Cranleigh is a Boarding finalist in the prestigious Independent Schools of the Year 2019. Pupils and staff are celebrating after…
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Fourth Form Kayaking Trip
| Canoeing
Eight Fourth Form boys opted for kayaking as a priority time session during the Lent term. Taking place every Monday…
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Upper Fifth Artists Journey to Tate Britain
| Art
This week the Upper Fifth artists visited Tate Britain to spend time looking at artwork first hand. Sketching and note…
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UK Cross Country Champion
Congratulations to Will Barnicoat, who is officially the fastest U15 runner in the UK after taking the gold medal at…
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Physicists go below ground at CERN
| Academic
Twenty four Cranleigh Sixth Form physicists enjoyed a trip to Geneva last week. On the schedule was not only a…
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Sky Arts Competition Success
| Art
Very many congratulations to Harry Wills ( North UVIth), who was selected to compete in a heat of the 2017…
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Exploring Art
| Art
Upper Fifth artists visited the British Museum this week to research their GCSE exam theme ‘ Beginning and/or end’. The…
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Pat Dixon Woodwind Performance
| Music
Last Friday a large audience enjoyed the annual Pat Dixon woodwind performance as part of the broader Helen Wareham competition at…
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Cranleigh Abu Dhabi Named New British International School of the Year 2017
Cranleigh Abu Dhabi was named New British International School of the Year 2017 last night at an awards ceremony in…
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Girls claim not one, but two national runners-up medals
| Hockey
Last weekend saw both the Under 16 and Under 18 girls play some great hockey to earn silver medals at the…
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Art and The Bigger Picture
| Art
Lavinia Harrington, Art Historian from ‘The Bigger Picture’, inspired our Lower Sixth artists and Classicists in a lively workshop this…
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Rugby Team of the Season
| Rugby
Our 1st XV rugby team were nominated for, and won, Fifteen Rugby’s National 1st XV Team of the Season award for the first time this…
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U15 Players Enjoy Challenge of Surrey Rugby
| Rugby
Four pupils from the lower fifth represented Surrey U15 Rugby in December. Ollie Barrow; Oscar Beard; Will Trenholm and Toby…
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Action-Packed Tour of America’s Capital
| Academic
At the end of the long Michaelmas term, 17 sixth form pupils set off to Washington DC for a whistle-stop…
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1st XV Shortlisted for National Honour
| Rugby
Following numerous recent successes Cranleigh’s 1st XV has been shortlisted for School Team of the Term by national Rugby magazine 1st XV.…
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Festive Favourites From Musical Ensembles
| Music
Last Friday a packed audience in the Speech Hall enjoyed the annual celebration of the endeavours of Cranleigh Music department’s major ensembles…
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Riotous and Heart-Warming
| Drama
‘A Flea in Her Ear’ follows Raymonde Chandebise, deftly portrayed with verve and energy by PJ Cunningham, who begins to…
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Rugby Round-Up
| Rugby
It’s been a remarkable 2016 for Cranleigh School rugby. It has been our centenary rugby anniversary and the School hasn’t…
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Cranleigh Hockey Players Selected for Regional Performance Centres
| Hockey
England Hockey are refining their process of selecting Junior England players and selection for the Regional Performance Centres has become…
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Dashwood Keyboard Performance
| Music
The 2016 Dashwood Keyboard Performance provided yet another stunning array of Cranleigh’s finest talents. The setting this time was the…
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GIRLS OFF TO INDOOR HOCKEY NATIONAL FINALS
| Hockey
Sunday saw the Under 16 and Under 18 girls compete in the South Indoor Hockey Finals and both of them…
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44th Annual Gower Match
| OC
Tomorrow the 1st XV play recent leavers in the 44th Gower match. The match is played annually and takes its…
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American Dreams
| Music
In the month of the American presidential election, it was fitting to devote some time within the Concert Series to…
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Giving Back
| Charity
On Tuesday, at the South East Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Managers’ conference, Cranleigh was awarded a certificate celebrating the £2518.44 that…
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Riders Snatch Surrey Titles
| Riding
The first round of the Surrey County Championships, involving the Mini and Novice riders took place on Saturday and against…
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The Great Zambian Bake Off
To mark the opening of the Bakery in Zambia, we held our very own Bake Off. Pupils competed in houses…
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World Philosophy Day
| Academic
To mark UNESCO’s World Philosophy Day, pupils enjoyed spending time in each subject debating open questions and learning to think…
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Regional Hockey Success
| Hockey
Last Thursday, the Under 16 Girls rounded off an excellent week for Cranleigh Girls’ Hockey. Playing in the South Heats they…
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Inner City Brass
| Music
Last week saw ‘Inner City Brass’ deliver an excellent concert in the Chapel. Throughout they displayed technical virtuosity, impeccable ensemble…
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Historical novelist visit
| Academic
The Fifth Form were treated to a stimulating talk on the Roman army by award-winning novelist, Ben Kane, last week.…
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England Hockey Success
| Hockey
During Long Leave, six Cranleighans went to the England Hockey High Performance Assessment Camps (HIPAC) for under 15s and under…
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Art and Design tour to the Galleries and Museums of Berlin
| Academic
Perhaps in the Berggruen collection we started with too many greats! For here was Picasso, Matisse, Klee, Giacometti in plenty,…
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‘The Arsonists’
| Drama
This year’s North House play – with members of West – was a well-produced and brilliantly acted staging of Max…
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East House Entertain
| Drama
The East House Play – with members of South – filled the VCT with raucous laughter, giving the audience an…
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Josh Retains National Title
| Riding
Josh Moore (Loveday L5th) retained his National Intermediate Arena Eventing title at the NSEA National Schools Championships at the start…
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Friday, 27th October
Kawama – Day 6 After another early start, we arrived for our final day at Kawama, feeling tired from the…
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Wednesday, 26th October
Kawama – Day 5 The day began with our usual early start. After a quick briefing from Mr Barker, we…
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Tuesday, 25th October
Kawama Day 4 The day commenced with an eye-watering 6:30 am start. The agenda for the day consisted of interviewing…
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October Trip 2016 – the story so far
FOR MORE REGULAR UPDATES FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM AT beyond_cranleigh Nsobe Game Park After a tiring 23 hours of travelling,…
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Cranleigh Celebrates 100 Years of Rugby
| Rugby
Cranleigh celebrates a rugby centenary today as the school’s first ever fixture was played against Epsom on October 21st 1916.…
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Treading the Boards
| Drama
During last summer term IVth form Drama students worked towards their Bronze Level Arts Award, a new initiative delivered by the…
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Bound Beyond Cranleigh
A team of 18 excited students and four staff, led by Mrs Reader, headed off to Zambia today to work alongside…
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The Best of the Best
| Academic
Olivia Chesser, who left Cranleigh this year and gained two A* grades for A level Chemistry and Biology, has received…
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St Joseph’s Festival Champions and Rosslyn Park National 7s Champions in The Space of Six Months!
