Crescent School is a
Private
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Music
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preparatory coeducational
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day School
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for pupils aged 3 – 11. It is in the
Bilton area of
Rugby
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** Rugby union: 15 players per side
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,
Warwickshire
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, England.
It was informally started in 1946, and founded in 1948 as a school for the children of
Rugby School
Rugby School is a Public school (United Kingdom), private boarding school for pupils aged 13–18, located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire in England.
Founded in 1567 as a free grammar school for local boys, it is one of the oldest independ ...
masters. It was housed in Rugby School buildings. Having opened its doors to children living in Rugby and the surrounding district, it outgrew its premises and, in 1988, purchased a purpose-built school in Bilton, a residential suburb approximately 2 miles south of Rugby town centre.
There are 167 pupils, including children aged 3–4 in the Pathfinders
nursery school
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. Since 2017, the school has been a part of the Princethorpe Foundation, alongside secondary school
Princethorpe College
Princethorpe College is a Catholic private day school located in Princethorpe, near Rugby, Warwickshire, England. Princethorpe College opened in September 1966 after the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MSCs), purchased the site to use as th ...
, primary school Crackley Hall and nursery Little Crackers. The headmaster, Joe Thackway is a member of
Independent Association of Preparatory Schools
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The majority of IAPS' sch ...
and the school is a member of the
Independent Schools Council
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, having undergone
Independent Schools Inspectorate
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and
Ofsted
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inspections.
References
External links
School website
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Private schools in Warwickshire
Schools in Rugby, Warwickshire