admitted from 1903 and in 1908–09 new buildings were added to the nucleus of buildings dating from 1842. The school was later called the Bentley Grammar School. In 1957 it moved to a new building in the angle of the London and Melksham roads. In 1974, Wiltshire County Council closed the grammar school and the Fynemore Secondary Modern School in Silver Street and created a new school, the John Bentley Comprehensive School, on both sites. This was later called the John Bentley School, and in 2019 was renamed as the Kingsbury Green Academy. Until 1998 both sites were used. After the buildings in Silver Street were given up, new buildings were erected on the site of Bentley Grammar, and existing ones improved. St Mary's School, Curzon Street, is an independent school for girls established in 1873. Calne had other small schools, some based in houses, such as one in Curzon Street in which girls were trained for domestic service. Another example was a small boarding school for boys open in 1842 on the site of a former factory in Silver Street, called William Jacob's School. This was attended by Reg Birkett, the international sportsman, who played football and rugby for England in the 1870s, and by Charlie Absolom who played cricket for the England cricket team in a Test match in 1879. The nearest university is the University of Bath campus at Claverton Down in Bath, to the west. Bath Spa University lies away, between Bath and Bristol. The closest further education institution is the Wiltshire College & University Centre site in Chippenham, away. The town has five primary schools and one independent preparatory school. Fynamore Primary School – School Road Holy Trinity CofE School – Quemerford Marden Vale CofE (VC) Academy – William Street (formerly St Dunstan's) Priestley Primary School – Prince Charles Drive Saint Edmund's RC Primary School – Duncan Street St Margaret's Preparatory School – a mixed day preparatory school that shares the Curzon Street site with St Mary's Religious sites Anglican St Mary's church has a central position in the town and dates from the 12th century. The building was greatly expanded in the 14th and 15th centuries, and its tower rebuilt in the 17th. It is a Grade I listed building. Holy Trinity church at Quemerford, on the London Road southwest of the town, was built in 1852–3. Its churchyard became the parish graveyard, as