By the sixteenth century, however, it had declined, and in 1509 a new St Paul's School was founded by John Colet, Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, on a plot of land to the north of the Cathedral.
By the sixteenth century however, it had declined, and while a cathedral school still exists for the education of the cathedral choristers, it is has no connection with the public school. In 1509, a new school was founded by John Colet, Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, on a plot of land to the north of the Cathedral.