Cranleigh 1st XV won the 30th Annual St Joseph’s Rugby Festival in dramatic circumstances, in what was only their second ever…
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16 Cranleigh Pupils in England Hockey Trials
| Hockey
Following the Regional training camps over the summer and the Tier 1 competitions in September, no fewer than 16 Cranleighans have…
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Counting Down and Ready for the Ride
| Riding
It has been a busy half term for the Equestrian team, some of whom have barely had a day off…
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Orchestral Classics and Supreme Artistry
| Music
In sport, there are moments where professionals elevate the game they play beyond the comprehension of mere mortals. Those blink-and-you’ve…
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Artists Enjoy Big Draw Workshop
Last Wednesday the Lower Fifth (Year 10) artists worked at a variety of activities as part of our involvement in the…
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Mixed Golf Brings Schools Together
| Golf
Last Friday evening saw the first of hopefully many mixed golf matches bringing together girls and boys from Cranleigh and…
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Apollo5 Vocal Workshop and Concert
| Music
Singing truly is alive and strong at Cranleigh and it is apt that the first event in this year’s Cranleigh…
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International Essay Prizewinner
| Academic
A Level student, Lewis Bedford, has won first prize in an essay competition run by Oxford University. His essay, entitled:…
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Purvis Society welcomes Professor A.C. Grayling
| Academic
The School was delighted to welcome the world-renowned philosopher and author, Professor A.C. Grayling, Master of the New College of…
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Off to a Flying Start
| Rugby
Following Cranleigh’s rugby being nominated amongst the top six rugby schools in the country at the RFU National Rugby Awards this summer, the…
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Fourth Form London Adventure
| Academic
As part of a joint Biology and RS initiative, the Fourth Form enjoyed a day out in London this week, visiting the London…
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Making Sport Everyone’s Game
The 1st XV played in rainbow bootlaces on Saturday in their match against Epsom to show their support for Stonewall’s…
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JUNIOR MUSIC SCHOLARS’ CONCERT
In the second week of term this year’s record number of Senior Music Scholars delighted the audience with an accomplished…
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New Author Visits Cranleigh
| Academic
Johanna Handley, a newly published author visited the English Department last week. Her book The Burning of Juniper Slade is…
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Tom Avery Lecture: Ladakh Expedition Summer 2016
| Lectures
The first of this year’s Tom Avery Society lectures was delivered by the home team reporting back on their fantastic…
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Artists Inspired
| Art
Upper Fifth (Year 11) artists travelled to Bankside and Tate Modern this week as part of their themed work on…
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Senior Music Scholars Showcase Talents
| Music
It is tradition that the new musical year at Cranleigh is ‘kick-started by’ recitals given by the Music Scholars, and…
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India Expedition 2016
In August the school Expedition headed to Ladakh in northern India with a group of 11 students led by Mark Jenkins…
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National Rugby Awards
| Rugby
During a hugely successful 2015/16 rugby season the School won the HSBC National Rosslyn Park Cup; won thirteen out of the sixteen…
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Pope Hits it Big
| Cricket
Many congratulations to Ollie Pope who has signed a two year playing contract with Surrey CCC. Ollie, who has had…
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Record GCSE Results
| Academic
Pupils are celebrating record GCSE results, with 35% of all grades an A* and 67% of all grades being A*/A. …
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Cranleigh Celebrates Exam Success
| Academic
Pupils are celebrating another successful year at A Level, with 75 per cent of A Level grades at A*-B and an…
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Ollie Makes English Youth Test Debut
| Cricket
Ollie Pope (Loveday 2016) made his test debut for the England U19 team against Sri Lanka U19s at the Fenners…
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Bronze DofE Assessed Expedition
Hooray! Some decent weather at last! Right after Speech Day seventy members of the LVth gathered on the South Lawn…
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New War Memorial Unveiled in Moving Service
| OC
Our poignant new War Memorial by leading British sculptor Nicholas Dimbleby was unveiled today by General the Lord Richard Dannatt…
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Itchenor Schools’ Sailing Week
Five Cranleigh crews, from the Lower Fifth and Fourth Forms entered Itchenor Schools Week this year for the second time.…
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Lower Sixth Focus on the Future
| Careers
On Monday we held our UCAS day for our lower sixth formers to support them in finding the most suitable…
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Silver DofE Qualifying Expedition: The New Forest
Once again the weather forecast was indicating that we might not make it through our adventure with dry socks and…
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Music From Other Cultures
| Music
On Friday the Lower Fifth GCSE Musicians experienced a fascinating insight into the music of other cultures with a Gamelan…
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Gold D of E Assessed Expedition to Mid-Wales.
The Inuit of Greenland are falsely held to have dozens of different words for “snow” – in fact they don’t.…
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Records Tumble on the Track
Last Saturday was the School’s traditional ‘Home’ meet at the K2 stadium in Crawley. Seven Schools compete in an afternoon…
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Cranleigh’s Cow Milks School’s Artistic Heritage
| Charity
Cranleigh has sponsored a Surrey Hills Cow Parade Cow to beef up its 150th Anniversary Celebrations. Painted by James Nairne…
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Athletes Win at Surrey Championships
On the 11th June the School’s top athletes competed for Waverley in the Surrey Championship at Kingsmeadow Athletics stadium. The…
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“Every centimetre alpha-plus”
| Drama
Miss Seville and Miss Leach (with the able assistance of Adam Forrester) embarked on a brave and audacious effort in…
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Outstanding Art Exhibition
| Art
The recent private view of artwork by Upper Fifth and Upper Sixth students impressed all who came. A smaller than…
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Josh Wins National Training Bursary
| Riding
Josh Moore, Loveday 4th Form, has today been announced as the winner of a National Training Bursary sponsored by KBIS Insurance…
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‘Treasure Island’ Treat
| Drama
The first of two Junior Plays to be staged in the VCT this term – ‘Treasure Island’ – was not only…
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Watch our EU Referendum Debate
| Politics
On Friday 13th May, Cranleigh School hosted an EU Referendum debate aimed at young voters from across the Surrey area.…
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Riding Round-Up
Cranleigh riders, from both the Prep and Senior School, have had a busy and successful start to this term. The…
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D of E Success Celebrated at Buckingham Palace
On 16th May 2016, The Headmaster, Mr Martin Reader and Head of Outdoor Education, Dr Simon Young, attended a Duke…
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Cranleigh’s National Rugby Champions Play at Twickenham.
| Rugby
The 22nd May 2016 will be a date that will remain in the minds of the rugby club at the…
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National Youth Jazz Orchestra
Established in 1965, the National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO) is Britain’s longest running organisation for young musicians playing big band…
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Royal Academy of Music Honours Richard Saxel
Congratulations to our wonderfully talented Head of Performance, Richard Saxel, who was presented with an Associateship of the Royal Academy…
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Encore!
| Music
The annual “Encore” is one of the most anticipated and enjoyed musical events of the year – a celebration of…
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Journey to the North Pole
A select audience was treated to a wonderful lecture by Chris Cope about his journey to the North Pole to raise…
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Athletes Win Gold
Last Saturday saw Cranleigh athletes win gold at the Brighton College meet at the K2 stadium at Crawley. The overall girls…
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Aiming High
| Riding
Josh Moore (Loveday 4th Form) has been short-listed for a National Training Bursary through the National Schools Equestrian Association. His…
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Cricket Season Starts With A Bang!
| Cricket
As with so many sports, the cricket season does not start and end in the Summer term. Over the Easter…
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International Round-Up
| Hockey
Last week saw a number of Cranleighans representing England as well as OCs appearing at the home of hockey at Lee…
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The Korean War by OC Lt John Bowler
| History
Cranleigh students were treated to a first-hand account of military action in the Korean War by OC Lt John Bowler…
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Cranleighans Take to the Water…
Last year Cranleigh entered its first sailing event for a generation and this year we are continuing the process of…
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Musicians Join Forces
| Music
For many years Cranleigh has welcomed the musical talents of Chichester’s Prebendal School. With a strong musical ethos, including its…
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On your marks…
The athletics season has started with a real bang this year with the School already competing in three meets. Last weekend…
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Discovering Roman London
Whilst the sixth form students enjoyed the Culture Summit last week, 32 lower fifth form Classicists went to discover Roman…
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Purvis Finale
| Academic
The Purvis Society was delighted to welcome Mr Roger Knight, currently President of the MCC and one-time Housemaster of Loveday…
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From Culture Comes Strength
| Academic
Hundreds of School Heads and Deputies, parents, pupils and guests from the community met at Cranleigh yesterday to take part…
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Practice Expedition in the Surrey Hills
April has a reputation for strange weather, and this year has certainly been no exception. Over the course of the two…
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EU Referendum Debate & Politics Podcast
| Politics
On Friday 13th May at 4:30pm, the Politics department will be hosting an EU Referendum debate in the Speech Hall…
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Piano Music by James Reynolds OC
| Music
James Reynolds is an Old Cranleighan who did not begin formal piano lessons until the age of 16, but is…
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U16 Boys take National Bronze
| Hockey
Over two days last week the Under 16 boys hockey team were at Lee Valley in the National outdoor finals. They…
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DW Marathon
Bright and early on the morning of the 25th of March, 12 nervous, but excited, Cranleigh paddlers joined the throng that…
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Cranleigh Hockey Players take Centre Stage
| Hockey
Cranleigh’s hockey players have had a busy few weeks. Charlotte Calnan (UVI West) played for the first time for a full…
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Rugby Honours Continue
| Rugby
Following their victory at the National Schools Rosslyn Park rugby sevens four weeks ago, the rugby has not stopped for two members of…
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Abu Dhabi Music & Cultural Tour 2016
| Music
On 13th April thirty-one pupils and staff from both Cranleigh School and Cranleigh Prep landed in Abu Dhabi. They’re visiting…
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Easter in the Black Mountains
As parents arrived to retrieve their charges for the Easter break, an intrepid bunch of venturers set off on Maundy…
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Final day at Kawama
Today was another early start for our last day at Kawama School. Half of the group was left to go…
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Sunday: Church & a Clothes Sale
With a 30 minute lie in we were ready for the day ahead. After our full English breakfast we headed…
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Going deeper into Kawama: Home visits & work experience
On Saturday morning, we got on the bus with Renwick to head to Kawama School, where we split into our…
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Team-building & Football at Kawama
After another early start, and a cracking full English brekkie, Renwick and his “banter bus” shuttled us off to Kawama…
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First teaching day at Kawama
Today was the first day of teaching the children at Kawama School. We received the same highly enthusiastic, warm welcome…
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Zambia – Phase 1
Following our 24 hour trip to Zambia we were warmly welcomed by Renwick and his iconic “Pentecostal bus of holiness”.…
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Countdown to Kawama!
