Gresham's School

Gresham's School is a public school (English fee-charging boarding and day school) in Holt, Norfolk, England, one of the top twenty International Baccalaureate schools in England. The school was founded in 1555 by Sir John Gresham as a free grammar school for forty boys, following King Henry VIII's dissolution of Beeston Priory. The founder left the school's endowments in the hands of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers of the City of London, who are still the school's trustees. In the 1890s, an increase in the rental income of property in the City of London led to a major expansion of the school, building on land that it already owned at the eastern edge of Holt, including several new boarding houses as well as new teaching buildings, library, and chapel. Gresham's admitted girls from 1971 and is now fully co-educational. As well as its senior school, it operates a preparatory and a nursery and pre-prep school, the latter now in the Old School House, the historic home of the school. Altogether, the three schools teach about eight hundred children. In September 2025, Tatler shortlisted Gresham's for its Tatler Schools Awards 2026 "Best Public School" title, together with Eton, Brighton, Canford, and Caterham. In October, it was announced that Gresham's had won the title.