crgs.co.uk - Welcome to Colchester Royal Grammar School

Description: Named East Anglia State School of the Decade by The Sunday Times in 2021, CRGS is a selective day school for boys aged 11 – 18 years and co-educational in the Sixth Form. It is one of very few state boarding schools, with a family-style boarding house designed for 30 Sixth Form students. Founded in 1206 and granted two Royal Charters, by Henry VIII in 1539 and by Elizabeth I in 1584, it has a history of scholarship dating back to the sixteenth century. ‘Pupils say school is a safe and enjoyable place

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The best lessons, they say, are ‘caught’ rather than ‘taught’, and to catch the very special atmosphere and unique ethos of Colchester Royal Grammar School, you have to visit the school, see it in action and meet the people. All the school’s achievements and successes are the by-product of an ethos in which individuals are encouraged to enjoy challenge, aim high and prepare accordingly.

This website seeks to provide information about Colchester Royal Grammar School and give a flavour of the school today. It will hopefully enable visitors to appreciate the school’s values, understand its standards and form a view of the education on offer. 

Over two thirds of grades achieved were at grade 9 or 8.

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