Description:This photograph was taken inside the Grade II listed former King Edward VI Grammar School Great Hall; it shows a stained glass panel in one of the large windows of the hall.
Below the Coat of Arms there is the following inscription: “Edward VI, who placed this School upon a new foundation 1550”.
King Edward VI in response to a petition from the inhabitants & burgesses of Stafford granted a Charter establishing one Grammar School in the town to be called the Free Grammar School of King Edward VI. It was established in 1550 using St. Bertelin's Chapel as a schoolroom. Due to the poor state of repair of the schoolroom, the school was rebuilt on Gaol Square, North Walls, in 1813. The school moved again to new premises on Newport Road in 1862. Then in 1919 the Education Committee took over the school and in 1928 a new hall and wing were built facing Friars Terrace. In 1975 the King Edward's merged with Stafford Girl's High School to become a comprehensive. The buildings became known as the Chetwynd Middle School and later as the Chetwynd Centre.
The school had stood empty for several years and at the time this picture was taken in March 2022 the buildings were being redeveloped into private apartments.