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The 1st XV played in rainbow bootlaces on Saturday in their match against Epsom to show their support for Stonewall’s #RainbowLaces campaign; a project that works to make sport open to everyone regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. Sadly, homo/bi/transphobia remains a problem at all levels of sport and a ...read more →

In the second week of term this year’s record number of Senior Music Scholars delighted the audience with an accomplished programme (see separate review) and last Friday was the turn of the Junior Scholars. It is wholly appropriate that the foremost musical talent in the school should lead the way in the ...read more →

Johanna Handley, a newly published author visited the English Department last week. Her book The Burning of Juniper Slade is to become a Trilogy soon and Johanna has also written The Lancaster Readers and a series of children’s books. Members of year 9 and 10 as well as some Sixth ...read more →

The first of this year’s Tom Avery Society lectures was delivered by the home team reporting back on their fantastic experiences and achievements over the summer, whilst on Expedition in the Himalaya of northern India. Mr Jenkins set the scene, explaining the goals of the trip and what the objectives ...read more →

Upper Fifth (Year 11) artists travelled to Bankside and Tate Modern this week as part of their themed work on ‘Journeys’.  A visit to the wonderful Georgia O’Keeffe exhibition, Tate’s new Switch House extension and the chance to undertake a sketch crawl along the Thames was the purpose. Cranleighians were ...read more →

Cranleigh Schools have launched The Awesome Book Awards with a new prize that will honour the best new fiction authors for young readers aged 7 to 10. Pupils from schools across the South East will vote on their favourites from the five shortlisted titles: Time Travelling with a Hamster (Ross ...read more →

It is tradition that the new musical year at Cranleigh is ‘kick-started by’ recitals given by the Music Scholars, and wholly appropriate that the leading musical talent in the school should ‘hit the ground running’, leading the way in the packed performance year to come. Last Friday was the turn of the ...read more →

In August the school Expedition headed to Ladakh in northern India with a group of 11 students led by Mark Jenkins and Gemma Bukowska.  Starting in the town of Leh at a height of 3,500m, a few days of gentle acclimatisation to altitude included an introduction to the principles of Buddhism ...read more →

During a hugely successful 2015/16 rugby season the School won the HSBC National Rosslyn Park Cup; won thirteen out of the sixteen 1st XV School fixtures; lost only one match at U14 A level; produced seven elite academy Harlequins rugby players, two school boy international players, one professional player who signed for ...read more →

Many congratulations to Ollie Pope who has signed a two year playing contract with Surrey CCC. Ollie, who has had a successful season for both Cranleigh school and Surrey Academy, was also recently selected for England U19s. Being a regular member of both Test and ODI squads against Sri Lanka, ...read more →