Education
The King's School, Ely claims to have beginnings in the re-foundation of St Etheldreda's monastery in 970 by the Benedictine order. The wealthy sent their sons to such places to learn how to read and translate Latin texts. Edward the Confessor may have been educated at Ely between circa 1005 and 1010. "The teaching of grammar continued in the cloisters and this tradition was the forerunner of the Cathedral Grammar School, today known as The King's School Ely". Education in Ely, as of 2011, includes The King's School, Ely College and St John's Community Primary School. The Ely High School for Girls opened in 1905 in St. Mary's Street, moving to the Downham Road site in 1957. In 1972 Ely High School closed when state secondary education in the area changed to the comprehensive model, the site becoming the City of Ely College, subsequently Ely Community College and currently Ely College.
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