It’s 4 days to go until a team of 19 Sixth Form students, accompanied by Miss Sturdee, Mrs Bukowska, Mr…
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National Rugby Champions
| Rugby
Last Friday (18th March 2016) the U18 sevens squad were victorious at the Rosslyn Park National Schools Sevens event for the first time…
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Helen Wareham Final
The final of the Helen Wareham Competition is a highlight of the individual performance aspect of the musical life of…
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Runners Step Out For Charity
On Saturday the Cranleigh Cross Country team entered the Surrey 10K Charity race. The race was run in aid of…
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Upper Sixth Purvis Lecture
The Purvis Society was delighted to welcome back Canon Nigel Nicholson, after an absence of two years, to address the…
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“What a gem! What a pearl!”
To borrow a phrase from the musical’s smarmy and avaricious Innkeeper: “What a gem! What a pearl!” Under the loyal and affectionate…
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National Champions – The Story
As reported last week, Cranleigh School had two very successful teams at the Girls’ National Outdoor Hockey Finals at Lee Valley…
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This House Believes…
| Academic
Last Saturday, Ali Johnston and Olivia Chesser (UVI) represented Cranleigh at the finals of the Oxford Union National Schools’ Debating…
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Riders Retain Surrey Dressage Title
| Riding
At the end of a phenomenal week for Cranleigh, the dressage riders ran away with the Surrey Country title at…
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Bath Cup Success
The London Aquatics Centre, a 2012 Olympic venue, played host to the annual Bath Cup Swimming Championships last Friday and 12…
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Music Masterclass
| Music
The Music department welcomed James Bowman, one of the world’s foremost and most influential countertenors over the last 28 years,…
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What a Week for Cranleigh!
| Hockey
This week has clearly demonstrated what Cranleigh is all about! The U16 girls’ hockey team completed the double by becoming…
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Netball Varsity Honours
Hebe Westcott (OC 2013) played for Oxford University in a very tense and close Varsity match this term, with Oxford…
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A Chilly D of E Experience!
As usual the Silver Practice Expedition took place in the Surrey Hills to the North of Cranleigh and as usual…
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Classical Poetry Comes to Life
| Academic
On Thursday, the U6 Latinists went to the Cranleigh Arts Centre to watch a performance of Ovid’s Heroides. The poems…
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Fourth Form Chocolate Challenge
| Academic
Entrepreneurial fourth formers worked tirelessly hard on Monday afternoon to produce a new chocolate product for the ever growing confectionary…
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Exploring Classical Civilisation
| Academic
On Tuesday, the L6 Classical Civilisation pupils visited Oxford as a complement to their AS studies. The morning started with…
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Riders Rise to the Challenge
| Riding
Seventeen schools were represented at the Bradfield College Biannual Team Show Jumping Challenge at Merrist Wood Arena (Guildford) on Sunday and…
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20th Century Masterpieces
| Art
The Purvis Society was delighted to welcome back Professor Anthony Slinn last Friday to deliver another of his thought-provoking and…
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CCF Overnight Exercise
| CCF
Operation Cold Start took place this weekend on Aldershot Military Training Area. A small, but select, band of enthusiastic cadets…
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Loveday Delight With A Collection of One-Act Plays
| Drama
The Loveday House play, as the name suggests, was a compilation of sketch shows from famous television sketches such as…
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One Girl, Two Nightmares.
| Drama
Not for over five years has a student-written production graced the stage of the VCT, but it made an impressive return.…
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Double Delight for Dino
| Rugby
Dino Lamb-Cona (East U6th) has had an exciting week in which he has been selected for the England U18 side to play…
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U14 Boys are Surrey Runners-Up
| Hockey
The U14 boys hockey side were runners-up in the Surrey finals yesterday and now play in the regional competition next…
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Sudden Death Heartache for the U18 Sevens Side
| Rugby
On Wednesday the U18 sevens squad went to their first tournament of the 2016 season. After last season’s national plate success,…
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The World at their Feet
| Academic
On Monday 8th February, Cranleigh hosted its very first Gap Fair. This was an opportunity for all the sixth formers to explore…
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High Jumping to Victory
Last weekend Rafe Scott (East U5th) and Jake Storey (OC) successfully took part in two separate athletic events with huge…
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Regional Success for Riders
| Riding
Half term started a little later for the riders than for most pupils, with an early start to Bury Farm…
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Socratic Society Explore the Doctrine of a “Just War”
| Academic
On the 26th of January, Doctor Roger Teichmann took a break from his philosophical studies at St Hilda’s College, Oxford,…
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Helen Wareham Vocal Performance
| Music
The last of the performance rounds of this year’s Helen Wareham performance competitions took place on Friday 5th February with…
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Pupils Flourishing at Cranleigh
| Academic
Our recent Inspection Report is now available and we are delighted to announce that we scored “excellent” in almost every…
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Riding up the League
| Riding
Saturday saw the first South East league event of the new year for the riders when they travelled to Felbridge for…
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Night Navigation Put to the Test
Last Saturday night saw the Gold D of E candidates putting their navigational skills to the test in preparation for the…
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How to Own the World
| Academic
The Purvis Society was delighted to welcome Mr Andrew Craig to the second meeting of the term. Mr Craig is…
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Summit and Survive
This term’s Tom Avery Society Lecture was given by Dr Adele Pennington, one of Britain’s foremost mountaineers who has summited…
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Paddlers Gear Up for Their Marathon
In near perfect paddling conditions, last Sunday saw a nervous, apprehensive but excited group of paddlers gathered in a small…
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Cronin Sisters Charm Their Audience
| Concert
The second in the series of concerts given by Old Cranleighans to mark the 150th Anniversary celebrations featured Lucy and…
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Debating Success
| Academic
Cranleigh’s debating team saw considerable success in their first external competitions in five years. Led, and cunningly aided by Mr…
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Celebrating Oxbridge Success
| Academic
Five students are celebrating after receiving offers from Oxford and Cambridge last month. From the current upper sixth form, Olivia…
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Jack Cook Strings Performance
| Music
On Friday 29th January, the Jack Cook Strings class of the Helen Wareham competition wowed their audience with a consistently…
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Exploring Life in the GDR
| Academic
A recent sixth form German evening involved U6th students giving a presentation to the L6th students on their research topic of…
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Young Entrepreneurs
| Academic
Cranleigh’s Young Enterprise Company, One Fifty, attended the Y Factor at RGS Guildford earlier in the week. They presented their products…
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Skiers Take to the Slopes for Intensive Training Weekend
Over the exeat weekend 12 Pupils from the Ski Team attended an intensive 3 day package in Thollon, France. Under…
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Artists Explore
| Art
The extraordinary, diverse and wonderful artefacts of the British Museum made it a natural destination for our GCSE Artist to…
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“I can and I Am”
| Academic
Cranleigh was delighted to be able to welcome James Shone this week to speak to fourth form pupils and parents…
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The Swingles in concert with Cranleigh Choirs
| Music
Cranleigh welcomed the sublime vocal artistry of the Swingle Singers in a combined vocal workshop and concert with the Junior and…
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Wildlife Conservation; Changing Hearts and Challenging Minds
| Academic
The Sixth Form Purvis Society was delighted to welcome Mr Chris Wright to deliver the first of this term’s lectures…
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National Club Hockey Success
| Hockey
Last weekend saw no less than 13 Cranleigh players take part in the National Club indoor finals. Pick of the…
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Radiating Health
| Academic
Medical Physicist, Dr Liz Parvin, captivated physics and biology students with her well attended lecture, entitled “Radiating Health: an α,…
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Helen Wareham Brass Performance
| Music
The Brass round of the Helen Wareham music competition last Friday showcased the School’s brass playing talent. Upper sixth former Eva Solt…
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Charlotte is UK Player of the Year
| Hockey
The Hockey Writers’ Club recently announced the Higgins Group Youth and Junior UK Players of the Year for 2015, with…
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National U16 Indoor Hockey Champions
| Hockey
The under 16 Girls were crowned National Indoor Champions for the first time in Cranleigh’s history on Saturday. Their first…
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An Insight into Marketing and Creating Brands
Sixth form Business Studies students were treated to an opportunity to hear from an external speaker, James Hay, who came…
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Cranleigh Girls Compete at Women’s Premier Indoor Hockey
| Hockey
This weekend the top nine women’s teams in the country completed their second round of four matches to decide the Women’s…
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Ski Team Trip to the USA
During the first week of the Christmas holiday, 32 members of the newly formed ski team attended a week of…
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Death of Former Headmaster, David Emms.
