Princethorpe College is a Catholic independent day school located in Princethorpe, near Rugby, Warwickshire, England. It was founded in the late 1950s as St Bede's College in Royal Leamington Spa, before moving to its current site in 1966. It occupies a former Benedictine monastery surrounded by of parkland. It is the senior school of the Warwickshire Catholic Independent Schools Foundation (WCISF) following a merger with Crackley Hall School in 2002. The school welcomes children of all denominations and is characterised by its strong Christian ethos (Christus Regnet - May Christ Reign).

The college offers a wide range of clubs, societies and activities that take place at lunch-time and after school. Art, badminton, chess, computing, dance, drama, equestrian, photography and technology are usually offered, including the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme and overseas trips.

Sport

Pupils participate in games and PE from Year 7 to Upper Sixth. All the major traditional sports are offered, in addition to other sports such as archery, trampolining, sailing, golf, basketball, rock-climbing and equestrian competitions.

There is a programme of inter-school fixtures and Princethorpe has a tradition of pupils gaining county, regional and international representative honours, not least Old Princethorpian Ian Bell of cricketing fame. Sports facilities include a Sports Hall, a Fitness Centre and squash courts, a floodlit astro-turf pitch, an regionally recognised cross-country course, three concrete tennis courts and over sixty acres of games pitches and fields.

Sixth Form

In late 2007 a new £2.4 million dedicated Sixth Form Centre opened. Built around an atrium, the new building provides classrooms, a lecture room, common room, a Sixth Form dining room, coffee bar and a careers room and is linked to the main school building on two levels by a walkway.

Notable alumni

Ian Bell MBE - England cricketer

Tom Tombleson- England Sevens Rugby

External links

• WCISF