# Cranleigh School --- ## Pages - [Sixth Form at Cranleigh School](https://www.cranleigh.org/sixth-form-landing/) - [Performing Arts](https://www.cranleigh.org/our-offer/co-curricular/performing-arts/) - [Term Dates](https://www.cranleigh.org/whats-on/term-dates/) - [Cranleigh School](https://www.cranleigh.org/) - [Sports Update - 20th June](https://www.cranleigh.org/sports-update-20th-june/) - [Sports Update - 13th June](https://www.cranleigh.org/sports-update-13th-june/) - [6th June - Sports Roundup](https://www.cranleigh.org/6th-june-sports-roundup/) - [Sports Update - 23rd May](https://www.cranleigh.org/sports-update-23rd-may/) - [Sports Update - 16th May](https://www.cranleigh.org/sports-update-16th-may/) - [Sports Update - 9th May](https://www.cranleigh.org/sports-update-9th-may/) - [Sports Update - 2nd May](https://www.cranleigh.org/sports-update-2nd-may/) - [Boarding](https://www.cranleigh.org/school-life/boarding/) - [Day Plus](https://www.cranleigh.org/living/day-plus/) - [Day](https://www.cranleigh.org/living/day/) - [Living Overview](https://www.cranleigh.org/living/living-overview/) - [Sports Update - 25th April](https://www.cranleigh.org/sports-update-25th-april/) - [Sports Roundup - Lent Term](https://www.cranleigh.org/sports-roundup-lent-term/) - [Sports Update - 21st March](https://www.cranleigh.org/sports-update-21st-march/) - [Sports Update - 14th March](https://www.cranleigh.org/sports-update-14th-march/) - [Sports Update - 7th March](https://www.cranleigh.org/sports-update-7th-march/) - [Sports Update - 28th February](https://www.cranleigh.org/sports-update-28th-february/) - [Sports Update - 14th February](https://www.cranleigh.org/sports-update-14th-february/) - [Sports Update - 7th February](https://www.cranleigh.org/sports-update-7th-february/) - [Sports Update - 31st January](https://www.cranleigh.org/sports-update-31st-january/) - [Sports Update - 24th January](https://www.cranleigh.org/sports-update-24th-january/) - [Sports Update - 17th January](https://www.cranleigh.org/sports-update-17th-january/) - [Zambia Partnership](https://www.cranleigh.org/about-us/our-culture/zambia-beyond-ourselves-partnership/) - [Sports Update - 10th January](https://www.cranleigh.org/sports-update-10th-january/) - [Sports Update - 6th December 2024](https://www.cranleigh.org/spots-update-6th-december-2024/) - [Sports Update - 29th November](https://www.cranleigh.org/sports-update-29th-november/) - [Sports Update - 22nd November](https://www.cranleigh.org/sports-update-22nd-november/) - [Sports Update - Friday 15th November](https://www.cranleigh.org/sports-update-friday-15th-november/) - [Sports Update - Friday 8th November](https://www.cranleigh.org/sports-update-friday-8th-november/) - [Join Cranleigh at 11+](https://www.cranleigh.org/admissions/join-cranleigh-at-11/) - [Sports Update 18th October](https://www.cranleigh.org/sports-update-18th-october/) - [Sports Update - 11th October](https://www.cranleigh.org/sports-update-11th-october/) - [Sports Update – Friday 4th October](https://www.cranleigh.org/sports-update-friday-4th-october/) - [Thank you for Visiting Cranleigh](https://www.cranleigh.org/open-day-thank-you/) - [Developing a School Wide Approach to Independent Learning Conference](https://www.cranleigh.org/whats-on/upcoming-events/developing-a-school-wide-approach-to-independent-learning-conference/) - [Sports Update – Friday 27th September](https://www.cranleigh.org/sports-update-friday-27th-september/) - [Sports Update - Friday 20th September](https://www.cranleigh.org/sports-update-friday-20th-september/) - [Sports Update - Friday 13th September](https://www.cranleigh.org/sports-update-friday-13th-september/) - [Newsletters](https://www.cranleigh.org/newsletters/) - [Venue Hire](https://www.cranleigh.org/facilities-hire/) - [School Letters](https://www.cranleigh.org/school-life-letters/) - [Cranleigh Abu Dhabi](https://www.cranleigh.org/cranleigh-international/cranleigh-abu-dhabi/) - [Cranleigh China Changsha](https://www.cranleigh.org/cranleigh-international/cranleigh-china-changsha/) - [Cranleigh China Wuhan](https://www.cranleigh.org/cranleigh-international/cranleigh-china-wuhan/) - [Why partner with Cranleigh International](https://www.cranleigh.org/cranleigh-international/why-partner-with-cranleigh-international/) - [Cranleigh International](https://www.cranleigh.org/cranleigh-international/) - [Dangerous Minds](https://www.cranleigh.org/school-life/academics/academic-enrichment/dangerous-minds/) - [International Students](https://www.cranleigh.org/admissions/international-students/) - [Agents](https://www.cranleigh.org/admissions/international-students/international-students-agents/) - [Mander Organ](https://www.cranleigh.org/school-life/co-curricular/music/mander-organ/) - [Cranleigh Friends](https://www.cranleigh.org/cranleigh-friends/) - [The Cranleigh Community](https://www.cranleigh.org/about-us/the-cranleigh-community/): We are proud that Cranleigh School is an eminent international brand renowned for educational excellence. - [Privacy Policy](https://www.cranleigh.org/privacy-policy/) - [Details of Personal Data Collected by Forms](https://www.cranleigh.org/details-of-personal-data-collected-by-forms/) - [Dance](https://www.cranleigh.org/school-life/co-curricular/dance/) - [Social Purpose](https://www.cranleigh.org/about-us/our-culture/social-purpose/) - [Outreach](https://www.cranleigh.org/about-us/our-culture/outreach/) - [Sustainability](https://www.cranleigh.org/about-us/our-culture/sustainability/) - [Equity, Diversity & Inclusion](https://www.cranleigh.org/about-us/our-culture/equity-diversity-inclusion/) - [Cranleigh International Overview](https://www.cranleigh.org/cranleigh-international/overview/): Cranleigh International has a school founded in 2014 in Abu Dhabi with partner Aldar Education and two schools in China with partner Cogdel Education. - [Anti-Racism Statement](https://www.cranleigh.org/anti-racism-statement/): Racism must be fought by everyone. By committing to being an anti-racist school we commit to addressing all forms of systemic inequalities, disadvantage and discrimination. - [Thank you for booking your visit to Cranleigh School](https://www.cranleigh.org/admissions/visit-us/thank-you/) - [Martlet](https://www.cranleigh.org/living/our-houses/martlet/) - [Rhodes](https://www.cranleigh.org/living/our-houses/rhodes/) - [South](https://www.cranleigh.org/living/our-houses/south/) - [West](https://www.cranleigh.org/living/our-houses/west/) - [Cubitt](https://www.cranleigh.org/living/our-houses/cubitt/) - [East](https://www.cranleigh.org/school-life/our-houses/east/) - [Loveday](https://www.cranleigh.org/living/our-houses/loveday/) - [North](https://www.cranleigh.org/living/our-houses/north/) - [Thank you for your application](https://www.cranleigh.org/about-us/join-our-team/apply-now/thank-you/) - [Admissions Overview](https://www.cranleigh.org/admissions/overview/) - [Parents' area](https://www.cranleigh.org/parents-area/): Cranleigh School hub of helpful links for current parents and families. - [Past events](https://www.cranleigh.org/past-events/) - [International Trips](https://www.cranleigh.org/international-trips/) - [EPQ](https://www.cranleigh.org/school-life-name-change-tbc/academics/epq/): The EPQ is available to students undertaking Sixth Form study, is equivalent to half an A Level and is graded A* to E. - [11+ Entry](https://www.cranleigh.org/admissions/admissions-process/11-entry/): Our friendly and experienced admissions team is here to offer support and guidance through every step of the admissions process. - [13+ Entry](https://www.cranleigh.org/admissions/admissions-process/13-entry/) - [16+ Entry](https://www.cranleigh.org/admissions/admissions-process/16-entry/) - [Intermediate Years](https://www.cranleigh.org/admissions/admissions-process/intermediate-years/) - [About us](https://www.cranleigh.org/about-us/) - [Head's Welcome](https://www.cranleigh.org/about-us/heads-welcome/) - [Aims & Ethos](https://www.cranleigh.org/about-us/aims-and-ethos/) - [Our People](https://www.cranleigh.org/about-us/our-people/) - [Our Campus](https://www.cranleigh.org/about-us/our-campus/): A home to our community since 1865, our campus effortlessly blends historic buildings with new, purpose-built facilities. - [Overview](https://www.cranleigh.org/about-us/the-cranleigh-community/overview/): We are proud that Cranleigh School is an eminent international brand renowned for educational excellence. - [Join our Team](https://www.cranleigh.org/about-us/join-our-team/): Why work at Cranleigh? Because it’s a wonderful school in a beautiful location. We strive to be a good employer and our staff tell us that we are. - [Reports & Reviews](https://www.cranleigh.org/about-us/reports-reviews/) - [Support Cranleigh](https://www.cranleigh.org/about-us/support-cranleigh/) - [The Cranleigh Foundation](https://www.cranleigh.org/about-us/support-cranleigh/the-cranleigh-foundation/): The Cranleigh Foundation funds places for children who have suffered trauma, such as losing the support of parents through exceptional or tragic circumstances. - [History of Giving](https://www.cranleigh.org/about-us/support-cranleigh/history-of-giving/): Cranleigh is blessed with a history of philanthropic support from within and beyond our community. You can trace how Cranleigh has been shaped by gifts from past generous benefactors on this timeline. - [Ways of Giving](https://www.cranleigh.org/about-us/support-cranleigh/ways-of-giving/): It is our ambition to raise £10m by 2029 with the wish that the income from this endowment will support ten Foundation bursaries. - [Our Donors](https://www.cranleigh.org/about-us/support-cranleigh/our-donors/): Thank you to the following donors and funders for supporting the Cranleigh Foundation for the past 14 years. - [Our Beneficiaries](https://www.cranleigh.org/about-us/support-cranleigh/our-beneficiaries/): Cranleigh has a long history of giving bursaries to children whose families cannot afford the fees. Meet some of our OCs who benefited from financial assistance. - [Admissions](https://www.cranleigh.org/admissions/) - [Admissions Process](https://www.cranleigh.org/admissions/admissions-process/): Our friendly and experienced admissions team is here to offer support and guidance through every step of the admissions process. - [Visit or Enquire](https://www.cranleigh.org/admissions/visit-us/): The first step in the admissions process is to arrange a visit. If you are able to attend an open day, we encourage you to do so. --- ## Posts - [GCSE 2025: Cranleigh School’s Summer of Academic Success Continues](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/08/21/gcse-2025-cranleigh-schools-summer-of-academic-success-continues/): We are very pleased to report outstanding GCSE results this year with 76% of all grades in English, mathematics and... - [A Levels 2025: Top grades on the rise as Cranleigh School celebrates STEM and Arts excellence](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/08/14/a-levels-2025-top-grades-on-the-rise-as-cranleigh-school-celebrates-stem-and-arts-excellence/): We are delighted to report improved A Level results for Cranleigh School in 2025 with 83% of grades at A*-... - [A fantastic final House Athletics this year](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/07/02/a-fantastic-final-house-athletics-this-year/): House Athletics took place on the penultimate day of term and what a great day it was! With a full... - [End of Term Sports Roundup](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/07/01/end-of-term-sports-roundup/): As we are at the end of the academic year, below is a roundup of Sporting Highlights. - [A spectacular Leavers' Ball for our Upper Sixth](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/06/30/a-spectacular-leavers-ball-for-our-upper-sixth/): What a night our Upper Sixth had at their Leavers’ Ball, to celebrate the end of their journey at Cranleigh,... - [INPISRING VISIT FROM CHAMPION SWIMMER](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/06/13/inpisring-visit-from-champion-swimmer/): We were privileged to have Michael Gunning, swimmer for Team GB and Team Jamaica, visit the School this week. Michael... - [Cranleigh cast and crew invited to perform in the West End](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/06/10/cranleigh-cast-and-crew-invited-to-perform-at-the-gillian-lynne-theatre/): We are thrilled to share that our incredible cast and crew of our Senior play, Girl on the Train, have... - [National Cadet Target Sprint Championships](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/06/05/national-cadet-target-sprint-championships/): Target Sprint is an internationally recognised air rifle discipline that fuses athleticism with precision. This fast-paced and exhilarating sport combines... - [Lower Sixth Cadets Parachute Training Weekend at Netheravon](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/06/04/lower-sixth-cadets-parachute-training-weekend-at-netheravon/): A highlight of the year for the Lower Sixth Cadets is the annual trip to Netheravon, home of the Army... - [Madeleine Dances to Dressage Glory](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/06/03/madeleine-dances-to-dressage-glory/): Madeleine R. (Upper Sixth) started the half term break with a bang, taking the NSEA National County Novice Dressage title... - [OC ADAM THOMAS JOINS SURREY CRICKET](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/06/02/oc-adam-thomas-joins-surrey-cricket/): Congratulations to Adam Thomas, (Loveday 2024) who secured his first professional contract with Surrey during the half-term period. Adam joins... - [Lower Sixth Chemists examine the science of making Gin](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/05/15/lower-sixth-chemists-examine-the-science-of-making-gin/): Twenty five A-Level Chemistry students recently spent the afternoon at the Bombay Sapphire Gin Distillery in Laverstoke, Hampshire. The aim... - [Lower Sixth Students Explore the Balance Between Efficiency and Fairness in Economics Talk](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/05/14/lower-sixth-students-explore-the-balance-between-efficiency-and-fairness-in-economics-talk/): Our Lower Sixth students were treated to a fascinating and thought-provoking talk by Dr Bahar Ghezelayagh, Professor of Financial Economics... - [Summer Concert 2025](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/05/14/summer-concert-2025/): Friday’s Summer Concert was a vibrant celebration of musical diversity, showcasing the remarkable talent and versatility of our young musicians.... - [Helen Wareham Music Competition](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/05/07/helen-wareham-music-competition-2/): This year’s Helen Wareham Competition took place on Friday 2nd May and was adjudicated Mr David McKee (Director of Music... - [Football introduced as a Core Sport option for years 9-11](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/05/02/football-introduced-as-a-core-sport-option-for-years-9-11/): We are delighted to announce that boys’ football will be introduced as a core sports option for Years 9-11 through... - [New Bus Routes to Cranleigh School](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/05/01/new-bus-routes-to-cranleigh-school/): From September 2025 we will be operating a new daily bus from Godalming. In addition, for Year 9 boarders in... - [Visit from England Women’s Cricket Head Coach, Charlotte Edwards](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/05/01/visit-from-england-womens-cricket-head-coach-charlotte-edwards/): On Tuesday we were very lucky to be able to welcome the newly appointed England Women’s Cricket Head Coach, Charlotte... - [Introducing new Day and Day Plus](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/04/30/introducing-new-day-and-day-plus/): Cranleigh has always welcomed Day pupils and remains predominantly a boarding school with 75% of pupils boarding. All pupils, both... - [Triathlon Success for Upper Fifth Pupil Benji](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/04/24/triathlon-success-for-upper-fifth-pupil-benji/): Many congratulations to Benji W. who was selected as a member of the GB Triathlon Youth Academy earlier in the... - [Gold DofE Practice Expedition](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/04/23/gold-dofe-expedition-3/): Last week, our Gold DofE students took part in their practice expedition in the stunning area of Dartmoor. Very well... - [A special 'Welcome to the Summer Term' assembly](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/04/22/a-special-welcome-to-the-summer-term-assembly/): Today we welcomed back our pupils and staff for the start of the Summer Term. This morning in assembly, pupils... - [Tennis Trip to Portugal](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/04/22/tennis-trip-to-portugal/): Our tennis players spent time in sunny Portugal, a brilliant opportunity to play tennis in a new environment and socialise... - [Zoe’s Artwork Debuts In Knowle Park](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/04/22/zoes-artwork-debuts-in-knowle-park/): ‘A Face in the Trees’ was a local art competition organised by The Arts Society Cranleigh in collaboration with the... - [Girls' Cricket Trip to Lords](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/04/07/girls-cricket-trip-to-lords/): The Girls’ senior cricket team visited Lord’s Cricket Ground before the End of Term for a training session and tour... - [A fabulous awards evening for our Cran.Do entrepreneurship challenge](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/03/27/a-spectacular-awards-evening-for-our-cran-do-entrepreneurship-challenge/): After 10 weeks of dedication, collaboration, and creative thinking, the CRAN. DO Challenge culminated in a sparkling awards ceremony on... - [A spectacular concert of choral and orchestral music](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/03/26/a-spectacular-concert-of-choral-and-orchestral-music/): On Friday night, a full audience in Speech Hall enjoyed a spectacular concert of choral and orchestral music, featuring the... - [International rugby selection for Charlotte and Joe](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/03/20/international-rugby-selection-for-charlotte-and-joe/): Congratulations to Charlotte B. and Joe T. on their U18 international rugby call-ups for England and Scotland. Joe follows in... - [1st Team Boys’ Hockey win the St George’s Sixes National Hockey Festival](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/03/20/1st-team-boys-hockey-win-the-st-georges-sixes-national-hockey-festival/): Many congratulations to our 1st Team Boys’ Hockey who won the St George’s Sixes National Hockey Festival yesterday. This is... - [National Independent Schools Climbing Comp](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/03/19/national-independent-schools-climbing-comp/): On Monday, the climbing team attended the National Independent Schools Climbing Comp. It marked an exciting milestone for our climbing... - [Welcome to Thebes](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/03/14/welcome-to-thebes/): Huge congratulations to everybody involved in our school play of Welcome to Thebes which ran for multiple evenings this week.... - [Schools Swimming Super League finals](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/03/14/schools-swimming-super-league-finals/): We had another fantastic day of swimming at the SSSL finals today. It was such a massive achievement to make... - [Cranleigh CCF’s 125th Anniversary Biennial Inspection](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/03/13/cranleigh-ccfs-125th-anniversary-biennial-inspection/): This year marks 125 years since the formation of the Cranleigh Combined Cadet Force, and to celebrate this milestone, we... - [Great performances from our swimmers in the Bath cup](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/03/12/great-performances-from-our-swimmers-in-the-bath-cup/): Many congratulations to our pupils who competed in the Bath Cup at the London Aquatic Centre. The pupils swam brilliantly... - [Golf success for Lower Fifth Pupil Sienna](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/03/11/golf-success-for-lower-fifth-pupil-sienna/): Many congratulations to Lower Fifth pupil Sienna V. , who has been selected again for the Surrey Women’s Junior Golf... - [Junior Music Competition Winners](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/03/10/junior-music-competition-winners/): Many congratulations to the Junior Music Competition Winners. - [Intermediate Maths Challenge](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/03/10/intermediate-maths-challenge/): Congratulations to our youngest mathematicians who between them won 4 gold, 1 silver and 10 bronze medals in the Intermediate... - [Junior House maths](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/03/09/junior-house-maths/): Congratulations to the juniors of East-Martlett who followed in the seniors’ footsteps and took the Lower School House Maths trophy... - [2nd XI Boys vs Girls Hockey](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/03/07/boys-vs-girls-hockey/): The boys and girls 2nd XI teams went head to head on Thursday evening in a “golden army” match with... - [Wildlife Photography Competition](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/03/07/wildlife-photography-competition/): In our School community, we recently opened a Wildlife Photography competition. We were thrilled to receive so many fantastic entries... - [Two teams compete in the Surrey U18 Rugby Sevens](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/03/06/two-teams-compete-in-the-surrey-u18-rugby-sevens/): For the first time, our rugby sevens squad entered two teams into the Surrey U18 Sevens Tournament. The 1st VII... - [Mindful March](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/03/03/mindful-march/): This month has been named Mindful March in an attempt to bring wider attention to positive mental health awareness in... - [National success for our VEX Robotics Team](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/03/03/national-success-for-our-vex-robotics-team/): On Friday 28th February and Saturday 1st March, the Cranleigh Robotics team took part in the VEX Robotics National Championship... - [Cranleigh School Triumphs in Hampton Founders U18 Rugby Sevens Plate](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/02/27/cranleigh-school-triumphs-in-hampton-founders-u18-rugby-sevens-plate/): Cranleigh School’s U18 Rugby Sevens team made an impressive start to their season, securing the Plate at the prestigious Hampton... - [Voluntary Action committee share their experiences](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/02/13/voluntary-action-committee-share-their-experiences/): Our Voluntary Action committee have been visiting Elmbridge. Hear our pupils share their experience below: Johnny H. – For my... - [Oxbridge Success for Upper Sixth Pupils](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/02/12/oxbridge-success-for-upper-sixth-pupils/): We are incredibly proud of our students who have received offers to study at either Oxford and Cambridge University: Molly... - [Winter Music Festival with Cranleigh Abu Dhabi](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/02/06/winter-music-festival-with-cranleigh-abu-dhabi/): Our inaugural Winter Festival was a hugely successful collaboration with young musicians from Cranleigh Abu Dhabi. Twenty-two of their musicians... - [Senior Wind, Brass and Piano Competitions](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/02/05/senior-wind-brass-and-piano-competitions/): Friday evening provided excellent entertainment with the competitions for the Cyril Dashwood Piano Prize, the Pat Dixon Woodwind Prize and... - [Cranleigh staff and pupils running the Surrey Half Marathon](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/01/27/cranleigh-staff-and-pupils-running-the-surrey-half-marathon/): Fifty five members of the Cranleigh School Community (not all pictured) are taking on the Surrey Half Marathon on Sunday... - [Dangerous Minds makes a return](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/01/24/dangerous-minds-makes-a-return/): Last night, Alexis and Bella (Rhodes, Upper Fifth) hosted the annual Dangerous Minds competition, an event designed to encourage pupils... - [OC Oscar Beard named in Six Nations Squad for Second Year](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/01/16/oc-oscar-beard-named-in-six-nations-squad-for-second-year/): For another year, OC Oscar Beard (North 2020) has been named in the England Rugby Six Nations squad. Huge congratulations... - [International, National and Premiership Sport Success](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/01/13/international-national-and-premiership-sport-success/): Some of our pupils have recently been involved in exciting sporting success with both national, international and premiership teams. –... - [History and Politics Trip to the USA](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/01/10/history-and-politics-trip-to-the-usa/): In the lead-up to Christmas, 35 pupils and 4 staff embarked on an unforgettable trip to New York and Washington... - [Geography Trip to Iceland](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/01/10/geography-trip-to-iceland/): Iceland is truly a highlight to any Geographer but particularly experiencing it in the snow, mere moments before Christmas. Aside... - [Announcement of our brand new Sixth Form Centre](https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/01/09/announcement-of-our-brand-new-sixth-form-centre/): In December, the Governing Body approved plans to further enhance our Sixth Form offering with a new dedicated Sixth Form... - [VEX Robotics National Qualifying Event hosted by Cranleigh](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/12/13/vex-robotics-national-qualifying-event-hosted-by-cranleigh/): On Saturday 7th December the Design Engineering department hosted a VEX Robotics National Qualifying Event. There were 16 visiting teams... - [Christmas Concert 2024](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/12/10/christmas-concert-2024/): On Friday evening, the annual Christmas concert took place in the Speech Hall, and featured the school’s major ensembles and... - [New Graduate Trainee Scheme partnering with the BAMEed Network](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/12/09/new-graduate-trainee-scheme/): Working in partnership with the BAMEed Network, and with Leah Morris at Wyndham James Consultancy, we are leading an initiative... - [Mrs Samantha Price, Head, interviews with luxury brand magazine](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/12/04/mrs-samantha-price-head-interviews-with-luxury-brand-magazine/): Our Head, Mrs Samantha Price, was interviewed by the luxury brand magazine House of Coco. Described by the magazine as... - [Students wow in Jack Cook Strings Competition](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/11/29/students-wow-in-jack-cook-strings-competition/): On Wednesday 27th November, we welcomed Mr Andy Meyers to adjudicate the senior section of this year’s Jack Cook Strings... - [PUPILS PERFORM IN SALLY BEECHAM SENIOR VOCALS SHOW](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/11/29/pupils-perform-in-sally-beecham-senior-vocals-show/): Following the recent success of our Musical Theatre evening, the second half featured a strong selection of our senior vocalists... - [Senior Guitar Competition](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/11/29/senior-guitar-competition/): The Senior Guitar Competition showed off the skill and dexterity of five excellent musicians. It was great to feature contemporary... - [A fantastic Cranleigh Eco Week](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/11/29/a-fantastic-cranleigh-eco-week/): Moved this year to coincide with COP and to set an earlier sustainable agenda for the rest of the year,... - [School play of Girl On the Train nominated for award](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/11/27/school-play-of-girl-on-the-train-nominated-for-award-2/): Our brilliant play, The Girl on the Train, has been nominated for a National School Theatre Award. Praised as ‘thrilling... - [Incredible senior play of the Girl on the Train](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/11/22/school-play-of-girl-on-the-train-nominated-for-award/): This week, audiences were treated to a very different theatrical experience in the Senior school production of The Girl on... - [Cranleigh musical instruments treated to some TLC](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/11/22/cranleigh-musical-instruments-treated-to-some-tlc/): Ron Moonesinghe (who was previously Music Administrator at Cranleigh Abu Dhabi) is a specialist musical instrument repairer. He visited Cranleigh... - [Pupils star in musical theatre showcase](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/11/20/pupils-star-in-musical-theatre-showcase/): Following the success of last year’s nascent Musical Theatre showcase, ‘Something Familiar, Something Peculiar’ returned to the MMS on the... - [Three OC rugby internationals took to the pitch this weekend](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/11/18/three-oc-rugby-internationals-took-to-the-pitch-this-weekend/): We were delighted to see three former 1st XV pupils taking part in international rugby this weekend. Old Cranleighans Oscar... - [Lower Fifth Classics Talk from bestselling