The Royal Hospital School – Holbrook
The School was founded in 1712 as part of Greenwich Hospital, a ‘charitable institution for the aged, infirm or young’, and was established to provide boys from seafaring backgrounds with the rare privilege of learning arithmetic and navigation.
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The Royal Hospital School (usually shortened as “RHS” and historically nicknamed “The Cradle of the Navy”) is a British co-educational independent day and boarding school with naval traditions. The school admits pupils from age 11 to 18 (Years 7 to 13) through Common Entrance or the school’s own exam. The school is regulated by Acts of Parliament.[2]
The school is located in the village of Holbrook, near Ipswich, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. The school’s campus is of Queen Anne style and set in 200 acres (0.81 km2) of countryside overlooking the River Stour on the Shotley Peninsula in an area known as Constable Country.
The Royal Hospital School was established by a Royal Charter in 1712. It was originally located at Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich. The school moved in 1933 to East Anglia.