax.
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