Crosfields School is a preparatory day school located in Reading, Berkshire in England. Set within 40 acres of ground, it is a single sex boys school with around 450 pupils aged between 4 and 13.
Boys are selected through interview and assesment at all ages starting with Reception. An extra class is created in Year 5 to allocate more pupils.
Some pupils take examinations at 11 which take them onto senior schools but most boys tend to stay on until they are 13 and sit Common Entrance exams which will take them onto independent senior schools. However, there are exceptions from Common Entrance such as acceptance to grammar schools (notably nearby Reading School), other independent schools and comprehensive schools among others. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Educational institutions are often categorised along several dimensions. ... Private schools, or independent schools, are schools not administered by local, state, or national government, which retain the right to select their student body and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students tuition rather than with public (state) funds. ... Reading is a town, unitary authority (the Borough of Reading) and urban area in the English county of Berkshire. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area... School colors are the colors chosen by a school to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ... Private schools, or independent schools, are schools not administered by local, state, or national government, which retain the right to select their student body and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students tuition rather than with public (state) funds. ... Reading is a town, unitary authority (the Borough of Reading) and urban area in the English county of Berkshire. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area... The Common Entrance Examinations for girls (at age 11-12) or boys (at 12-13), are academic entrance examinations common to almost all private or independent schools (often known as Public Schools) in England & Wales. ... Reading School is a grammar school in the town of Reading, Berkshire, England. ...

Biography

History

Originally a junior school for Leighton Park School, Crosfields was founded as an preparatory school in 1957. However, its roots can be traced back to a school in Castle Street called Marlborough House, established in the first half of the 19th Century. The school was originally located on Bath Road but in the 1920s moved to Parkside Street of which the location is now a YMCA centre.
After World War Two, Leighton Park purchased the nearby Goodrest Estate (the estate was thought to have been named after a quote of Charles I during the English Civil War saying he "had had a good rest") and the junior school settled there in 1946.
When the number of day and boarders at Crosfields had reached 100, a consideration was taken in January 1957 that the school should become an entirely new school. And in January of 1957, Crosfields School officially became an independent preparatory school with its own Trust fund and Board of Governors Leighton Park School is an independent coeducational Quaker secondary school for both boarding and day pupils in Reading, Berkshire, England. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the association. ... This article is becoming very long. ... Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. ... The English Civil War consisted of a series of armed conflicts and political machinations that took place between Parliamentarians (known as Roundheads) and Royalists (known as Cavaliers) between 1642 and 1651. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Origin of Name

Crosfields was named because of a boy's suggestion, after Hugh Crosfield, and old boy and former Leighton Park governor who had been killed in an air raid in 1944 during the war. 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

Crosfields Golden Jubilee

As the school was established in 1957, in 2007, it is Crosfields golden jubilee. There has been an Old Boys Association set up to track old boys down to invite them to the event. 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ...

Headmasters

• Jonathan Wansey (2000-)
• Frank Skipwith (1986-2000)
• Roy Stillman (1957-1986)

2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Crosfields School
• Old Boys

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