author](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/11/13/lower-fifth-classics-talk-from-bestselling-author/): On Thursday evening, the Classics Department welcomed Ben Kane, a bestselling historical author, to deliver an insightful and informative talk... - [National Honours for Equestrian Team](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/11/13/national-honours-for-equestrian-team/): Over the first weekend of half term, Cranleigh riders travelled to Buckinghamshire for the NSEA National Championships, an event that... - [Postcards from long leave](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/11/08/postcards-from-long-leave/): Over long leave, 8 school trips departed all across the world, including 217 pupils, and 29 members of staff! Have... - [Gü and Coconut Collab Visit for Sixth Form](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/11/06/gu-and-coconut-collab-visit-for-sixth-form/): We were thrilled to welcome James Averdieck, the visionary founder behind Gü, The Coconut Collaborative, and the new cookie dough... - [Senior Hockey Trip to Tilburg](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/11/04/senior-hockey-trip-to-tilburg/): Nineteen girls and sixteen boys formed two good squads, who boarded a coach to Tilburg in The Netherlands on the... - [England U19 Cricket call-up for Alex F](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/10/31/england-u19-cricket-call-up-for-alex-f/): Congratulations to Alex F. who has been named in the England Cricket U19 squad for an upcoming training camp in... - [Showcasing Cranleigh Sport](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/10/29/showcasing-cranleigh-sport/): The exterior of our swimming pool and sports centre now feature photos showcasing the breadth of sport here at Cranleigh,... - [House Drama Competition](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/10/18/house-drama-competition/): This week saw the first annual House Drama Competition take place. The theme this year was taken from a quote... - [Upper Sixth Music Award Holders Concert](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/10/17/upper-sixth-music-award-holders-concert/): Our current Upper Sixth Music Award holders are collectively the most talented cohort I have seen at Cranleigh in twenty-five... - [Northern Lights seen again over Cranleigh!](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/10/11/northern-lights-seen-again-over-cranleigh/): On Friday 111th October, the Northern Lights, also known as Aurora Borealis, were visible once again across the UK, including... - [Charlotte's Rugby Success](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/10/10/charlottes-rugby-success/): Many congratulations to Charlotte B. who has been selected to take part in the England Rugby Player Development Group (PDG)... - [Organ Outreach Event](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/10/09/organ-outreach-event/): On Tuesday morning, we held our fifth annual Organ Outreach event, and were delighted to welcome a group of pupils... - [Carnatic Nomad](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/10/08/carnatic-nomad/): On Friday 4th October, Cranleigh Music welcomed renowned violinist, Dr Jyotsna Srikanth MBE, to present a workshop for our music... - [Riding Success](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/10/07/riding-success-2/): The Equestrian team have had a fabulous few weeks and are now making their final preparations for the NSEA National... - [GCSE and A Level Music Composition Workshop - KORROS Ensemble](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/10/02/gcse-and-a-level-music-composition-workshop-korros-ensemble/): On Monday this week, the music department welcomed the excellent ensemble KORROS (flute, clarinet and harp) to give a composition... - [A dazzling evening of House Performances](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/09/24/a-dazzling-evening-of-house-performances/): Many congratulations to our pupils for providing and leading such a fantastic evening of House Performances. In what was a... - [Insights on Thriving in a Competitive Market](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/09/20/business-studies-talk-with-george-carson-from-y1-sport-insights-on-thriving-in-a-competitive-market/): On Friday 13th September, the Business Studies Department welcomed George Carson, Y1 Sport, to deliver an insightful talk to students... - [Pupils take part in the cambridge chemistry challenge](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/09/19/pupils-take-part-in-the-cambridge-chemistry-challenge/): At the end of the summer term, three of our current Upper Sixth students participated in an optional 90-minute Chemistry... - [Upper Sixth Pupil Writes a Book on Relativity](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/09/18/upper-sixth-pupil-writes-a-book-on-relativity/): Ivan S. , Upper Sixth, has received the first Head’s commendation of this academic year. Ivan is a keen student... - [Boarders and Day pupils head to Go Ape](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/09/17/boarders-and-day-pupils-head-to-go-ape/): Both our boarders and day pupils enjoyed a fun packed tree top adventure at Go Ape over the weekend. A... - [Bella S. Installed as Guildford Cathedrals' Head Chorister](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/09/16/bella-s-installed-as-guildford-cathedrals-head-chorister/): On Sunday 15th September, Bella S. was installed as Head Chorister at Guildford Cathedral. Bella sung a solo in the... - [Golf team secure first trophy of the season](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/09/13/golf-team-secure-first-trophy-of-the-season/): The golf team brought home the first trophy of the term with a strong performance in the West Sussex GC... - [National and International Hockey success for pupils](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/09/09/national-and-international-hockey-success-for-pupils/): Over the summer, a number of Cranleigh pupils represented both their countries and their clubs. Matt H. and Alec CJ.... - [Summer Holiday Renovations](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/09/06/summer-holiday-renovations/): Over the summer holidays, there was a variety of different projects ongoing to maintain and renovate major areas of the... - [Old Cranleighan Greg Slade wins Silver Medal in the Paralympics](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/09/05/old-cranleighan-greg-slade-wins-silver-medal-in-the-paralympics/): Huge congratulations to Old Cranleighan Greg Slade who with Andy Lapthorne has won a silver medal in the 2024 Paralympics... - [Upper Sixth pupil, Archie, shares his experience on a CCF Adventure Course](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/09/04/upper-sixth-pupil-archie-shares-his-experience-on-a-ccf-adventure-course/): Upper Sixth pupil Archie L. , has written about the Kayaking Foundation course he participated in over the summer holidays:... - [Highlighting the awards Cranleigh is shortlisted for](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/09/03/highlighting-the-awards-cranleigh-is-shortlisted-for/): We are incredibly proud of the excellence of every area of life in our School, and thrilled to see it... - [Talk Education Awards Finalists for Thinking Beyond the Curriculum](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/08/29/talk-education-awards-finalists-for-thinking-beyond-the-curriculum/): We are delighted to share that Cranleigh has been been announced as a Finalist in the Talk Education Innovation in... - [GCSE Results 2024](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/08/22/gcse-results-2024/): We are pleased to report excellent GCSE results, with 19 per cent of all grades a 9 and 45 per... - [A-Level Results 2024](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/08/15/a-level-results-2024/): We are delighted to report another good year of A-Level results, with 14 per cent of students achieving the top... - [Old Cranleighan Olympians Through The Years](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/08/12/old-cranleighan-olympians-over-time/): As the Olympic Games 2024 have come to an end, our current Old Cranleighan Olympians, Izzy Petter and Will Calnan... - [Tara's success in British Eventing Youth Championships](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/08/08/taras-success-in-british-eventing-youth-championships/): Tara M (Martlet, Upper Fifth) led the Southeast U18 team to success at the recent British Eventing Youth Championships at... - [Lower Sixth pupil Molly selected for the Scotland U19 Cricket squad](https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/08/01/upper-sixth-pupil-molly-selected-for-the-scotland-u19-cricket-squad/): Congratulations to Upper Sixth pupil Molly B-S, who has been selected for the Scotland U19 Cricket squad for the ICC... --- ## Policy - [Safeguarding Policy (Child Protection)](https://www.cranleigh.org/policy/safeguarding-policy-child-protection/) - [Gender Pay Gap Reports - 2022 to 2024](https://www.cranleigh.org/policy/gender-pay-gap-reports-2022-to-2024/) - [Admissions Policy](https://www.cranleigh.org/policy/admissions-policy-2/) - [CS Disability Access Plan 2024 - 2027](https://www.cranleigh.org/policy/cs-disability-access-plan-2024-2027/) - [Attendance Policy 2024](https://www.cranleigh.org/policy/attendance-policy-2024/) - [Relationships Education and Relationships and Sex Education Policy](https://www.cranleigh.org/policy/relationships-education-and-relationships-and-sex-education-policy/) - [Disability Policy](https://www.cranleigh.org/policy/disability-policy/) - 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[Sports Graduate Assistant](https://www.cranleigh.org/vacancy/sports-graduate-assistant-2/) - [Teacher of Drama](https://www.cranleigh.org/vacancy/teacher-of-drama-2/) - [Ad Hoc Minibus Driver](https://www.cranleigh.org/vacancy/ad-hoc-minibus-driver/) - [Assistant Head (Head of Sixth Form)](https://www.cranleigh.org/vacancy/assistant-head-head-of-sixth-form-2/) - [School Nurse](https://www.cranleigh.org/vacancy/school-nurse-3/) - [Teacher of Business Studies](https://www.cranleigh.org/vacancy/teacher-of-business-studies-3/) - [Graduate Teacher Experience Pathway](https://www.cranleigh.org/vacancy/graduate-teacher-experience-pathway/) - [Mechanic and Workshop Fitter](https://www.cranleigh.org/vacancy/mechanic-and-workshop-fitter/) - [Groom](https://www.cranleigh.org/vacancy/groom/) --- ## Governors --- ## Events - [The Band of the Coldstream Guards](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/the-band-of-the-coldstream-guards/): In this, their 375th yer, this world-famous band will spend the afternoon working with our Symphonic Wind Orchestra and the... - [Music Award Holders in Concert](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/music-award-holders-in-concert/): Our talented Music Award holders give the first of several concerts this year, featuring a variety of solo and ensemble... - [High School Musical 2](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/high-school-musical-2/): What time is it? Summer time! And time for this years Junior Musical High School Musical 2. Following on from... - [High School Musical 2](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/high-school-musical-2-2/): What time is it? Summer time! And time for this years Junior Musical High School Musical 2. Following on from... - [High School Musical 2](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/high-school-musical-2-3/): What time is it? Summer time! And time for this years Junior Musical High School Musical 2. Following on from... - [Jazz Quartet Concert](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/jazz-quartet-concert/): Ruth Williams (flute) leads her jazz quartet in a performance of Claude Bolling’s Suite for Flute & Jazz Trio. Featuring... - [Cranleigh Live](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/cranleigh-live-3/): The highlight of the year for our contemporary musicians! Our budding rock stars strut their stuff in an epic programme... - [Korros Ensemble Concert](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/korros-ensemble-concert/): A fantastic concert of music for flute, clarinet and harp, featuring compositions by three of our A-Level students who have... - [Helen Wareham Recital Competition](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/helen-wareham-recital-competition-2/): Our most advanced musicians give short recitals in our flagship competition, highlighting the breadth of musical talent in the school.... - [Sixth Form Open Mic Night](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/sixth-form-open-mic-night/): Contemporary music showcase concert. Tickets available from 30th April. - [Summer Concert](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/summer-concert-3/): Our traditional summer celebration features some larger ensembles (including the String Orchestra and Choir), alongside some chamber ensembles. The beautiful... - [Junior Teatime Chamber Music Concert](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/junior-teatime-chamber-music-concert/): The junior year groups present one of two showcase concerts – this one classical. - [Merriman Orchestra - The Chichester Psalms](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/merriman-orchestra-the-chichester-psalms/): The Merriman Orchestra and combined choirs perform Parry’s joyous setting of Milton’s Ode Blest Pair of Sirens alongside Bernstein’s masterful... - [School Play: Welcome to Thebes](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/school-play-welcome-to-thebes/): “He put this gun into my hand and made me human once again”. Faced with an impoverished population, a shattered... - [Winter Festival - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/winter-festival-royal-philharmonic-orchestra/): Join our Winter Festival with our pupils playing along with Cranleigh Abu Dhabi this January-February. This first event is held... - [Winter Festival - Informal Concert at Cranleigh Prep School](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/winter-festival-informal-concert-at-cranleigh-prep-school/): Join our Winter Festival with our pupils playing along with Cranleigh Abu Dhabi this January-February. Our younger performers give an... - [Winter Festival - Art & Music Lecture Recital with David Vaiani & Richard Saxel](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/winter-festival-art-music-lecture-recital-with-david-vaiani-richard-saxel/): Join our Winter Festival this January-February. Paintings and piano music come together in this fascinating discussion. Both performers share a... - [Winter Festival - Baroque Concerto Concert](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/winter-festival-baroque-concerto-concert/): Join our Winter Festival this January-February. VIVALDI: CONCERTO FOR FLUTE IN D MAJOR, OP. 10, NO. 3 (IL GARDELLINO) BACH:... - [Winter Festival - Lunar New Year Celebration](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/winter-festival-lunar-new-year-celebration/): Join our Winter Festival this January-February. A traditional Chinese Lion Dance performance and workshop for the younger pupils. Open to... - [Winter Festival - Celebration Concert with Cranleigh Abu Dhabi](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/winter-festival-celebration-concert-with-cranleigh-abu-dhabi/): Join our Winter Festival this January-February. A concert to showcase the talents of all our students, embracing all musical genres.... - [Winter Festival - Senior Piano, Wind & Brass Competitions](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/winter-festival-senior-piano-wind-brass-competitions/): Join our Winter Festival this January-February. Our Sixth Form performers in these three instrumental categories compete for the Cyril Dashwood... - [Senior Lunchtime Concert](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/senior-lunchtime-concert-7/): Our regular lunchtime concert series begins with performances from pupils in the Sixth Form. All lunchtime concerts are free and... - [Junior Lunchtime Concert](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/junior-lunchtime-concert-11/): Our regular lunchtime concert series continues with performances from pupils in the Fourth Form, Lower Fifth and Upper Fifth. All... - [Senior Piano, Wind & Brass Competition](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/senior-piano-wind-brass-competition/): Our advanced performers in these three instrumental categories compete for the senior prizes. Enquiries: music@cranleigh. org Music office: 01483 542009 - [Junior Music Competition](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/junior-music-competition/): Piano, Wind, Brass, Strings, Singing and Guitar. Enquiries: music@cranleigh. org Music office: 01483 542009 - [Junior and Senior Drums Competition](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/junior-and-senior-drums-competition/): The last of our competitions this term is a noisy celebration of the skills of our drummers. Each competitor performs... - [Rising Stars Concert at Cranleigh Arts Centre](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/rising-stars-concert-at-cranleigh-arts-centre/): Cranleigh’s classical and contemporary music stars perform a varied programme of chamber music, solo pieces, and band items in the... - [Cranleigh Christmas Fair](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/cranleigh-christmas-fair-3/) - [Open Day](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/open-day/): We look forward to welcoming you to visit the School at our next Open Day on Saturday 12th October. - [Open Morning](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/open-day-2/): We look forward to welcoming you to visit the School at our Open Morning on Saturday 14th June. - [Welcome Morning - December](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/welcome-morning-december/): We look forward to welcoming you to our small welcome morning on Saturday 7th December. - [Welcome Morning - 1st March](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/welcome-morning-1st-march/): We look forward to welcoming you to our small welcome morning on Saturday 1st March. - [Welcome Morning - 8th March](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/welcome-morning-8th-march/): We look forward to welcoming you to our Welcome Morning on Saturday 8th March. - [Sixth Form Welcome Morning (16+)](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/sixth-form-welcome-morning-16/): We look forward to welcoming you to the School on Saturday 21st September for our Sixth Form Welcome Morning. Deadline... - [Sixth Form Open Morning](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/sixth-form-welcome-morning-16-june-2025/): We look forward to welcoming you to the School on Saturday 7th June for our Sixth Form Welcome Morning. (16+... - [Dr Jyotsna Srikanth MBE 'Carnatic Nomad'](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/dr-jyotsna-srikanth-mbe-carnatic-nomad/): In the first event of the new season, a world-authority on classical music from Southern India presents her programme (and... - [Upper Sixth Music Award Holders in Concert](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/upper-sixth-music-award-holders-in-concert/): Our exceptional UVI Music Award holders give the first of several concerts this year, featuring a variety of solo performances,... - [Junior Lunchtime Concert](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/junior-lunchtime-concert-9/): Our Junior Music Award holders give a lunchtime concert of solo and ensemble items. Enquiries: music@cranleigh. org or tickets@cranleigh. org... - ['Something Familiar, Something Peculiar...!!!'](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/something-familiar-something-peculiar-2/): A semi-staged showcase concert given by those pupils who specialise in musical theatre. There will be something for everyone! Enquiries:... - [Junior Lunchtime Concert](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/junior-lunchtime-concert-10/): A showcase for our younger musicians to perform solo items in a relaxed setting. Enquiries: music@cranleigh. org or tickets@cranleigh. org... - [Senior Music Competitions (Strings, Voice & Guitar)](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/senior-music-competitions-strings-voice-guitar/): Our VI form musicians compete in three instrumental categories. Keenly contested, the competitions provide a hugely enjoyable opportunity to hear... - [Christmas Concert](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/christmas-concert-3/): The traditional end of year celebration for our major ensembles, featuring performances from the Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Wind Band, Big... - [Cranleigh Live](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/cranleigh-live-2/): The highlight of the year for our contemporary musicians! Our budding rock stars strut their stuff in an epic programme... - [Ahmed Dickinson Cuban Guitarist in Concert](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/ahmed-dickinson-concert/): International solo classical guitarist Ahmed Dickinson Cárdenas presents an exciting concert of Spanish and Latin American music. View poster - [Let Me Shine: A Musical Celebration](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/let-me-shine-a-musical-celebration/): In collaboration with the Simon Trust and Orpheus Trust, our Summer Concert is devoted to raising awareness of neurodiversity in... - [Arts Centre Concert](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/arts-centre-concert/): An early evening recital given by Music Award Holders in the Lower Fifth and Lower Sixth, alongside the CPS Lower... - [Junior House Lunchtime Concert](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/junior-house-lunchtime-concert-3/): West House musicians present an informal concert. All welcome. For queries please contact the Music department: 01483 542009 / music@cranleigh.... - [Junior Lunchtime Concert](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/junior-lunchtime-concert-8/): Our regular lunchtime concert series gives our junior musicians the opportunity to perform in a relaxed setting. All welcome, contact... - [Bones Apart: Wonderwomen!](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/bones-apart-wonderwomen/): A vibrant all-female trombone quartet present an exciting programme of brass chamber music, which highlights works by female composers. See... - [West Side Story The Musical](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/west-side-story-the-musical/): In February 1964 Cranleigh drama made the national press when it staged West Side Story, a radical move reflecting the... - [West Side Story The Musical](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/west-side-story-the-musical-2/): In February 1964 Cranleigh drama made the national press when it staged West Side Story, a radical move reflecting the... - [West Side Story - The Musical](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/west-side-story-the-musical-3/): In February 1964 Cranleigh drama made the national press when it staged West Side Story, a radical move reflecting the... - [West Side Story - The Musical](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/west-side-story-the-musical-4/): In February 1964 Cranleigh drama made the national press when it staged West Side Story, a radical move reflecting the... - [CONCERT SERIES: FORGOTTEN SONGS](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/concert-series-forgotten-songs/): In this 50th Birthday Concert, Richard Saxel is joined by rising-star soprano, Hilary Cronin (OC). Their programme includes the ‘Four... - [JUNIOR HOUSE LUNCHTIME CONCERT - POSTPONED](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/junior-house-lunchtime-concert/): Showcasing the talents of our musical pupils from East and Martlet in a wide variety of styles and genres. No... - [SENIOR LUNCHTIME CONCERT](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/senior-lunchtime-concert-6/): Our regular lunchtime concert series gives our musicians the opportunity to perform solo items in a relaxed setting. - [MUSIC COMPETITION DAY](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/music-competition-day/): In a change of format from previous years, all the music competitions will run on one day. Audiences are invited... - [HOUSE CONCERTS](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/house-concerts/): In this new initiative, each of our affiliated boarding Houses will present a short concert of solo and ensemble items.... - [JUNIOR HOUSE LUNCHTIME CONCERT](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/junior-house-lunchtime-concert-2/): Showcasing the talents of our musical pupils from North and West in a wide variety of styles and genres. No... - [Cubitt/South House Play – The Boy Preference - Performance 1 - 6.45pm.](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/performance-1-6-45-cubitt-south-house-play-the-boy-preference-by-elinor-cook/): Cubitt/South House perform ‘The Boy Preference’ by Elinor Cook. There are two performances: 6. 45pm and 8. 30pm. This link... - [Cubitt/South House play – The Boy Preference - Performance 2 - 8.30pm.](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/performance-2-8-30pm-cubitt-south-house-play-the-boy-preference-by-elinor-cook/): Cubitt/South House perform ‘The Boy Preference’ by Elinor Cook. There are two performances: 6. 45pm and 8. 30pm. This link... - [East/Martlet House play – Old Times - Performance 1 - 6.45pm.](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/performance-1-6-45-east-martlet-house-play-old-times-by-molly-taylor/): East/Martlet House perform ‘Old Times’ by Molly Taylor. There are two performances: 6. 45pm and 8. 30pm. This link is... - [East/Martlet House play – Old Times - Performance 2 - 8.30pm.](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/performance-2-8-30pm-east-martlet-house-play-old-times-by-molly-taylor/): East/Martlet House perform ‘Old Times’ by Molly Taylor. There are two performances: 6. 45pm and 8. 30pm. This link is... - [Loveday/Rhodes House play – The 39 Steps - Performance 1 - 6.45pm.](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/performance-1-6-45pm-loveday-rhodes-house-play-the-39-steps-by-patrick-barlow/): Loveday/Rhodes House perform ‘The 39 Steps’ by Patrick Barlow. There are two performances: 6. 45pm and 8. 30pm. This link... - [Loveday/Rhodes House play – The 39 Steps - Performance 2 - 8.30pm.](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/performance-2-8-30pm-loveday-rhodes-house-play-the-39-steps-by-patrick-barlow/): Loveday/Rhodes House perform ‘The 39 Steps’ by Patrick Barlow. There are two performances: 6. 45pm and 8. 30pm. This link... - [North/West House Play – A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Performance 1 - 6.45pm.](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/performance-1-6-45pm-north-west-house-play-a-midsummer-nights-dream-by-william-shakespeare/): North/West House perform ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ by William Shakespeare. There are two performances: 6. 45pm and 8. 30pm. This... - [North/West House Play – A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Performance 2 - 8.30pm.](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/performance-2-8-30pm-north-west-house-play-a-midsummer-nights-dream-by-william-shakespeare/): North/West House perform ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ by William Shakespeare. There are two performances: 6. 45pm and 8. 30pm. This... - [Developing a School-Wide Approach To Independent Learning](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/developing-a-school-wide-approach-to-independent-learning/): This day course will be of interest to all those who are concerned to develop independent learning on a school-wide... - [An evening with Natalie Fee, award-winning environmental campaigner](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/an-evening-with-natalie-fee-award-winning-environmental-campaigner/): Cranleigh School is delighted to be hosting this event as our inaugural Christmas Climate Lecture. Natalie Fee is an award-winning... - [An Evening with Yomi Sode](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/an-evening-with-yomi-sode/): We are delighted to be hosting award-winning Nigerian British writer, Yomi Sode, for a speaker event on October 4th this... - [Cranleigh Christmas Fair](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/cranleigh-christmas-fair-2/): The Cranleigh Christmas Fair will take place on Saturday 4th November from 10am till 4pm at Cranleigh Prep School. This... - [Something Familiar, Something Peculiar!](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/something-familiar-something-peculiar/): A semi-staged showcase concert given by those pupils who specialise in musical theatre. There will be something for everyone... !... - [Christmas Concert](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/christmas-concert-2/): The traditional end of year celebration for our major ensembles. 7:30pm in Speech Hall - [Senior Lunchtime Concert](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/senior-lunchtime-concert-5/): Our regular lunchtime concert series gives our musicians the opportunity to perform solo items in a relaxed setting. 1:20pm in... - [Junior Lunchtime Concert](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/junior-lunchtime-concert-6/): Our regular lunchtime concert series gives our musicians the opportunity to perform solo items in a relaxed setting. 