The Courier

Cyber-crime – please be vigilant

Parents are asked to be vigilant when reading emails relating to the payment of school fees and any other items to the Foundation.

We continue to receive reports regarding spam emails being sent to parents of independent schools asking them to pay future fees to a ‘new’ school bank account.

Please be advised there has been no change to the bank details of either Princethorpe College, Crackley Hall or Crescent and there is no intention to make any changes in the foreseeable future. Any electronic notification that appears to be from any of the Foundation schools changing these details may be fraudulent.

Our bank details are available on the Parent Bills, the Online Payment Portal and for Princethorpe in the Princethorpe College Information Booklet 2018 – 2019, and only those details should be used.

Please do not hesitate to contact me or my colleagues in the Bursary if you are have any doubts about the correct details or indeed if anything appears suspicious.

Eddie Tolcher
Foundation Bursar

We are delighted to announce the appointment of two new members of staff to the teaching team here at Crescent. We welcome Mrs Nadia Barnett (BA Hons MA PGCE) and Mrs Laura Collie (BA Hons with QTS) on board as Year 5 teaching assistants. Both Nadia and Laura are fully qualified teachers in their own right so we are absolutely delighted to have their skill and experience available to us as we take the two Year 5 classes towards their entrance exams.

Across the school we are now able to say that every class will have a teaching assistant assigned to them. Their role is very much a learning and teaching one and they all play a key part in supporting the children’s learning as well as being part of the pastoral team.

Before the holidays I was in touch with you about our celebrations we were planning for this term.

On Friday 14 September the school will be off timetable and the children will be studying/experiencing aspects of social history from the past 70 years. 

As part of this we would like the children (and teachers) to come to school dressed in the fashion of one of the decades in the past 70 years; this could be an opportunity for you to get your children to wear clothes that you may have worn in the 70s, 80s or 90s.

It will be great to see everyone in a variety of costumes.

You will be pleased to know that 20 more tickets have been released for the Platinum Anniversary Dinner Dance on Saturday 29 September at Princethorpe College.

A lovely sociable occasion to share with friends over a delicious 3-course meal, with live music and dancing. The dress code for the evening will be black tie and equivalent for ladies.

Tickets will cost £40 per head. These are now available on a first come, first served basis.

Please visit for tickets:

Platinum Anniversary Tickets

Confirmation will be made by email within 24 hours, you will also have opportunity to say who you would like to sit with for the evening.

With just nine weeks to go the countdown to Princethorpe College's Entrance Exams for admission in September 2019 has begun. This year the exams for Year 7 to 10 entry will take place on Saturday 10 November from 9.30am to 3.30pm.

The College's friendly Admissions Team has been kept busy over the summer accepting registrations from prospective parents. The deadline for entrance exam registrations is ideally Friday 5 October, to enable the seeking of references from junior schools. Class VI parents wishing their children to sit the exams do need to complete a registration form and submit it with the accompanying registration fee by this date.

Comments Melanie Butler, Assistant Head, Marketing, Admissions and Communications, "Parents and pupils will still have plenty of time to prepare and opportunities to visit the College in the run up to the exams and the results will be out at the end of November, making for an exam-free Christmas holiday, which has got to be good news."

If you have any queries relating to admissions please feel free to email the Registrars at admissions@princethorpe.co.uk or call them on 01926 634201.

Mrs Stapleton is looking for old, pre-loved uniform which is not suitable to be sold on/handed down for an art project as part of our Platinum Anniversary Celebrations.  Specifically anything with an old or new logo on, pinafore dresses, summer dresses, PE tops etc.  If you have any such items please drop them into the school office. 

Many thanks.

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