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Teacher Taster Day 14th Feb
Teacher Taster Day at
The Crypt School, On Thursday 14 February
2019 9.00am - ...
Tuesday 22nd Nov
Friday 23rd Nov
Saturday 24th Nov
7pm Start
Adults £5
Concessions £3
Family...
The Crypt School's summer GCSE results have placed the School in the top 5% of schools nationally for progress.
The School’s Progress 8 score, that is the progress pupils
make between KS2 (Year 6) and KS4...
Innovative Teaching and Learning is at the heart of the School life.
Innovative Teaching and Learning is at the heart of the School life. This month, The Crypt Active Learning...
The Year 7 co-educational intake make History at The Crypt School
This week, has been an historic moment for The Crypt School. For the first time in its nearly...
Our first year 7 co-educational cohort had their Induction Day today
Our first year 7 co-educational
cohort had their Induction Day today. We are all very excited...
The Crypt achieves another set of impressive A Level results: 82% of grades achieved were A*-C, with 53% of grades at A*-B.
The Crypt School has achieved another set of
impressive A Level results: 82% of grades achieved were...
The School received wonderful news that it has obtained funding, of over half a million pounds, to construct a new sports pavilion
At the very end of last term, the School received wonderful news that it has obtained funding, of over...
At least 30% of the new 2018 Year 7 entry will be girls.
The Crypt School Headmaster, Nicholas Dyer, is delighted that at least 30% of the new 2018 Year 7 entry...
At least 30% of the new 2018 Year 7 entry will be girls.
The Crypt School Headmaster, Nicholas Dyer, is delighted that at least 30% of the new 2018 Year 7 entry...
Teacher Taster Day At The Crypt School, THURSDAY 8th FEBRUARY 2018, 9.00AM ? 1.00pm
Teacher
Taster Day At The Crypt School, THURSDAY 8th FEBRUARY 2018, 9.00AM –
1.00pm
Are you...
We are delighted to announce that Ms Rebecca Cantin will
join The Crypt School's PE and Sports department...
85% of A Level grades were awarded at the A*-C level this year, with over 63% of grades awarded to Year...
General Election Hustings 15th May
We are hold a hustings at The Crypt School on Monday, 15th May at 6.00 p.m. Candidates from...
F1 in Schools Regional Final Success
In the Professional Class at Wednesday’s F1 in Schools
Regional final last week at...
VI Form students having successfully completed their employability challenge
VI Form students having successfully completed their employability challenge were interviewed by a panel...
In order to help future year 7 students and their
parents make a more informed decision when selecting...
The Crypt School jazz band competed in the prestigious National Concert Band Festival
The Crypt School jazz band competed in the
prestigious National Concert Band Festival south west regional...
The School's Open day was a resounding success
The School’s Open day was a
resounding success and the busiest the School has even been. ...
Big Band: Pete Martin workshop
The
Crypt School Big Band had the fantastic opportunity to work with Mr Pete
Martin, conductor of the...
Year 12 induction is on Friday 2nd September
What a great turnout we had for Year 12 enrolment
yesterday. Just a reminder that Year 12 induction is...
The Crypt School
has recorded a very pleasing set of GCSE results. 71% of grades were awarded
either...
86% of A Level
grades were awarded at the A*-C level this year, with over 61.6% of grades
awarded to...
Thursday 18th August – A Level Results from 8am
Results will be...
Girls to join The Crypt School
Times are changing for one of the oldest schools
in the country as The Crypt School in Gloucester seeks...
Crypt concert tour to Rhineland, Germany 2016
At a very early 05:00 on the 3rd July, 23 students and 5
members of staff conglomerated at the bottom...
Congratulations to our GirlsGetSET team who achieved second place in the Year 12 Robot Olympics event....
English Department wins prestigious award!
The English Department, led by Mr Sandell, have won a very
prestigious educational award from The
Prince’s...
On
Friday 7th July, Year 8 students participated in a Money Matters
Roadshow where they learned a variety...
