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The Crypt School

The Crypt School is a grammar school with academy status for boys and girls located in the city of Gloucester. Founded in the 16th century, it was originally an all-boys school, but it made its sixth form co-educational in the 1980s and moved to a mixed intake from year 7 in 2018, thereby becoming the only fully coeducational selective school in Gloucester. The school was founded in 1539 by Joan Cooke with money inherited from her husband John.[1]

The Crypt School

51°50′22″N 2°15′07″W / 51.8394°N 2.252°W / 51.8394; -2.252

Grammar school;
Academy

Floreat Schola Cryptiensis

1539 (1539)

John and Joan Cooke

136578 Tables

Reports

Nicholas Dyer

Fully coeducational from September 2018 (mixed)

11 to 18

1,048

Cooke (Formerly Brown), Waboso (Formerly Whitefield), Moore, Raikes and Henley

    Maroon, Primrose

http://www.cryptschool.org/

Largest non-commercial stage in Gloucestershire

Sixth Form Centre (also known as John and Joan Cooke Centre)

Sports hall

[9]

Modern Pavilion

New Tennis and Netball courts as of 2019/20

3 full-size rugby pitches

2 football pitches

2 cricket fields (1 natural , 1 artificial green)

green

Anthony Iles Block (Formerly Engineering Block)

Facilities at the school include:[9]

Bishop of Ludlow from 2002 to 2009

Michael Wrenford Hooper

(1730–1805), Archbishop of Canterbury

John Moore

(8 August 1951 - 5 June 2023), Dean of Gibraltar (2008-)

John Paddock

(1736–1811), publisher and founder of Sunday School Movement

Robert Raikes

(1714–1770), a leader of the Methodist movement

George Whitefield

Archbishop of Philadelphia between 1860 and 1883

James Frederick Wood

theatre director and priest

James Roose-Evans

School song[edit]

'Carmen Cryptiense', written in April 1926 with words by D. Gwynne Williams (Headmaster) and music by C. Lee Williams.[13]

Official website

Club for former pupils and teachers.

Old Cryptians

The London Old Cryptians Club