St. Bees School

St Bees School is a co-educational private school in the English public school tradition, located in the West Cumbrian village of St Bees, England. It was founded in 1583 by Edmund Grindal, the Archbishop of Canterbury, as a boys' free grammar school. The school remained small, with fewer than 40 pupils, until the expansions of the Victorian era, paid for by mineral revenues, and helped by the arrival of the railway, until by the First World War there were 300 pupils. The 1930s saw a large decrease in numbers due to the Great Depression, but these rose again during World War II, and this was followed by an era of further expansion. In 1978, the school became co-educational. On Friday 13 March 2015, it was announced by the school governors that due to falling pupil numbers the school would close in summer 2015. On 6 September 2018 the school re-opened in a partnership with Full Circle Education Group. Numbers at the school have continued to increase; as of 2022 there are over 90 students. Grounds and buildings