Colchester Royal Grammar School (CRGS) is a grammar school in Colchester, Essex, founded in 1206 and granted two Royal Charters by Henry VIII (in 1539) and by Elizabeth I (in 1584).
More recently, the school's sixth form has been ranked 1st in terms of A-Level results in the country for the past 6 years and is 27th, as of 2007, in the country in terms of Oxbridge admissions. On 1 January 2012 the School converted to an Academy.
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