On Tuesday 5th July, all
Year 12 students participated in a Wellbeing session. This event was designed
to...
Year 12 Business Breakfast
On Monday 4th July, Year 12 students had the opportunity to
network with professionals working in their...
Certified educator of Raspberry Pi
Crypt School’s educational outreach officer, Susan Green,
has recently returned from a Raspberry...
Year 12 Isaac Physics day
On 27th June, thirteen Year 12 physics students
and their teacher, Mr Boon, made their way to St Edward’s...
Founders’ Day is a special day
in the Crypt School calendar. This is the day on which we celebrate...
House Competition Reward day 2016
All year, the four houses – Moore, Henley, Brown and
Whitefield – have been competing...
The BBC Micro:bits have landed!
Crypt School staff were delighted to receive their BBC
micro:bits recently!
Micro:bits are...
For the fourth successive year, the PE department hosted a
Sports Awards evening to celebrate the achievements...
Prospective Year 12 students visited The Crypt School
on 30th June and 1st July for another of our successful
AS...
On
Wednesday, 22nd June our Key Stage 3 musicians showed off their
varied talents in a concert which...
Bailey Lane End festival 2016
The Crypt School brass group made a very successful debut at the Bailey Lane End music festival on Saturday,...
This year, our Year 7 and Year 8 students have continued to benefit from timetabled lessons which focus...
On 15th June 2016, all Year 12 students who are interested
in a career in law and the legal services,...
Crypt School at Tuffley Celebrates
On Saturday 10th June, Crypt School musicians
took part in the local celebrations. ‘Tuffley...
GirlsGetSET is a competition run
by GE Aviation, who carries out multiple competitions to involve young...
On Wednesday, 8th June, our Engineering
Department was host to the BMWi Sales Executive and the BMW i3...
Chateau du Broutel Trip 27-30 May 2016
On Friday, 27th May, a number of Year 7 pupils set
off for northern France to the Chateau du Broutel...
ISM certificate awarded to The Crypt School
Earlier this month, our Music department was awarded a silver
certificate from the ISM (Incorporated...
South West Ski Championships
On Saturday,
21st May, ten of our skiers from Years 7, 8, 9 and 10 competed in
the South West Ski Championships...
The Crypt School F1 team LunAR Advanced
Racing featured on BBC Points West after making it through to...
On Monday 18th April 2016, two Year 7 students, Thomas
Brenchley and Reuben Richards, accompanied Mr....
To round off National Science week in March, students from all over Gloucester recently enjoyed a space...
The School has been successful in its bid for funding from the Education Funding Agency
On the very last day of term 4, the Headmaster Mr Nick Dyer, learned that the School has been successful...
Our Spring Concert took place on 16th
March and was a true showcase of the range of musical talent at...
This year, students taking GCSE and A-Level German in Years
10 & 12 had the opportunity to participate...
To raise money for Sport Relief this year, students took
part in a 24-hour Bench Press Challenge.
The...
It was a great hour for Sport Relief on Friday 18th
March this year! Five intrepid staff cooks, ably...
Students take part in West of England Brass Band Associations contest
Four Crypt School students played
with bands in the WEBBA contest in Torquay on 12-13 March and are through...
Success in the South West for the F1 team
After many months of preparatory work, The Crypt School’s ‘F1
in Schools’...
Reviewer: Sanah El-Gadi
I really did not know what to expect. I loved reading and studying the play,...
By Liam Fleet, Year 9
On 26 February, 20 members of the Gloucestershire Youth Wind
Orchestra went to...
Students join prestigious musical groups
Gloucestershire Symphony Orchestra
Eden Saunders from Year 10 has just been accepted into the Gloucestershire...
Languages day was a huge success this year!
There were many different activities taking place for the
students...
Over the February half term, Year 12 travelled to France with Balcarras School in Cheltenham and stayed...
Year
9 students have been enjoying taking part in a band ensemble project entitled
‘Musical...
