Overview

We believe that the student should be at the centre of everything that we do and that our core purpose is to raise their aspirations and ensure that all our students have the best educational experience possible which provides them with the outcomes they need to progress in the direction of their choosing. We are determined to give our students a school and an education which they deserve and can be proud of and will continue to improve until we reach our aim of becoming an outstanding school. Our students, only get one main chance of an education, one main chance to flourish and prepare for adult life. We strive to give our students the very best because it is what every child deserves. At King Charles I School the culture is that we care about our school, we respect others and we do our best and we expect our students to: work hard and do their school work to the best of their ability get involved in all that the school has to offer both in and out of the classroom attend school punctually, every day and in full school uniform show respect and courtesy to those around them and to our school Our students are smart, purposeful and courteous. They work with commitment in all aspects of school life. They are supported by a dedicated team of staff who expect the most from them.

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CURRENT OPENINGS



  • Job Title

    Teacher of MFL

  • Location

    Kidderminster, Worcestershire

  • Posted

    27th February 2024

  • School

    King Charles I School

  • Salary

    MPS/UPS

  • Hours

    Full Time, Part Time

  • Description

    Job Title: Teacher of MFL (French/German) Job Location: King Charles I School Salary: Main scale, Upper pay scale Closing Date: Friday 12 April @ 10:00am About us: King Charles I ...

About us

School History A long and Illustrious History We are proud of our school; it has a very long heritage and a very bright future. The foundation of our school is an old one. We are the only secondary school, in the United Kingdom, to bear the name of King Charles I. Although he gave us our charter in 1636, the foundation was established by Thomas Blount, esq., Lord of the Manor of Kidderminster, some 70 years earlier. A document dated 1609 describes the origins of the school. Various lands acquired by the Parish Church of St. Mary and All Saints as investments were confiscated by the State during the Protestant Reformation and early in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Roger Maunsell of Pedmore purchased them. He levied penal rents and following an appeal from the tenants to the Lord of the Manor, Thomas Blount bought the lands and arranged in 1566 that the rents should be used to endow a free grammar school in Kidderminster “for the instruction of youth in good letters and manners”. In the 1630’s an inquiry was held into the administration of the endowments and as a result of this the charter was granted by King Charles I in 1636. This charter which was part of one given to the town, laid down the manner in which the school should be run and lasted over 200 years. From 1566 to 1848 the School was carried out in the Chantry of the Parish ??church of St Mary and All Saints although it was not a chantry school. In 1848 the school moved to the site known as Woodfield on Bewdley Road. In the mid-nineteenth century King Charles I School, like most other ancient schools in England, was reorganised under schemes devised by the endowed schools commissioners and the charity commissioners to meet an increasing demand for secondary education in which england seemed to have fallen woefully behind other european countries. In 1902 the school became ‘grant aided’ within Worcestershire County Council; this status was continued as ‘voluntary aided’ until after 1944. In order to provide finance for accommodation thought necessary in the late 1950’s the school became ‘voluntary controlled’ in 1958 and remained as such up to April, 2012 when it became an academy. In 1977 the Foundation moved to its present site when the school was amalgamated with Queen Elizabeth I Grammar School at Hartlebury and Kidderminster High School for Girls. The new 11-18 school, meeting the needs of learners aged 11-18, was established in 2007 on the present Comberton Road site, with its Lower School on the Borrington Road (ex-Comberton Middle School Site).

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