King's School Rochester

King’s School Rochester is a co-educational, independent school with 650 places between the ages of 3 and 18, including 55 boarding places. The size of the School creates a strongly supportive, friendly atmosphere with an emphasis on excellent academic results within a full and rounded co-curricular programme.

Situated in the most historic part of Rochester, adjacent to the Cathedral and Castle, the School has a long and impressive heritage as the oldest choir school and the second oldest school in the world, founded in 604 AD. Rochester is just 30 minutes from London on the high-speed rail link and enjoys excellent road connections to other parts of the country.

Values and vision

King’s provides a happy learning environment which is underpinned by a strong sense of care, kindness, moral values, self-discipline and emotional intelligence, giving pupils the courage and confidence to be their best. Staff, pupils, parents and governors work together as one to create and sustain the learning environment that makes the School so special whilst nurturing individual pupils and celebrating diversity of talent – there truly is no typical King’s pupil. Each and every one is unique, and is treated as such.

King’s embraces a future-focused curriculum, which encourages independent thinking, creativity, and collaboration. This includes our Year 7 Diploma, designed to develop key learning skills, and a commitment to STEAM, the Green Curriculum, and emerging technologies such as AI. King’s has recently been recognised for its responsible and innovative approach to AI integration in education, having been awarded the Good Future Foundation’s AI Quality Mark—the first independent school in South East England to achieve this prestigious recognition.