| OC
It is with great sadness we have learned that David Emms, who was Cranleigh’s headmaster between 1960 and 1970, died on December…
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Riders Run Away with County Titles
| Riding
Last weekend saw two days of competition to decide the Surrey County Show Jumping Champions and our senior riders stormed…
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Memorable Season Draws to a Close
| Rugby
Saturday saw the end of the 2015 rugby season and concluded one of the most memorable seasons in recent history. This…
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Nationals Beckon for Girls’ South Hockey Champions
| Hockey
At Southgate on Tuesday both the Girls U18 and Girls U16 teams became outdoor South Hockey Champions. The U16s started…
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Saint Nicolas Concert
| Music
The combined choral concert this year brought together the School’s Junior and Senior choirs along with the Cranleigh Choral Society…
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OC to Captain Oxford at the Varsity Rugby Match
| Rugby
Two Old Cranleighans have been selected for the upcoming rugby varsity match between Oxford and Cambridge on the 10th December…
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Challenging Young Minds
| Academic
On Friday 13th November the Sixth Form Purvis Society welcomed Mrs Laura Witjens (the CEO of the National Gamete Donation…
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Pat Dixon Woodwind Competition
| Music
The evening began with the Junior section and Kate Wili’s performance of Godard’s ‘Idylle’ for flute and piano. As a new…
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David Vaughan Squash Challenge
| OC
Tuesday saw the 3rd annual contest for “The David Vaughan” Squash trophy between the School and the OC’s. The School were keen…
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¡No pasarán!
| Academic
On Thursday 19th November, Sixth Form students of Spanish gathered in Señora Simpson’s classroom to celebrate the annual Sixth Form…
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Politics Students feature in PSA Short Video Competition Finals
| Academic
A team of five students from the UVI were guests of Speaker John Bercow last Tuesday at Parliament. They had been…
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Creative Arts Professionals Supper
| Academic
On Monday evening, the dining-hall was alive with pupils keen to find out more about a career in the Creative…
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Schools National Kayak Championships 2015
| Rowing
Gale force winds with strong gusts greeted us on our arrival at the Thames just east of Reading for the…
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Exploring Roman Civilisation
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Last Friday the fourth form Classical Civilisation classes went to the British Museum to explore different aspects of Roman Civilisation…
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Alice in our own Wonderland
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Cranleigh’s Speech Hall has been splendidly transformed into a world of fantasy and dreams for this week’s ground-breaking immersive-theatre production…
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Dashwood Piano Competition
| Music
Daniel Barenboim writes that ‘music does not need interpretation; it needs careful study of the score, control over its physical…
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We will remember them…
| Art
Poppies adorning the Quad this week to mark the 200 Old Cranleighans who lost their lives in WW1; more will…
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Cranleigh Stars at Hockey Futures Cup
| Hockey
The Futures Cup showcases the best under 16 and under 18 hockey players in the country in a competition coming out…
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Riders Enjoy National Success
| Riding
Over 175 schools from England, Scotland and Wales were represented at the NSEA National Championships at Addington over the first…
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Madrid Galleries and Museums Tour
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“I have had the best time in Madrid – going to another country and exploring their galleries and art instead…
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28 October 2015: Teaching and Home Visits
Another great day and no one can believe that tomorrow is our last day at the school. The highlight of…
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27 October 2015: Work Experience and Teaching
We arrived at the school at 9am and immediately started our respective tasks for the day. This was the first…
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26 October 2015: Interview Day
We spent the day interviewing most of the pupils at Kawama School. Mr Reader measured their height and weight to…
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25 October 2015: Church Service and Clothes Sale
We left the Town House Lodge at 9 and travelled to Kawama for a Sunday Church service where we sung…
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24 October 2015: Independence Day
We left The Castle Lodge at 8.30 to travel to Kitwe where we were to be based for the rest…
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From Heathrow to Nsobe, to Ndola: 20-23 October 2015
We set off on Tuesday afternoon with lots of anticipation and excitement. After surviving 3 flights, several hours waiting and…
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Chemistry Stars!
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Olivia Chesser (U6 South) and Eleanor McAleese-Park (U6 West) took part in the Cambridge University Chemistry Challenge at the end…
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Creating wonderland!
| Design
This term’s production of Alice has been keeping students and staff very busy behind the scenes. It is an immersive…
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Jubilant Rugby XV
| Rugby
The Cranleigh School 1st XV squad competed for the first time in the prestigious St Joseph’s College festival in Ipswich on…
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Prestigious Army Scholarship for Ben
| CCF
Cranleigh School Combined Cadet Force were able to bask in the reflected glory of WO2 Ben Strickland, our CSM (Senior…
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Follow Beyond Cranleigh on Instagram
We have setup a dedicated Instagram account to document and share our experiences with our partner School in Kitwe, Zambia…
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Girls Dominate Surrey Hockey
| Hockey
In what is the second stage of getting to the National Finals, both the under 18 and under 16 Girls…
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Can Science prove that God does not exist?
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As a follow up to the highly successful joint Biology and RS trip earlier this term, the Fourth Form took…
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‘The Billion Dollar Map’
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The second of the Sixth Form Purvis Society’s lecture series welcomed Dr Vanessa Lawrence CB to the floor. Dr Lawrence…
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Merriman Concert Showcases Top Musicians
| Concert
For the second time in a week Chapel was home to a major event marking the sesquicentennial celebrations: the first-ever…
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Freddie Knoller Returns to Cranleigh
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On Thursday we were once again lucky enough to be visited by 94 year old Auschwitz survivor, Freddie Knoller. After…
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A Study of ‘Places and Spaces’
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The British Sculptor Barbara Hepworth’s exploration of interior spaces was the main attraction for the Lower Fifth’s recent trip to…
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Cross-Curricular Adventures
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The RS and Biology departments joined forces on Wednesday this week and took all the Fourth Formers on a cross-curricular trip to London…
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CELEBRATING OUR 150th ANNIVERSARY IN STYLE
CRANLEIGH is celebrating 150 years of providing leading independent education and we launched the special year with a service in the…
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1st XV Ranked 2nd in the Country for September.
| Rugby
With Tonga basing themselves at Cranleigh School in August before the start of the rugby World Cup, the School was…
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150th Concert Series Begins
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The first 150th anniversary concert performance in the refurbished Chapel, featured two accomplished Old Cranleighans, Matthew Vine and Chloe Allison,…
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School Walks Out For Charity
Over 580 current and former Senior and Prep School pupils and families walked 35 kilometres yesterday, raising thousands of pounds…
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Junior Music Scholars Perform
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The Junior Music Scholars’ Concert signals the beginning of a five-year journey for Cranleigh’s youngest musicians, and it also serves…
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Purvis Presentation
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The Sixth Form Purvis Society’s new academic year took off on Thursday 17th of September by welcoming back to the…
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Artists and Classicists Join Forces
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Lower Sixth Artists and Classical Civilisation students joined forces for an exciting History of Art Workshop earlier this week. Alexandra…
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Cranleigh Win St George’s Sixes
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Last week Cranleigh had two sides in this prestigious tournament, always a great way to get some high-intensity hockey at the…
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Brave the Shave
| Charity
Throughout the month of August, seven Upper Sixth boys (six North and one East) shaved their heads as part of…
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Camsey Strikes Gold
| Hockey
Olivia Camsey (West UVI) recently won hockey gold at the UK School Games. Winning comfortably against Wales 4-1 on the first…
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Senior Music Scholars’ Concert
| Music
It has long been a Cranleigh tradition to kick-start the new musical year with recitals given by the many fine…
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Cranleigh Boys go Head to Head at Lord’s
| Cricket
Angus Dahl and Ollie Pope finished their respective cricket seasons fitting style by being selected to play against each other at…
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Sign Up by Thursday for the Sponsored Walk
BEYOND CRANLEIGH WHOLE SCHOOL WALK TO BUILD A BAKERY PROJECT: SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 20TH 2015 Join Cranleigh’s special walk for Kawama, our…
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Cranleigh Girls take on the Springboks and Lion Cubs
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Twenty three hockeyplayers from four year groups flew out to South Africa at the beginning of August to embark on…
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Scottish Mountaineering
| Climbing
Bright and early on the last Monday of the Summer Holidays, a keen group of sixth formers assembled for the…
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Tonga Open Session
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On Wednesday 26th August everyone is welcome to Cranleigh School to watch the Tonga international rugby squad train on the…
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GCSE Success
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Cranleigh pupils are once again celebrating consistently high GCSE results, with almost two thirds of overall grades being A to A* and…
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Tongan Rugby Comes to Cranleigh
| Rugby
Cranleigh is currently hosting the Tongan national rugby team who are staying for two weeks in preparation for an international…
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Celebrating Exam Success
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Pupils are celebrating another successful year at A Level, with 79 per cent of A level grades at A*-B, and…
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British Team Honours for Ailsa
| Riding
Ailsa Wates (West L6th) has been selected to represent Great Britain in the Junior European Eventing Championships in Bialy Bor,…
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CCF Summer Camp
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One week after the end of term a platoon of Cranleigh’s finest attended 11 Brigade CCF Central Camp in East…
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Hiking in the Surrey Hills
At the hectic end of a frantic term, over seventy keen expeditioners assembled at the Outdoor Education Centre ready to…
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Itchenor Schools’ Sailing Week
It is a generation since Cranleigh entered Itchenor Schools Championships which is the most prestigious schools’ sailing event in the…
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Visit to a Roman Palace
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On Wednesday a band of Lower Fifth Latinists made King Tiberius Claudius Togidubnus’ journey down Stane Street to Fishbourne Roman…
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L6th UCAS DAY
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Monday saw Cranleigh’s inaugural UCAS Day. The Lower Sixth was released from lessons in order to spend time giving shape…
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Battlefields Visit
| Hockey
Early last Sunday morning, 44 fourth form pupils set off for the annual Battlefields Trip. Despite being extremely tired from…
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Bergamasca Baroque Ensemble
| Music
On my only day trip to Bergamo it seemed that the traditionally awkward dance named after its residents was no…
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Silver D of E Expedition to the New Forest.