12:30pm in... - [Junior Lunchtime Concert](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/junior-lunchtime-concert-7/): Our regular lunchtime concert series gives our musicians the opportunity to perform solo items in a relaxed setting. 12:30pm in... - [Cranleigh Live! Funk & Soul Sessions](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/cranleigh-live-funk-soul-sessions/): A showcase of our outstanding contemporary musicians who perform a mixed repertoire of funk and soul classics from the 60s... - [Music Scholars In Concert](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/music-scholars-in-concert/): Our Music Award holders give the first of several concerts this year, featuring a variety of solo performances from all... - [50th Anniversary: Helen Wareham Recital Competition](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/50th-anniversary-helen-wareham-recital-competition/): Our top student performers each give a short recital, adjudicated by Professor Michael Dussek, FRAM. Note: this is a ticketed... - [Music Teachers In Concert](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/music-teachers-in-concert/): Cranleigh’s music staff have high profiles as performing artists in their own right, and showcase their talents in this concert. - [4th Organ Outreach Day](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/4th-organ-outreach-day/): Join us for our 4th Organ Outreach Day at Cranleigh School Chapel. For more information see the attached poster or... - [Helen Wareham Recital Competition](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/helen-wareham-recital-competition/): Our advanced musicians each perform a ten-minute recital programme of their choice, adjudicated by Peter White; composer, conductor and ex-Director... - [Parents' Tennis Tournament And Cricket Competition For The Cranleigh Foundation](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/parents-tennis-tournament-and-cricket-competition-for-the-cranleigh-foundation/): Cranleigh Friends are delighted to invite you to join us for a fun and social morning with a Parents’ Tennis... - [Summer Concert](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/summer-concert-2/): Our major ensembles perform the annual summer concert. Featuring the Symphony Orchestra, String Orchestra, Symphonic Wind Band, Big Band and... - [Andrew Thomas (Flute) & Rachael Thomas (Piano)](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/andrew-thomas-flute-rachael-thomas-piano/): Dr Andrew Thomas is something of a polymath; a composer, conductor, academic, baritone and flautist! Together with his wife, pianist... - [Fourth Form Teatime Concert](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/fourth-form-teatime-concert/): A showcase for our younger musicians to perform solo items in a relaxed setting. Held in the Merriman Music School... - [Lower Fifth Tea Time Concert](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/lower-fifth-tea-time-concert/): Our outstanding Lower Fifth musicians present a concert of solo and chamber music. Held in the Merriman Music School at... - [Cranleigh Live!](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/cranleigh-live/): One of the highlights of the year, the ever-popular Cranleigh Live! returns as a showcase for the best in contemporary... - [Senior Lunchtime Concert](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/senior-lunchtime-concert-3/): Our regular lunchtime concert series continues with performances from pupils in the VI Form. - [Jack Cook Strings Competition](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/jack-cook-strings-competition/) - [Brass (& Pat Dixon Junior Woodwind) Competition](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/brass-pat-dixon-junior-woodwind-competition/) - [Music Staff & VMTs In Concert](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/music-staff-vmts-in-concert/): Cranleigh’s music staff have high profiles as performing artists in their own right and come together in this concert to... - [Motown!](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/motown/): Cranleigh’s contemporary music stars perform a retrospective of famous hits from one of the most influential record labels in history.... - [Merriman Orchestra; Choir With Cranleigh Choral Society](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/merriman-orchestra-choir-with-cranleigh-choral-society/): The Merriman Orchestra and combined choirs perform Sir Michael Tippett’s moving oratorio A Child of Our Time, under the direction... - [Junior Lunchtime Concert](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/junior-lunchtime-concert-5/): Our regular lunchtime concert series begins with performances from pupils in the IV Form and LV. All lunchtime concerts are... - [Cyril Dashwood Piano Competition](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/cyril-dashwood-piano-competition/) - [Senior Lunchtime Concert](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/senior-lunchtime-concert-4/) - [Junior Teatime Concert](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/junior-teatime-concert/) - [Neverland](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/neverland/): Follow the Second Star to the right this November and journey to Neverland, a place where dreams are real and... - [Organ Outreach Day 2023](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/the-3rd-organ-outreach-day/): Our Organist-in-Residence, Mr Phillip Scriven leads a workshop for aspiring young organists on the magnificent Mander Organ. - [Sixth Form Welcome Morning](https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/sixth-form-welcome-morning/): To book please email Admissions: admissions@cranleigh. org Or call the Admissions Office on: 01483 276377 --- ## Departments - [Sport BTEC](https://www.cranleigh.org/department/sport-btech/) - [Music Technology](https://www.cranleigh.org/department/music-tech/) - [History](https://www.cranleigh.org/department/history/) - [Spanish](https://www.cranleigh.org/department/spanish/) - [Religion & Philosophy](https://www.cranleigh.org/department/religion-philosophy/): In today’s world it is vital that pupils have an opportunity to consider spiritual, philosophical and moral issues. - [Psychology](https://www.cranleigh.org/department/pyschology/) - [PSHE](https://www.cranleigh.org/department/pshee/) - [Politics](https://www.cranleigh.org/department/politics/): Politics is an ever-changing subject that not only involves understanding how important decisions are made, but also the basis for the different views and ideologies that motivate decision-makers. - [Physics](https://www.cranleigh.org/department/physics/) - [Physical Education](https://www.cranleigh.org/department/physical-education/): The academic Physical Education department at Cranleigh offers GCSE PE in Years 10 and 11; this qualification leads well to either of the two courses on offer in the Sixth Form: A Level Physical Education, and the BTEC Extended Certificate in Sport, which is equivalent to one A Level. - [Music](https://www.cranleigh.org/department/music/) - [Mathematics](https://www.cranleigh.org/department/mathematics/) - [Geography](https://www.cranleigh.org/department/geography/): Geography is the study of the earth’s landscape, people, places and environment. - [French](https://www.cranleigh.org/department/french/) - [English](https://www.cranleigh.org/department/english/): We firmly believe at Cranleigh that the study of English should be interesting, stimulating and enjoyable. - [Economics](https://www.cranleigh.org/department/economics/) - [Drama](https://www.cranleigh.org/department/drama/) - [Design Engineering](https://www.cranleigh.org/department/design-engineering/): The Design Engineering department at Cranleigh offers OCR Design & Technology at GCSE, leading to Design Engineering and Product Design at A Level. - [Computing](https://www.cranleigh.org/department/computing/): Effective use of computers and information technology is embedded throughout the School and supported by every pupil being issued with an iPad. - [Classics](https://www.cranleigh.org/department/classics/): Classics is as comprehensive a subject as it is possible to imagine. Classicists develop skills in language and analysis; the study of literature, philosophy, archaeology and history. - [Chemistry](https://www.cranleigh.org/department/chemistry/) - [Art](https://www.cranleigh.org/department/art/) - [Business studies](https://www.cranleigh.org/department/business-studies/) - [Biology](https://www.cranleigh.org/department/biology/) --- ## Sports - [Dance](https://www.cranleigh.org/sport/dance/): Dance at Cranleigh Senior School is an exciting and vibrant part of our growing arts provision, designed to inspire creativity,... - [Spectators Information](https://www.cranleigh.org/sport/spectators-information/) - [Our Sporting Ethos](https://www.cranleigh.org/sport/our-sporting-ethos/) - [CranFit](https://www.cranleigh.org/sport/cranfit/) - [Skiing](https://www.cranleigh.org/sport/skiing/) - [Swimming](https://www.cranleigh.org/sport/swimming/) - [Riding](https://www.cranleigh.org/sport/riding/) - [Strength and Conditioning](https://www.cranleigh.org/sport/strength-and-conditioning/) - [Netball](https://www.cranleigh.org/sport/netball/) - [Squash](https://www.cranleigh.org/sport/squash/) - [Football](https://www.cranleigh.org/sport/football/) - [Tennis](https://www.cranleigh.org/sport/tennis/) - [Golf](https://www.cranleigh.org/sport/golf/) - [Water Polo](https://www.cranleigh.org/sport/water-polo/) - [Hockey](https://www.cranleigh.org/sport/hockey/) - [Fives](https://www.cranleigh.org/sport/fives/) - [Lacrosse](https://www.cranleigh.org/sport/lacrosse/) - [Rugby](https://www.cranleigh.org/sport/rugby/): 138413 - [Athletics](https://www.cranleigh.org/sport/athletics/): Cranleigh has a fine tradition for its athletics, with a large number of pupils competing for both the County and Waverley. - [Cricket](https://www.cranleigh.org/sport/cricket/) - [Climbing](https://www.cranleigh.org/sport/climbing/) - [Cross Country](https://www.cranleigh.org/sport/canoeing/): Canoeing is now a well-established part of Cranleigh life, with opportunities for involvement at a number of levels. - [Badminton](https://www.cranleigh.org/sport/badminton/) --- ## Events & Trips - [TWK Test Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/twk-test-trip/) - [CCF Parachuting](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/ccf-parachuting/) - [1st XI Boys & Girls Hockey Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/1st-xi-boys-girls-hockey-trip/) - [Ski Race Training](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/ski-race-training/) - [Geography Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/geography-trip-2/) - [Zambia](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/zambia-2/) - [Geography & Classics Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/geography-classics-trip/) - [Performing Arts Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/performing-arts-trip-2/) - [Gold DoE Assessed Expedition](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/gold-doe-assessed-expedition/) - [Senior Rugby Squad Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/senior-rugby-squad-trip/) - [Science Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/science-trip/) - [History Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/history-trip/) - [Silver DoE Practice Expedition](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/silver-doe-practice-expedition/) - [1st XI Cricket Tour](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/1st-xi-cricket-tour/) - [CCF Easter Camp](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/ccf-easter-camp-2/) - [Gold DoE Practice 1 Expedition](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/gold-doe-practice-1-expedition/) - [IV Form Trip to the Battlefields](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/iv-form-trip-to-the-battlefields/) - [CCF Summer Camp](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/ccf-summer-camp-5/) - [Bronze DoE Practice Expedition](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/bronze-doe-practice-expedition/) - [Bronze DoE Assessed Expedition](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/bronze-doe-assessed-expedition/) - [Silver DoE Assessed Expedition](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/silver-doe-assessed-expedition/) - [Gold DoE Assessed Expedition](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/gold-doe-assessed-expedition-2/) - [Drama Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/drama-trip/) - [CCF CAMP](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/ccf-camp/) - [ZAMBIA](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/zambia/) - [MUSIC TOUR](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/music-tour/) - [LVI Biology Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/lvi-biology-trip-2/) - [Gold DofE Practice 2 Expedition](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/gold-dofe-practice-2-expedition/) - [VI Form Art & French Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/vi-form-art-french-trip/) - [Bisley Schools 22](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/bisley-schools-22/) - [Battlefields Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/battlefields-trip-2/) - [LVI Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/lvi-trip/) - [Battlefields Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/battlefields-trip/) - [Geology Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/geology-trip-3/) - [Indoor Hockey Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/indoor-hockey-trip/) - [Classics and Geography Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/classics-and-geography-trip/) - [UVI Form Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/vi-form-trip-for-history-economic-business-studies-politics-students/) - [UVI Geography Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/lvi-geography-trip/) - [Biology Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/lvi-biology-trip/) - [Geology Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/lvi-geology-trip/) - [CCF Summer Camp](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/ccf-summer-camp-4/) - [CCF Easter Camp](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/ccf-adventure-training/) - [Gold DofE Practice 1 Expedition](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/gold-dofe-practice-expedition/) - [Gold DofE Assessed Expedition](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/gold-dofe-assessed-expedition-2/) - [Silver DofE Practice Expedition](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/silver-dofe-practice-expedition-2/) - [Silver DofE Assessed Expedition](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/silver-dofe-assessed-expedition/) - [Bronze DofE Practice Expedition](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/bronze-dofe-practice-expedition-3/) - [Bronze DofE Assessed Expedition](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/bronze-dofe-assessed-expedition/) - [ISSC Ski Race Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/visions-first-snow-ski-races/) - [CCF Easter Camp](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/ccf-easter-camp/) - [CCF Parachuting 22](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/ccf-parachuting-22/) - [Zambia Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/zambia-trip-3/) - [Gold DofE Practice Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/gold-dofe-practice-trip-2/) - [CCF Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/ccf-trip/) - [Silver DofE Assessed Expedition](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/silver-dofe-expedition/) - [Gold DofE Practice Expedition](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/gold-dofe-practice-trip/) - [Gold DofE Assessed Expedition](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/gold-dofe-assessed-expedition/) - [Golf Open](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/golf-open-at-st-andrews/) - [National Shooting Competition](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/national-shooting-competition/) - [VI Form Art Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/vi-form-art-trip/) - [CCF Field Day Tiger Club 21](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/ccf-field-day-tiger-club-21/) - [Biology Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/59540-2/) - [UVI Geography Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/uvi-geography-trip/) - [Bronze DofE Practice Expedition](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/bronze-dofe-practice-expedition-2/) - [Bronze DofE Assessed Expedition](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/bronze-dofe-expedition/) - [Silver DofE Practice Expedition](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/silver-dofe-practice-expedition/) - [U18 & U16 Boys' & Girls' Indoor Hockey Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/u18-u16-boys-girls-indoor-hockey-trip-2/) - [U17 & U15 Boys' & Girls' Outdoor Hockey Tour](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/u17-u15-boys-girls-outdoor-hockey-tour/) - [Bisley School Rifle Competition](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/bisley-school-rifle-competition/) - [Geography/Biology Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/geography-biology-trip/) - [Silver Duke of Edinburgh Practice Expedition](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/silver-duke-of-edinburgh-practice-expedition-2/) - [Gold Duke of Edinburgh Practice Expedition](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/gold-duke-of-edinburgh-practice-expedition-2/) - [Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Expedition](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/bronze-duke-of-edinburgh-expedition-3/) - [Silver Duke of Edinburgh Expedition](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/silver-duke-of-edinburgh-expedition-3/) - [Gold Duke of Edinburgh Expedition](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/gold-duke-of-edinburgh-expedition-2/) - [Art Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/art-and-culture-trip/) - [CCF Summer Camp](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/ccf-summer-camp-3/) - [Zambia Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/zambia-trip-2/) - [UVI Geography Field Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/uvi-geography-field-trip-2/) - [Confirmation Away Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/confirmation-away-trip/) - [Biology Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/biology-trip/) - [Biology Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/biology-trip-2/) - [Performing Arts Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/performing-arts-trip/) - [EBC Training](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/ebc-training/) - [Oct Field Day - Ex Tiger Cub 19](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/oct-field-day-ex-tiger-cub-19/) - [ISSC Ski Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/issc-ski-trip/) - [VI Form History Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/vi-form-history-trip/) - [Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Expedition](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/bronze-duke-of-edinburgh-expedition-2/) - [Silver Duke of Edinburgh Expedition](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/silver-duke-of-edinburgh-expedition-2/) - [Gold Duke of Edinburgh Expedition](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/gold-duke-of-edinburgh-expedition/) - [Geology Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/geology-trip/) - [Geology Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/geology-trip-2/) - [Open Golf](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/open-golf/) - [Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Practice Expedition](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/bronze-duke-of-edinburgh-practice-expedition/) - [Spanish Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/spanish-trip-2/) - [Classics Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/classics-trip-to-greece/) - [Zambia Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/zambia-trip/) - [Design Engineering Trip](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/design-engineering-trip/) - [VI Form Art Tour to Paris](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/vi-form-art-tour-to-paris/) - [CCF Military Skills Competition](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/ccf-military-skills-competition/) - [Gold Duke of Edinburgh Additional Practice Expedition](https://www.cranleigh.org/chdbtrips/gold-duke-of-edinburgh-additional-practice-expedition/) --- ## Cranleigh Matters - [Summer Term 2024](https://www.cranleigh.org/cranleigh-matters/summer-term-2024/) - [Lent Term 2024](https://www.cranleigh.org/cranleigh-matters/lent-term-2024/) - [Michaelmas Term 2023](https://www.cranleigh.org/cranleigh-matters/michaelmas-term-2023/) - [Summer Term 2023](https://www.cranleigh.org/cranleigh-matters/cranleigh-matters-summer-term-2023/) - [Lent Term 2023](https://www.cranleigh.org/cranleigh-matters/lent-term-2023/): Cranleigh Matters Newsletter - Lent Term 2023 - [Summer Term 2022](https://www.cranleigh.org/cranleigh-matters/summer-term-2022/) - [Lent Term 2022](https://www.cranleigh.org/cranleigh-matters/lent-term-2022/) - [Michaelmas Term 2022](https://www.cranleigh.org/cranleigh-matters/test-1/) - [Michaelmas Term 2021](https://www.cranleigh.org/cranleigh-matters/michaelmas-term-2021/) - [Summer Term 2021](https://www.cranleigh.org/cranleigh-matters/summer-term-2021/) - [Lent Term 2021](https://www.cranleigh.org/cranleigh-matters/lent-term-2021/) --- ## Cranleigh Weekly News - [Summer 2024 - Outdoor Education](https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/summer-2024-outdoor-education/): The first DofE expedition of the year went out right at the end of Lent Term to the Ashdown Forest... - [Summer Term 2024 - Eco Round-Up](https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/summer-term-2024-eco-round-up/): Summer is always a busy time for the Sustainability team but it’s also an opportunity to get outside and get... - [Summer Term 2024 - CCF Round-Up](https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/summer-term-2024-ccf-round-up/): During the Easter break the Cadets travelled to Lancaster to take part in adventure training for a week. Cadets were... - [Summer Term 2024 - EDI Round-Up](https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/summer-2024-edi-round-up/): The Summer term has had a number of notable challenges and successes with regards to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion here... - [Summer Term 2024 - Drama Round-Up](https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/summer-2024-drama-round-up/): This term started off with a smorgasboard of productions from the A Level students as the Upper Sixth Form completed... - [Summer Term 2024 - Catering Redevelopment](https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/summer-2024-catering-redevelopment/): Our main kitchens and servery are being completely refurbished over this summer and we are looking forward to welcoming the... - [Summer Term 2024 - Sport Round-Up](https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/summer-24-sport-round-up/): When I was walking around the sports fields at the end of the Easter Holidays, after what was the wettest... - [Summer Term 2024 - Music Round-Up](https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/summer-24-music-round-up/): The summer concert is always a highlight of the year, but this year’s iteration was exceptional; a moving celebration of... - [Lent 2024 - Miss Wise Plays Lacrosse For England](https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/lent-2024-miss-wise-plays-lacrosse-for-england/): We’re delighted to announce that Classics Teacher and Assistant Housemistress (East), Juliette Wise, has been selected to represent England at... - [Lent 2024 - EDI Round-Up](https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/lent-2024-edi-round-up/): The Lent term has been an exciting term with some notable events taking place as part of Cranleigh Being. We... - [Lent 2024 - Art Round-Up](https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/74603-2/): This term we showcase work from the Lower Sixth, who recently exhibited their work in the department. This exhibition features... - [Lent 2024 - Music Round-Up](https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/lent-2024-music-update/): Much of the term has been taken up with preparation for the extraordinary run of West Side Story, which will... - [Lent 2024 - West Side Story](https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/lent-2024-west-side-story/): In 1964, Cranleigh drama made the national press when it staged West Side Story, a radical move reflecting the changing... - [Lent 2024 - Sport Round-Up](https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/lent-2024-sports-round-up/): The Lent term of 2024 will go down as the brilliantly busiest sporting term I can remember as well as... - [Lent Term - Outdoor Education Round-Up](https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/lent-term-outdoor-education-update/): This Lent term our pupils have achieved great successes in climbing and DofE. The term started with the boys inter-house... - [Lent 2024 - CCF Update](https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/lent-2024-ccf-update/): During a wet and windy Lent term CCF mainly consists of preparation for the summer, with training held inside. A... - [Lent 2024 - Cranleigh Network Business Forum At The IET London](https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/cranleigh-network-business-forum-at-the-iet-london/): You Are Invited To Join our Business Forum focused on Future Proofing Business & Harnessing AI. When: Thursday 18th April,... - [Michaelmas 2023 - Catering at Cranleigh](https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/catering-at-cranleigh/): Harrison Catering Services is immensely proud of our long-term partnership with Cranleigh School – we are a caterer committed to... - [Michaelmas 2023 - Art Round-Up](https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/michaelmas-term-2023-art-round-up/): This term we showcase work from across our different studios. We have included exciting pieces produced by the new Fourth... - [Michaelmas 2023 - EDI Round-Up](https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/michaelmas-term-2023-edi-round-up/): This Michaelmas term has seemed like a long one and it seems a long time ago we were welcoming pupils... - [Michaelmas 2023 - Drama Round-Up](https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/michaelmas-term-2023-drama-round-up/): In light of an unconventional schedule adjustment this year, we made a significant shift in our allocation of resources, redirecting... - [Michaelmas 2023 - Sport Round-Up](https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/michaelmas-term-2023-sport-round-up/): The Michaelmas Term is often one that feels as though it has two seasons in one. The first part is... - [Michaelmas 2023 - CCF Round-Up](https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/michaelmas-2023-ccf-round-up/): The start of term saw our new SSI, Lt Raynsford join the team and we soon had him diving head... - [Michaelmas 2023 - Design Technology Round-Up](https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/michaelmas-2023-design-technology-round-up/): The second half of the Michaelmas term has been an action packed series of robotics events for the DE department.... - [Michaelmas 2023 - Outdoor Education Round-Up](https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/michaelmas-2023-outdoor-education-round-up/): As everyone returned to School three Gold DofE teams navigated themselves across Dartmoor from the South to the North finishing... - [Michaelmas 2023 - Music Round-Up](https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/michaelmas-2023-music-round-up/): The Michaelmas Term is always busy, and has a natural rhythm to it. A slow start as pupils find their... - [Summer 2023 - CCF Round-Up](https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/summer-2023-ccf-round-up/): The contingent started off the Easter break with the military skills team competing against Cadets forces from the South East.... - [Summer 2023 - EDI Round-Up](https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/summer-2023-edi-round-up/): As the summer term draws to a close, and pupils are sitting their final exams, it strikes me that I... - [Summer 2023 - Art Gallery](https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/summer-2023-art-gallery/): Please see below a selection of art from this Summer term. - [Summer 2023 - Design Round-Up](https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/summer-2023-design-round-up/): It’s been a great Summer term in the Design Engineering department. At A-Level our Design Engineering and Product Design pupils... - [Summer 2023 - Music Roundup](https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/summer-2023-music-roundup/): This Summer term began with the Helen Wareham Recital Competition, which featured our most advanced soloists each giving a short... - [Summer 2023 - Sport