Editing King's Lynn (section)

==Education==
Three of King's Lynn four [[secondary school]]s are located in the town: [[King Edward VII School (King's Lynn)|King Edward VII School]], the [[King's Lynn Academy]] and [[Springwood High School, King's Lynn|Springwood High School]]. The fourth, [[St Clements High School]], is in the nearby village of [[Terrington St Clement]]. The first is known for its [[physical education]] department, King's Lynn Academy for its maths and IT specialities, and Springwood for performing arts and drama.<ref name="kes">{{Cite web| url=http://www.kingedward.norfolk.sch.uk/home.php |title=King Edward VII School |access-date=15 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522074743/http://www.kingedward.norfolk.sch.uk/home.php 
 |archive-date=22 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.park.norfolk.sch.uk/ |title=The Park High School |access-date=15 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522071143/http://www.park.norfolk.sch.uk/ |archive-date=22 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.springwood.norfolk.sch.uk/ |title=Springwood High School |access-date=15 May 2010 |work=springwood.norfolk.sch.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100608175049/http://www.springwood.norfolk.sch.uk/ |archive-date= 8 June 2010}}</ref> The nearest independent school is [[Wisbech Grammar School]] in [[Cambridgeshire]].

The town's [[further education]] college, the [[College of West Anglia]], was founded in 1894 as King's Lynn Technical School. In 1973, it was renamed Norfolk College of Arts and Technology, and, in 1998, merged with Cambridgeshire College of Agriculture and Horticulture, which added campuses in [[Wisbech]] (now closed) and [[Milton, Cambridgeshire|Milton]]; it changed the name to the College of West Anglia. It retained this name in April 2006, when it merged with the Isle College in Wisbech.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.col-westanglia.ac.uk/about-history.html |title=History of College |access-date=25 May 2010 |work=[[College of West Anglia]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328140238/http://www.col-westanglia.ac.uk/about-history.html |archive-date=28 March 2010}}</ref>