Editing York (section)

==Education==
{{See also|List of schools in York}}

===Institutions===
[[File:York Castle Museum - geograph.org.uk - 3609942.jpg|thumb|York Castle Museum, an 18th-century building|200x200px]]
[[File:York Art Gallery (geograph 7551006).jpg|thumb|[[York Art Gallery]]|200x200px]]

[[York Castle]], a complex of buildings ranging from the medieval Clifford's Tower to the 20th-century entrance to the [[York Castle Museum]] (formerly a prison) has had a chequered history. As well as the Castle Museum, the city contains numerous other museums and historic buildings such as the [[Yorkshire Museum]] and its [[Museum Gardens]], [[Jorvik Viking Centre]], [[York Art Gallery]], [[Merchant Adventurers' Hall]], the reconstructed medieval house [[Barley Hall]] (owned by the [[York Archaeological Trust]]), the 18th-century [[Fairfax House]], the [[Mansion House, York|Mansion House]] (the historic home of the Lord Mayor) and the so-called [[Treasurer's House, York|Treasurer's House]] (owned by the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=York – Museums & Art Galleries |url=http://www.touristnetuk.com/Ne/york/attractions/museums.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090906024511/http://www.touristnetuk.com/ne/york/attractions/museums.htm |archive-date=6 September 2009 |access-date=12 June 2009 |publisher=Tourist Net UK Ltd}}</ref> The [[National Railway Museum]] is situated just beyond the station, and is home to a vast range of transport material and the largest collection of railway locomotives in the world. Included in this collection are the world's fastest steam locomotive [[LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard|LNER Class A4 4468 ''Mallard'']] and the world-famous [[LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman|LNER Class A3 4472 ''Flying Scotsman'']], which has been overhauled in the Museum.<ref name="nrmfs">{{cite web |title=About Flying Scotsman |url=http://www.flyingscotsman.org.uk/about.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225225723/http://www.flyingscotsman.org.uk/about.aspx |archive-date=25 February 2009 |access-date=3 September 2007 |publisher=National Railway Museum}}</ref>
Although noted for its Medieval history, visitors can also gain an understanding of the Cold War through visiting the [[York Cold War Bunker]], former headquarters of No 20 Group of the Royal Observer Corps.<ref>{{cite web |title=York Cold War Bunker |url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/york-cold-war-bunker/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115045005/http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/york-cold-war-bunker/ |archive-date=15 January 2014 |access-date=19 January 2014 |publisher=English Heritage}}</ref>

[[File:York Library (15th July 2013) 002.JPG|thumb|York Library|200x200px]]

The city's first subscription library opened in 1794.<ref>{{cite web |title=York History – York Public Library |url=http://www.yorkhistory.org.uk/library.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110411101710/http://www.yorkhistory.org.uk/library.html |archive-date=11 April 2011 |access-date=24 January 2011 |publisher=York History}}
</ref> The first free [[public library]], the [[York Library]], was built on [[Clifford Street (York)|Clifford Street]] in 1893, to mark [[Queen Victoria]]'s jubilee. A new building was erected on [[Museum Street (York)|Museum Street]] in 1927, and this is still the library today; it was extended in 1934 and 1938.<ref>{{cite web |date=23 September 1927 |title=York Central Library |url=http://www.historyofyork.org.uk/themes/20th-century/york-central-library |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224104407/http://www.historyofyork.org.uk/themes/20th-century/york-central-library |archive-date=24 December 2015 |access-date=23 December 2015 |publisher=History of York}}</ref>

===Higher and further===
[[File:Central Hall University of York.jpg|thumb|University of York, view across the lake to [[Central Hall, University of York|Central Hall]]|200x200px]]

The [[University of York]]'s main campus is on the southern edge of the city at [[Heslington]]. The Department of Archaeology and the graduate Centres for Eighteenth Century Studies and Medieval Studies are located in the historic King's Manor in the city centre.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.york.ac.uk/ |title=The University of York |publisher=University of York |access-date=19 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426214815/http://www.york.ac.uk/ |archive-date=26 April 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>