Roundup](https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/summer-2023-sports-roundup/): The Summer term started with rain and waterlogged pitches but the weather improved and we have seen some wonderful sport.... - [Lent 2023 - EDI Round-Up](https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/edi-round-up-lent-2023/): As those of you who have had conversations with me will know, I am an unwavering advocate for equity, diversity... --- ## Dedicated Community - [Cranleigh Communications – Podcast 3: Mrs Fairbrother](https://www.cranleigh.org/dedicated-community/cranleigh-communications-podcast-3-mrs-fairbrother/): Welcome to our community podcast series. In this second podcast we talk to Mrs Fairbrother, Head of Safeguarding at Cranleigh... - [Cranleigh Communications – Podcast 4: Kasim](https://www.cranleigh.org/dedicated-community/cranleigh-communications-podcast-4-kasim/): Welcome to our community podcast series. In this podcast we talk to Kasim, Former Head Boy at Cranleigh School. - [Cranleigh Communications - Podcast 5: Miss Staples](https://www.cranleigh.org/dedicated-community/cranleigh-communications-podcast-5-miss-staples/): Welcome to our community podcast series. In this podcast we talk to Miss Staples, Head of Admissions at Cranleigh Prep... - [Cranleigh Communications - Podcast 1: Miss Chapman](https://www.cranleigh.org/dedicated-community/cranleigh-communications-podcast-1-miss-chapman/): Welcome to our community podcast series. In this first podcast we meet Miss Chapman, a teacher of Drama and English.... - [Cranleigh Communications - Podcast 2: Mr Robinson](https://www.cranleigh.org/dedicated-community/cranleigh-communications-podcast-2-mr-robinson/): Welcome to our community podcast series. In this second podcast we talk to Mr Robinson, Head of Contemporary Music at... --- ## Culture Magazine --- ## Podcast - [N&C - Miss Chapman](https://www.cranleigh.org/podcast/nc-miss-chapman/): Maecenas vitae dui id nisi ullamcorper dapibus. Phasellus tempus elementum nibh nec venenatis. --- ## Cranleigh People - [Chris Allison](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/chris-allison/): Mrs Chris Allison is Head of Riding, responsible for the equestrian programme at both the Senior and Prep Schools. As... - [Bex Barker](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/bex-barker/): Mrs Bex Barker is Housemistress of South and a teacher of Biology. Prior to Cranleigh she spent four years working... - [Andrew Barker](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/andrew-barker/): Mr Andrew Barker teaches Maths. He joined Cranleigh in 2014 having spent the previous four years with his family teaching... - [Amelia Bartlett](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/amelia-bartlett/): Miss Amelia Bartlett joined Cranleigh in 2019. She is an English teacher, a tutor in Martlet and an Assistant Head... - [Jamie Bartlett](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/jamie-bartlett/): Jamie Bartlett is the Head of Economics and Head of Academic Administration. Since joining Cranleigh in 2010, after 10 years... - [Diana Batstone](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/diana-batstone/) - [Gayle Betts](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/gayle-betts/) - [Pamela Bigg](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/pamela-bigg/): Mrs Pamela Bigg joined Cranleigh in September 2014. Previously she had worked as a Spanish teacher at several schools in... - [Simon Bird](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/simon-bird/): Mr Simon Bird is Deputy Head. He read Modern Languages at the University of Birmingham and has a Masters in... - [Denis Bloomfield](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/denis-bloomfield/): Denis Bloomfield is Grounds Manager for both Cranleigh School and Cranleigh Prep School and joined in 2002, having previously had... - [Nicki Bloomfield](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/nicki-bloomfield/) - [Charlie Boddington](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/charlie-boddington/): Mr Charlie Boddington is the Assistant Head (Co-curricular) at Cranleigh School. He has senior leadership responsibility for all strategic and... - [Dave Boggitt](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/dave-boggitt/): Mr David Boggitt is Deputy Head Academic. After graduating from Birmingham University with an engineering degree, Mr Boggitt spent two... - [Amanda Boxall](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/amanda-boxall/): Amanda carries out the pre-employment/safer recruiting checks for all those coming to work at Cranleigh. This involves meeting almost everyone... - [Fred Bradley](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/fred-bradley/): Mr Fred Bradley joined the Cranleigh IT Department in 2015 as ‘Web Developer’. These days he concentrates on internal software... - [Pete Bradnock](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/pete-bradnock/): Pete Bradnock has been teaching since 2001, working in both single sex and co-educational settings, giving him an excellent understanding... - [Simon Brearley](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/simon-brearley/): Mr Simon Brearley is the Head of Athletic Development and Rehabilitation at Cranleigh School. Mr Brearley has been providing performance... - [Katie Brent](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/katie-brent/) - [Claudia Brightman](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/claudia-brightman/) - [Sian Broad](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/sian-broad/): Mrs Sian Broad was as appointed Director of Netball in September 2011 and has since has has various roles including... - [Brian Browne](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/brian-browne/): Mr Brian Browne teaches Mathematics and is a long-serving tutor in Cubitt. He studied Mathematics at Loughborough University and then... - [Louise Bryant](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/louise-bryant/) - [Damian Buckman](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/damian-buckman/) - [Gemma Bukowska](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/gemma-bukowska/): Mrs Gemma Bukowska joined Cranleigh in 2012 as a Biology Teacher, and has held a number of posts over the... - [Andy Burke](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/andy-burke/) - [Oksana Burt](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/oksana-burt/): Mrs Oksana Burt is Librarian and a teacher of Russian and Religion and Philosophy. She joined Cranleigh School in 2011... - [Edward Carson](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/edward-carson/): Mr Ed Carson teaches Mathematics and Physics and is Non-Resident Assistant Housemaster in Cubitt. Originally from the South West, he... - [Carol Casson](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/carol-casson/) - [Christie Constable](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/christie-constable/): Mrs Christie Constable teaches History and Politics and joined Cranleigh School in September 2018. After graduating from St. Andrews University,... - [Claire Cooper](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/claire-cooper/): Mrs Claire Cooper (BA Hons) teaches French and Spanish across both schools. She is currently Head of the Spanish Department... - [Martin Crook](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/martin-crook/): Mr Martin Crook has a degree in Fine Art and works to support the Art department in his role as... - [Filipe Da Silva](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/filipe-da-silva/) - [James Dale-Adcock](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/james-dale-adcock/): James has worked for Cranleigh for over twenty years, initially at Cranleigh’s UK Prep School where he was Deputy Head,... - [Natalie Davison](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/natalie-davison/) - [Elizabeth Delliere](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/elizabeth-delliere/) - [Emma Denby](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/emma-denby/) - [Paul Dunn](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/paul-dunn/): Mr Paul Dunn was appointed Deputy Bursar in 2009 and moved to being Director of Operations in January 2021. An... - [David Eaglestone](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/david-eaglestone/): Mr Eaglestone is a highly experienced and enthusiastic instrumental teacher, ensemble leader and a tutor for Cubitt. In addition to... - [Emma Edwards](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/emma-edwards/): Miss Emma Edwards trained at a busy riding school to achieve her BHSAI. She continued to work there as Yard... - [Carolyn Elliott](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/carolyn-elliott/): Ms Elliott has worked at Cranleigh Prep School since 2012. Prior to this she worked in education both in the... - [Dom Emley](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/dom-emley/): Mr Dom Emley is a geography teacher, Joint Head of PSHE and a Residential Deputy Housemaster for Loveday. Mr Emley... - [Tim Fearn](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/tim-fearn/): Mr Tim Fearn has been a tutor in Cubitt since 2001. His dry sense of humour, eye for the absurd... - [Krystle Flack](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/krystle-flack/): Prior to Cranleigh I led a boarding house at a school for students with challenging behaviour and special educational needs.... - [Marcus Fleeson](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/marcus-fleeson/) - [Alex Forsdike](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/alex-forsdike/): Mr Alex Forsdike was appointed in 2022 as Cranleigh Senior and Prep School Director of Admissions. Formerly he was Housemaster... - [David Futcher](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/david-futcher/): Mr David Futcher is Assistant Head, Digital Strategy. He has enjoyed working at Cranleigh for nearly 20 years, during which... - [Charlotte Gangemi](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/charlotte-gangemi/) - [Becs Gibson](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/becs-gibson/) - [Thomas Gill](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/thomas-gill/) - [Belinda Graham-Rack](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/belinda-graham-rack/): Belinda’s three children all attended Cranleigh from 7-18, spanning a period of 18 years. During that time, she was part... - [Sarah Greenwood](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/sarah-greenwood/): Miss Sarah Greenwood is a teacher of Maths, Foundation Officer, Head of Golf and a tutor in Martlet. She has... - [Claire Hall](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/claire-hall/): Miss Claire Hall teaches Spanish and French and is the Resident Deputy Housemistress of Martlet. Miss Hall completed both her... - [Sarah Hardstone](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/sarah-hardstone/): Sarah is a biology technician who has worked at Cranleigh since 2001, having worked in research and develpopment previously for... - [Rob Hardy](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/rob-hardy/): Mr Rob Hardy is a Teacher of Physics and the Deputy Housemaster in West. Since joining Cranleigh in September 2018... - [Irena Hearfield](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/irena-hearfield/) - [Lucy Hellberg](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/lucy-hellberg/): Ms Lucy Hellberg is an art teacher, specialising in printmaking and mixed-media. She is a tutor in West and has... - [Steven Hewitt](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/steven-hewitt/) - [Bert Hillen](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/bert-hillen/): Mr Albert Hillen graduated from Queen’s University Belfast in 2011 with a BA (1st) in English Literature before moving to... - [Dan Hogg](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/dan-hogg/): Dr Dan Hogg is Head of Classics. He joined the School in September 2010, prior to which he was the... - [David Hollings](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/david-hollings/) - [Brett Hopcroft](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/brett-hopcroft/): Mr Brett Hopcroft joined Cranleigh in September 2017 as Head of Religion and Philosophy. He is a tutor in North,... - [Sam Houghton](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/sam-houghton/): Miss Sam Houghton is Director of Netball- leading the Netball provision for both Cranleigh Prep and Senior School. She is... - [Andy Houston](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/andy-houston/): Mr Andrew Houston is Director of Sport, Having joined Cranleigh in 2009 as Director of Rugby, he took up the... - [Lucie Howell](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/lucie-howell/) - [Nicola Hutton](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/nicola-hutton/) - [Victoria Ingle](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/victoria-ingle/): For almost 25 years I worked for a branding and marketing company in London in various roles. For the last... - [Nikki Inns](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/nikki-inns/) - [Ofelia Jenkins](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/ofelia-jenkins/) - [Matt Jessop](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/matt-jessop/) - [David Jessop](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/david-jessop/) - [Jo Jessop](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/jo-jessop/): Mrs Jo Jessop worked for the Rugby Football Union between 1990 and 1995 assisting with the organisation of the 1991... - [Max Jewell-Smith](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/max-jewell-smith/) - [Caroline Johnson](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/caroline-johnson/) - [Nick Johnson](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/nick-johnson/) - [Nicholas Johnston](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/nicholas-johnston/) - [Rupert Kefford](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/rupert-kefford/): Mr Rupert Kefford is a Chemistry teacher, a tutor of Loveday House, and the Head of Hockey. He studied at... - [Sean Kelsey](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/sean-kelsey/) - [Will Kinnersly](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/will-kinnersly/): Mr William Kinnersly is the Teacher of Sculpture at Cranleigh School. There is a wide range of materials and skills... - [Natasha Kiwomya](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/natasha-kiwomya/): Ms Natasha Kiwomya is Assistant Manager at the Trevor Abbott Sports Centre. Ms Kiwomya joined Cranleigh in 2015, having previously... - [Adrian Lajtha](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/adrian-lajtha/): Adrian Lajtha, MA, FCIB Chairman of the Governing Body Foundation Trustee Buildings & Estate Committee, Cranleigh International Committee, Education Committee,... - [Philip Leamon](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/philip-leamon/): Mr Philip Leamon joined Cranleigh in 2017. He is Head of Sustainability and Environmental Education, Second in Department in English and... - [Sarah Lebus](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/sarah-lebus/): SJ has been working at Cranleigh School since 2017 – first as a full time Matron in West and then... - [Tom Leeke](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/tom-leeke/): Mr Tom Leeke teaches History and Politics and heads up Cranleigh’s Co-curricular history society – the Knoller Society. He is... - [Suzanne Mann](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/suzanne-mann/) - [Paul Marlborough](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/paul-marlborough/) - [Emily McGhee](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/emily-mcghee/): Mrs Emily McGhee joined the drama department at Cranleigh School in September 2014. She received her BA (hons) in Drama... - [Helen Carson](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/helen-carson/): Mrs Carson is Head of Economics & Business Studies and is a Tutor in Martlet. 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He joined Cranleigh in 2003, having previously... - [Anna Nicholas](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/anna-nicholas/) - [Carolyn Nicholls](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/carolyn-nicholls/): Ms Carolyn Nicholls has taught mathematics at Cranleigh since 1985. She was educated at Wycombe Abbey School, and read Engineering... - [Mark O'Dell](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/mark-odell/) - [Richard Organ](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/richard-organ/): Mr Richard Organ joined Cranleigh in 2008 having been coaching the England Senior Women indoors for the previous two years.... - [Andre Pedro](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/andre-pedro/) - [Francie Pei](https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/francie-pei/) --- # # Detailed Content ## Pages - Published: 2025-08-21 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/sixth-form-landing/ Sixth Form at Cranleigh School - Cranleigh School Skip to content Quick links Visit Cranleigh Admissions Work at Cranleigh Term Dates Our Schools Cranleigh School Home About us About us Head’s Welcome Aims & Ethos Reports & Reviews Our People Join our Team Our Campus Support Cranleigh Support Cranleigh The Cranleigh Community The Cranleigh Foundation History of Giving Ways of Giving Our Donors Our Beneficiaries Back Policies The Cranleigh Community The Cranleigh Community Overview Back Back Admissions Admissions Visit or Enquire Admissions Overview Admissions Process Virtual Open Day Fees Scholarships School Bus Service Bursaries Term Dates Apply now Back Our Offer Our Offer Academics Academics Academic Overview Departments Scholars Programme EPQ Learning Support Higher Education Futures Exam Information Back Co-Curricular Co-Curricular Sport Performing Arts Performing Arts Music Drama Dance Back Outdoor Education Outdoor Education CCF Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Back Clubs & Activities Voluntary Action Back Wellbeing Wellbeing Food Chapel The Medical Centre Pastoral Support Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PSHE) Safeguarding Back Back School Life School Life Living Overview Boarding Day Plus Day Our Houses FAQs Back What’s On What’s On Calendar Term Dates Upcoming Events News Sports Fixtures & Results Image Galleries International Trips The Cranleighan Back Cranleigh International Cranleigh International Overview Why partner with Cranleigh International Cranleigh China Wuhan Cranleigh China Changsha Cranleigh Abu Dhabi Back Get in Touch Venue Hire Our Schools Cranleigh Prep Cranleigh School Parents' area The Cranleigh Community Virtual learning (firefly) School shop Discover Your Voice Pathways New Student Academics Book an... --- - Published: 2025-07-24 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/ 401 Authorization Required 401 Authorization Required nginx --- - Published: 2022-12-20 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/whats-on/news/ 401 Authorization Required 401 Authorization Required nginx --- - Published: 2022-12-12 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/senior/ Home - Cranleigh School Skip to content Quick links Visit Cranleigh Admissions Work at Cranleigh Term Dates Our Schools Cranleigh School Home About us About us Head’s Welcome Aims & Ethos Reports & Reviews Our People Join our Team Our Campus Support Cranleigh Support Cranleigh The Cranleigh Community The Cranleigh Foundation History of Giving Ways of Giving Our Donors Our Beneficiaries Back Policies The Cranleigh Community The Cranleigh Community Overview Back Back Admissions Admissions Visit or Enquire Admissions Overview Admissions Process Virtual Open Day Fees Scholarships School Bus Service Bursaries Term Dates Apply now Back Our Offer Our Offer Academics Academics Academic Overview Departments Scholars Programme EPQ Learning Support Higher Education Futures Exam Information Back Co-Curricular Co-Curricular Sport Performing Arts Performing Arts Music Drama Dance Back Outdoor Education Outdoor Education CCF Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Back Clubs & Activities Voluntary Action Back Wellbeing Wellbeing Food Chapel The Medical Centre Pastoral Support Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PSHE) Safeguarding Back Back School Life School Life Living Overview Boarding Day Plus Day Our Houses FAQs Back What’s On What’s On Calendar Term Dates Upcoming Events News Sports Fixtures & Results Image Galleries International Trips The Cranleighan Back Cranleigh International Cranleigh International Overview Why partner with Cranleigh International Cranleigh China Wuhan Cranleigh China Changsha Cranleigh Abu Dhabi Back Get in Touch Venue Hire Our Schools Cranleigh Prep Cranleigh School Parents' area The Cranleigh Community Virtual learning (firefly) School shop Start exploring More than a School Cranleigh is Surrey’s leading co-educational independent school,... --- --- ## Posts - Published: 2025-08-21 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/08/21/gcse-2025-cranleigh-schools-summer-of-academic-success-continues/ - Categories: Academic, Exam Results, School News We are very pleased to report outstanding GCSE results this year with 76% of all grades in English, mathematics and science graded 9-7. Grade 8 was the most common grade achieved, closely followed by grade 9, with over half of all grades being one of the top two grades. Cranleigh’s Year 11 students, who sat their GCSE examinations this summer, have delivered an outstanding set of academic results, with year on year improvements across the board. 78% of all pupils achieved a 9-7 grade in the core subjects of English and mathematics - an 8% increase on 2024. 25% of all grades were 9’s - the highest grade possible - a 5% increase on last year. 72% of all grades were in the 9-7 range - up 4%. 59% of students achieved seven or more grades 9-7, up 4% from 2024. Sam Price, Head at Cranleigh School, said: “I’d like to send my congratulations to every GCSE student this year for the dedication they’ve shown in their studies and the outstanding academic results we’ve seen today. These results complete a really impressive summer of exam performance, showing how well the school is able to balance students’ academic demands with taking care of their wellbeing and giving them space for wider interests like sport and the performing arts. Three quarters of students achieved grades 9-7 in English, mathematics and science making this one of our strongest GCSE years ever. ” Strength across the board Overall, there were 13 subjects where over... --- - Published: 2025-08-14 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/08/14/a-levels-2025-top-grades-on-the-rise-as-cranleigh-school-celebrates-stem-and-arts-excellence/ - Categories: Academic, Exam Results, School News We are delighted to report improved A Level results for Cranleigh School in 2025 with 83% of grades at A*- B, 50% of grades at A* - A, a quarter of all students achieving a clean sweep of A*/As and an overall pass rate of 100%. Cranleigh’s Upper Sixth Formers have delivered the school’s strongest post-pandemic A Level performance, with 83% of grades at A*– B, an increase from 78% in 2024. 43% of students achieved two or more A* or A grades – up from 38% last year. STEM subjects were a particular strength, with 63% of Mathematics students gaining A* or A and a combined A*/A rate of 60% across all maths and science courses. Economics also impressed with 70% at A*/A, while the Arts excelled with 86% in Art, 80% in Music and 78% in Drama. Notably, 96 of the 146 students in the cohort achieved A*– B across all their subjects. Sam Price, Head at Cranleigh School said: “Congratulations to all our Upper Sixth students receiving their results today. I’m immensely proud of this year’s achievements, not just because they represent outstanding academic performance, but because they have been earned within the healthy, happy and balanced atmosphere we work so hard to create. At Cranleigh, we set our young people up for success without becoming highly selective — and with 83% of grades at A*– B, our results speak for themselves. ” She continued: “This is my first year leading Cranleigh, and I am hugely grateful... --- - Published: 2025-07-02 - Modified: 2025-07-02 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/07/02/a-fantastic-final-house-athletics-this-year/ - Categories: Athletics, Sport House Athletics took place on the penultimate day of term and what a great day it was! With a full programme of the traditional track and field events, it was a wonderful opportunity for the whole school to be together in the sunshine. East and Martlet were able to retain their titles and the exciting final event on the track, the 6x300m relay, was won by the affiliated East/Martlet team. Congratulations to everyone involved! --- - Published: 2025-07-01 - Modified: 2025-07-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/07/01/end-of-term-sports-roundup/ - Categories: Sport As we are at the end of the academic year, below is a roundup of Sporting Highlights. --- - Published: 2025-06-30 - Modified: 2025-07-02 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/06/30/a-spectacular-leavers-ball-for-our-upper-sixth/ - Categories: Sixth Form What a night our Upper Sixth had at their Leavers’ Ball, to celebrate the end of their journey at Cranleigh, joined by their parents and guardians. A truly special evening that will be remembered for a long time, accompanied by a live band, laser show, dance floor and more, all in a beautiful setting. A wonderful way to say goodbye. --- - Published: 2025-06-13 - Modified: 2025-06-13 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/06/13/inpisring-visit-from-champion-swimmer/ - Categories: EDI, Sport We were privileged to have Michael Gunning, swimmer for Team GB and Team Jamaica, visit the School this week. Michael shared his journey as an elite swimmer from school, to Team GB to then becoming Jamaica's fastest ever swimmer. Michael lead the school assembly on the importance of Pride Month and led a swim coaching session for our high performance swimmers. Michael is an international 200-metre butterfly swimmer who holds dual nationality, and has set national records for both Team GB and Team Jamaica during his competitive swimming career. In 2018, he was awarded Sportsman of the Year in Jamaica for his contribution to sport and was listed in the Forbes Under 30 List (Europe Sport and Games – Class of 2024). He is one of the few mixed-race swimmers in a traditionally white sport and he is an inclusivity champion who campaigns for equal rights for the LGBTQ+ community around the world. As such, Michael recently appeared in BBC One’s ‘Tom Daley: Illegal to be Me’ documentary and has been appointed Pride House Ambassador for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in LA 2028. His visit was an inspiration and we are grateful to Michael for sharing his journey with our pupils. --- - Published: 2025-06-10 - Modified: 2025-06-10 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/06/10/cranleigh-cast-and-crew-invited-to-perform-at-the-gillian-lynne-theatre/ - Categories: Drama We are thrilled to share that our incredible cast and crew of our Senior play, Girl on the Train, have been invited to perform an extract at The National School Theatre Awards at the Gillian Lynne Theatre - the heart of London's West End! Cranleigh is one of only 13 schools chosen to perform from the 300 schools in attendance. A real privilege to be able to share the talent of our pupils in not only a world class location but at a highly prestigious event. During the evening we will wait to find out if our one-of-a-kind play has received any awards! Good luck to our cast and crew - break a leg! --- - Published: 2025-06-05 - Modified: 2025-06-05 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/06/05/national-cadet-target-sprint-championships/ - Categories: CCF News Target Sprint is an internationally recognised air rifle discipline that fuses athleticism with precision. This fast-paced and exhilarating sport combines running and target shooting — with competitors completing three 400m runs, each broken up by shooting rounds at knockdown targets. It’s simple, it’s fast, and it’s a lot of fun! Since 2019, the Cadet Council for Rifle Shooting (CCRS) has been working to establish a National Cadet Target Sprint competition. After several delays, this year Cranleigh was proud to host the first ever closed Cadet championship, open to all three services, by adapting our annual Cranleigh Open into a full weekend event. Saturday began with introductory lessons on equipment and procedures, followed by the heats in various age categories. Due to the unusually high temperatures, races were shortened to 200m for safety — but that didn’t stop the Cadets from giving it their all and thoroughly enjoying the competition. After the heats, finalists were announced and the Cadets either headed home or returned to Pirbright Camp. Finals day on Sunday brought cooler conditions and a return to the full regulation 400m course. With times counting toward the official GB rankings, there was a real sense of focus and determination. Set against the impressive backdrop of the Pavilion, the Cadets delivered outstanding performances with many achieving personal bests. The top five in each category qualified for the National Final, which will take place in Wales this September. We’re incredibly proud that James W secured a silver medal in the U16 CCF... --- - Published: 2025-06-04 - Modified: 2025-06-05 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/06/04/lower-sixth-cadets-parachute-training-weekend-at-netheravon/ - Categories: CCF News A highlight of the year for the Lower Sixth Cadets is the annual trip to Netheravon, home of the Army Parachute Association, to undertake the Static Line Parachute Course. On Friday, we travelled down and settled into our accommodation before Major Money gave the Cadets a tour of the drop zone. Watching experienced performance skydivers land with precision brought the experience to life and made the challenge ahead feel very real. Saturday morning saw us back at the hangar to meet our instructors and begin the training course. Despite the high spirits, weather conditions were uncertain, with low clouds and strong winds threatening to halt progress. The training covered the full theory of canopy control: how to steer, judge wind direction, follow a correct landing pattern, and — most crucially — how to respond in the event of a malfunction. From nuisance factors to emergency drills like cutting away and deploying the reserve, the Cadets were thoroughly briefed and drilled. Major Money and Russ, the Chief Instructor, kept a close watch on wind speeds and cloud cover throughout the day. At one point, there was a glimmer of hope as conditions briefly improved, prompting a collective effort across the drop zone to prepare parachutes and ready the aircraft. Unfortunately, the weather closed in again just before take-off and we were forced to stand down. That evening, spirits remained high as the group headed out for a well-earned pizza before turning in for some much-needed rest. Sunday brought stronger winds but... --- - Published: 2025-06-03 - Modified: 2025-06-05 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/06/03/madeleine-dances-to-dressage-glory/ - Categories: Riding Madeleine R. (Upper Sixth) started the half term break with a bang, taking the NSEA National County Novice Dressage title with an outstanding score of 75%. She was delighted to be standing on the top of the podium. She had a busy afternoon, however, switching tack and dress immediately she had trotted down the centre line, to join Rory S. (Upper Sixth) and Tara M. (Lower Sixth) to contest the Open Eventers Challenge Championship class. With just three in the team this year, so no discard score, it was going to be tough to retain the title they won in 2024, but they put in three great rounds to take silver medal position. Madeleine also finished in 7th place as an individual. Following this success she then headed to the BEU18 eventing qualifier at Blindley Heath on the Monday of half term, finishing the competition on her dressage scores in 1st and 2nd position with her two horses. For the rest of half term A-Level revision took over! For Tara M. it was then a long trip up to Northumberland for the Belsay International Horse Trials, where she contested the 2* event. Amongst the youngest of the 43 riders who started in her section, Tara added just 2. 