What was schooling like in medieval England?

Answer 1

We do not know a lot about education in medieval England, except what its general form was, and a bit about what was taught.

The oldest school in England is King's School, in Canterbury, which was founded in 597. It typifies the Church schools of the time, with the education in Latin, and intended to make people able to read and write Church documents. Some secular students exist from the time, but we do not know what their education was like. One thing that is important to note is the

Later on, King Alfred the Great decided to see to it that men of freeman class and above were educated, in English. He had The Bible and important pieces of classic literature translated into English. He did believe that at least some women should be educated, as his own daughters were, but we do not know the extent to which he tried to have women educated in general. The work of King Alfred was the reason the Anglo saxon Chronicle was written in English, and may have influenced other English literature, as well.

Education in English was probably ended by the Norman invasion, for a time. It did recover, however, as we certainly know from the English language literature, such as the Canterbury Tales, that started to appear in quantity in the Late Middle Ages. Again, we do not know much about this, but it was certainly sufficiently widespread to support literary endeavor.