The Duchess of Suffolk, Alice Chaucer (granddaughter of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer) built and founded Ewelme School in 1437 as a place for high quality education.

The school forms part of a complex of medieval buildings, which includes the church and almshouses. This is the oldest functioning maintained school building in the country. De La Pole class are taught in the original school building, which also houses the school hall. The school has been adapted and extended to provide a modern workspace for today’s learning needs, including a new building for Chaucer class, sympathetically added in 1999, courtesy of the Ewelme Trust. Roet and Burghersh classes are taught in self contained classrooms. The central courtyard is used by Chaucer class for educational play. The school has an enclosed playground and a large sports field with climbing apparatus.

For more information on the history of Ewelme  – https://www.ewelmevillagehistory.uk