4 cross country time penalties to a good dressage score to take 8th place. A top 10 finish in only her second event at this level was an outstanding result and we will be following her progress over the rest of this... --- - Published: 2025-06-02 - Modified: 2025-06-05 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/06/02/oc-adam-thomas-joins-surrey-cricket/ - Categories: Cricket, Sport Congratulations to Adam Thomas, (Loveday 2024) who secured his first professional contract with Surrey during the half-term period. Adam joins Ollie Pope, Tom Lawes, Yousef Majid, and Tommy Ealham on the Surrey cricket staff currently. Adam had an outstanding season at school last year, scoring 1,037 runs at an average of 64, which included four centuries, breaking the school record for runs in a season. Additionally, Adam scored 367 runs at an average of 61 on a pre-season tour to Sri Lanka, where he played against some of the strongest teams on the island. Director of Cricket Stuart Welch praised Adam’s hard work while at school, saying that Adam led by example both on and off the field. Despite his impressive achievements on the cricket front, Adam remains a modest young man and serves as an excellent role model for other students to follow. We all wish him the very best of luck as he starts his cricketing career. --- - Published: 2025-05-15 - Modified: 2025-05-15 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/05/15/lower-sixth-chemists-examine-the-science-of-making-gin/ - Categories: Chemistry, Science Twenty five A-Level Chemistry students recently spent the afternoon at the Bombay Sapphire Gin Distillery in Laverstoke, Hampshire. The aim of the trip was for them to experience the intricate manufacture of a high profile everyday product, which applied some of the principles found in their studies. Before the tour began, the students discussed various structures and properties of the molecules in the sophisticated mixtures being made. They also presented to each other their knowledge and understanding of the key botanicals used in making the gin. The guide was particularly informative about the key distillation process taking place in four active stills, as well as how the key ingredients dissolved. We were taken into two giant glass greenhouses that allowed examples of all ten botanicals to flourish: in a large separate room, there was a good opportunity to taste and smell each of these as well as appreciate how their properties complimented one another. No trip would be complete without the consumption of a complimentary non-alcoholic cocktail in a comfortable cinema, where the secrets to the marketing success and the history of the product were shared. --- - Published: 2025-05-14 - Modified: 2025-05-15 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/05/14/summer-concert-2025/ - Categories: Events, Music Friday's Summer Concert was a vibrant celebration of musical diversity, showcasing the remarkable talent and versatility of our young musicians. Held in the Chapel, the concert unfolded with an energetic performance from the Brass Group, whose rendition of “You’ll Be Back” from Hamilton was bold and impressive. The String Orchestra followed with a thoughtful and lyrical selection of four Schubert songs. Each arrangement – The Hunter, Frozen Years, Serenade, and Farewell – was sensitively played, demonstrating the ensemble’s musical control and expressive phrasing. Swinging in next, the Sax Group brought a burst of energy with Duke Ellington’s classic “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)”. Their tight ensemble playing had the audience tapping their feet and nodding along. A standout of the evening was the Girls' Choir, whose "a cappella" version of “Under the Bridge” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers was beautifully delivered, and offered a fresh, moving take on the rock classic. Finally the Orchestra brought the concert to a powerful close. Their opening medley, Go West! , was a rousing tribute to Western film music. This was followed by a performance of the final movement of Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto, featuring Rafe Buxton as soloist, whose performance was both technically assured and musically engaging. The evening concluded with an exhilarating rendition of Lord of the Dance in the Riverdance version, eliciting enthusiastic applause from the captivated audience. A thoroughly enjoyable evening, this concert was a testament to the hard work of all the performers,... --- - Published: 2025-05-14 - Modified: 2025-05-15 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/05/14/lower-sixth-students-explore-the-balance-between-efficiency-and-fairness-in-economics-talk/ - Categories: Academic, Economics Our Lower Sixth students were treated to a fascinating and thought-provoking talk by Dr Bahar Ghezelayagh, Professor of Financial Economics at the University of East Anglia, titled “How do we make decisions when it comes to choosing Efficiency vs. Fairness? ” Dr Ghezelayagh began by introducing the scope and relevance of Economics in our everyday lives, highlighting the important choices faced not only by individuals but also by wider economic agents. She touched on some of the key challenges society faces today, setting the scene for deeper exploration into the tension between what is efficient and what is fair. The students were introduced to concepts such as Pareto Efficiency and Game Theory—made all the more memorable through a hands-on, chocolate-based example that brought the theory to life. The session concluded with an interactive quiz, which saw students compete for a place at the top of the leaderboard. Congratulations to Ashton, who came out on top and was awarded a copy of Tim Harford’s Fifty Things That Made the Modern Economy. A huge thank you to Dr Ghezelayagh for such an engaging and insightful session, which has undoubtedly sparked new interest in Economics and its role in shaping the world around us. --- - Published: 2025-05-07 - Modified: 2025-05-07 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/05/07/helen-wareham-music-competition-2/ - Categories: Events, Music This year’s Helen Wareham Competition took place on Friday 2nd May and was adjudicated Mr David McKee (Director of Music at Charterhouse). The substantial programme of mini recitals given by four vocalists and seven instrumentalists demonstrated the impressive strength of music in the upper years of the school, and offered a vibrant showcase of talent and musical maturity. It was also thoughtfully curated, featuring works spanning many centuries and diverse styles. --- - Published: 2025-05-02 - Modified: 2025-05-06 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/05/02/football-introduced-as-a-core-sport-option-for-years-9-11/ - Categories: Football, Sport We are delighted to announce that boys’ football will be introduced as a core sports option for Years 9-11 through a phased roll-out in the Lent term starting from next academic year. Girls’ football will be expanded as an activity option with fixtures introduced the following academic year. Hockey will remain a key sport at Cranleigh for all ages. The boys’ football programme will run during the Lent term and cater both to high-performance and high participation. This aligns with the school’s strong sporting ethos and will include competitive fixtures. Building on our proud football tradition in the Sixth Form - where our 1st XI team reached the National ISFA Shield final in both 2023 and 2024 - this expansion will further enhance our commitment to excellence in sport. Currently, six senior football teams represent Cranleigh in the Lent term, with Sixth Form pupils already enjoying the flexibility to choose their preferred sports. --- - Published: 2025-05-01 - Modified: 2025-05-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/05/01/visit-from-england-womens-cricket-head-coach-charlotte-edwards/ - Categories: Cricket, Sport On Tuesday we were very lucky to be able to welcome the newly appointed England Women’s Cricket Head Coach, Charlotte Edwards CBE, to join our 1st XI girls for their training session. Charlotte is one of England’s most notable players and coaches, she represented her country over 300 times and captained the team for 10 years. During her career she won the Ashes twice as a captain and led the team to a World Cup victory. Following her playing career, she has coached domestic teams across the world winning the Hundred, Women’s Premier League in India and the Big Bash in Australia. During the session Charlotte spent time with the batters, working on their technique and giving some individual feedback to help them to develop. Following a question and answer session she also presented the captain Abby S with her 1st XI cricket colours. Reflecting on the experience Abby said “it was an unbelievable experience for everyone - a once in a lifetime opportunity. Having followed women’s cricket for a number of years the girls were all so excited to have a legend of the game in our midst and it was something we won’t ever forget. We are all hugely grateful to have been given the chance to learn from her. ” --- - Published: 2025-05-01 - Modified: 2025-05-06 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/05/01/new-bus-routes-to-cranleigh-school/ - Categories: School News From September 2025 we will be operating a new daily bus from Godalming. In addition, for Year 9 boarders in the first term we have introduced a Wednesday evening route and Thursday morning to and from Guildford station, for those wanting to use the flexibility of having a night at home mid-week as they settle into boarding. From September 2026 we will also be adding two new daily routes from Cobham and Billingshurst via Horsham. We will continue to review the service to support families and will be pleased to hear feedback. More details on how to book these new routes with updated prices for the new year will be issued in the Summer term. Please note that the current booking and literature is focused on the 2024/25 academic year. To read more about our Bus Service, visit the page here. --- - Published: 2025-04-30 - Modified: 2025-05-06 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/04/30/introducing-new-day-and-day-plus/ - Categories: School News Cranleigh has always welcomed Day pupils and remains predominantly a boarding school with 75% of pupils boarding. All pupils, both Day and Boarding, belong to a House and it is a school with a strong and inclusive full-boarding ethos. From September 2026, there will be three distinct pathways for families to access a Cranleigh education: Day, Day Plus and Boarding. Day pupils participate fully in all academic lessons, along with Cranleigh’s rich array of sporting and co-curricular activities. They go home at 5. 45pm to spend the evening at home. Day Plus pupils will be able to stay one night at school a week - at no extra cost - with the option of staying for a second night. These pupils will stay in their own boarding house, along with their boarding friends. These changes reflect Cranleigh’s commitment to offering families greater flexibility. There are no changes to Cranleigh’s Boarding provision; pupils can spend up to seven nights a week at school, with the flexibility to go home at weekends, as many do, on Saturday afternoons following regular sporting fixtures. --- - Published: 2025-04-24 - Modified: 2025-05-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/04/24/triathlon-success-for-upper-fifth-pupil-benji/ - Categories: Athletics, Sport Many congratulations to Benji W. who was selected as a member of the GB Triathlon Youth Academy earlier in the year and has been going from strength to strength since then. The 2025 Super Series kicked off with the Performance Assessments used to select and tier the participants. Benji came second in his AG, so second in the UK! This involved a 400m swim on the Saturday and then a bike and run on the Sunday with the competitors being released onto the course based on their swim times, faster first. His swim time was a 16 second improvement on last year which is amazing. Well done Benji! --- - Published: 2025-04-23 - Modified: 2025-05-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/04/23/gold-dofe-expedition-3/ - Categories: Duke of Edinburgh Last week, our Gold DofE students took part in their practice expedition in the stunning area of Dartmoor. Very well done to all who took part, in preparation for their next big challenge! --- - Published: 2025-04-22 - Modified: 2025-05-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/04/22/zoes-artwork-debuts-in-knowle-park/ - Categories: Art ‘A Face in the Trees’ was a local art competition organised by The Arts Society Cranleigh in collaboration with the Knowle Park Trust. Students were invited to submit original drawings of imaginative faces, with the winning designs to be transformed into wooden carvings. Zoe G. (West) drew inspiration from Echo, the mountain nymph from Greek mythology who was silenced by Hera. Her compelling design, accompanied by a richly imaginative and detailed painting, captured the judges’ attention. They were particularly impressed by the narrative woven into her artwork, which referenced the myth of Echo, Zeus, and Hera. The winning designs were brought to life in wood by local artist Ella Fielding and displayed in the secret garden at Knowle Park over the Easter holiday. Following the exhibition, the wooden faces will be placed in trees throughout the park, becoming part of a long-term treasure hunt trail for visitors to enjoy for years to come. During the Easter break, Zoe was invited for a private viewing of the seven winning sculptures and had the opportunity to meet the artist behind their creation. Well done Zoe! --- - Published: 2025-04-22 - Modified: 2025-05-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/04/22/tennis-trip-to-portugal/ - Categories: Tennis, Trips Our tennis players spent time in sunny Portugal, a brilliant opportunity to play tennis in a new environment and socialise with different year groups. --- - Published: 2025-04-22 - Modified: 2025-05-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/04/22/a-special-welcome-to-the-summer-term-assembly/ - Categories: School News Today we welcomed back our pupils and staff for the start of the Summer Term. This morning in assembly, pupils heard from four of our current Sixth Form students. Joe, Molly, Lucy and Rafe answered questions from our Senior Prefects about their Easter break, memories from their time at Cranleigh so far and further words of advice. What a lovely start to the term! --- - Published: 2025-04-07 - Modified: 2025-05-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/04/07/girls-cricket-trip-to-lords/ - Categories: Cricket, Sport The Girls’ senior cricket team visited Lord’s Cricket Ground before the End of Term for a training session and tour of the historic ground. With the new season fast approaching, they are getting ready with a preseason game against Bradfield later this week. We wish them the best of luck for their first 2025 season fixture and for the season to follow Watch a video of their trip here! --- - Published: 2025-03-27 - Modified: 2025-04-29 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/03/27/a-spectacular-awards-evening-for-our-cran-do-entrepreneurship-challenge/ - Categories: Sixth Form After 10 weeks of dedication, collaboration, and creative thinking, the CRAN. DO Challenge culminated in a sparkling awards ceremony on Wednesday night. At the start of term the Lower Sixth students were given a mission: to use a £150 investment to design, market, and launch a profitable business that addresses a real need. Divided into teams of eight, each group was purposefully curated to avoid friendship groups and housemates, encouraging fresh perspectives and diverse skill sets. The journey was not without its hurdles—students faced the complexities of opening bank accounts, selecting the right product or service, sourcing suppliers, and marketing to their target customer base. A key element of the CRAN. DO Challenge was its emphasis on developing future-ready skills. Beyond entrepreneurship, the students honed essential qualities like teamwork, leadership, communication, resilience, adaptability, and creative problem-solving. From dog leads to tracksuit bottoms, crocs to budgie smugglers, the students showcased a range of inventive products and services. They hosted events such as a Football Tournament, Darts Flight Night, produced candles for Mother’s Day, and even launched a Cranleigh delivery service. The final test was a nerve-wracking pitch to the CRAN. DO “Dragons’ Den,” where students stepped outside their comfort zones to present their business ventures to a panel of judges. CRAN. DO wouldn’t have been possible without the unparalleled teamwork of the entire Cranleigh community. From staff mentors to teachers who gave their time, house teams who provided ideas and support, the Finance team, Facilities, Marketing, Events, Cranleigh Friends, Catering and... --- - Published: 2025-03-26 - Modified: 2025-03-26 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/03/26/a-spectacular-concert-of-choral-and-orchestral-music/ - Categories: Music On Friday night, a full audience in Speech Hall enjoyed a spectacular concert of choral and orchestral music, featuring the combined forces of the School Choir, the Prep School Choir, Cranleigh Choral Society and the Merriman Orchestra. The vast array of singers both looked and sounded resplendent in the opening number, Hubert Parry’s “Blest Pair of Sirens”. This gave the concert a wonderful opening for the full orchestra and chorus, as the piece has firmly established itself as one of the finest and most beloved examples of English choral music of the 20th century. The choirs demonstrated excellent diction of Milton’s text, and really fine tuning, in which they exemplified the exhortation in the text to “keep in tune with heaven”! --- - Published: 2025-03-20 - Modified: 2025-03-20 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/03/20/1st-team-boys-hockey-win-the-st-georges-sixes-national-hockey-festival/ - Categories: Hockey, Sport Many congratulations to our 1st Team Boys’ Hockey who won the St George’s Sixes National Hockey Festival yesterday. This is the first time the boys have won the cup since 2017, beating RGS Guildford 2-1 in the final. They remained undefeated against Langley Park, Kingston Grammar, St Edwards, Seaford, Dulwich and Framlingham to win the pool and face St George’s in the semi-finals. Huge well done to the squad: Arthur A. , Charlie C. , Theo C. , Alec C. J. , Ted C. , Jamie F. , Matt H. , Fred H. , Tom H. and Jacob M. The boys played exceptionally well and showcased the talent and skill of our top hockey players in the School. Thank you to all the parents who came along to support throughout the tournament. A wonderful end to the season! --- - Published: 2025-03-20 - Modified: 2025-04-08 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/03/20/international-rugby-selection-for-charlotte-and-joe/ - Categories: Rugby, Sport Congratulations to Charlotte B. and Joe T. on their U18 international rugby call-ups for England and Scotland. Joe follows in the footsteps of team mate Cameron W. , who was selected for England last August and travelled to South Africa to represent his country. Charlotte makes history as our first-ever female rugby international — a fantastic achievement that makes us incredibly proud. Both Charlotte and Joe now join a distinguished group of over 20 pupils who have represented their countries at age-grade international level over the past 20 years. --- - Published: 2025-03-19 - Modified: 2025-04-08 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/03/19/national-independent-schools-climbing-comp/ - Categories: Climbing, Sport On Monday, the climbing team attended the National Independent Schools Climbing Comp. It marked an exciting milestone for our climbing team, as for most of our climbers, this was their first competition. Despite the new experience, they rose to the challenge with great enthusiasm. --- - Published: 2025-03-14 - Modified: 2025-03-20 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/03/14/schools-swimming-super-league-finals/ - Categories: Swimming We had another fantastic day of swimming at the SSSL finals today. It was such a massive achievement to make the A Finals- we placed 8th in the league and all swimmers should be really proud of themselves! Special mentions to Jamie T. (Boys Team Captain) for his Gold in the 50m Fly and to Siena R. for her Bronze in the 50m backstroke. Also congratulations to Luke G. who dropped 1s off his personal best for his backstroke leg of the U18 4x50 Medley – 32. 36. Congratulations all! --- - Published: 2025-03-14 - Modified: 2025-04-07 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/03/14/welcome-to-thebes/ - Categories: Drama Huge congratulations to everybody involved in our school play of Welcome to Thebes which ran for multiple evenings this week. It was a fantastic production, with an incredible set. A note from Mr Manson-Lane, Director: A production of this scale is only possible with the dedication of many. My deepest thanks go to our backstage crew, whose tireless efforts brought the world of Thebes to life. To Miss Williams, Mr Humphreys, Mr Royall and Miss Severs - your hard work and commitment to this production have been invaluable. To our talented cast, many of whom are stepping into leading roles for the first time, thank you for your dedication and the immense effort you have put into this performance. You are a proud representation of the students at Cranleigh, and your passion shines on stage. Finally, to the parents - your support is felt in every aspect of this production. From helping with lines to making time for Sunday rehearsals, your encouragement is essential to the success of Cranleigh Drama, and for that, I am truly grateful. --- - Published: 2025-03-13 - Modified: 2025-03-13 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/03/13/cranleigh-ccfs-125th-anniversary-biennial-inspection/ - Categories: CCF, CCF News This year marks 125 years since the formation of the Cranleigh Combined Cadet Force, and to celebrate this milestone, we organised our Biennial Inspection. We were privileged to welcome Colonel Julian Salusbury from the Welsh Guards as our Inspecting Officer for the day. As a father of two of our cadets, his presence made the occasion even more special. We were also joined by members of the South East Cadet Training Team, as well as parents of the RSM, Mrs Price and Mr Boddington. The afternoon began with our cadets hosting guests for a buffet lunch, while the Contingent prepared on the Parade Square (vHC car park) in the rain. Fortunately, the weather cleared just in time for the inspection. Molly B-S. called the Contingent to attention as Col Salusbury, Mrs Price, and Major Money stepped onto the saluting dais. Once on parade, the Platoons were dressed off by their Sergeants, and Col Salusbury and Mrs Price inspected the cadets, taking the time to speak with each of them. Many cadets shared that their favourite activity was shooting. Following the inspection, the Lower Sixth performed a rifle drill display, showcasing weeks of dedicated practice. The Contingent Banner was then marched past the dais in a fitting display of discipline and pride. The cadets then moved on to their lessons and activities, which included: First Aid Skill at Arms Command Task Fieldcraft Section Attack Demonstration The afternoon concluded with a talk from Col Salusbury, followed by the promotion of three new... --- - Published: 2025-03-12 - Modified: 2025-03-13 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/03/12/great-performances-from-our-swimmers-in-the-bath-cup/ - Categories: Sport, Swimming Many congratulations to our pupils who competed in the Bath Cup at the London Aquatic Centre. The pupils swam brilliantly with many PB’s, including: Felix B. - 3 second personal best on his leg of the Mens 4x100 Freestyle Relay. Boys captain Jamie T. swam a fantastic 26. 40 for his fly leg of the 4x50 Medley, matching the times of the medal winning teams. Hana A. and Siena R. swam brilliantly on their legs of the 4x50 Free at 30. 38 and 30. 