Our Alumni Office is always busy building awareness, engagement and support for King’s by offering programmes of value to alumni and supporters.

Gemma Carvell, Development Officer Tel: 01244 689 492 Email: gemmacarvell@kingschester.co.uk. Gemma is responsible for the development and delivery of King’s Fundraising and Alumni Relations Strategies.

Marissa Donnelly, Alumni Relations Coordinator & Admissions Assistant Tel: 01244 689 491 Email: marissadonnelly@kingschester.co.uk. Marissa provides vital administrative support to the Alumni Office, particularly helping with our busy programme of events, communications and database management. Marissa would love to hear about your success stories, and how your experiences during your time here have shaped your life. 

The Alumni Team

Gemma & Marissa

We are excited to introduce you to https://alumni.kingschester.co.uk, our brand-new digital space created exclusively for The King’s School Chester alumni community!

Imagine the professional networking power of LinkedIn combined with the personal connection of Instagram, all tailored just for our alumni.

We care about staying in touch with our alumni. It’s important that we let you know what’s going on at your school and within your alumni network. Make sure you don’t miss out on exciting alumni events, school news and opportunities around the world by sharing your details and contact preferences with us.

The collection contains original documents dating back to the late 18th century. It also includes hundreds of photographs from the 1870s onwards. Silver cups, medals, school uniform and other artefacts are also held. There is a complete collection of issues of the school magazine, which started publication in 1885. Our school registers list names of pupils dating back to 1541. Clerk to the Governors’ collections contain cash books, ledgers, boarding house books, architectural plans and drawings. Press cuttings from local newspapers detailing school events, developments and former pupil’s successes and achievements have been incorporated into scrap books.

The earliest records mentioning the school and its foundation are stored in the National Archives and in the Chester Cathedral Archives held in the Cheshire and Chester Record Office. A brief summary of the most important resources elsewhere has been compiled. Students and teaching staff use the archives for assemblies, research for history field trips, school magazine articles and other related work.

For Archives queries, please contact our school archivist, Jenny Holladay, by email at archives@kingschester.co.uk.

Since its founding in 1541 by King Henry VIII “for 24 poor and friendless boys”, The King’s School, Chester, has been providing disadvantaged children the education, care, and opportunity they need to flourish. Across nearly five centuries, generations of pupils have come to King’s from all backgrounds, each shaped by the school’s commitment to academic excellence, breadth of experience, and a spirit that looks beyond itself – fostering curiosity, responsibility and a strong sense of place within the wider world. 

Families in Chester and across the wider region continue to hold high aspirations for their children, yet many of the brightest pupils face barriers that academic talent alone cannot overcome. The need for transformational bursaries has never been greater. 

In response, the school has chosen to realign with its founding principles by focusing on the provision of 100% bursaries. This renewed commitment will break down barriers for those who have the ability to thrive at King’s but not the means. 

The 100% King’s initiative is a commitment to full bursaries wherever possible, ensuring that bursary recipients in the greatest financial need benefit from the opportunity of a firstclass education. 

We are asking you, those closest to the school, to help support us in giving this transformative opportunity to children and communities around Chester and to join us in supporting 100% King’s now and for generations to come.

To support The Bursary Fund please click here