Welcome to The Crypt Grammar School Gloucester, a boys’ 11-18 selective school with a co-educational VI form.
We are a highly successful grammar school. Successful academically but also in sport, in our music and drama departments and in the considerable opportunities we give our students with both educational and sporting trips and tours at home and abroad.
As you would expect, our exam results are excellent and we offer a full and varied curriculum. The Crypt has improved its academic results in each of the past 8 years, and perhaps more importantly delivered real value added for our pupils. In 2011 for example, 58% of grades at A level were awarded A*-B grades and 5 students gained entry to Oxford and Cambridge universities. A third of students gained entry to the most selective universities, and 83% gained places at their first choice university. At GCSE in 2011, 100% of students gained 5+A*-C grades including English and Maths, and the percentage of A* and A grades awarded rose once again, and especially the numbers achieving 8 or more A* and A grade passes.
As well as this, I am proud to say we have not lost our considerable reputation as a caring and kind environment where boys and girls show respect for each other and for those in authority and are guaranteed to ensure visitors are welcomed into our school. Our students enjoy learning, and each is valued as an individual. This positive ethos, in which our pupils come into school looking forward to learning and behave impeccably, is the foundation for our academic success.
While exam results are the ultimate goal, we also want our students to develop the qualities and values which will enable them to contribute richly to society. Our curriculum is therefore supported by a wide range of enrichment activities, trips and visits, and extra-curricular clubs. This breadth of opportunity enables our students to gain leadership and teamwork skills, and to develop attributes such as tolerance, compassion, resilience and determination.
We have high expectations for all of our students. We challenge and support them to achieve their the best they can, so that when they ultimately leave the school they do so as well rounded young adults, with the confidence, knowledge and skills required for life in the modern world.
The school estate has benefitted from considerable investment in recent years, with a new VI Form Centre completed in 2009, and a new Food Technology Room completed in 2011. A further £1million of improvements will be completed by April 2012. The school drive will be replaced, the car park will be surfaced with tarmac, and a separate path will be created for pedestrians. At the same time the old gym will be transformed into two separate spaces: a purpose built drama and dance studio; and a modern gym with weights and cardio vascular equipment.
Fond memories of my school days remain with me. I want Crypt students to feel, as I did, that they are a part of something very special. I share with staff and students a real pride in our school. It is privilege and pleasure to work here and play a part in shaping the lives of our students.
When you visit the Crypt you will be shown around by our students and will have the opportunity to ask them about their experience at the school and I will look forward to meeting you afterwards.
Jonathan Standen
Headmaster