As soon as GCSEs were finished four intrepid groups of UVth Cranleighans set off for the New Forest to complete…
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Scaling Scarfell
The Gold Lakes assessment began with stunning weather and, with no excuses for becoming lost, the two groups set off…
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Physical Theatre
| Drama
LVIth Drama students visited the National Theatre Studio this week to take part in a workshop introducing them to Commedia dell’arte. Commedia…
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Jaguar XJ From Start to Finish
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On Tuesday 16th June 16 L6th Business Studies students visited the Jaguar Land Rover Manufacturing site in Solihull to give them…
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Cricket News
| Cricket
This summer has seen glorious weather and only two fixtures have been called off owing to poor weather. As we…
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Mid Wales Expedition
The day after the last AS exam twelve members of the L6th headed off on their Gold Duke of Edinburgh…
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The Canterbury Tales
| Drama
One of the many good things about Cranleigh is the way that the community manages to maintain a sense of…
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Charlotte Gets England U21 Call
| Hockey
Lower sixth former, Charlotte Calnan (West), will play for the England Women’s U21 hockey side today in a match against…
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Riding High
| Riding
Phoebe Osborn (L6th South) has been selected for the Southern U25 Dressage team which will be competing at the Inter-Regional…
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“Queens of Syria”
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Last Friday the Lower Sixth gathered together for the final lecture of this year’s inspiring series. The lecture was about…
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Ailsa on GB Long-List
| Riding
Following a series of very competitive trials, Ailsa Wates (L6th West) has been long-listed for the squad which will represent Great…
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Art and Design Exhibitions
| Art
The opening of this year’s Art and Design Exhibitions were as busy as ever as staff, friends and families of UVIth, LVIth and UVth…
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Junior Play: After Juliet
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The Junior Play from 19th- 20th May (the first of two this summer) was the second Cranleigh production of Sharman MacDonald’s…
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Rugby Successes
| Rugby
The month of May has so far been full of impressive achievements for Cranleigh School rugby both past and present. Harry Barlow…
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Helen Wareham Encore Concert
| Concert
The ‘Encore’ Concert has always been a special event and a favourite in the annual musical calendar and this year…
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England Hockey
| Hockey
Over the past month, three Cranleighans have represented their country on the hockey field. Izzy Petter played for her country…
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Summer Concert
| Music
The Summer Concert moves ever earlier as the examination season looms and this year it was on May 1st that…
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Bronze D of E Practice Expedition
Twelve groups of would-be expeditioners assembled on the South Lawn on the afternoon of Sunday 26th April, nervously hefting their…
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Ailsa’s Riding High
| Riding
Cranleigh’s elite sportsperson programme has given lower sixth former, Ailsa Wates (West) the opportunity to pursue her dream of riding for…
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OCs Making Hockey Headlines
| Hockey
In the recent British University Sports Association final, Nottingham University caused a real upset by beating their National League opponents Loughborough…
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Riding Roundup
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The term has started in fine style for the riders with two weekends of success at National and Regional level. …
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Magnificent Merriman Orchestra in Movie Musical Magic
On Friday April 24th Cranleigh School invited young pupils from St Cuthbert Mayne RC Primary School, Cranleigh Primary School, Park…
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Purvis Society: The Impact of Aid
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The final event of the Sixth Form Purvis Society took place in front of a large audience in the ALT.…
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Politics Comes to Life at Cranleigh
| Politics
All eight of the candidates for Guildford in the forthcoming general election took part in Cranleigh’s Hustings for Young People…
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Old Cranleighan Brings History to Life
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World renowned historian and broadcaster, Andrew Roberts, returned to his old school last week with a fascinating presentation on Napoleon.…
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Reflections and Perspective: a young officer growing up (1944-45)
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March 1944; I joined the Essex Yeomanry as a newly commissioned nineteen year old. The Regiment was in Suffolk, in…
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Forging Links with Poland
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The Headmaster, Martin Reader, visited Warsaw last weekend to interview potential Scholars for the British Alumni Society, a scheme which places…
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Cubitt Win Close Quiz Final
The final of the Junior Schools Challenge was, for the first time ever held on the first Friday of the…
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Cranleighans Star at National Hockey Finals
| Hockey
Over the Easter holidays a number of our hockey players represented their clubs in National finals at Lee Valley on the…
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Physicists visit CERN and Geneva
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At the end of the Easter holidays, 27 Cranleigh Sixth Form physicists flew out to Geneva for a three-day visit…
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Classical Italy
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During the Easter break, Classics pupils from the lower fifth through to the upper sixth went to Italy. After a…
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Devizes to Westminster Glory
Easter weekend saw the School’s kayak squad gather at Dauntsey’s School in Wiltshire to take on the challenge of the…
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Gold D of E Practice in the Lakes
The start of the Easter holiday saw 14 students and 3 staff members heading north up the M6 to the…
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Gold D of E in the Black Mountains
Being a little earlier than usual we were delighted that the Met Office was promising good weather for the Gold…
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Cathy Goes Beyond Herself
OC Cathy Hobbs (West 2014) set out on a nine day cycle ride from Carlisle to Cranleigh last week to…
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Junior Riders Join Their Senior Counterparts as Surrey Champions
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The junior riders took top spot in a very competitive Mini Surrey County Championship at Sands Farm last weekend with…
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Lucky Sevens: National Rugby Title for U18s
| Rugby
The U18 Rugby Sevens team lifted the national plate trophy this week at Rosslyn Park Sevens, the biggest schoolboy rugby…
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CCF Easter Camp
| CCF
The usual spring migration occurred at the close of the Lent term, with a bus load of cadets beating the…
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A Successful Enterprise
Many congratulations to OriOri for not only being the first Cranleigh School Young Enterprise team to make it to the…
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Romeo and Juliet
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The Lent term School play, Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’, runs for two more nights in the Speech Hall this week.…
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The Challenge of Maths
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The intermediate maths challenge was held in February and more than half of the students who sat it received a…
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Riders Sweep Board at County Championships
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Cranleigh riders will represent both Cranleigh and Surrey at the National County Championships at Bury Farm, Bucks in April following…
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Art History Abroad
| Art
A soporific Friday afternoon towards the end of a tiring tem may seems like the very worst time to spend…
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Helen Wareham Grand Final
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Only older colleagues and parents will remember when the music teachers affectionately dubbed this competition the ‘Eddie Waring’ (you have…
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Major Swimming Honours at the London Aquatics Centre
Cranleigh took 12 students to the Bath Cup Swimming Championships at the London Aquatics Centre last week. This is the…
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Sun Shines on Silver D of E
On a spring-like Sunday morning several intrepid groups of Lower Fifth met up at the OEC, supposedly ready to embark…
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Classical Treat
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On Tuesday 11 March, His Excellency the Hellenic Ambassador to the UK, Mr Konstantinos Bikas, came to Cranleigh school to…
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March 10th 1915
| History
March 10 marks the centenary of the first large-scale British offensive of World War One, the first day of the…
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England Hockey Calls
| Hockey
Following the latest training camps for the under 16s and under 18s, Cranleigh has four athletes in the England Age…
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Golden Glyndebourne
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Sixth Former, Theo Golden, has sung his way to a main part in the prestigious Glyndebourne Youth Opera this summer.…
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Helen Wareham Junior Brass and Woodwind
| Music
The brass competition was moved this year to the lunchtime slot to prevent the scheduled evening double performance from going on…
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Resurgent Russia
| History
Cranleigh History and Politics students were treated to an audience with Air Commodore Andrew Verdon on Tuesday night to discuss…
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Tate Modern and Saatchi
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Lower Sixth artists had a challenging day confronting contemporary artwork at Tate Modern and the Saatchi Gallery. The main show…
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‘La Scala’ comes to Cranleigh!
