Editing Salisbury (section)

==Education==
In the 13th and 14th centuries, Salisbury was a seat of learning, with students of theology and the [[liberal arts]] taught at the [[College of the Valley Scholars]], founded by Bishop [[Giles of Bridport]] in 1262. This has some claim to be seen as the first university college in England,<ref name=ABC>Alan B. Cobban, ''The King's Hall Within the University of Cambridge in the Later Middle Ages'' (2007), p. 18]</ref> as it was founded three years before [[Merton College, Oxford]]. Most of the scholars transferred to Salisbury Hall, Oxford, in 1325.<ref name=AFL>[[Arthur Francis Leach]], ''English Schools at the Reformation 1546-8'' (1896), [https://books.google.com/books?id=P7McAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA21 p. 21]</ref> 

There are several schools in and around Salisbury. The city has the only grammar schools in Wiltshire, [[South Wilts Grammar School]] for girls and [[Bishop Wordsworth's School]] for boys; since September 2020, both have mixed [[sixth form]]s. Other schools in or near the city include [[Salisbury Cathedral School]], [[Chafyn Grove School]], [[Leehurst Swan School]], the [[Godolphin School|Godolphin]] senior and prep schools, [[Sarum Academy]], [[St Joseph's Catholic School, Laverstock|St Joseph's Catholic School]], and [[Wyvern St Edmund's]].

Sixth-form education is offered by [[Salisbury Sixth Form College]], while the Salisbury campus of [[Wiltshire College]] offers a range of [[further education]] courses, as well as some higher education courses in association with [[Bournemouth University]]. [[Sarum College]] is a Christian [[theological college]], within the [[Cathedral close]].