According to Alston, a charity school founded 1744. But our records suggest earlier. Others suggest that William Law established schools in the early 18c: 'King's Cliffe', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire, Volume 6, Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire (London, 1984), pp. 91-106. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/northants/vol6/pp91-106 [accessed 8 November 2016]. THis suggests a school for girls founded in 1727