Editing The King's School, Canterbury (section)

==Houses==
There are 16 houses at King's, 13 boarding and 3 day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kings-school.co.uk/document_1.aspx?id=1:31668&id=1:31637|last=The King's School Canterbury|title=Houses|access-date=5 April 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208094303/http://www.kings-school.co.uk/document_1.aspx?id=1:31668&id=1:31637|archive-date=8 December 2014}}</ref> Most are named after past headmasters or people of interest in the school's history, with the exception of ''School House'', ''The Grange'' and ''Carlyon''. The Houses of the School are:

*'''School House''': founded 1860 (boys boarding)
*'''The Grange''': founded 1928, moved to a new building in 2007 (boys boarding)
*'''Walpole''': founded 1935, (girls boarding). Named after the novelist Sir [[Hugh Walpole]] (KS 1896–98)
*'''Meister Omers''': founded 1936, (boys boarding). 
*'''Marlowe''': founded 1936, (mixed day). Named after the poet and dramatist [[Christopher Marlowe]] (KS 1579–81)
*'''Luxmoore''': founded 1945, (girls boarding). Named after Sir [[Arthur Luxmoore|Arthur Fairfax Coryndon Luxmoore]] (KS 1889–93), Lord Justice of Appeal
*'''Galpin's''': founded 1952, (boys boarding). Named after The Reverend Arthur Galpin, Headmaster from 1897 to 1910.
*'''Linacre''': founded 1953, (boys boarding). Named after [[Thomas Linacre]], founder of the Royal College of Physicians
*'''Broughton''': founded 1976, (girls boarding). Named after [[William Broughton (bishop)|William Broughton]] (KS 1797–1804), the first Bishop of Australia
*'''Tradescant''': founded 1976, (boys boarding). Named after [[John Tradescant the Younger|John Tradescant]] (KS 1619–23), the distinguished gardener and collector.
*'''Mitchinson's''': founded 1982, (mixed day). Named after [[John Mitchinson (bishop)|John Mitchinson]], Headmaster 1859–73 and co-founder of the Headmasters' Conference.
*'''Jervis''': founded 1992, (girls boarding). Named after Douglas Jervis OKS
*'''Harvey''': founded 1996, (girls boarding). Named after [[William Harvey]] physician, who first determined the systemic circulation of the blood (KS 1588–92)
*'''Bailey''': first founded 1990, (sixth form girls boarding). Named after Henry Bailey, second warden of St Augustine's College between 1850 and 1875 and an honorary Canon of the Cathedral
*'''Carlyon''': founded 2005, (mixed day). Named after evacuation of the School to [[Carlyon Bay]] in [[Cornwall]] during the [[Second World War]]
*'''Lady Kingsdown House''': founded 2015, (girls boarding). Named after Lady Kingsdown, Governor Emerita