Town Close School

Town Close School
Established	1931
Type	Independent
Headmaster	Nicholas Bevington
Location	Ipswich Road Norwich Norfolk NR2 2LR England Coordinates: 52°37′08″N 1°17′01″E / 52.6188°N 1.2835°E / 52.6188; 1.2835
DfE number	926/6111
DfE URN	121237 Tables
Students	466
Gender	Co-educational
Ages	3–13
Website	Town Close School

Town Close School is an independent school in the English county of Norfolk in Great Britain. The heart of the School is two large town houses, one early Georgian and the other mid-Victorian. Purpose-built classrooms have been added in recent years along with an indoor heated swimming pool and a state of the art sports hall, attracting national attention. In more recent times they have bought an Astro-turf pitch with the Hewitt school. ^[1]^[2]

Sports

The school has attained notable sporting success, with pupil Abby Gooderham becoming the under-12 girls’ national javelin champion in July 2011, and pupils Thomas Huckerby and Ben Dugdale also being placed in the National Prep Schools Athletics Championships, held at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham.^[3]

Playing field

The school has a playing field situated further out from the city on the Newmarket Road. Norwich City Football Club played at this Newmarket Road site from 1902 to 1908, with a record attendance of 10,366 against Sheffield Wednesday in a second round FA Cup match in 1908.^[4] Following a dispute over the conditions of renting the Newmarket Road ground, in 1908, the club moved to a new home, in a converted disused chalk pit in Rosary Road which became known as "The Nest".^[5]

Notable former pupils

Richard Alexander - England hockey international^[6]
Brian Perry - veterinary surgeon and epidemiologist

References

↑ Town Close prep school, Norwich by LSI Architects
↑ Town Close school's new sports hall complements the existing structure in UK
↑ Norwich’s Town Close pupils take national athletics honours
↑ "Norwich City grounds - 1. Newmarket Road". Eastern Daily Press. Archived from the original on 5 May 2007. Retrieved 28 March 2007.
↑ "Norwich City grounds - 2. The Nest". Eastern Daily Press. Archived from the original on 5 May 2007. Retrieved 28 March 2007.
↑ Norwich’s newest hockey facilities are fit for Olympian Richard Alexander

External links

http://www.townclose.com/school_pages/Full%20Inspection%20Report.pdf - ISI Inspection Report, 2005

Schools in Norfolk

Secondary

High schools	Acle Academy Alderman Peel High School Archbishop Sancroft High School Attleborough Academy Aylsham High School Broadland High School Caister High School City Academy Norwich City of Norwich School Cliff Park Ormiston Academy Cromer Academy Dereham Neatherd High School Diss High School Downham Market Academy Fakenham Academy Flegg High School Framingham Earl High School Great Yarmouth High School Hellesdon High School Hethersett Academy The Hewett Academy Hobart High School Iceni Academy Jane Austen College King Edward VII School King's Lynn Academy Litcham School Long Stratton High School Lynn Grove High School Marshland High School The Nicholas Hamond Academy North Walsham High School Northgate High School Notre Dame High School Old Buckenham High School Open Academy Ormiston Venture Academy Ormiston Victory Academy Reepham High School St Clement's High School Sewell Park Academy Sheringham High School Smithdon High School Springwood High School Sprowston Community High School Stalham High School Taverham High School The Thetford Academy Thorpe St Andrew School UTC Norfolk Wayland Academy Wymondham College Wymondham High School

Colleges	College of West Anglia City College Norwich Easton College

Sixth form colleges	Dereham Sixth Form College East Norfolk Sixth Form College Paston College Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form

Independent

Preparatory	Glebe House School Hethersett Old Hall School Town Close School

Senior	Gresham's School Hethersett Old Hall School Langley School Norwich School Norwich High School for Girls Thetford Grammar School

Special

Defunct

Category
Commons

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