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I can't let the opinions of the 1973 report go without comment! No question the inspectors were right overall. Comments about the accommodation however did not chime with my own experience. As a pupil I felt the reverse of impoverished. I felt I was part of something historical and much bigger then me. I've no doubts it gave me a confidence I would not otherwise have had, and in part that can be traced back to the environment. If I was good enough to attend school in such a magnificent place, then surely I had some worth. Yes, I know, the year II classroom was dingy. The windows were at such a height that you couldn't see out, and the light that was admitted, formed beams illuminating motes of dust in the air. But as pupils, it didn't matter. And that is where I learnt to write with a ink pen, how to address envelopes, how to enjoy reading books. Roydw (talk) 11:34, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Without further evidence from the Cathedral or records office (the latter which is closed until 2026), it's hard to get a certain date when the choristers stopped getting education from the King's school. In 1880 the choristers are in the King's school, and this seems to go on until about 1889 or so. The vacancy notices say that the education is in King's until about 1889, and from about then, the annual vacancy notices don't mention King's. Also in about 1891 Rev. J.M.New is mentioned as the headmaster of the choir school, and in 1892 the first vacancies for probationers is advertised at the Chester Cathedral Choir School with no mention of King's. It's hard to imagine a headmaster of a school that doesn't do general teaching. I'm waiting for the 1944 report that may shed light on this, otherwise its a trip to the cathedral. Roydw (talk) 17:07, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In 1977 a newspaper article (Observer, 23 Sept 1977, p10) referred to the failure of the Kings School to generate choristers for the choir as there was insufficient interest amongst their juniors. As a result the song school opened to a wide range of schools in the Chester area including Belgrave, Cherry Grove, Newton, Overleigh, Upton Manor, Chistleton High, Kingsway High, Queens Park, Burton, Winsford, Abbey Gate, Wirral Grammar and Caldy Grammar, as well as King's. The newspaper stated that this was the first time that other schools has provided choristers, but there is reason to believe in the 1890's that this was already underway as there was a funny sequence of complaints about choir practice interfering with school, and a resultant conflict between the newly forming Choir School and the Schools Inspectors. Roydw (talk) 11:26, 15 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

1. Photographs
2. History
3. Buildings and facilities - the architecture and internal descriptions (cite the 1973 report).
4. Fees
5. coat of arms / badge
6. change the order of punctuation and citations.
7. ?Update Abbey Gateway, Chester
8. ?Update King's School, Chester
9. ?Update Chester Cathedral
10. ?update Chester Cathedral Choir
11. choristers and non-singing boys

Roydw (talk) 13:16, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]