| Music
On Wednesday evening, Cranleigh feasted on a new experience. La Scala came to the stage of the Emms Centre. Students…
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National Hockey Success
| Hockey
Last week saw the culmination of the season for both the under 18 and U14 girls who had qualified for…
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Pangbourne Piano Festival
| Music
On Saturday February 28th, Ben Wili and Millie Mazzone (both 4th Form) participated in the Pangbourne Piano Festival at Pangbourne College…
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The Spotlight for Arthur
| Drama
Arthur Handscomb (North 4th form) has won a place in the National Youth Music Theatre’s 2015 Company. Rehearsals for this…
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Helen Wareham Competition: Junior Strings and Keyboard
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The joint Performance evening on February 27th in the Merriman Music School, with 21 performances from 15 musicians, tested the…
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CCF Overnight Exercise
| CCF
As usual Exercise March Hare was timetabled for the first weekend in March, when unpredictable weather adds a “certain something”…
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“The Final Whistle – the Great War in Fifteen Players”
| Lectures
The Sixth Form Purvis Society was delighted to welcome Mr Stephen Cooper to talk about his first book, “The Final…
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Indian Cricket Tour
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Thirteen boys from the UVth and LVIth enjoyed a cricket tour to India over the recent half term break. Four…
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‘Feeling Good’
| Lectures
On Monday 23rd January, UVIth pupils and parents attended two PSHEE lectures about mental health and wellbeing given by Dick Moore.…
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Classicists in Cambridge
| Classics
On Thursday 26 February 2015, the L6 Classical Civilisation students went to Cambridge to visit the Classics Faculty’s cast museum. After…
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National Runners-Up
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A coach full of supporters were there to cheer our U18 Girls Hockey team through the final of the National…
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Refurbishment of Chapel
| Chapel
The School is nearing completion of a seven-year project to refurbish the Chapel. The project started with the removal of…
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Real Life History in Berlin
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Thirty four History students from LV and UV braved a cold, early start to their February half term, making their to the…
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Accelerated Learning
A group of Upper Sixth Form students visited the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory for a fast track tour of accelerators and…
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School Chef of the Year
Cranleigh’s Robbie Olival has won an award for School Chef of the Year. Robbie, Chef de Partie at Cranleigh, created…
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Riders Hit The Campaign Trail
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The first Regional Arena Eventing Qualifier of the new year attracted over 300 entries to Bury Farm in Buckinghamshire last…
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LVth Artists on a Headhunt
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The LVth Artists travelled to London on Tuesday to investigate artists work under their new theme of ‘Heads and Hands’.…
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Greek Tragedy Comes to Life
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On Thursday, the LV and UV Hellenists went to UCL’s Bloomsbury Theatre to watch a production of Euripides’ Bacchae. This…
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International Rugby Honours
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Dino Lamb-Cona (L6th East) is the latest Cranleigh pupil to be announced in an International rugby squad. Dino has been…
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Top-class Chorus Crown Choral Concert
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The combined forces of Cranleigh School’s Chapel Choir and the village’s Cranleigh Choral Society joined in the Devonport Speech Hall…
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English Schools Championships Beckon
Tabitha Bowden (UVth West) and Jess Robinson (LVth South) have been selected to represent the Surrey Schools Athletic Association at…
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On The Water
Cranleigh’s kayaking squad (and current Schools’ National Champions) were in action again on Sunday at the International ‘Waterside A’ kayaking…
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“Wind Power – No Longer Just Hot Air”
| Lectures
The Sixth Form Purvis Society was delighted to welcome Mr Ben Stafford to talk about alternative sources of energy, most…
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Rugby Honours for OC
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This weekend, saw OC Charlie Piper (2014) winning his first senior cap for Harlequins. Charlie came off the bench in Harlequins match…
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Art Exhibition Opens Its Doors
| Art
Our mid-year exhibition of work by Lower Sixth artists opened on Friday 30 January. The evening was well attended by…
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Young Enterprise Gains Momentum
Following their success at the Dragon’s Den in November, Cranleigh’s Young Enterprise teams attended a Trade Fair, the Y Factor,…
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The Lenten Addresses
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This week we have been delighted to host the Lenten Address team. The main speaker for the week, Rico Tice…
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L5th Learn ‘The Facts about Alcohol’
| Lectures
On Monday Dr Aric Sigman came to Cranleigh to talk to the L5th pupils on the ‘The Facts about Alcohol’ as…
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Night Navigation Exercise
Palpable, if understandable, reluctance greeted the news that the current cohort of Gold Duke of Edinburgh participants would be heading…
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Junior Schools Challenge
This term’s inter-House quiz featured perhaps the strongest ever girls’ team, from South, who beat a decent East team to…
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Artists Seek Inspiration
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Monday saw the UVth artists spend an enjoyable few hours drawing and taking photographs amongst the treasures of the British Museum,…
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Exploring Classics
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Recent Old Cranleighans, Angus McConnell-Wood and Tom Taylor, visited the Classics Society last week to talk about the Persian Wars.…
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Music Makers
| Music
Well done to Cranleigh musicians, James Thornton-Wood (IVth Form) and Fayruz Megdiche (LVIth), who have both won places to join prestigious national orchestras. James…
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A Cautionary Tale of Drugs and Crime
| Lectures
Shaun Attwood, a former stock-market millionaire and Ecstasy supplier turned public speaker, author and activist, who is banned from America…
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“The Ethics of Leadership in Conflict”
| Lectures
The Sixth Form Purvis Society was delighted to welcome Colonel and Mrs Strickland to the ALT for a talk entitled…
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Singers in Great Voice
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The vocal performance section of the Helen Wareham competition was held on Wednesday 21st January in the Merriman Music School…
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Swimmers Soar
Cranleigh School took a team to the annual Guildford District Championships last Saturday and were always going to be up…
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Cranleigh Sporting Achievements Recognised
Cranleigh has been listed as the 3rd best independent sporting school in the country by School Sports magazine. The award…
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Fourth Formers Rise to the Chocolate Challenge
On Tuesday afternoon the Speech Hall was bursting with newly formed confectionary companies, their Managing Directors along with Marketing and…
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Big Bang Theories
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Particle Physicist, Dr Melissa Uchida, captivated pupils with her well attended lecture, entitled “Liquid Hydrogen, 50,000 tonnes of water and…
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OC joins Lotus Formula 1 Team
| OC
Current GP Series 2 Champion, 24 year old Jolyon Palmer has joined the Lotus Formula 1 team as reserve driver…
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Cross-Country success at Surrey Trials
The Surrey Schools Cross-Country Championships took place last Saturday and included eight of Cranleigh’s best runners who had been selected to compete for Waverley.…
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Rugby Honours
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Former 2013/14 1st XV Captain Sam Arnold has been selected for the Ireland U20 squad for the upcoming Six Nations Tournament. Sam signed…
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Students Celebrate Oxbridge Offers
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Cranleigh is delighted with its success at Oxbridge entry this year. Eight students have received offers, five from Oxford and three from Cambridge,…
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Successful Hockey Tour
| Hockey
A group of thirteen Upper Sixth girls from the 1st and 2nd hockey squads spent a very enjoyable long weekend…
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Whistle-Stop Washington
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Twenty-eight keen History and Politics students and four members of staff set off for Washington DC immediately after the end…
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Celebrating Achievements
At this morning’s end of term assembly the Headmaster awarded colours to 21 members of the Sixth Form for their…
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OFF TO THE HOCKEY NATIONALS
| Hockey
The past week has seen the culmination of the Regional Heats and Finals for all our teams. First up were…
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Michaelmas Term – Sports Round-up
Director of Rugby Andy Houston’s pre-season target of a 60% win ratio has never really looked in danger and the…
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Cranleigh Abu Dhabi: The Journey
On 14th September 2014 Sam Watkinson (OC) and I stood at the entrance to the Junior School at Cranleigh Abu…
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Firsts for the Term
Cranleigh Abu Dhabi opens its doors This term saw one of the biggest ‘firsts’ in Cranleigh’s history, when Cranleigh Abu…
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Christmas Concert Starts the Festive Season
| Music
The annual Christmas Concert (Speech Hall, December 5th) showcased a wide range of the School’s ensembles. The Symphony Orchestra under…
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Dates for your Diary
A quick round-up of some key events (in school and out) to which parents are warmly invited: JANUARY Tues 13th…
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Personal Bests…
ACADEMIC Record-breaking exam results The School celebrated record-breaking A Level exam results this summer, with over 25% of all A2 grades awarded an A*…
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Beyond Cranleigh
After the team of students on the July trip to Kawama shared the highlights from their trip with the…
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Performing arts round-up
This term’s School Play was Michael Frayn’s ‘Noises Off’, the epitome of farcical comedy. Director Nikki Plowman took on the…
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A word from the Headmaster
There is something indefinably special about corporate singing. In some senses it covers a multitude of vocal sins as even…
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Sponsor a Child
Ahead of the end of term festivities and feasting, Cranleigh dedicated Friday 28th November to ‘Live Below the Line Day’. Normal…
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Les Enfants Terribles
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This week the LVIth Drama students enjoyed a puppetry and physicality workshop from theatre company Les Enfants Terribles who last summer…
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War Studies Society Lecture
| Lectures
This year’s War Studies Society lecture was delivered by Major Piers Ashfield DSO, Grenadier Guards. It was his time as…
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Christmas Charity
Last Tuesday a group of South girls went to the Samaritan’s Purse warehouse in Guildford to deliver Christmas shoeboxes. donating a…
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Conquering the Dragon’s Den
On Wednesday 19th November 5 Young Enterprise companies from Cranleigh took to the stage at the old Guildhall, in Guildford and presented…
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Flamenco fun!