79 respectively. Overall, the girls ranked 22nd for the 4x50 Free and 17th for the 4x50 Medley, both in the small schools division. The boys ranked 15th in the 4x100 Free and 12th in the 4x50 Medley (just missing out on the final! ) in the small schools division. --- - Published: 2025-03-11 - Modified: 2025-03-12 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/03/11/golf-success-for-lower-fifth-pupil-sienna/ - Categories: Golf Many congratulations to Lower Fifth pupil Sienna V. , who has been selected again for the Surrey Women’s Junior Golf performance squad! Sienna’s selection is an inspiration for pupils who enjoy a game on our very own golf course. --- - Published: 2025-03-10 - Modified: 2025-03-12 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/03/10/junior-music-competition-winners/ - Categories: CCF News, Music Many congratulations to the Junior Music Competition Winners. --- - Published: 2025-03-10 - Modified: 2025-03-13 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/03/10/intermediate-maths-challenge/ - Categories: Academic, Mathematics Congratulations to our youngest mathematicians who between them won 4 gold, 1 silver and 10 bronze medals in the Intermediate Maths Challenge – a national competition for under 16s. The Lower Fifth and Upper Sixth contributed to an overall haul of 5 gold, 8 silver and 31 bronze medals. Particular congratulations to Thomas C. , Elliott K. , Leo F. and Jasmine L. in the Fourth Form who all qualified for the next stage of the competition, the Grey Kangaroo round. --- - Published: 2025-03-09 - Modified: 2025-03-12 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/03/09/junior-house-maths/ - Categories: Academic, Mathematics Congratulations to the juniors of East-Martlett who followed in the seniors’ footsteps and took the Lower School House Maths trophy on Friday evening. Clearly Mr Bradnock and Mrs Scott have been training them hard this term! Well done to Cubitt-South for being excellent opposition. --- - Published: 2025-03-07 - Modified: 2025-03-12 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/03/07/boys-vs-girls-hockey/ - Categories: Hockey The boys and girls 2nd XI teams went head to head on Thursday evening in a “golden army” match with a golden sunset backdrop. A decent crowd of our Sixth Form turned out to watch a great standard of flowing hockey from both teams. The girls found themselves 3-0 down, but rallied well at half time and kept the final score to a 4-0 win for the boys. The match was played in great spirit and showcased one of the best things about hockey - the ability for boys and girls to play with or against each other on the same pitch. Well done to all involved. --- - Published: 2025-03-07 - Modified: 2025-04-08 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/03/07/wildlife-photography-competition/ - Categories: Biology In our School community, we recently opened a Wildlife Photography competition. We were thrilled to receive so many fantastic entries and it was a very difficult decision for the Biology Department to come up with our winners. Take a look at the runners up and winner as well as the staff winner. We will be making a display in the Emms atrium to showcase the fantastic entries that we received. --- - Published: 2025-03-06 - Modified: 2025-03-12 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/03/06/two-teams-compete-in-the-surrey-u18-rugby-sevens/ - Categories: Rugby, Sport For the first time, our rugby sevens squad entered two teams into the Surrey U18 Sevens Tournament. The 1st VII competed in the Cup tournament, while the 2nd VII played in an additional competition against other schools' 1st and 2nd teams. Both teams performed exceptionally well, reaching their respective finals with impressive victories over schools such as Epsom, St John’s Leatherhead, RGS Guildford, and Halliford. The 2nd VII defeated three 1st teams on their way to the final, where they faced Dunottar 1st VII. With three minutes remaining, they were two scores down but staged a remarkable comeback, scoring on the last play to force extra time. Unfortunately, a breakaway try saw them narrowly lose, but their effort was outstanding. The 1st VII delivered superb performances throughout the day, only to be edged out in the final by London Irish ACE College, Bishop Wandsworth, again on the last play. Reaching two finals was a fantastic achievement, and both teams represented Cranleigh sport with pride. Their success is even more impressive given that all players are also involved in the wider school sports programme, balancing commitments to hockey and football this term. --- - Published: 2025-03-03 - Modified: 2025-03-12 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/03/03/mindful-march/ - Categories: Uncategorised This month has been named Mindful March in an attempt to bring wider attention to positive mental health awareness in people of all ages. Mr Mark Weighton has put together a series of guided mindfulness sessions which are available to listen on Spotify. Click here to listen! Pupils and staff will be able to see daily mindfulness activities to try displayed on screens around the School. --- - Published: 2025-03-03 - Modified: 2025-04-07 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/03/03/national-success-for-our-vex-robotics-team/ - Categories: VEX Robotics On Friday 28th February and Saturday 1st March, the Cranleigh Robotics team took part in the VEX Robotics National Championship held at the International Centre in Telford. The team qualified for the Nationals as one of the top 40 teams in the country and put their robot to the test in both teamwork and individual skills matches. The team built and developed their robot as part of their A-Level Design Engineering course and faced tough competition from experienced teams across both days of the competition. Day one started with qualification matches for the teamwork competition and continued through to Saturday’s knockout matches as the teams battled it out to become overall champions. The Cranleigh Robotics team were ranked 26th out of 40 heading into the alliance selection for the knockout rounds and after forming the 13th ranked alliance they face tough competition against the 5th ranked alliance in the round of 16. After a tense game, the Cranleigh team narrowly missed out on the quarter-finals but gave a strong performance nonetheless. In the individual “skills” side of the competition the team put both their driver and programming skills to the test. With a maximum of three sixty second runs at both driver and programming, the top score for each team would be added to the leaderboard. The Cranleigh team secured an impressive 16th place in the leaderboard after their six timed runs. This impressive performance did not go unnoticed by the judges who awarded the Cranleigh Robotics team with the... --- - Published: 2025-02-27 - Modified: 2025-03-12 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/02/27/cranleigh-school-triumphs-in-hampton-founders-u18-rugby-sevens-plate/ - Categories: Rugby, Sport Cranleigh School's U18 Rugby Sevens team made an impressive start to their season, securing the Plate at the prestigious Hampton Founders tournament. The squad showcased their skill, determination, and teamwork throughout the competition, culminating in a commanding 33-7 victory in the final. This achievement marks the fourth consecutive year that Cranleigh has brought home silverware from this high-profile tournament. The team’s consistent success highlights the strength of the rugby programme on top of an unbeaten 1st XV season for the group. Throughout the day, Cranleigh demonstrated attacking flair and defensive resilience, scoring a total of 116 points while conceding just 34. In the Plate final against Epsom, Cranleigh delivered an impressive display in wet conditions, capitalising on their attacking opportunities and maintaining a solid defensive structure. Their disciplined approach and high-energy performance ensured a well-deserved victory, securing their first silverware of the season. The team’s success at the Hampton Founders tournament sets a strong foundation for the rest of the sevens season. With this momentum, Cranleigh will look to build on their performance in upcoming competitions and continue their impressive run in schoolboy rugby. --- - Published: 2025-02-13 - Modified: 2025-02-13 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/02/13/voluntary-action-committee-share-their-experiences/ - Categories: Extra Curricular Our Voluntary Action committee have been visiting Elmbridge. Hear our pupils share their experience below: Johnny H. - For my DofE I have recently had the pleasure of spending time with two of the elderly residents at Elmbridge; named Seleen, Simonne and Anne, it has been so far an incredibly rewarding experience. Listening to their stories and life experiences is inspiring. Their warmth and gratitude has made every conversation meaningful, and I left each visit with a renewed appreciation for the value of talking to all age groups. Some of the common topics we speak about include movies, music, architecture, cars, sports, trips etc. , and most fun of all we did various Cambridge general knowledge quizzes. These conversations have reminded me how important it is to take the time to engage with and learn from our elders. I encourage others to be open minded to this type of Voluntary Action and hopefully gain a lot from it. Alfie G. - For my Voluntary Action as part of my Duke of Edinburgh, I have been going to Elmbridge each week to see Seleen, Simonne and Anne. At first, I was worried that I would struggle to find subjects to talk about with people that I had never met before, but this worry was quickly gone. We talked about a variety of topics in such detail, such as their experiences abroad or historical events. Although each week we took games such as UNO with us, we rarely played them as we... --- - Published: 2025-02-12 - Modified: 2025-03-12 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/02/12/oxbridge-success-for-upper-sixth-pupils/ - Categories: Sixth Form We are incredibly proud of our students who have received offers to study at either Oxford and Cambridge University: Molly B. - English at Cambridge Ivan S. - Physics at Oxford Lucy S. - English at Oxford Brandon G. - Natural Sciences at Cambridge Many congratulations! To hear them talk about their journey, watch the video below. --- - Published: 2025-02-06 - Modified: 2025-02-06 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/02/06/winter-music-festival-with-cranleigh-abu-dhabi/ - Categories: Cranleigh International, Music Our inaugural Winter Festival was a hugely successful collaboration with young musicians from Cranleigh Abu Dhabi. Twenty-two of their musicians joined our Big Band, Brass Ensemble and String Orchestra for a week of collaborative events and concerts, culminating in a Big Band Supper Dance for the Cranleigh Friends, enjoyed by over 250 parents and guests. The early part of the week gave the pupils chances to listen to professionals in action; a visit to London to see the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall was an appetiser to concerts given by our own members of the music department staff. On Tuesday morning, performances began with principal trumpeter Rafe B. playing a trumpet piece in Assembly to the whole school, and later in the day the younger pupils appearing in a wonderful concert at the Prep School, alongside our own Music Scholars. In the evening, Mr Richard Saxel and Mr David Vaiani gave an illuminating lecture recital linking paintings by Uchello, Renoir, Whistler and Hopper to piano pieces by Schumann, Debussy, Janacek and Poulenc. Mr Vaiani explained the history and context of the artworks, examining each in detail, and highlighting particular themes which were then picked up by Mr Saxel with reference to the music. He then performed each of the piano pieces, with the painting projected above. On Wednesday, Mr Kevin Weaver (violin), Mr Phillip Scriven (harpsichord) and Dr Andrew Thomas (flute) performed a beautiful programme of Baroque concertos, all of which feature on the current GCSE and... --- - Published: 2025-02-05 - Modified: 2025-02-05 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/02/05/senior-wind-brass-and-piano-competitions/ - Categories: Music Friday evening provided excellent entertainment with the competitions for the Cyril Dashwood Piano Prize, the Pat Dixon Woodwind Prize and the Senior Brass Prize all taking part on the same evening. This resulted in a varied and highly entertaining evening of music at an extraordinarily high standard. The piano competition featured some extremely difficult repertoire with Jamie playing Chopin’s ‘Scherzo in Bb Minor’ and Richard tackling Rachmaninov’s ‘Prelude in G Minor’. To have two musicians capable of playing at this level is exceptional and both rose to the challenge superbly. In the end our excellent adjudicator, Lorraine Wild gave the prize to Richard as she thought his performance was delivered with more authority and accuracy. In the Woodwind section we had a wonderful variety of styles. Alice performed James Rae’s toe tapping ’Duckin’ and Divin’ on alto saxophone while Raeph dextrously performed Rameau’s ‘Danse des Sauvages’ on bassoon from nearly 300 years earlier. The prize however went to Andrew for an atmospheric rendition of ‘Finale’ by Richard Rodney Bennett on alto saxophone. The brass competition was perhaps the most closely contested with an extremely high standard reached by all competitors. Ralph’s performance of Larsson’s ‘Concertino’ was assured and featured dazzling tone colour and precise articulation while Rafe’s lyrical playing of the Gershwin classic ‘Embraceable You’ featured beautiful tone, precise articulation and delicate shaping of the melody. In the end this category was won by Patrick who delivered the 3rd movement of Elizabeth Raum’s ‘Concerto for Bass Trombone’ with great style... --- - Published: 2025-01-27 - Modified: 2025-01-27 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/01/27/cranleigh-staff-and-pupils-running-the-surrey-half-marathon/ - Categories: School News Fifty five members of the Cranleigh School Community (not all pictured) are taking on the Surrey Half Marathon on Sunday 16th March to raise worthwhile funds for four charities selected by the runners: Sarcoma UK, The Royal Marsden, Max Windle Memorial Trust, Dementia UK. A huge feat for many of our runners, it's been great to see students and staff pushing themselves out of their comfort zones to help fundraise for worthwhile causes. We would welcome any support here. --- - Published: 2025-01-24 - Modified: 2025-01-24 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/01/24/dangerous-minds-makes-a-return/ - Categories: Dangerous Minds Last night, Alexis and Bella (Rhodes, Upper Fifth) hosted the annual Dangerous Minds competition, an event designed to encourage pupils to think creatively and showcase their public speaking skills. Seven speakers competed head-to-head with their "dangerous" propositions, tackling debates on topics such as policing, mental health, neurodiversity, and AI. The audience was also treated to a stunning musical performance by Kitty W. , Grace J. , Coco B. , and Vivi G-A. (Martlet Upper Fifth and Lower Sixth), who performed Adele’s ‘Make You Feel My Love’. While all the speakers — Dexter G. (Lower Sixth), Coco B. (Upper Fifth), Bertie H. (Upper Sixth), Zoe G. (Upper Fifth), Madeleine R. (Upper Sixth), Alex R. (Upper Sixth), and Brandon G. (Upper Sixth) — delivered fantastic presentations, Mrs Price and Mr Newman faced the tough task of selecting a winner. Ultimately, it was Zoe G. who took home the Henry Hunt Trophy for Public Speaking, delivering a thought-provoking and emotive speech exploring the question: “Is neurodiversity the future? ” Congratulations Zoe! --- - Published: 2025-01-16 - Modified: 2025-01-22 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/01/16/oc-oscar-beard-named-in-six-nations-squad-for-second-year/ - Categories: OC, Rugby For another year, OC Oscar Beard (North 2020) has been named in the England Rugby Six Nations squad. Huge congratulations Oscar! It has been great to see Oscar's professional rugby journey with England flourish since leaving Cranleigh, and we wish him the best of luck. Mr Andy Houston, Director of Sport said: "Congratulations, Oscar, on being selected for the Six Nations squad—what a remarkable achievement! You have always been an outstanding role model for our pupils, continually inspiring us all. Your hard work and dedication have truly paid off, and we hope you thoroughly enjoy this incredible opportunity. If you get the chance to play against Italy—and therefore against fellow Cranleigh pupil Dino Lamb—remember to be kind to each other! " --- - Published: 2025-01-13 - Modified: 2025-01-22 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/01/13/international-national-and-premiership-sport-success/ - Categories: Cricket, Hockey, Rugby, Sport Some of our pupils have recently been involved in exciting sporting success with both national, international and premiership teams. - Joe T. played for Harlequins U18 - Molly B-S. is currently representing Scotland Cricket in the U19 World Cup - Charlotte B. attended England Rugby U18 training camp - Alex F. selected for England Cricket U19 tour to South Africa - Cam W. played for Bath Rugby U18 after being selected for England U18 International Series last year - Matt H. trained with England Hockey U18 - Alec C-J. trained with England Hockey U18 - Luisa C. trained with Wales Hockey We are incredibly proud of our pupils and their achievements and how the Sport programme here at Cranleigh helps pupils excel in their chosen sports. Many congratulations to all pupils who have achieved success in sport lately, and we look forward to following your journey. --- - Published: 2025-01-10 - Modified: 2025-01-10 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/01/10/geography-trip-to-iceland/ - Categories: Geography, Trips Iceland is truly a highlight to any Geographer but particularly experiencing it in the snow, mere moments before Christmas. Aside from a packed schedule full of activities, the students truly got to experience the magic of the snow and fire within the landscape. Some particular highlights were seeing the expressions on the faces of the students as they got to help bake bread and boil egg within a natural geothermal vent, and then try them. From walking through an ice-cave, to bathing in blue lagoon or watching lava be made, provided the stark contrast that exemplifies Iceland. Following the recent eruptions, we were also able to see the fresh lava fields and the walls put in place to stop the oncoming flow, meters from where we stood. Bracing the cold temperatures in pyjamas to run out to see the northern lights will be a moment I hope all the staff and students alike will always cherish. Miss Rebecca Rogers, Head of Geography Going to Iceland was such a fun experience, I enjoyed every second of it! It’s so hard to choose my favourite part but I think that the glacier hike was so fun. It was such a unique experience, learning about the history of the glacier and the natural formations surrounding it, hiking on it and seeing and trying the water that is running down the glacier. I also really enjoyed learning about the folklore of Iceland from our tour guide, trying tomato soup made in geothermal greenhouses, riding... --- - Published: 2025-01-10 - Modified: 2025-01-10 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/01/10/history-and-politics-trip-to-the-usa/ - Categories: History, Politics, Trips In the lead-up to Christmas, 35 pupils and 4 staff embarked on an unforgettable trip to New York and Washington DC. Our time in New York was packed with exciting activities. We marvelled at the city’s breathtaking skyline from the top of the Empire State Building. At the United Nations headquarters, students gained an insight into global diplomacy and the role of international cooperation. A highlight for many was attending a live performance of Hamilton on Broadway, which brought history to life in a thrilling and unforgettable way. Of course, no trip to New York would be complete without a little holiday shopping, and pupils enjoyed exploring the bustling stores of Fifth Avenue and the Times Square. The second leg of the trip took us to Washington DC. We toured the Capitol Building, where students saw firsthand the workings of American democracy. We also enjoyed a walking tour of the National Mall, visiting iconic landmarks like the Lincoln Memorial and students went to the top of the Washington Monument. Mr Will Davis, Head of History and Politics --- - Published: 2025-01-09 - Modified: 2025-01-09 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2025/01/09/announcement-of-our-brand-new-sixth-form-centre/ - Categories: School News, Sixth Form In December, the Governing Body approved plans to further enhance our Sixth Form offering with a new dedicated Sixth Form Centre and resource library. Alongside this, the appointment of a Head of Sixth Form to co-ordinate everything we provide to those crucial two years at the top of the school. Together with our extended Futures programme and entrepreneurship strategy, this will allow us to focus on building all the skills that students need to thrive in the world beyond the school gates. The Sixth Form Centre will be situated at the academic heart of the school and provide a much-needed space for older pupils that will encompass both social and learning resources, providing the opportunity for Houses to socialise and study together. We look forward to sharing further updates about this ongoing development. --- - Published: 2024-12-13 - Modified: 2024-12-13 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/12/13/vex-robotics-national-qualifying-event-hosted-by-cranleigh/ - Categories: Design Engineering On Saturday 7th December the Design Engineering department hosted a VEX Robotics National Qualifying Event. There were 16 visiting teams from across the country and also a guest team, Alanya Robotik who travelled all the way from Turkey as part of their study tour! The Cranleigh Robotics team 18650G got off to a flying start winning all three of their first matches, a brilliant start in their first ever competition. The morning qualifying session continued to bring great success as the team completed the qualification matches ranked 5th overall. Heading into the knockout rounds with their alliance partners, the Cranleigh Team managed to progress all the way to the Semi-Finals, narrowly losing out to the eventual tournament champions. A fantastic day of high-level, action packed robotics was had by all and the team are very much looking forward to their upcoming tournaments early next term as they bid for qualification to the National Finals. --- - Published: 2024-12-10 - Modified: 2024-12-10 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/12/10/christmas-concert-2024/ - Categories: Music On Friday evening, the annual Christmas concert took place in the Speech Hall, and featured the school’s major ensembles and chamber music groups, which have been preparing their performances throughout the term. The concert was attended by pupils including the whole of the Lower Fifth, together with many parents, friends and supporters. The evening opened in an explosion of energy as the Big Band burst onto the stage with an upbeat rendition of “Flying Home”, followed by the sultry old favourite “Blue Moon”, which Maisy Brewer sang very stylishly, and with a lovely rich and velvety tone. Rafe Buxton played his trumpet solo in “Feelings” with confident expression, and the band then finished off with a funky arrangement of “Deck the Halls” starring Josh G. on saxophone. The rest of the first half featured a number of smaller ensembles, beginning with the String Quintet which performed a movement from Boccherini’s Quintet in C major with a gentle flow and delicate intricacy. The eight members of the Sax Group were next up, playing a jazzy number “Watch your step” and the rhythmically complex “September Rain”, before the Cello and Bass Quartet’s beautifully intimate and nostalgic performance of an arrangement of “Ev’ry time we say goodbye”. After the interval, the Brass Group kicked off with a festive and humorous medley of Christmas favourites called “Christmas Crackers”, before a complete change of gear with the murky and haunting opening of “The Pine of the Appian Way” from “Pines of Rome” by Respighi, played... --- - Published: 2024-12-09 - Modified: 2024-12-10 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/12/09/new-graduate-trainee-scheme/ - Categories: EDI, School News Working in partnership with the BAMEed Network, and with Leah Morris at Wyndham James Consultancy, we are leading an initiative to address the lack of diversity amongst teaching staff, with a new Graduate Trainee scheme that targets under-represented communities. The first recruitment advertisements will be issued this month and it’s expected that the first successful applicants will start the scheme in September. Cranleigh will be working closely with the BAMEed Network who will offer support to candidates throughout the application process as well as providing mentorship for the Graduates who start the scheme. Earlier this year the BAMEed Network issued a call to action to education providers to ensure race equity in schools (reference 1), and address the issue that Black and brown teachers make up less than 10% of the workforce (reference 2) In October, Black History Month also focused on the lack of, in particular, Black male teaching staff. (reference 3) David Mulae, our Assistant Head Pastoral and EDI Lead, has spearheaded the scheme, working with senior management and human resources as well as external bodies. He said: ‘We recognise the lack of representation across minoritised backgrounds in teaching and have a stated aim to increase that diversity in line with the diversity of our pupil body. ‘This Graduate Teacher Experience Pathway (GETP) scheme will positively encourage applicants from these groups by going straight to universities. We offer a great package and it’s a really positive and intentional step towards finding “culture add”. ’ The Graduate Teacher Experience... --- - Published: 2024-12-04 - Modified: 2024-12-05 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/12/04/mrs-samantha-price-head-interviews-with-luxury-brand-magazine/ - Categories: School News Our Head, Mrs Samantha Price, was interviewed by the luxury brand magazine House of Coco. Described by the magazine as bringing a dynamic perspective rooted in empathy, courage, and unwavering commitment, you can read her full interview here. Thank you to House of Coco. --- - Published: 2024-11-29 - Modified: 2024-11-29 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/11/29/pupils-perform-in-sally-beecham-senior-vocals-show/ - Categories: Music Following the recent success of our Musical Theatre evening, the second half featured a strong selection of our senior vocalists performing in two categories - Art Song and Music Theatre. Both categories were hard fought with captivating performances of music from Amy Beech to Robert Schumann and the maturity of vocal performances was truly impressive. The benefit of a chance to perform in public earlier in the term was evident for our musical theatre singers as each of them upped their game and really sought to capture the magic of their chosen song. In the end, there could have been many winners but Len W. (North) took the prize in the Art Song category and Alfie A. (North) came out as the victor in the Music Theatre class. Dr A Thomas, Assistant Director of Music --- - Published: 2024-11-29 - Modified: 2024-11-29 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/11/29/senior-guitar-competition/ - Categories: Music The Senior Guitar Competition showed off the skill and dexterity of five excellent musicians. It was great to feature contemporary music in between the strings and the singers and the combination brought a great sense of the breadth of talent in the Cranleigh music department. Richard E. kicked things off with an atmospheric rendition of Victor Wooton’s unaccompanied version of ‘Amazing Grace’ on bass guitar. This showed the full range of tonal colours available on an often overlooked instrument with excellent use of harmonics. Brandon G. ’s performance of the power metal epic ‘Through the Fire and Flames’ was full of intensity and dazzling fingerwork. Sirius P’s ‘The Stumble’ slowed things down and was played with a great sense of fun and a heavy blues groove and Euan B’s confident delivery of ‘Smack Talk’ showed that he has a fine technique developing. In the end Jamie T. took the prize with ‘Manhattan’ by Eric Johnson. This showed a beautiful sense of musical line and phrasing. The tone used was excellently judged and this really brought out the artistry that is possible with an electric guitar. Mr D Eaglestone, Head of Instrumental Studies --- - Published: 2024-11-29 - Modified: 2024-11-29 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/11/29/students-wow-in-jack-cook-strings-competition/ - Categories: Music On Wednesday 27th November, we welcomed Mr Andy Meyers to adjudicate the senior section of this year’s Jack Cook Strings Competition. Andy has had a multi-faceted career as school Director of Music, a pianist and horn player, composer and conductor. He is currently musical director of both the Kingston Chamber Orchestra and the Mid-Sussex Sinfonia. The evening showcased some much-loved classics from the repertoire such as the Prelude from JS Bach’s Suite in G major (Len W. - viola) and the opening movement of Mozart’s Violin Concerto in A major (Evelyn G). Bach and Mozart are bold and exposing choices for a competition, yet both performers were praised for their technical assurance. Charlie M. (violin) also gave a lyrical first airing of the first movement of Barber’s Violin Concerto, to which he will subsequently return for his ARSM Diploma this term and a performance with the Merriman Concert Orchestra next term. The victor of the category was Leah S. (cello), securing the prize for her characterful rendition of Kapustin’s Elegy. This performance demonstrated sound navigation of the high register, stylish use of portamento, and real gusto in the jazz-influenced pizzicato section. Thanks and recognition are due for the hard work and preparation of all the performers, their teachers and their accompanist Mr Richard Saxel. The second installment of the senior competitions, featuring woodwind, brass and piano categories, will take place on Friday 31st January. Kevin Weaver, Head of Strings --- - Published: 2024-11-29 - Modified: 2024-11-29 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/11/29/a-fantastic-cranleigh-eco-week/ - Categories: Eco Moved this year to coincide with COP and to set an earlier sustainable agenda for the rest of the year, Eco Week has been the culmination of a lot of work for the Sustainability Council and I would like to start by thanking them for all their hard work and dedication at such a busy time of year. Lucy and her team started Eco Week a fortnight ago, actually, delivering PSHE lectures to the Fourth and Lower Fifth year groups. It is no mean feat for 17-year-olds to deliver a speech to 150 15-year-olds so they should be incredibly proud of their achievements. Monday saw the first ever Cranleigh Green Dragons award that has been developed by myself and Mr Edwards over the past term and saw 8 intrepid teams present their sustainable ideas to three ‘dragons’ from the sustainable business world: Ben Macallan is the founder of Zero Carbon Guildford