The Crypt School, Gloucester
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| Established | 1539 |
| Type | foundation grammar |
| Religious affiliation | None (Founded at St Mary de Crypt Church) |
| Headteacher | Mr J Standen |
| Founders | John and Joan Cooke |
| Specialism | Science |
| Location | The Crypt School Podsmead, Gloucester Gloucestershire GL2 5AE  England |
| LEA | Gloucestershire County Council |
| Ofsted number | 115755 |
| Students | 714 |
| Gender | Male (Mixed in Sixth Form) |
| Ages | 11 to 18 |
| School colours | Maroon, (Gold) |
| Website | www.cryptschool.org |
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The Crypt School is a grammar school for boys with a mixed Sixth Form, located in the city of Gloucester, England, founded in 1539 by John and Joan Cooke. The original school was part of St Mary de Crypt church in Southgate St and the schoolroom can still be seen there. Later, in 1889, the school moved to Greyfriars, known better as Friar's Orchard, and in 1943, to its current site at Podsmead. The site on which the modern school is situated is land given to the school by John and Joan Cooke in 1539. Despite several attempts to change the school, notably in the 1960's with the move to comprehensive schools, the Crypt remains a selective boys grammar school.
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[edit] Academic
The Crypt School has been awarded an 'Artsmark' Award by the Arts Council of England for the quality of provision in creative and performing arts.
As one of Gloucester's four grammar schools (two boys, two girls), the school's results are consistently high (particularly at GCSE level - with 97% gaining 5 A*-C passes).[citation needed] The results at all levels exceed the national average and also the average of the Gloucester LEA.
At the end of every academic year , usually on the second Thursday of July, pupils, staff and former Cryptians gather at Gloucester Cathedral for Founders Day ,a day when the school remembers its past and how the school was founded. The Headmaster of the school pays the Rector of St Mary De Crypt Church a quit rent of one red rose. The school is currently the oldest post of education in the city of Gloucester.
There are currently four school houses; Moore, Brown, Whitfield and Henley, each named after notable former students.[citation needed]
In the 1950's and 60's,the Crypt gained a nationwide reputation for the quality of its Shakespearean productions. The plays were directed by Charles Lepper ,English teacher at the Crypt,and former RSC actor.Lepper's last production at the Crypt was "Much Ado About Nothing" in 1966.
[edit] Miscellaneous
[edit] School Song - Carmen Cryptiense
Pio cantu celebremus
Scholam, pie memoremus
Conditores, quis debemus
Tot Musarum munera.
Laus Ioanni tribuenda,
Laus Ioannae concinenda.
Vivat schola Cryptiensis,
Vivat in perpetuum!
Stat per annos domus crescens
Fortiorque fit senescens,
Laeta prole revirescens
Dum labuntur saecula.
Viget prisca fide plena,
Viget nova spe serena.
Vivat schola Cryptiensis,
Vivat in perpetuum!
[edit] Noted Alumni
- Robin Day (1923-2000), journalist, broadcaster and political commentator.
- William Henley (1849-1903), poet and editor.
- H. D. F. Kitto, classicist.
- John Moore (1730-1805), Archbishop of Canterbury.
- Thomas Edward Brown (1830-1897), poet and scholar. (Former head-master).
- George Whitfield (1714-1770), a leader of the methodist movement.
[edit] External links
- The Crypt School Official Website
- Old Cryptians Club for former pupils and teachers.
- The London Old Cryptians Club
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