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Aaron Monteverde, a young Gibraltan pianist, took the MMS by storm this week. He played works by Serrat, Campuzano and…
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Positive Living
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Emma Cole from Positive Voice visited Cranleigh on Tuesday 25 November to speak to the Lower Sixth about living with HIV. Emma…
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Noises Off!
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This year’s senior school production of Michael Frayn’s “Noises Off” epitomised farcical comedy, providing its audience with an evening filled…
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Hockey Success
| Hockey
Two of Cranleigh School’s girls’ hockey teams competing in the National Outdoor competition have qualified for the South Regional Finals…
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| Academic
The Purvis Society was delighted to welcome Dr Julia Chisholm, Consultant Paediatric Oncologist at the Royal Marsden and Trustee of…
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U6th Artists see Turner and Kiefer
| Art
On Tuesday November 18th, the Upper Sixth artists went on a gallery trip to London to visit the Late Turner…
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Senior Pat Dixon Woodwind and Brass Performance
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On Wednesday 19th November the Merriman Music School resounded to the tones of a dozen wind and brass players accompanied…
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Target 2.0 Challenge
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Four UVI Economists made the journey to the Arora Hotel in Crawley to compete in the Target 2.0 Challenge. The Challenge…
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Focus on Charity
A small group of sixth formers was invited recently by Beyond Ourselves to travel to St. Joseph’s in the Park Primary School in…
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National Schools’ Kayak Champions 2014
Cranleigh entered this competition (on November 16th) at Dreadnought Reach on the Thames for the first time ever, guided through the event by…
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Quiz Double-Header
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On November 13th the Loveday House Quiz team (as last year selected intact as the School Quiz team) made the…
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Bringing Politics to Life
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The Study of Politics must be live and meaningful, especially for Sixth Form students. Our approach has always been to…
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We will remember them…
A field of poppies in the Quad this morning.
Senior Musicians Shine
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The Jack Cook Senior Strings performance on November 7th contained one of the most perfect performances I have heard in…
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Strike up the Band
On a fresh, sunny November morning the Cranleigh School Symphonic Wind Band, under the baton of Bandmaster Bob Wilson, played…
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‘Who Dares Wins in Business’
The Purvis Society was delighted to welcome Mr Joff Sharpe, ex-SAS, businessman and Cranleigh parent, to speak at the third…
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ORGAN FIREWORKS
| Music
We will remember this 5th of November for a well-plotted programme of music beginning with the overture from Handel’s ‘Music…
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Breaking into Business
| Academic
On Wednesday 5th November the L6th Business Studies students were treated to the second part of a 2-part Business lecture…
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Odysseus as an epic hero
| Classics
On Tuesday 4th November there was a plentiful crowd gathered in the ALT awaiting the arrival of Adrian Kelly, the lecturer…
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Love the Skin You’re In
On Monday evening Natasha Devon, co-founder of BodyGossip, a charity that aims through Arts and Education to ‘empower everybody to…
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Flash, Bang for Fireworks Night
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With bonfire season in full swing members the Chemistry department treated the U5th to a novel way of viewing the flame colours produced…
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Loveday Triumph Again in Schools Challenge Final
A close final was anticipated for the Halloween final of this year’s inter-House Schools Challenge quiz, which was also PJL’s…
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Spanish students celebrate el día de los muertos
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El día de los muertos (The Day of the Dead) is a Mexican festival in which people commemorate their dead…
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House Play Reviews
| Drama
The Loveday House Play filled the VCT with raucous laughter, giving the audiences an experience to remember. The whole play…
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Museum and Gallery Tour to Paris 2014
| Art
Four intense days of art and culture from Thursday 23rd to Sunday 26th October for 17 Sixth form artists along…
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Freddie Knoller Lecture
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Ninety three year old Freddie Knoller visited on Wednesday 29 October to deliver a talk regarding his story and past…
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Riders on Form at Nationals
| Riding
Three intense days of competition saw the top 32 school teams from England, Wales and Scotland, who had all qualified…
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Swimming Training Camp Tenerife 2014
During long leave, 11 Cranleigh students from IV form to LVI took part in the School’s first swimming training camp…
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Thursday at Kawama – Day 2 of teaching
Today was our second day of teaching the students from reception to grade 6. In the morning the babies learnt…
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Wednesday – Teaching at Kawama School
The Cranleigh team were put through their paces today – a day which has proved to be the toughest to…
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Tuesday at Kawama School
Last night was a night of thought and reflection. We were split into smaller groups to mull over the experience…
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Interview Day at Kawama
After an eventful night of no electricity, we were woken up at 6:30 by Miss Sturdee’s ever optimistic voice. We…
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Leg 1: From Kasanka to Kitwe
On Wednesday 15th October a group of 19 students and 5 staff set off from Cranleigh to Zambia for 10…
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Hockey Players Shine
| Hockey
Following a record number of 18 athletes being selected for the Regional competitions in September, ten of them have been invited…
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OCs Win Annual Battle on the Squash Courts
The annual David Vaughan squash trophy was fiercely competed between the 1st team and the OCs this week. The 1st…
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Musicians Shine
| Music
The beautiful church of St. Nicholas, Alfold provided the setting for the autumn Charity Concert given by musicians from both…
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OC Celebrates Formula 2 Win
Congratulations to old Cranleighan Jolyon Palmer, who has won the 2014 GP2 Championship after storming to victory in the Feature…
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Ghosts and Shadows
| Music
Perhaps a title does help make a chamber music concert sound more intriguing than do opus numbers and Richard Saxel’s…
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Riding Round-Up
| Riding
Nineteen riders, 21 horses and ponies, and a band of enthusiastic grooms and supporters will make the trip to Addington…
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Big Draw for LVth Artists
| Art
The lower fifth artists spent the afternoon of Wednesday 8 October developing work with a particular focus on drawing. The…
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Cranleigh Christmas Fair Creeps Closer
Christmas Fair brochures and raffle tickets were posted today. Lots of exciting new stalls for this year’s event on Saturday…
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International Flavour to House Challenge
On Friday October 3rd in the ALT the finalists for this year’s inter-House Schools Challenge quiz were decided. Loveday were…
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100 Years Ago Today The Realities of War Hit Cranleigh
| OC
When Cranleighans returned for the Michaelmas Term in 1914 the war was already six weeks old. While the grim news…
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Purvis Society: The Secrets of ‘Guernica’
| Art
A large audience of Cranleighans trooped into the ALT on Thursday evening, not at all sure what to expect. Many…
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Politics Comes to Life
| Academic
A team of UVI politics students from Cranleigh are putting the finishing touches to their entry for the Political Studies Association…
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Full Steam Ahead for October 2014 Trip
A 19-strong team of U6th students, plus the 5 members of staff accompanying them, have been beavering away to prepare…
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Upper Vth Artists Draw As They Walk
| Art
The afternoon sunshine made the Upper Fifth trip to Tate Modern as pleasurable as it could have been, helped by…
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Climbers Soar to Dizzy Heights
| Climbing
Bouldering might not have as full a fixture list as rugby but the sport is growing in popularity especially at…
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Sunny Start for Cranleigh Rugby.
| Rugby
The first few weeks of the term has been one of great success for the rugby squads. The School has…
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Tom Avery Lecture
This term’s Tom Avery Lecture was a presentation on this summer’s School Expedition to China. Mr Andrew Griffiths started the…
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Cranleigh Abu Dhabi Opens Its Doors
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CRANLEIGH ABU DHABI opened its doors to the first intake of pupils this week. The brand new, state-of-the-art junior school…
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School Welcomes Help for Heroes
| Charity
The Founders of Help for Heroes and a special Ambassador for their charity were welcomed with a drinks reception and…
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No Rest for The Riders!
