The Crypt School
Established	1539
Type	Grammar School
Religious affiliation	None (Founded at St Mary de Crypt Church)
Headteacher	Jonathan Standen
Founders	John and Joan Cooke
Location	The Crypt School Podsmead, Gloucester Gloucestershire GL2 5AE  England
LEA	Gloucestershire
Ofsted number	115755
Students	714
Gender	Male (Mixed in Sixth Form)
Ages	11 to 18
School colours	Maroon, (Gold)
Website	www.cryptschool.org

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, the school moved to Greyfriars and in 1943, to its current site at Podsmead. Despite suffering problems in the 20th century with the school being closed for several years, hard work and better management steered the school back into existence and current education changes in Gloucestershire now ensure the survival of the Crypt as a grammar school. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Podsmead is a district of Gloucester approximately one mile from the historic city centre. ... Gloucester (pronounced ) is a city and district in the English county of Gloucestershire, close to the Welsh border. ... Gloucestershire (pronounced ; GLOSS-ter-sher) is a county in South West England. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... A Local Education Authority (LEA) is the part of a council in England or Wales that is responsible for education within that councils jurisdiction. ... Ofsted logo The Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) is a non-ministerial government department, established in 1993 under the Education (Schools) Act 1992. ... Maroon is a color related to dark red. ... Gold is a shade of the color yellow closest to that of gold metal. ... A grammar school is a school that may, depending on regional usage as exemplified below, provide either secondary education or, a much less common usage, primary education (also known as elementary). Grammar schools trace their origins back to medieval Europe, as schools in which university preparatory subjects, such as Latin... Gloucester (pronounced ) is a city and district in the English county of Gloucestershire, close to the Welsh border. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Events May 30 - In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal to find gold. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gloucestershire (pronounced ; GLOSS-ter-sher) is a county in South West England. ...

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. The Arts Council of England was formed in 1994 when the Arts Council of Great Britain was divided into three separate bodies for England, Scotland and Wales. ...

As one of Gloucester's four grammar schools (two boys, two girls), the school's results are consistently high (particularly at GCSE level - with 95% gaining 5 A*-C passes).^{[citation needed]} The results at all levels exceed the national average and also the average of the Gloucester LEA. GCSE is an acronym that can refer to: General Certificate of Secondary Education global common subexpression elimination - an optimisation technique used by some compilers This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Lea is an Old English word meaning a clearing, an open piece of grassland or a grove. It is common in English town names, in the north it generally uses the pure form of -lea whilst in the south it generally uses a changed spelling such as -ley, -leigh or...

At the end of every academic year pupils, staff and former Cryptians gather at Gloucester Cathedral for Founders Day, an evening when the school remembers its past and how the school was founded. The school is currently the oldest post of education in the city of Gloucester. Gloucester (pronounced ) is a city and district in the English county of Gloucestershire, close to the Welsh border. ...

Miscellaneous

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! come again

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.

Sir Robin Day, OBE (24 October 1923 – 6 August 2000) was a British political broadcaster and commentator of note. ... William Ernest Henley (August 23, 1849 – July 11, 1903) was a British poet, critic and editor. ... Humphrey Davy Findley Kitto (6 February 1897-21 January 1982) was a British classical scholar. ... John Moore (1730-1805) was an English cleric and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1783 to 1805. ... Thomas Edward Brown OKW (May 5, 1830 - October 29, 1897), British poet, scholar and divine, was born at Douglas, Isle of Man and educated at King Williams College. ... George Whitefield was a minister in the Church of England and one of the leaders of the Methodist movement. ...

Year 10 English Set 1

• Our set rulessssssssssssss
• edgeyy peachyy
• The Keasleys - Most amazing twins in world

External links

• The Crypt School Official Website
• Old Cryptians Club for former pupils and teachers.
• The London Old Cryptians Club