as well as working for Surrey County Council as a sustainability lead; Gareth Williams is Project Manager on the ‘Weald to Waves’ initiative at the Knepp Foundation and our very own Mrs Ambrose, Head of Futures, and previous business and charity entrepreneur. Our mix of Upper and Lower Sixth teams presented on their ideas - from sustainable smoothies, to eco-friendly car cleaning products, to resign festival tents, to community, second-hand clothes initiatives, to a Christmas focussed re-use project, to fixing dynamos to shopping trolleys, to a sustainable paddleball consultancy, to an app for facilitating product redistribution in the agriculture... --- - Published: 2024-11-27 - Modified: 2024-11-27 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/11/27/school-play-of-girl-on-the-train-nominated-for-award-2/ - Categories: Drama Our brilliant play, The Girl on the Train, has been nominated for a National School Theatre Award. Praised as ‘thrilling and gripping’ by the reviewer, you can read the full article here: The Girl On The Train Review --- - Published: 2024-11-22 - Modified: 2024-11-22 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/11/22/cranleigh-musical-instruments-treated-to-some-tlc/ - Categories: Music Ron Moonesinghe (who was previously Music Administrator at Cranleigh Abu Dhabi) is a specialist musical instrument repairer. He visited Cranleigh for two days this week, and returned a selection of unloved instruments to full playing capability. Thank you Ron! --- - Published: 2024-11-22 - Modified: 2025-01-03 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/11/22/school-play-of-girl-on-the-train-nominated-for-award/ - Categories: Drama This week, audiences were treated to a very different theatrical experience in the Senior school production of The Girl on the Train, which was performed using the live cinema style of Katie Mitchell. Actors were tasked with both operating cameras and performing in front of them as they transported audiences into the world of Rachel Watson, who becomes obsessed with a woman she admires from her train window, discovers she has gone missing and becomes entangled in a thrilling mystery where she becomes both witness and suspect in the events that follow. The play has been nominated for The National theatre awards in four categories for best play, best actress with Sophia F. , best sound design from Maisy B. and best ensemble. Congratulations to everybody involved! We look forward to sharing more. --- - Published: 2024-11-20 - Modified: 2024-11-20 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/11/20/pupils-star-in-musical-theatre-showcase/ - Categories: Music Following the success of last year’s nascent Musical Theatre showcase, ‘Something Familiar, Something Peculiar’ returned to the MMS on the evening of 15th November. This year we were treated to a packed programme of performers from all years of the School singing songs from shows as varied as Mamma Mia and Wicked, to Waitress and Guys and Dolls. The depth of musical theatre talent was apparent and this bodes well for the upcoming Junior Musical (High School Musical 2) and next year’s senior musical (whatever that may be... ). All performers were excellent but of particular note were the mature and controlled voices of Alfie A. (Pure Imagination), Max F. (Luck Be a Lady) and Hettie S. (I’m Not That Girl) as well as the dramatic performances given by Georgina E. (I’d Give My Life For You) and Leah S. (The Sound of Music). Huge well done to everybody involved. --- - Published: 2024-11-18 - Modified: 2024-11-18 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/11/18/three-oc-rugby-internationals-took-to-the-pitch-this-weekend/ - Categories: OC, Rugby - Tags: old cranleighan, Rugby We were delighted to see three former 1st XV pupils taking part in international rugby this weekend. Old Cranleighans Oscar Beard (Harlequins) and Hugh Tizard (Saracens) represented England A against Australia A on Sunday at the Twickenham Stoop, winning 38-17. Dino Lamb (Harlequins) at the same time played for Italy in their match against Georgia, also winning, 20-17. A great achievement! You can see more about these players via their Instagram feeds at @oscarbeard_ @hughtizard and @dino_lamb --- - Published: 2024-11-13 - Modified: 2024-11-13 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/11/13/national-honours-for-equestrian-team/ - Categories: Riding Over the first weekend of half term, Cranleigh riders travelled to Buckinghamshire for the NSEA National Championships, an event that this year attracted 750 riding combinations from over 200 schools around England, Scotland and Wales who between them jumped over 2000 rounds over four days of competition! With a smaller team than at previous championships, it was going to be a big ask for our riders to bring home the honours this year (especially with two key horses out with injury at the last minute) but we knew we had a good chance in two key areas and our riders did not disappoint. Our Open Arena Eventing (Jumping with Style) team were untouchable with four stylish rounds from Rory S. , Madeleine R. , Tara M. and Sophia T. (still only in Form 5 of the Prep School) securing the title that they have now won three times in the last six years. Tara had also qualified individually and took fifth spot but went on to ride a foot perfect round in the Advanced Open Championship to take the silver medal, with most in the crowd astounded that it had not been gold for her. Sophia T then took on a field of much older riders in the pony section of the Advanced Open Show Jumping Championship, qualifying from the first round to contest the final eight, and producing a clear to land on the podium in the bronze medal position. The Dressage team stepped up to the mark having... --- - Published: 2024-11-13 - Modified: 2024-11-13 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/11/13/lower-fifth-classics-talk-from-bestselling-author/ - Categories: Classics On Thursday evening, the Classics Department welcomed Ben Kane, a bestselling historical author, to deliver an insightful and informative talk to the Lower Fifth. Ben, wearing full Roman military dress and equipped with sword, shield and even a Centurion’s vine staff, spoke about life in the Roman army. No gruesome details were spared – from the Roman’s use of tribuli to the fustuarium. We learned not just that Roman soldiers in camps in northern Germany seasoned their food with coriander, but we found out what this meant: since two thousand years ago coriander only grew in India, this spice must have been transported along the Silk Road via Egypt, bought in a market in Rome and carried, on foot, up into northern Germany to be sold. The students were then offered the unique opportunity to try on Roman armour and equipment, including heavy chainmail weighing nearly 10kg! Pupils were bursting with questions, and left excited about a culture that has done so much to shape our own. --- - Published: 2024-11-08 - Modified: 2024-11-11 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/11/08/postcards-from-long-leave/ - Categories: Art, Beyond Cranleigh, beyond ourselves, Golf, Hockey, Modern Languages, Sport, Trips, Zambia Trips Over long leave, 8 school trips departed all across the world, including 217 pupils, and 29 members of staff! Have a look at the postcards below to see an insight into their adventures! --- - Published: 2024-11-06 - Modified: 2024-11-13 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/11/06/gu-and-coconut-collab-visit-for-sixth-form/ - Categories: Careers We were thrilled to welcome James Averdieck, the visionary founder behind Gü, The Coconut Collaborative, and the new cookie dough brand, Spooners, to speak to our Sixth Form students. In the Lecture Theatre, James shared his invaluable insights on the key ingredients of entrepreneurial success: Idea, Timing, Hard Work, Teamwork, Money... and of course, the X Factor! His impressive journey and ventures serve proof in the “pudding”! Students had the opportunity to sample a variety of desserts, including the new Spooners cookie dough (now available in Sainsbury's), and posed some incredibly thoughtful questions. The evening left everyone feeling inspired, with many students taking away key lessons to apply to their upcoming Enterprise challenge. --- - Published: 2024-11-04 - Modified: 2024-11-04 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/11/04/senior-hockey-trip-to-tilburg/ - Categories: Hockey, Trips Nineteen girls and sixteen boys formed two good squads, who boarded a coach to Tilburg in The Netherlands on the first Monday of Half term. Staying for four nights in a comfortable hotel, in a beautiful wooded estate, they enjoyed three days which were very largely hockey orientated. Their schedule included four practices and two matches each, based at local hockey club Were Di. There was a friendly mixed hockey tournament where over twenty Dutch hockey players from the club were blended with the Cranleighans to four equal and diverse teams. Other highlights to the trip include the fact that the tremendously sunny and warm weather allowed the players to enjoy picnic lunches outside. In a short journey to neighbouring Eindhoven, there was the chance to do some serious hockey shopping and ten pin bowling in the largest alley in the country. The most impressive experience was being able to watch the Oranje Rood Mens 1 and Womens 1 squads train, with gasps of admiration coming from both the boys and girls when slick individual skills were executed in drills and practice games. Many thanks indeed for the professional leadership and coaching from Mr Richard Organ, Mr Ed Carson and Mrs Joanne Lawton. Mr Rupert Kefford, Hockey Coach and Teacher of Chemistry --- - Published: 2024-10-31 - Modified: 2024-10-31 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/10/31/england-u19-cricket-call-up-for-alex-f/ - Categories: Cricket, Sport Congratulations to Alex F. who has been named in the England Cricket U19 squad for an upcoming training camp in South Africa. Alex is also part of the Surrey Cricket Academy. A brilliant achievement, well done Alex! --- - Published: 2024-10-29 - Modified: 2024-10-31 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/10/29/showcasing-cranleigh-sport/ - Categories: Sport The exterior of our swimming pool and sports centre now feature photos showcasing the breadth of sport here at Cranleigh, with pupils past and present. We are very proud of our pupils dedication to sport at Cranleigh, so it is only right to showcase this in the places where they learn to be the best they can. --- - Published: 2024-10-18 - Modified: 2024-10-18 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/10/18/house-drama-competition/ - Categories: Drama This week saw the first annual House Drama Competition take place. The theme this year was taken from a quote by Walt Disney ‘the past can hurt. You can either run from it or learn from it’. The plays were completely student led with the directing, casting and design all driven by the Sixth Form directors. To put on a play in 5 weeks is a huge undertaking and it has been clear that many skills have been gained by all involved from leadership, creativity, patience, team work and resilience. All houses took part in their affiliated pairs with North/West performing ‘DNA’, Martlet/East performing ‘The IT’, South/Cubitt ‘Animal Farm’ and Loveday/Rhodes performing ‘12 Angry Jurors’. On Thursday evening there was a formal awards ceremony. Congratulations to the following winners: Best Design: Teddy B. and Harry C. lighting design for The IT. Rising Star award: Hafiz A. Best Supporting Actor: Max V. G. Best Supporting Actress: Olivia P. Best Actor- Ted S. Best Actress- Coco K. Best Directors- Lucy S. and Amy L. for 12 Angry Jurors Judges Commendation for best comedy scene- Ruby P. , Katie A. , Kitty W. , and Alfie B. , Overall best production: East/Martlet - The IT Well done to everybody involved! --- - Published: 2024-10-17 - Modified: 2024-10-17 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/10/17/upper-sixth-music-award-holders-concert/ - Categories: Music Our current Upper Sixth Music Award holders are collectively the most talented cohort I have seen at Cranleigh in twenty-five years. They have inspired each other during their time here, achieving significant personal milestones (possessing several Diplomas and multiple Grade 8 distinctions, in and amongst numerous wonderful concert performances) but they support each other, and the warmth in the room on Friday night ensured that this first concert of the year was a truly celebratory affair, as well as being a concert of the highest quality. Some of these young musicians have been with us since the age of 7 (at Cranleigh Prep School), and are now mature and sophisticated young artists and performers capable of a great range of expression; they possess notable technical control, and an ability to communicate with their audience with genuine passion for what they do. A rich and varied programme began with a mellifluous performance of Grieg’s Sarabande given by the Chapel Brass, two of whom’s members later also gave stirring renditions of concertos for their respective instruments, and showcasing the full dynamic and tonal range that they are capable of; Rafe B. on the trumpet (Larsson’s Concertino), and Patrick A. on the trombone (Elizabeth Raum’s Concerto for Bass Trombone). Raeph A. gave a sensitive account of Weber’s Bassoon Concerto, and Charlie M. performed Sibelius’s Mazurka with just the right amount of panache. Both performers successfully found the intimate moments, and contrasted these with moments of fire and energy, and were alive to the... --- - Published: 2024-10-11 - Modified: 2024-10-11 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/10/11/northern-lights-seen-again-over-cranleigh/ - Categories: Cranleigh Environmental Action Group On Friday 111th October, the Northern Lights, also known as Aurora Borealis, were visible once again across the UK, including Cranleigh! Our Head of Environmental Education, Mr Phil Leamon, has explained more about this magical sight: What are the Northern Lights? The Northern Lights - or Aurora Borealis - appear as bright, swirling ‘curtains’ or patterns of lights in the night sky and range in colour from green to pink and scarlet. It is caused by charged particles ejected from the sun hitting gases in the Earth's atmosphere. (They have travelled 93 million miles to get here, taking typically two days to make this journey. ) The colours occur due to different gases in the Earth's atmosphere being energised by the charged particles. The two most common gases in the Earth's atmosphere are nitrogen and oxygen. Oxygen atoms glow green - the colour most often seen in the Northern Lights, while nitrogen atoms emit purple, blue and pink. The most impressive auroras occur when the Sun emits really large clouds of particles called "coronal mass ejections". We are approaching “Solar maximum” where the sun’s activity is at its most powerful. This happens on an approximately 11 year cycle and is due around next year. --- - Published: 2024-10-10 - Modified: 2024-11-13 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/10/10/charlottes-rugby-success/ - Categories: Rugby, School News Many congratulations to Charlotte B. who has been selected to take part in the England Rugby Player Development Group (PDG) and the England U18 Rugby Camp during half term. It aims to provide a development experience that supports high-potential players transition onto their adult rugby journey. Charlotte has been involved in a variety of sport at Cranleigh, playing hockey and cricket, and providing 1-1/small unit skills work with the 1st XV team. Charlotte will also be training with the Boys 1st VII squad during the Lent term on a full time basis. Whilst Charlotte was a pupil at Cranleigh Prep School, she was a key member of the U11A rugby team and it has been wonderful to see her continue to pursue her passion in the sport. Many congratulations Charlotte and good luck! --- - Published: 2024-10-09 - Modified: 2024-11-13 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/10/09/organ-outreach-event/ - Categories: Music On Tuesday morning, we held our fifth annual Organ Outreach event, and were delighted to welcome a group of pupils from Feltonfleet School to enjoy listening to and playing the wonderful Mander organ in the Chapel. None of the pupils had played an organ before, most of them being pianists who were clearly enthusiastic to “have a go” on the instrument. After an introduction and short demonstration from Mr. Scriven, each of the children took it in turn to play their prepared piano pieces on the organ, and to discover what a totally different feel and character the two instruments have. The Chapel organ has a terrific reputation both locally and nationally, and it is always a joy to see the looks of pleasure and surprise on the faces of visitors who come and play it for the first time. --- - Published: 2024-10-08 - Modified: 2024-10-08 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/10/08/carnatic-nomad/ - Categories: Concert, Music On Friday 4th October, Cranleigh Music welcomed renowned violinist, Dr Jyotsna Srikanth MBE, to present a workshop for our music award holders, followed by an evening concert titled ‘Carnatic Nomad’. ‘Carnatic’ music is the music of southern India: one of the oldest living systems of classical music in the world. Some of the compositions featured by Dr Srikanth were around 500 years old, and the mix of traditional and contemporary compositions opened our eyes and ears to new scales (raga) derived from the ‘Mēḷakartā’ system, rhythmic cycles (tala) and the interaction between ‘fixed’ composition and improvisation. The music was underpinned by the percussive accompaniment of a double-headed drum (mridangam), percussive vocalisations (a sort of Carnatic beat-boxing), and a single drone note (produced by a tanpura), creating cohesion throughout the programme. It was refreshing for our award holders to explore such an unfamiliar stylistic framework, and for our string players to have a breather from the technical stipulations of western classical music in order to practically explore Indian techniques, such as approaches to sliding between notes (glissando), and new scale patterns which are the basis for Dr Srikanth’s melodic improvisation. All the musicians present were in awe of the seemingly effortless virtuosity demonstrated by this duo, and the vibrancy and colourful expressive scope of Carnatic music. By Mr Kevin Weaver, Head of Strings --- - Published: 2024-10-07 - Modified: 2024-10-07 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/10/07/riding-success-2/ - Categories: Riding The Equestrian team have had a fabulous few weeks and are now making their final preparations for the NSEA National Championships taking place over the first weekend of half term. We will once again be strongly represented and particular congratulations should go to Madeleine R. and Tara M. who have both picked up individual qualifications since the start of term to add to our team qualifications. In addition Madeleine’s hard work and commitment has been recognised in her being awarded her School Equestrian colours this week. Outside of school riding, Anya M. has qualified for the finals of the British Show Jumping Amateur Championships which takes place at Aintree in November. We wish all our riders the best of luck. --- - Published: 2024-10-02 - Modified: 2024-10-02 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/10/02/gcse-and-a-level-music-composition-workshop-korros-ensemble/ - Categories: Music On Monday this week, the music department welcomed the excellent ensemble KORROS (flute, clarinet and harp) to give a composition workshop to our A-Level and GCSE music students. The workshop covered writing for the instruments, hearing them play some existing repertoire and then exploring the first compositional ideas of three Upper Sixth student’s pieces that, in recent weeks, they have been working on in class. Now, Maisie B. , Richard E. and Ted S. will continue writing their pieces before a follow up workshop on the nearly completed pieces and a recording session/concert of the final work. This will then also be submitted as part of their NEA portfolio. The student’s work was excellent and the workshop provided really positive advice and support as they now develop their ideas and aim for top marks in their exams. --- - Published: 2024-09-24 - Modified: 2024-09-24 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/09/24/a-dazzling-evening-of-house-performances/ - Categories: Dance, Drama Many congratulations to our pupils for providing and leading such a fantastic evening of House Performances. In what was a dazzling, fun-packed, exciting evening, pupils worked incredibly hard within their paired houses to choreograph show-stopping performances (both song and dance) for their peers. An annual event thoroughly enjoyed and anticipated by everyone in the School and demonstrates the power of House spirit and importance of working within a team. A fabulous way to begin term. Take a look at the photo gallery for highlights. --- - Published: 2024-09-20 - Modified: 2024-09-24 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/09/20/business-studies-talk-with-george-carson-from-y1-sport-insights-on-thriving-in-a-competitive-market/ - Categories: Academic, Business Studies On Friday 13th September, the Business Studies Department welcomed George Carson, Y1 Sport, to deliver an insightful talk to students about starting and growing a business in the highly competitive sports industry. The students were offered a unique opportunity to learn first-hand about the entrepreneurial journey and how to succeed in a fast-paced and ever-evolving market. --- - Published: 2024-09-19 - Modified: 2024-09-19 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/09/19/pupils-take-part-in-the-cambridge-chemistry-challenge/ - Categories: Academic, Chemistry, Science At the end of the summer term, three of our current Upper Sixth students participated in an optional 90-minute Chemistry exam alongside 13,000 of the highest-achieving pupils across the UK. The Cambridge Chemistry Challenge is designed to stretch and challenge students with a keen interest in Chemistry, encouraging them to engage with the subject in a manner reflective of university-level study. We are pleased to announce that Brandon G. , has been awarded the Gold Award, placing in the top 11% of participants nationwide. Daisy B. received the Silver Award, while Christian C. earned the Copper Award. Congratulations to all three students on their impressive achievements! Their certificates were presented by Mrs Price during Tuesday’s assembly. --- - Published: 2024-09-18 - Modified: 2024-09-19 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/09/18/upper-sixth-pupil-writes-a-book-on-relativity/ - Categories: Academic, Science Ivan S. , Upper Sixth, has received the first Head’s commendation of this academic year. Ivan is a keen student of Physics and spent the summer researching relativity, a topic outside the current A-Level syllabus. Having read the Oxford University Press ‘Very Short Introductions’ series, he decided to have a go at writing his own. A member of Cubitt House, Ivan joined Cranleigh in the summer term of the Lower Fifth, learning in his third language was a challenge, but his impressive work ethic meant that he was soon excelling in the sciences. Ivan, who also studies Chemistry, Maths and Further Maths is hoping to study Physics at Oxford University next year. The intellectual curiosity he has demonstrated this summer should stand him in very good stead. --- - Published: 2024-09-17 - Modified: 2024-09-19 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/09/17/boarders-and-day-pupils-head-to-go-ape/ - Categories: Trips Both our boarders and day pupils enjoyed a fun packed tree top adventure at Go Ape over the weekend. A chance to spend time outdoors, have some fun in a new setting and enjoy spending time together with different houses. --- - Published: 2024-09-16 - Modified: 2024-09-19 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/09/16/bella-s-installed-as-guildford-cathedrals-head-chorister/ - Categories: Music On Sunday 15th September, Bella S. was installed as Head Chorister at Guildford Cathedral. Bella sung a solo in the mass. A very impressive achievement, congratulations Bella! --- - Published: 2024-09-13 - Modified: 2024-09-20 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/09/13/golf-team-secure-first-trophy-of-the-season/ - Categories: Golf The golf team brought home the first trophy of the term with a strong performance in the West Sussex GC Schools Invitation event. From a field of 16 schools competing both of the Cranleigh pairs scored well and came away with the team handicap prize, scoring 65 points in total. The team was: James M. , James R. , Jack H. and Jonny S. Congratulations to all involved! --- - Published: 2024-09-09 - Modified: 2024-09-19 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/09/09/national-and-international-hockey-success-for-pupils/ - Categories: Hockey Over the summer, a number of Cranleigh pupils represented both their countries and their clubs. Matt H. and Alec CJ. played for England U 16s in a number of tournaments and both of them captained the side for various matches. In the 4-nations they beat Belgium 2-1 and Scotland 4-2 before succumbing to a strong German side. Luisa C. represented Wales U 16s for the first time and travelled to Croatia for their Euro tournament. Dexter G. and Josh H. played for the successful Guildford Talent Academy in the TA Festival in Nottingham at the end of July. Luisa C. , Sophie L. , Daisy M. and Kitty S. represented Guildford HC in the Mercia Cup at Malvern where they came a very creditable runner-up to the UK Lions. Well done to all of them. --- - Published: 2024-09-06 - Modified: 2024-09-20 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/09/06/summer-holiday-renovations/ - Categories: School News Over the summer holidays, there was a variety of different projects ongoing to maintain and renovate major areas of the School: --- - Published: 2024-09-05 - Modified: 2024-09-05 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/09/05/old-cranleighan-greg-slade-wins-silver-medal-in-the-paralympics/ - Categories: Sport Huge congratulations to Old Cranleighan Greg Slade who with Andy Lapthorne has won a silver medal in the 2024 Paralympics in Wheelchair Tennis Quad Doubles. We are immensely proud of them both and have thoroughly enjoyed watching Greg excel in his career in wheelchair tennis during his time at Cranleigh and Cranleigh Prep School . Wishing them the best in everything they do moving forward. Photo credits to ITF Tennis. --- - Published: 2024-09-04 - Modified: 2024-09-24 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/09/04/upper-sixth-pupil-archie-shares-his-experience-on-a-ccf-adventure-course/ - Categories: CCF News Upper Sixth pupil Archie L. , has written about the Kayaking Foundation course he participated in over the summer holidays: At the end of the summer holidays, I had the opportunity to travel to the Halton Cadet Centre for Adventurous Training (CCAT) through the school's CCF programme, which allowed me to carry out this course as a cadet. Each year the UK Army Cadets designate certain dates in the school holidays for cadets to sign up, at a very discounted price, to a huge variety of sporting courses at the two Army camps they use in the UK. These are at Halton, in Lancaster, and Capel in Snowdonia. I had originally been looking at activity courses I could do as part of my DofE gold residential award. Through Major Money, I was able to look at doing one of these courses at a CCAT centre during the summer. I signed up for the Inland Kayak Foundation course, a five-day course covering the basics of kayaking, and staying at the Halton army training camp, within the Lake District. During my time there a few other courses were taking place, on and off the water, such as stand-up paddle boarding and caving, and the groups for each activity were made up of around six people, cadets and adults. What I hadn’t thought about when I got there was that the trip encapsulates everyone from around the UK, from CCF contingents, as well as the Army Cadet Force (ACF) who did their military... --- - Published: 2024-09-03 - Modified: 2024-09-20 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/09/03/highlighting-the-awards-cranleigh-is-shortlisted-for/ - Categories: School News We are incredibly proud of the excellence of every area of life in our School, and thrilled to see it being recognised. We are delighted to share the current awards Cranleigh is shortlisted for and their respective categories: - Independent School of the Year for Performing Arts The Independent School Parent awards have recognised our Performing Arts provision, in particular the last academic year which saw our school musical of West Side Story. - Thinking Beyond the Curriculum The Talk Education awards have recognised our focus to put thinking at the heart of our approach to deeper learning. - Charitable Work Champion The School House Magazine awards have recognised our partnership between Beyond Ourselves and Cranleigh, as well as the charitable work Cranleigh provides in the local community. We are excited to see what is next for Cranleigh over the next academic year. --- - Published: 2024-08-29 - Modified: 2024-08-29 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/08/29/talk-education-awards-finalists-for-thinking-beyond-the-curriculum/ - Categories: Academic, School News We are delighted to share that Cranleigh has been been announced as a Finalist in the Talk Education Innovation in Education Awards 2024 in the Thinking Beyond the Curriculum category. --- - Published: 2024-08-22 - Modified: 2024-08-22 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/08/22/gcse-results-2024/ - Categories: Academic We are pleased to report excellent GCSE results, with 19 per cent of all grades a 9 and 45 per cent of all grades being 9/8. 