what school did william shakespeare attend?
King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon
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 Although no attendance records for the period survive , most biographers agree that Shakespeare was probably educated at the King 's New School in Stratford , a free school chartered in 1553 , about a quarter @-@ mile ( 400 m ) from his home . Grammar schools varied in quality during the Elizabethan era , but grammar school curricula were largely similar : the basic Latin text was standardised by royal decree , and the school would have provided an intensive education in grammar based upon Latin classical authors . 

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 The absence of documentary proof of Shakespeare 's education is often a part of anti @-@ Stratfordian arguments . The free King 's New School in Stratford , established 1553 , was about 0 @.@ 5 miles ( 0 @.@ 8 km ) from Shakespeare 's boyhood home . Grammar schools varied in quality during the Elizabethan era , but grammar school curricula were largely similar , the basic Latin text was standardised by royal decree , and the school would have provided an intensive education in Latin grammar , the classics , and rhetoric at no cost . The headmaster , Thomas Jenkins , and the instructors were Oxford graduates . No student rosters of the period survive , so no documentation exists for the attendance of Shakespeare or any other pupil , nor did anyone who taught or attended the school ever record that they were his teacher or classmate . This lack of documentation is taken by many anti @-@ Stratfordians as evidence that Shakespeare had little or no education . 

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 Shakespeare was named for his grandfather . Richard 's name was common among the Quineys : his paternal grandfather and an uncle were named Richard . 

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 Although he showed an early inclination toward science , he chose instead to study history . A scholarship enabled his entry into Fitzwilliam College , Cambridge , where he gained a first , a PhD and a fellowship . 

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 Although Shakespeare may have been acquainted with Robert Dover , there is no evidence that he ever attended the Games . 
