demanding £250,000, which the police were able to trace. The men were found guilty of false imprisonment and blackmail and sentenced to custodial terms of 11–12 years. Abolition and later Reintroduction of Rugby Union In June 2002, the Principal Richard Youdale aroused media interest and criticism with an announcement that the school would be phasing out rugby which had been introduced in the place of football in the early 1950s. Youdale cited, among other reasons, the increasing popularity of football. The school reinstated rugby in 2005. Saturday school In line with other public schools, children in year groups up to Year 5 (age 9) do not have Saturday school. Year 5 and 6 children have optional activities. Pupils in Years 7 to 11 have compulsory Saturday school while there are activities for the boarding community. However, this policy is due to be changed in the academic year starting September 2015, with lessons previously held on a Saturday being moved to the regular working week, while Saturday morning will be left free for non-academic, non-compulsory activities. Renaming and Re-Branding In March 2012 the school changed its name from 'The King's School' to 'King's Ely' so as to distinguish the school from the six other King's Schools established or renamed by King Henry VIII in 1541. List of Known Headmasters and Principals 16th Century Ralph Holland (c1541 - 1562) James Speight (1562 - 1596) John Lucke (1596 - 1598) 17th Century Mark Holdred (1598 - 1604) William Pamplin (1605 - 1609) Daniel Wigmore (1609 - 1619) William Hitch (1619 - 1664) Charles Chadwick (1664 - 1674) Richard Peachey (1674 - 1681) Stephen Hutton (1681 - 1690) William Silvertop (1690 - 1699) 18th Century Edmund Tenant (1699 - 1725) Henry Gunning (1725 - 1763) William Irwin (1763 - 1776) Caesar Morgan (1776 - 1790) Richard Jeffreys (1790 - 1793) 19th Century Stephen Stephens (1793 - 1816) George Millers (1818 - 1833) Solomon Smith (1833 - 1834) Office Vacant (1834 - 1838) William Keatinge Clay (1838 - 1843) David James Stewart (1843 - 1848) James Henry Henderson (1848 - 1852) John Ingle (1852 - 1861) John Chambers (1862 - 1870) Richard Winkfield (1870 - 1894) 20th Century Frederick William Hawes (1894 - 1904) Edward Henry Blakeney (1904 - 1918) Thomas James Kirkland (1918 - 1941) Geoffrey John Cross (1941 - 1947) William Brown (1947 - 1955) Benjamin Edward Noble Fawcett (1955 - 1969) Hubert