The Crypt School

The Crypt School
Location
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GL2 5AE

England
Coordinates51°50′22″N 2°15′07″W / 51.8394°N 2.252°W / 51.8394; -2.252
Information
School typeGrammar school;
Academy
MottoFloreat Schola Cryptiensis
Established1539 (1539)
FoundersJohn and Joan Cooke
Department for Education URN136578 Tables
OfstedReports
Head teacherNicholas Dyer
GenderFully coeducational from September 2018 (mixed)
Age11 to 18
Number of students1,048
HousesCooke (Formerly Brown), Waboso (Formerly Whitefield), Moore, Raikes and Henley
Colour(s)    Maroon, Primrose
AlumniOld Cryptians
Websitehttp://www.cryptschool.org/

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.