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King's Ely, which was renamed from The King's School in March 2012, is a coeducational independent day and boarding school in the cathedral city of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. It was founded in 970 A.D., making it one of the oldest schools in the world, though it was given its Royal Charter by King Henry VIII in 1541. The school consists of a nursery, a reception class, junior school, senior school, and an international school. It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.The school has produced a number of notable alumni, including Edward the Confessor, King of England, Lord Browne of Madingley, erstwhile chairman of British Petroleum and James Bowman, countertenor.The senior school was ranked the 162nd independent school for GCSE results and 210th for A Level results in 2014 (see §Curriculum).King's Ely has featured in the local news for its sports results, and has produced a fourth-place Olympic athlete, Goldie Sayers, who represented Great Britain in the 2008 Summer Olympics, coming fourth. Much of the senior school uses the historic monastic buildings of the cathedral, and major school events and weekly services are held there. One of the boys' boarding houses, School House, is claimed to be the oldest residential building in Europe. In its entirety, the school has over 950 pupils. The school has a small campus, with parts of the school in a number of buildings distributed around the centre of the city. However, all its sections make use of certain resources, such as sports facilities and the Monastic Barn.

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