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Town Close School | |
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Address | |
Ipswich Road , NR2 2LR England | |
Coordinates | 52°37′08″N1°17′01″E / 52.6188°N 1.2835°E |
Information | |
Type | Private |
Established | 1931 |
Department for Education URN | 121237 Tables |
Headmaster | Nicholas Tiley-Nunn |
Gender | Co-educational |
Age | 3to 13 |
Enrollment | 466 |
Website | www |
Town Close School is an independent preparatory school located in Norwich, England. 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.[ citation needed ] In more recent times they have bought an Astro-turf pitch with the Hewett School. [1] [2] In 2020 the school won the Tes Independent pre-prep of the year. [3] Many pupils go on to attend the Norwich School with some attending Oundle, Stowe, and Greshams. [4]
The school has attained notable sporting success, with one pupil becoming the under-12 girls’ national javelin champion in July 2011, and 2 other pupils being placed in the National Prep Schools Athletics Championships, held at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham. [5]
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. [6] 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". [7]
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