For
two terms this year, fifteen Year 7 pupils have been learning how to play the
trombone and euphonium...
Working together with Renishaw to develop the next generation of engineers
Crypt-Renishaw partnership
announced
We are delighted to announce that we have formed a
partnership...
Adrian Partington choir workshop
It was a
huge privilege to have the eminent conductor and choir trainer, Adrian
Partington come to work...
European Union Chamber Orchestra
Year
10 student, Eden Saunders, was one of only 12 talented musicians selected from
the Gloucestershire...
Geographers investigate Gloucester Services
On Thursday 14th and Friday 15th January, Year 13 geography students had the chance...
On 14th January, a group of
Year 8 language pupils visited the University of the West of England...
Community concert, St George's Church
On 8th December, the Crypt School choir, brass
band and instrumentalists gave a festive concert for the...
Carol Service, December 2015
Over 100 students performed to a packed St Barnabus Church,
Tuffley at our annual carol service on Wednesday...
Frankfurter Weihnachtsmarkt visit
On Friday 11th
December, a group of lucky Year 7 language pupils descended upon the
Birmingham
German...
Cheltenham Town Hall concert
On 6th December, students Edi May,
Olivia Franghiadi, Jess Goode, Eden Saunders and Harry Kirby all performed...
Over a number of years the biology department has been
working closely with Bristol University. On 10th...
I'm a Scientist - Get Me Out of Here!
On Tuesday 10th November, 8EFW
took part in ‘I’m a Scientist – Get Me Out...
The Future is Wild project
Every autumn term, The Crypt School runs a cross-curricular
project called ‘The Future is Wild’...
2016 Geography trip to Iceland
The
second Geography trip to Iceland will take place next October 2016. 22
students will have...
New Grading & Assessment System for September 2015
As you may know,
the grading system at GCSE has changed. The system has moved from grades to
numerical...
Congratulations to the following students:
David Crowe: euphonium – Grade 8
Alistair...
Christmas arrives at Crypt!
Christmas arrived this week with the arrival of our beautiful
Christmas tree. The tree was kindly donated...
Crypt staff and students at Gloucester Choral Society
On Saturday, 21st November 2015, Gloucester Choral Society performed
Orff’s ‘Carmina...
Rhineland Music Tour 2016
We are pleased to announce our forthcoming concert tour or
Rhineland in July 2016.
We will be visiting...
Each year, the Crypt School remembrance service is an
important focal point for the whole school community...
Article by Eden Saunders (10WBH)
The War Songs project was based around creating two
pieces of original...
Early on Tuesday 20th October, a group of Year 9 students
departed for a fun packed 4-day trip to Cologne,...
Big Band Competition Underway!
The south west regional
National Festival of Concert Bands provided an opportunity for our big band to
compete...
Supporting MFL teaching in local primary schools
This year,
our MFL teacher and Training Manager, Mrs Bolton, has been on a mission to
support language...
Students Highly Commended by children's author
Two of our talented young writers have received a ‘Highly
Commended’ certificate...
Remembrance Day at the Cenotaph
On Sunday I had the honour and privilege of taking five
students, their parents and some old Cryptians...
November Poem of the Month winners
Congratulations to Ben Evans and Rowan Freeman (both 8EFW),
winners of November’s ‘Poem...
School Rugby Choir performance at Olympic Park, London
On Saturday 7th
November, 32 members of the Crypt school choir were invited to sing, as part of
a massed...
Students impress with a spectacular autumn concert
Music rang from the Main Hall on 22nd October this year, as
our students and staff delivered a stunning...
Welcome to The Crypt Music Department!
Welcome to The
Crypt Music Department!
We’ve had a busy start to the year in the music department,
alongside...
Tales from The Crypt winners announced!
Tales from
The Crypt winners announced!
Congratulations to Oliver Ruggles (10-OS) and Ben Henry
(8H-CBS)...
Crypt's Creative Writers: get involved!
Crypt’s Creative Writers:
get involved!
Poem of the Month
The English department...