| Riding
A long afternoon away at King’s Canterbury for hockey fixtures on Saturday afternoon did not deter the riders from an early start on…
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Junior Music Scholars in Concert
| Music
After just a few days at school this term, it was astonishing that the 18 Junior Music Scholars could give…
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National Success in the Dressage Arena
| Riding
Lower VIth former Phoebe Osborn (South) recorded a fourth place at the Lemieux British Dressage National Championships at Stoneleigh Park…
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Artists Explore Drawing
| Art
‘Narrative’ is this year’s starting theme for our Lower Sixth artists and to support their studies a trip to the…
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Celestial Sounds Fill The Chapel
| Music
After this first concert in this years ‘Concert Series’, a colleague on the bursarial staff told me that, having attended…
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Fourth Form Descend on the Natural History Museum
| Academic
On Tuesday the whole of the new IVth form, together with the Biology Department and several other willing staff “volunteers”,…
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Ancient Atheism
| Classics
This week saw the latest incarnation of Cranleigh Classics’ September Lecture. We welcomed Professor Tim Whitmarsh, the newly-appointed Professor of…
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Riders Set The Pace
| Riding
Cranleigh riders hit the campaign trail in fine style this weekend in the first of this term’s Regional Qualifiers for…
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Climbers Make The Most of The Sunshine
| Climbing
On Sunday the new climbing year got off to a great start with a visit to Stone Farm, a local…
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Senior Music Scholars Concert
| Music
For the first pupils’ concert of the academic year the Senior Music Scholars treated the audience in the Clive Stevens…
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Bishop of Dorking Installs New School Chaplains
| Chapel
The Right Reverend The Bishop of Dorking, Ian Brackley, was welcomed to the Chapel last night to install the two…
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Organ Masterworks Series Launched in Style
| Music
Cranleigh School’s organist Phillip Scriven launched another year-long organ series on September 9th including two of Vierne’s ‘Pièces en Style…
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Regional Hockey Success
| Hockey
Following selection from County level, 22 Cranleighans were invited to attend Junior Regional Performance Centres (JRPC) over the summer months.…
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ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE REWARDED
| Academic
Following the School’s excellent GCSE results, with almost a third of all grades achieved being an A* and almost two-thirds…
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Record Number of A Stars at GCSE
| Academic
As the long wait comes to an end for the UVth formers, the School is celebrating its best ever GCSE results,…
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Epic Expedition to China
Straight after the end of term two teams left Cranleigh School for Heathrow and headed for Chengdu in the Sichuan…
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Rugby Tour Returns Victorious
| Rugby
Cranleigh School’s 1st XV travelled to Ontario, Canada to play five matches in a two week period against Toronto Scottish, Sarnia,…
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A Stars Galore for Top A Level Students
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The wait is finally over for last year’s upper sixth formers and there were plenty of smiles as results envelopes were collected…
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RIDERS FOLLOW IN THE HOOF PRINTS OF THEIR HEROES
| Riding
Cranleigh riders contested both the Junior and Senior Divisions of the National Schools Summer Show Jumping Championships at the All England…
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As War Broke Out Cranleighans Responded
| CCF
As the summer term of 1914 drifted to a close, it seemed pretty much as those that preceded it. The weather…
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Archaelogical Dig Offers Students New Perspective
| Academic
We embarked on the archaeological dig to Thornton Abbey on Saturday afternoon in very good spirits, and, after navigating our…
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Young Cranleigh Rider Shines in Dressage Arena
| Riding
Sixteen year old Phoebe Osborn (South) has qualified for the Lemieux British Dressage Championships to be held at Stoneleigh Park…
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Cranleigh Team Up at The Open Golf
| Golf
From 13th to 20th July, the 143rd Open Golf Championship provided the usual blend of excitement and hard work for…
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CCF Summer Camp Benefits From Fine Weather
| CCF
During the first full week of the summer holiday, 22 cadets spent a week at Penally, in South Wales, on…
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Friday, 11th July – Our final day
Our final day at Kawama Our final day at Kawama School was an emotional end to what has been a…
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Thursday, 10th July
Our 3rd day at Kawama 25 degrees at 8am in the morning, after a late night watching the football semi-final,…
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Wednesday 9th July
After the shock of the previous day’s exploits, similar to that of the the Brazilians, the day began in a more…
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CRANLEIGH BOYS U15 CRICKETERS ARE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
| Cricket
On Tuesday 8th July, on Doncaster Close, Oakham School, the Cranleigh team beat Sedbergh School to become the ECB/ESCA National…
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July 2014 – The first few days
Kasanka After a delayed flight and twenty-seven hours of travelling, we journeyed half way to Kasanka and camped in tranquil…
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SUCCESSFUL BRONZE D OF E ASSESSED EXPEDITION
On the 1st of July, more than 80 students set off on their Bronze assessment, wandering around the Surrey countryside…
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Speech Day 2014: A Fond Farewell
The re-coupling of the annual Speech Day, held this year on Sunday June 29th, with OC Day seemed especially welcome…
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Young Cricketers Excel in National Semi-Final
| Cricket
On Thursday 26th June, Cranleigh Under 15 cricketers battled hard to pull off an excellent win in the semi-final of…
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Chamber Musicians Delight MMS Audience
| Concert
On June 24th, the final concert of the year (apart from Rocsoc, of course) saw around two dozen instrumentalists perform…
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New Senior Prefects Announced
| Academic
The Senior Prefects and House Captains for the Academic Year 2014/2015 have been announced as follows: Senior Prefects Chloe Nicholls (West); Charlie…
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Will Palmer Takes On The Best At Formula 4
Will Palmer (L6 North), racing in Formula 4, had his best weekend of the season winning two out of the…
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Boys’ 1st Tennis Team Runners-Up in Prestigious Rootham Shield
On Saturday 21st of June, Max Mcgibbon, Fin Cowcher, Joss Pinnington and Angus Barrett, along with the guiding hand of…
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Cranleigh winner at the Made in Brunel School Competition 2014
| Design
Talented young designer, Anna Forrester, has scooped a national award for her inspired solution to travelling with toiletries. Brunel Design…
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Sun Shines On Silver D of E Assessed Expedition
What a contrast to last year! In 2013 we endured three days of relentless rain and arrival at the campsites…
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Former Cranleigh Girls’ Cricketer to Captain Cambridge University
| Cricket
Old Cranleighan and former Cranleigh captain of girls’ cricket, Chloe Allison, has been elected captain of Cambridge Women’s cricket for…
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July 2014 Workshops
A big well done to everyone, the workshops were a great success in terms of creative output and of course…
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Simply Blue
| Concert
Cranleigh jazz ensemble, played to a packed audience on Friday 20th June in the Merriman Music School. The band, under…
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England Call-Up for Charlotte and Megan
| Hockey
West House UVth Formers Charlotte Calnan and Megan Batchelor have been selected to play for the England U16 hockey team…
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The Trumpet Shall Sound
| Music
Last Friday, 13th June, saw the return of Crispian Steele-Perkins to Cranleigh School for his concert, ‘The Trumpet Shall Sound.’ …
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Jubilee Hosts Festival Cricket Luncheon
At the G Live Gala and Orchestral Concert at the start of this term, Guy Waller was keen to emphasise that…
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Beyond Cranleigh: Summer 2014
Shortly after the end of the Summer Term, 18 Sixth Form students and 5 staff (including one from Cranleigh Prep…
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Mid-Wales D of E Expedition
Due to the exceptionally large number of Gold candidates this year there were two Assessed Expeditions, one to the Lakes…
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Art Work Shortlisted for Royal Academy Online Exhibition
| Art
Congratulations to Ellen Farrington (LVIth South) for having her painting ‘Strangers’ short-listed for the Royal Academy A Level online exhibition 2014.…
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OCs Go Back To Zambia
Two recent OCs, Alex Foster and Charlie La Fosse, are currently spending three months of their Gap Year working in…
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UNDER 15 CRICKETERS WIN THE SOUTH EAST DIVISION OF THE NATIONAL LORD’S TAVERNERS’ TOURNAMENT.
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On Tuesday afternoon Cranleigh’s Under 15 cricketers secured a convincing win against Dr Challoner’s Grammar School – and, by so…
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LVIth Economists Get a Taste of the Real World
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It was an early start on Wednesday for a group of 34 LVIth economists as we set off to London to visit many…
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Hockey Girls Play Host to Dutch Team
| Hockey
Last Sunday saw Cranleigh host an International Hockey Tournament; a touring team from Leiden in Holland were joined by teams from…
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Glorious Sunshine Keeps D of E Walkers in Good Spirits
“Severe weather” warnings were in place for the Saturday of the Bronze D of E practice and, indeed, many of…
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Cranleighans’ Early Warning of D-Day
| OC
The Day Cranleigh Flooded While much has been written about the secrecy that surrounded the D-Day landings, the boys at…
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UNDER 15 CRICKETERS BATTLE THROUGH TO NATIONAL LAST EIGHT
| Cricket
On Thursday Cranleigh’s talented Under 15 cricketers battled to win a tense game against Hurstpierpoint by 13 runs. By doing…
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LVth Drama Workshop & Performance
| Drama
20 LVth Drama students were involved in a physical theatre storytelling workshop this week from acclaimed theatre company ‘Les Enfants…
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Summer Joy for Cranleigh Rugby Stars
| Rugby
This summer has seen a number of exciting developments for a some of the current and former 1st XV players. Seb…
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The Royal Festival Hall Welcomes Phil Scriven
| Music
As part of the Bach Choir’s concert in the Royal Festival Hall on 10 June, I have the enormous privilege…
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Riders En Route To Addington
| Riding
The first weekend of the half term holiday did not afford the Cranleigh riders a lie-in as they headed off…
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Spotlight on Junior Thespians
| Drama
What a difference a play makes…in refreshing an audience during examination season. From the opening song (made a hit by…
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Art and Design Students In The Limelight
| Art
The private view of the Art and Design exhibitions took place on Thursday evening. The studios were buzzing as the…
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London Design Trip
| Design
Lower Fifth Form Design studen