The Crypt School

Gloucester, GL2 5AE · Gloucestershire grammar school

Ofsted: Outstanding Mixed
Test board
Consortium: Gloucestershire Grammar Schools Consortium. No fixed pass mark; schools set individual qualifying standards from rank-ordered standardised scores

Ofsted judgement breakdown (2024-03-12)

Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding

Oversubscription criteria

  1. Looked after — Looked After Children / Previously Looked After Children who have met the qualifying standard
  2. Pupil premium — Candidates in receipt of Pupil Premium who have met the qualifying standard
  3. Staff child — Children of permanent staff employed ≥2 years (or recruited to fill a demonstrable skills shortage)
  4. Other qualified — All other candidates who met the qualifying standard, in test rank order — tiebreaker: distance (closest first)

What the entrance test covers

Two multiple-choice papers (GL Assessment style), covering verbal ability (English and verbal reasoning), numerical reasoning (maths), and non-verbal reasoning. Each paper takes around an hour including instructions and worked examples. A qualifying rank on the test is not itself an offer — you must also list the grammar school(s) on your home LA's secondary school application form by the normal 31 October deadline.

University destinations

Oxbridge
1%
Russell Group
34%
Top-third university
23%
Any degree
75%

Of the 150-student 2019/20 leaver cohort, sustaining a higher-education destination the following year. This is the last cohort the Department for Education published with an Oxbridge/Russell Group breakdown — these categories were discontinued as official accountability measures after this release, so a more recent figure does not exist.

House prices nearby

Median price, Podsmead ward (Year ending Mar 2023)
£280,000

Median price for the school's electoral ward, year ending March 2023 — a neighbourhood-level indicator, not the school's actual admissions catchment (catchments are often smaller than a ward or span parts of several).

Data sourced from GIAS, Ofsted and official Gloucestershire admissions publications. Figures can change year to year — always confirm with the school before applying.

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