Beside the Guild Chapel is the Grammar School attended by Shakespeare and it remains one to-today! Attached to it are the 16th century Almhouses provided by the Guild of the Holy Cross for the poor of the town. Both are Tudor fronted & extremely attractive building in good repair. I would have loved to have gone in to see what... More

To be able to see the very school where Shakespeare was educated is indeed a joy. It is in the center of town and very easy to get to. Go and be schooled!

I had no idea this school was even there. I happened upon it while stepping out of a pub. I was taken on a tour by one of the students which was a lot of fun. I not only saw the schoolroom where Shakespeare would have been a student but there is a plaque on the wall in the spot... More

We were so fortunate to be in Stratford on one of the few days each year when Shakespeare's School (now King Edward VI Grammar School) was open to the public. The Town's original Guild Hall forms part of the School's library and upstairs in Shakespeare's original classroom lessons are still occasionally to the current pupils who give the guided tours... More

Shakespeare's School, King Edward VI Grammar School has a lovely building and when you walk past the gates under Shakespeare's old classroom you think that the children who are currently being educated there are so privilaged being able to go to Shakespeare's School and the students even get to be taught in Shakespeare's old classroom, Overall brilliant building. Lovely architecture!