Editing Cheltenham (section)

==Education==
{{main|List of schools in Cheltenham}}
The oldest school in Cheltenham is [[Pate's Grammar School]] (founded in 1574).<ref name=concisegrammar>{{cite book | title=A Concise Description of the Endowed Grammar Schools in England and Wales | publisher=Baldwin, Cradock and Joy | year=1818 | page=[https://archive.org/details/aconcisedescrip02carlgoog/page/n503 446] | url=https://archive.org/details/aconcisedescrip02carlgoog }}</ref> [[Cheltenham College]] (founded in 1841) was the first of the [[Independent school (UK)|public schools]] of the [[Victorian era|Victorian period]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cheltenham4u.co.uk/schools_boyscollege.asp?area=Leckhampton%2C+Bath+Road |title=Cheltenham Education: Cheltenham College |publisher=Cheltenham4u.co.uk |access-date=4 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227063426/http://www.cheltenham4u.co.uk/schools_boyscollege.asp?area=Leckhampton%2C+Bath+Road |archive-date=27 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The school was the setting in 1968 for the classic [[Lindsay Anderson]] film ''[[if....]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/446941 |title=BFI Screenonline: Anderson, Lindsay (1923–1994) Biography |publisher=Screenonline.org.uk |access-date=4 February 2014}}</ref> It also hosts the annual Cheltenham Cricket Festival, first staged in 1872, and the oldest cricket festival in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cheltenham4u.co.uk/events_cricket.asp |title=Cheltenham Events – Festivals: Cheltenham Cricket Festival |publisher=Cheltenham4u.co.uk |access-date=4 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222030333/http://www.cheltenham4u.co.uk/events_cricket.asp |archive-date=22 February 2014 }}</ref>

The most famous school in the town, according to ''[[The Good Schools Guide]]'', is [[Cheltenham Ladies' College]] (founded in 1853).<ref name=schoolsguidebook>. [http://www.schoolsguidebook.co.uk/schools/view/86/Cheltenham-Ladies-College/GSA-ASCL-BSA/The-Cheltenham-Ladies-College-Bayshill-Road-Cheltenham-Gloucestershire-GL50-3EP Cheltenham Ladies' College – Welcome] {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20130421104109/http://www.schoolsguidebook.co.uk/schools/view/86/Cheltenham-Ladies-College/GSA-ASCL-BSA/The-Cheltenham-Ladies-College-Bayshill-Road-Cheltenham-Gloucestershire-GL50-3EP |date=21 April 2013 }}</ref><ref name=gsg>{{cite book | title=The Good Schools Guide 2008 | publisher=Lucas Publications |date=January 2008 | isbn=978-0-9552821-2-6 }}</ref> [[Dean Close School]] was founded in 1886 in memory of the Reverend Francis Close (1797–1882), a former rector of Cheltenham.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cheltenham4u.co.uk/schools_deanclose.asp?area=Montpellier%2C+Lansdown |title=Cheltenham Education: Dean Close School |publisher=Cheltenham4u.co.uk |access-date=4 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222030331/http://www.cheltenham4u.co.uk/schools_deanclose.asp?area=Montpellier%2C+Lansdown |archive-date=22 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Cheltenham Bournside School]] moved to its current location in 1972. The town also includes several campuses of the [[University of Gloucestershire]], two other independent and six other state secondary schools, plus institutions of further education.