It was York's only institution with university status until 2006, when the more centrally located [[York St John University]], formerly an autonomous college of the [[University of Leeds]], attained full university status. The city formerly hosted a branch of the [[University of Law]] before it moved to Leeds. The University of York also has a medical school, [[Hull York Medical School]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://education.guardian.co.uk/universityguide2005/table/0,15905,-5163909,00.html |title=Guardian Medical school ranking tables |year=2009 |work=Guardian Education |publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited |access-date=17 July 2009 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304000049/http://education.guardian.co.uk/universityguide2005/table/0,15905,-5163909,00.html |archive-date=4 March 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The city has two major further education institutions. [[York College (York)|York College]] is an amalgamation of York Technical College and York Sixth Form College. Students there study a very wide range of academic and vocational courses, and range from [[School leaving age|school leavers]] and [[sixth form]]ers to people training to make career moves.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yorkcollege.ac.uk/new-college/news/index.html |title=About the new college |publisher=York College |access-date=19 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403015541/http://www.yorkcollege.ac.uk/new-college/news/index.html <!--Added by H3llBot--> |archive-date=3 April 2009}}</ref> [[Askham Bryan College]] offers further education courses, foundation and honours degrees, specialising in more vocational subjects such as horticulture, agriculture, animal management and even [[golf course]] management.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.askham-bryan.ac.uk/ |title=Welcome to Askham Bryan College |publisher=Askham Bryan College |access-date=19 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090322034433/http://www.askham-bryan.ac.uk/ |archive-date=22 March 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Secondary and primary===
[[File:Hall range St Peter's School York.jpg|thumb|200x200px|St Peter's School, the city's oldest school. founded in the 7th century]]

There are 70 [[Local Education Authority|local council]] schools with over 24,000 pupils in the City of York Council area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.york.gov.uk/education/Schools_and_colleges/ |title=Schools and colleges |publisher=City of York Council |date=4 February 2009 |access-date=17 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919100932/http://www.york.gov.uk/education/Schools_and_colleges/ |archive-date=19 September 2009}}</ref> The City of York Council manages most primary and secondary schools within the city.{{update|date=July 2022}} Primary schools cover education from ages 5–11, with some offering early years education from age 3. From 11 to 16 education is provided by 10 secondary schools, four of which offer additional education up to the age of 18.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.york.gov.uk/education/Schools_and_colleges/Secondary_schools_directory/ |title=Secondary schools in York |publisher=City of York Council |date=1 February 2007 |access-date=17 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206073443/http://www.york.gov.uk/education/Schools_and_colleges/Secondary_schools_directory/ |archive-date=6 December 2008}}</ref> In 2007, Oaklands Sports College and Lowfield Comprehensive School merged to become one school known as [[York High School, York|York High School]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/942080.10m_merger_unveiled_as_york_high_school/ |title=£10m merger unveiled as 'York High School' |publisher=Newsquest Media Group |work=The Press |date=28 September 2006 |access-date=19 May 2009 |archive-date=12 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112005239/https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/942080.10m-merger-unveiled-as-york-high-school/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

There is one "''outstanding''"<ref>{{cite web |last=Ofsted Communications Team |date=25 July 2022 |title=Find an inspection report and registered childcare |url=http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report |access-date=21 November 2022 |website=reports.ofsted.gov.uk |archive-date=13 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913130530/https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report |url-status=live}}</ref> Roman Catholic secondary school in the city, [[All Saints Roman Catholic School, York|All Saints School]], which was founded in 1665, the school is split-site meaning that the education of lower years (years 7–9) happens on the Lower Site attached to the oldest running convent in the country, [[Bar Convent]]. And the upper years including sixth form are taught on the Upper Site which is on Mill Mount, the former site of [[Millthorpe School|Mill Mount County Grammar School for Girls]]. The Sixth form is the largest sixth form in the city. As a school it plays an essential role in York's Catholic community being the only secondary institution dedicated to the denomination. It was the first Catholic school in the country to admit girls for education in the 1660s.

York also has several private schools. [[St Peter's School, York|St Peter's School]] was founded in 627. The scholar [[Alcuin]], who went on to serve [[Charlemagne]], taught there.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01276a.htm |title=Catholic Encyclopedia: Alcuin |publisher=New Advent |access-date=1 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090317205312/http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01276a.htm |archive-date=17 March 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> It was also the school attended by [[Guy Fawkes]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.st-peters.york.sch.uk/history/guyfawkes.htm |title=Guy Fawkes History |publisher=St Peter's School Archives |access-date=1 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080419054604/http://www.st-peters.york.sch.uk/history/guyfawkes.htm |archive-date=19 April 2008}}</ref>

Two schools have [[Quaker]] origins: [[Bootham School]] is [[co-education]]al<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boothamschool.com/school_ethos.html |title=The School and its Ethos |publisher=Bootham School York |access-date=19 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090418012016/http://www.boothamschool.com/school_ethos.html
|archive-date=18 April 2009}}</ref> and [[The Mount School, York|The Mount School]] is all-girls.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mountschoolyork.co.uk/mount-parents.php |title=Welcome to The Mount School York |publisher=The Mount School York
|access-date=19 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323032829/http://www.mountschoolyork.co.uk/mount-parents.php
|archive-date=23 March 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Another all-girls school is [[Queen Margaret's School, York|Queen Margaret's School]], which was established under the [[Woodard Foundation]].