| Town Close School | |
| Size: | 140px |
| Coordinates: | 52.6188°N 1.2835°W |
| Established: | 1931 |
| Type: | Private |
| Head Label: | Headmaster |
| Head: | Nicholas Tiley-Nunn |
| Street: | Ipswich Road |
| City: | Norwich, Norfolk |
| Country: | England |
| Postcode: | NR2 2LR |
| Dfeno: | 926/6111 |
| Urn: | 121237 |
| Enrollment: | 466 |
| Gender: | Co-educational |
| Lower Age: | 3 |
| Upper Age: | 13 |
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. 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]