99 per cent of students gained five or more GCSEs graded 9-4 and 70 per cent of all pupils achieved 9-7 in the core subjects of Maths and English. Deputy Head Academic, Mr David Boggitt, said: “This year has performed superbly well. They committed themselves to their studies and supported one another brilliantly. We're looking forward to welcoming them back to Sixth Form life soon. ” In this year's public exams, 55% of the cohort achieved seven or more grades 9-7 and 37% of the cohort achieved an outstanding nine or more grades 9-7. 11 pupils achieved all 9-8 and Cranleigh's most common grade was a grade 8. Cranleigh's LAMDA students also excelled themselves this year with a superb set of results across grades 5 to 8. These included awards for solo and duo Acting, Speaking in Public and Speaking Verse and Prose. The exam takes place in the final week of the Summer and is the culmination of months of preparation and weekly lessons. Distinction was awarded to 98% of the students who took the exam, with 8 students awarded a distinction grade 8 gold medal. To put this into context, this is the equivalent of 30 UCAS points. Director of Drama, Mrs Emily McGhee, said "We are hugely proud of the students and staff for the consistent hard work involved to create... --- - Published: 2024-08-15 - Modified: 2024-08-15 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/08/15/a-level-results-2024/ - Categories: Academic, School News We are delighted to report another good year of A-Level results, with 14 per cent of students achieving the top A* grade, 43 per cent of grades at A*-A, 78 per cent of grades at A*-B and an overall pass rate of 100 per cent. The Sixth Formers performed extremely well, 38 per cent of students gaining A*/A in two or more subjects, and well over half of the cohort achieving all A*-B. Huge congratulations to the five pupils who achieved all A*/AA, with Tom C. and Alice R. additionally achieving A* at EPQ and Tom a further A in Greek AS. Top performing subjects were Music with 100% A*/A and Economics with 76% A*/A. Mr David Boggitt, Deputy Head Academic, said: “Our Sixth Formers really committed themselves to their studies and supported each other brilliantly this year. We wish them them the very best in their future plans. ” Earlier in the year we announced another excellent set of Extended Project Qualification (EPQ). Most Sixth Formers at Cranleigh take an EPQ alongside studying for three A-Levels. The qualification asks students to undertake a longer piece of research culminating in a dissertation style essay or the production of an artefact. It’s now widely used as a preparation for university learning by schools and sixth form centres across the country. This year student projects ranged from the interpretation of a famous painting in the form of a cake to the design of a set of costumes for a school play. The... --- - Published: 2024-08-12 - Modified: 2024-08-12 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/08/12/old-cranleighan-olympians-over-time/ - Categories: OC, Sport As the Olympic Games 2024 have come to an end, our current Old Cranleighan Olympians, Izzy Petter and Will Calnan have made our country proud. Congratulations to you both! Take a look back through time at the Old Cranleighan Olympians who have been competing since as early at 1890! A big thank you for this snippet of Cranleigh history goes to Martin Williamson, our School Archivist, for his never ending knowledge of Cranleigh’s rich history and for continuously providing fascinating information about the School! --- - Published: 2024-08-08 - Modified: 2024-08-08 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/08/08/taras-success-in-british-eventing-youth-championships/ - Categories: Riding Tara M (Martlet, Upper Fifth) led the Southeast U18 team to success at the recent British Eventing Youth Championships at Bishop Burton International. An excellent dressage test put them in a good position at the end of the first discipline and then a clear cross country round inside the time left them as overnight leaders before the final show jumping round. Individually, one pole down relegated her to fourth place, an excellent result in itself, but the Southeast team were victorious, with an astonishing 30 points between them and the Scottish team who finished in second. Congratulations Tara! --- - Published: 2024-08-01 - Modified: 2024-08-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/2024/08/01/upper-sixth-pupil-molly-selected-for-the-scotland-u19-cricket-squad/ - Categories: Cricket, Sport Congratulations to Upper Sixth pupil Molly B-S, who has been selected for the Scotland U19 Cricket squad for the ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier. Molly and the team will play three matches against the Netherlands in Aberdeen over the next week, with the winners proceeding to the 2025 World Cup in Malaysia and Thailand. Best of luck to Molly and the team! --- --- ## Policy --- ## Vacancies --- ## Governors --- ## Events - Published: 2025-07-16 - Modified: 2025-07-16 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/the-band-of-the-coldstream-guards/ - Event Categories: Music In this, their 375th yer, this world-famous band will spend the afternoon working with our Symphonic Wind Orchestra and the CCF, giving a marching display during the afternoon, before a concert in the wonderful setting of the Chapel. A fabulous start to the musical year! For enquiries please email music@cranleigh. org or tickets@cranleigh. org --- - Published: 2025-07-16 - Modified: 2025-07-16 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/music-award-holders-in-concert/ - Event Categories: Music Our talented Music Award holders give the first of several concerts this year, featuring a variety of solo and ensemble performances from all year groups. For enquiries please email music@cranleigh. org or tickets@cranleigh. org --- - Published: 2025-05-08 - Modified: 2025-05-08 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/high-school-musical-2/ - Event Categories: Drama What time is it? Summer time! And time for this years Junior Musical High School Musical 2. Following on from the success of our 2019 production of High School Musical our current 4th form and L5th now take to the stage with rocking songs and action packed dance numbers like Fabulous and All for One. It promises to be an evening of feel-good entertainment giving you all the vibes to get you ready for summer! --- - Published: 2025-05-08 - Modified: 2025-05-13 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/high-school-musical-2-2/ - Event Categories: Drama What time is it? Summer time! And time for this years Junior Musical High School Musical 2. Following on from the success of our 2019 production of High School Musical our current 4th form and L5th now take to the stage with rocking songs and action packed dance numbers like Fabulous and All for One. It promises to be an evening of feel-good entertainment giving you all the vibes to get you ready for summer! --- - Published: 2025-05-08 - Modified: 2025-05-13 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/high-school-musical-2-3/ - Event Categories: Drama What time is it? Summer time! And time for this years Junior Musical High School Musical 2. Following on from the success of our 2019 production of High School Musical our current 4th form and L5th now take to the stage with rocking songs and action packed dance numbers like Fabulous and All for One. It promises to be an evening of feel-good entertainment giving you all the vibes to get you ready for summer! --- - Published: 2025-03-21 - Modified: 2025-05-08 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/jazz-quartet-concert/ - Event Categories: Music Ruth Williams (flute) leads her jazz quartet in a performance of Claude Bolling’s Suite for Flute & Jazz Trio. Featuring Tom Hollister (OC) on drums and Richard Saxel on piano. --- - Published: 2025-03-21 - Modified: 2025-05-08 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/cranleigh-live-3/ - Event Categories: Music The highlight of the year for our contemporary musicians! Our budding rock stars strut their stuff in an epic programme of hit songs! --- - Published: 2025-03-20 - Modified: 2025-03-21 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/korros-ensemble-concert/ - Event Categories: Music A fantastic concert of music for flute, clarinet and harp, featuring compositions by three of our A-Level students who have worked with this professional ensemble throughout the year. --- - Published: 2025-03-20 - Modified: 2025-03-21 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/helen-wareham-recital-competition-2/ - Event Categories: Music Our most advanced musicians give short recitals in our flagship competition, highlighting the breadth of musical talent in the school. Each performer presents a programme of their own choice, highlighting the department’s commitment to musical diversity. --- - Published: 2025-03-20 - Modified: 2025-03-20 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/sixth-form-open-mic-night/ - Event Categories: Music Contemporary music showcase concert. Tickets available from 30th April. --- - Published: 2025-03-20 - Modified: 2025-05-08 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/summer-concert-3/ - Event Categories: Music Our traditional summer celebration features some larger ensembles (including the String Orchestra and Choir), alongside some chamber ensembles. The beautiful surroundings of the Chapel host this celebration of classical music, followed by a jazz reception in the Emms Centre featuring the Big Band in a party mood! General admission. --- - Published: 2025-03-20 - Modified: 2025-03-20 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/junior-teatime-chamber-music-concert/ - Event Categories: Music The junior year groups present one of two showcase concerts - this one classical. --- - Published: 2025-02-26 - Modified: 2025-02-27 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/merriman-orchestra-the-chichester-psalms/ - Event Categories: Music The Merriman Orchestra and combined choirs perform Parry’s joyous setting of Milton’s Ode Blest Pair of Sirens alongside Bernstein’s masterful Hebrew psalm settings Chichester Psalms, under the direction of Dr Andrew Thomas. The orchestra also performs three concerto movements with UVI student soloists (by Rachmaninov, Barber and Raum) in a programme that highlights some of the Music Department’s leading musicians. View flyer --- - Published: 2025-02-07 - Modified: 2025-02-27 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/school-play-welcome-to-thebes/ - Event Categories: Drama “He put this gun into my hand and made me human once again”. Faced with an impoverished population, a shattered infrastructure and a volatile army, the democratic president of Thebes, Eurydice, promises peace to her nation. Without the aid of Theseus, the leader of the vastly wealthy state of Athens, she doesn’t stand a chance. But Theseus is arrogant, mercurial and motivated by profit. A swaggering opposition circles, impatient for insurrection. The body of the former dictator lies unburied. Set in the present day but inspired by ancient myth, Welcome to Thebes offers a passionate exploration of an encounter between the world’s richest and the world’s poorest countries in the aftermath of a brutal war. This show is suitable for those 14+ and contains strong language, haze, and scenes which audience might find upsetting. --- - Published: 2024-12-16 - Modified: 2024-12-16 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/winter-festival-royal-philharmonic-orchestra/ - Event Categories: Music Join our Winter Festival with our pupils playing along with Cranleigh Abu Dhabi this January-February. This first event is held at the Royal Festival Hall, South Bank, London. Music thrives on change: and for centuries, great composers have channelled the spirit of their age into music that shocked some and gripped others – but which has never lost its power to thrill. Vasily Petrenko conducts this explosive opening concert of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s new season, with music by Alban Berg, Beethoven and Stravinsky. Open to the public. Enquiries: music@cranleigh. org Music office: 01483 542009 Winter Music Festival Brochure --- - Published: 2024-12-16 - Modified: 2024-12-16 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/winter-festival-informal-concert-at-cranleigh-prep-school/ - Event Categories: Music Join our Winter Festival with our pupils playing along with Cranleigh Abu Dhabi this January-February. Our younger performers give an Informal Concert in the lovely surroundings of the Prep School Chapel. Young musicians from Cranleigh Abu Dhabi join our prep school pupils in what promises to be a vibrant, fun and entertaining concert. Open to the public. Enquiries: music@cranleigh. org Music office: 01483 542009 Winter Music Festival Brochure --- - Published: 2024-12-16 - Modified: 2024-12-16 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/winter-festival-art-music-lecture-recital-with-david-vaiani-richard-saxel/ - Event Categories: Music Join our Winter Festival this January-February. Paintings and piano music come together in this fascinating discussion. Both performers share a passion for History of Art, and will explore the links between Art and Music through a selection of paintings, in what promises to be an illuminating evening! Each challenges the other to come up with a work of art or piece of piano music to match! Open to the public. Enquiries: music@cranleigh. org Music office: 01483 542009 Winter Music Festival Brochure --- - Published: 2024-12-16 - Modified: 2024-12-16 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/winter-festival-baroque-concerto-concert/ - Event Categories: Music Join our Winter Festival this January-February. VIVALDI: CONCERTO FOR FLUTE IN D MAJOR, OP. 10, NO. 3 (IL GARDELLINO) BACH: CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN IN A MINOR, BWV 1041 BACH: BRANDENBURG CONCERTO NO. 5 IN D MAJOR, BWV 1050 This concert showcases two gems of the Baroque solo concerto repertoire from the current A-Level specification. The soloists then join forces with Philip Scriven for a performance of a much-loved concerto grosso from the present GCSE music syllabus. Open to the public. Enquiries: music@cranleigh. org Music office: 01483 542009 Winter Music Festival Brochure --- - Published: 2024-12-16 - Modified: 2024-12-16 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/winter-festival-lunar-new-year-celebration/ - Event Categories: Music Join our Winter Festival this January-February. A traditional Chinese Lion Dance performance and workshop for the younger pupils. Open to the public. Enquiries: music@cranleigh. org Music office: 01483 542009 Winter Music Festival Brochure --- - Published: 2024-12-16 - Modified: 2024-12-16 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/winter-festival-celebration-concert-with-cranleigh-abu-dhabi/ - Event Categories: Music Join our Winter Festival this January-February. A concert to showcase the talents of all our students, embracing all musical genres. Bands, soloists, classical performers and musical theatre singers all take to the stage in a celebration of global and musical diversity, and embracing the whole Cranleigh family! Open to the public. Enquiries: music@cranleigh. org Music office: 01483 542009 Winter Music Festival Brochure --- - Published: 2024-12-16 - Modified: 2024-12-16 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/winter-festival-senior-piano-wind-brass-competitions/ - Event Categories: Music Join our Winter Festival this January-February. Our Sixth Form performers in these three instrumental categories compete for the Cyril Dashwood Piano Prize, The Pat Dixon Woodwind Prize, and the senior Brass Prize. Each competitor will perform a piece of their own choice. Adjudicated by Miss Lorraine Wild; concert pianist and Director of Music at St. George’s, Weybridge. Open to the public. Enquiries: music@cranleigh. org Music office: 01483 542009 Winter Music Festival Brochure --- - Published: 2024-12-11 - Modified: 2024-12-11 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/senior-lunchtime-concert-7/ - Event Categories: Music Our regular lunchtime concert series begins with performances from pupils in the Sixth Form. All lunchtime concerts are free and open to members of the public. Enquiries: music@cranleigh. org Music office: 01483 542009 --- - Published: 2024-12-11 - Modified: 2024-12-11 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/junior-lunchtime-concert-11/ - Event Categories: Music Our regular lunchtime concert series continues with performances from pupils in the Fourth Form, Lower Fifth and Upper Fifth. All lunchtime concerts are free and open to members of the public. Enquiries: music@cranleigh. org Music office: 01483 542009 --- - Published: 2024-12-11 - Modified: 2024-12-11 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/senior-piano-wind-brass-competition/ - Event Categories: Music Our advanced performers in these three instrumental categories compete for the senior prizes. Enquiries: music@cranleigh. org Music office: 01483 542009 --- - Published: 2024-12-11 - Modified: 2024-12-11 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/junior-music-competition/ - Event Categories: Music Piano, Wind, Brass, Strings, Singing and Guitar. Enquiries: music@cranleigh. org Music office: 01483 542009 --- - Published: 2024-12-11 - Modified: 2024-12-11 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/junior-and-senior-drums-competition/ - Event Categories: Music The last of our competitions this term is a noisy celebration of the skills of our drummers. Each competitor performs with a backing track, so this will be a fantastic showcase for contemporary music. Enquiries: music@cranleigh. org Music office: 01483 542009 --- - Published: 2024-12-11 - Modified: 2024-12-11 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/rising-stars-concert-at-cranleigh-arts-centre/ - Event Categories: Music Cranleigh's classical and contemporary music stars perform a varied programme of chamber music, solo pieces, and band items in the inspiring surroundings of Cranleigh Arts Centre. Come and enjoy our local Arts venue, with its friendly bar and gallery. Enquiries: music@cranleigh. org Music office: 01483 542009 Get tickets --- - Published: 2024-09-05 - Modified: 2024-09-05 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/open-day/ - Event Categories: Open Event We look forward to welcoming you to visit the School at our next Open Day on Saturday 12th October. --- - Published: 2024-09-05 - Modified: 2025-05-13 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/open-day-2/ - Event Categories: Open Event We look forward to welcoming you to visit the School at our Open Morning on Saturday 14th June. --- - Published: 2024-09-05 - Modified: 2024-09-05 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/welcome-morning-december/ - Event Categories: Open Event We look forward to welcoming you to our small welcome morning on Saturday 7th December. --- - Published: 2024-09-05 - Modified: 2024-11-11 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/welcome-morning-1st-march/ - Event Categories: Open Event We look forward to welcoming you to our small welcome morning on Saturday 1st March. --- - Published: 2024-09-05 - Modified: 2024-09-05 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/welcome-morning-8th-march/ - Event Categories: Open Event We look forward to welcoming you to our Welcome Morning on Saturday 8th March. --- - Published: 2024-09-05 - Modified: 2024-09-05 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/sixth-form-welcome-morning-16/ - Event Categories: Open Event We look forward to welcoming you to the School on Saturday 21st September for our Sixth Form Welcome Morning. Deadline to register for 2025 entry - Tuesday 1st October Holistic Review Day - Tuesday 8th October --- - Published: 2024-09-05 - Modified: 2025-05-30 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/sixth-form-welcome-morning-16-june-2025/ - Event Categories: Open Event We look forward to welcoming you to the School on Saturday 7th June for our Sixth Form Welcome Morning. (16+ entry) --- - Published: 2024-07-24 - Modified: 2024-07-24 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/dr-jyotsna-srikanth-mbe-carnatic-nomad/ - Event Categories: Music In the first event of the new season, a world-authority on classical music from Southern India presents her programme (and new recording) entitled ‘Carnatic Nomad’, which charts over 500 years of musical development from that part of the world, and featuring music for violin and percussion. Enquiries: music@cranleigh. org or tickets@cranleigh. org Music Office: 01483 542009 --- - Published: 2024-07-24 - Modified: 2024-07-24 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/upper-sixth-music-award-holders-in-concert/ - Event Categories: Music Our exceptional UVI Music Award holders give the first of several concerts this year, featuring a variety of solo performances, and illustrating the depth of talent in their year group. Enquiries: music@cranleigh. org or tickets@cranleigh. org Music Office: 01483 542009 --- - Published: 2024-07-24 - Modified: 2024-07-24 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/junior-lunchtime-concert-9/ - Event Categories: Music Our Junior Music Award holders give a lunchtime concert of solo and ensemble items. Enquiries: music@cranleigh. org or tickets@cranleigh. org Music Office: 01483 542009 --- - Published: 2024-07-24 - Modified: 2024-11-11 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/something-familiar-something-peculiar-2/ - Event Categories: Music A semi-staged showcase concert given by those pupils who specialise in musical theatre. There will be something for everyone! Enquiries: music@cranleigh. org or tickets@cranleigh. org Music Office: 01483 542009 --- - Published: 2024-07-24 - Modified: 2024-07-24 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/junior-lunchtime-concert-10/ - Event Categories: Music A showcase for our younger musicians to perform solo items in a relaxed setting. Enquiries: music@cranleigh. org or tickets@cranleigh. org Music Office: 01483 542009 --- - Published: 2024-07-24 - Modified: 2024-07-24 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/senior-music-competitions-strings-voice-guitar/ - Event Categories: Music Our VI form musicians compete in three instrumental categories. Keenly contested, the competitions provide a hugely enjoyable opportunity to hear some great performances. Enquiries: music@cranleigh. org or tickets@cranleigh. org Music Office: 01483 542009 --- - Published: 2024-07-24 - Modified: 2024-07-24 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/christmas-concert-3/ - Event Categories: Music The traditional end of year celebration for our major ensembles, featuring performances from the Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Wind Band, Big Band, String Orchestra, Brass Ensemble and smaller chamber ensembles. Enquiries: music@cranleigh. org or tickets@cranleigh. org Music Office: 01483 542009 --- - Published: 2024-03-19 - Modified: 2024-03-19 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/cranleigh-live-2/ - Event Categories: Music The highlight of the year for our contemporary musicians! Our budding rock stars strut their stuff in an epic programme of hit songs! There are two shows at 5pm and 8pm. Tickets will be needed and will be issued nearer the time via www. ticketsource. co. uk/cranleighschool --- - Published: 2024-03-15 - Modified: 2024-03-15 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/ahmed-dickinson-concert/ - Event Categories: Music International solo classical guitarist Ahmed Dickinson Cárdenas presents an exciting concert of Spanish and Latin American music. View poster --- - Published: 2024-03-15 - Modified: 2024-03-15 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/let-me-shine-a-musical-celebration/ - Event Categories: Music In collaboration with the Simon Trust and Orpheus Trust, our Summer Concert is devoted to raising awareness of neurodiversity in young musicians, and will feature all the major ensembles plus young musicians from the Orpheus Trust. To include a presentation by legendary broadcaster Sir Richard Stilgoe. This is a non-ticketed event - please contact the Music department if you have any questions: 01483 542009 / music@cranleigh. org --- - Published: 2024-03-15 - Modified: 2024-04-04 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/arts-centre-concert/ - Event Categories: Music An early evening recital given by Music Award Holders in the Lower Fifth and Lower Sixth, alongside the CPS Lower School Choir. Solo and chamber music items showcasing the talents of some of our advanced pupils. Tickets are free of charge directly from the Arts Centre. 01483 278000 or https://cranleigharts. org/event/cranleighschool-showcase/ --- - Published: 2024-03-15 - Modified: 2024-03-15 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/junior-house-lunchtime-concert-3/ - Event Categories: Music West House musicians present an informal concert. All welcome. For queries please contact the Music department: 01483 542009 / music@cranleigh. org --- - Published: 2024-03-15 - Modified: 2024-03-15 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/junior-lunchtime-concert-8/ - Event Categories: Music Our regular lunchtime concert series gives our junior musicians the opportunity to perform in a relaxed setting. All welcome, contact our Music department if you have any questions: 01483 542009/music@cranleigh. org --- - Published: 2024-03-15 - Modified: 2024-03-25 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/bones-apart-wonderwomen/ - Event Categories: Music A vibrant all-female trombone quartet present an exciting programme of brass chamber music, which highlights works by female composers. See event poster --- - Published: 2024-02-06 - Modified: 2024-02-20 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/west-side-story-the-musical/ - Event Categories: Drama In February 1964 Cranleigh drama made the national press when it staged West Side Story, a radical move reflecting the changing times and the first amateur production of it in the world. Now 60 years on we are pleased to bring you our modern production of West Side Story. The show is on every night at 7:30pm from Monday 11th March to Thursday 14th March and there is a Gala Performance (by invitation only) at 7:15pm on Friday 15th March. Tickets are available via the link below: cranleighstage. wpenginepowered. com/tickets Tickets are priced at £15 for an adult, £12. 50 for concessions and free for current Cranleigh School and Cranleigh Prep School pupils. Before booking please note that, due to some adult language, the show may not be suitable for children under the age of 10. In addition, haze and strobe lighting will also be used during the performance. --- - Published: 2024-02-06 - Modified: 2024-02-20 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/west-side-story-the-musical-2/ - Event Categories: Drama In February 1964 Cranleigh drama made the national press when it staged West Side Story, a radical move reflecting the changing times and the first amateur production of it in the world. Now 60 years on we are pleased to bring you our modern production of West Side Story. The show is on every night at 7:30pm from Monday 11th March to Thursday 14th March and there is a Gala Performance (by invitation only) at 7:15pm on Friday 15th March. Tickets are available via the link below: cranleighstage. wpenginepowered. com/tickets Tickets are priced at £15 for an adult, £12. 50 for concessions and free for current Cranleigh School and Cranleigh Prep School pupils. Before booking please note that, due to some adult language, the show may not be suitable for children under the age of 10. In addition, haze and strobe lighting will also be used during the performance. --- - Published: 2024-02-06 - Modified: 2024-02-20 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/west-side-story-the-musical-3/ - Event Categories: Drama In February 1964 Cranleigh drama made the national press when it staged West Side Story, a radical move reflecting the changing times and the first amateur production of it in the world. Now 60 years on we are pleased to bring you our modern production of West Side Story. The show is on every night at 7:30pm from Monday 11th March to Thursday 14th March and there is a Gala Performance (by invitation only) at 7:15pm on Friday 15th March. Tickets are available to book via the link below: cranleighstage. wpenginepowered. com/tickets Tickets are priced at £15 for an adult, £12. 50 for concessions and free for current Cranleigh School and Cranleigh Prep School pupils. Before booking please note that, due to some adult language, the show may not be suitable for children under the age of 10. In addition, haze and strobe lighting will also be used during the performance. --- - Published: 2024-02-06 - Modified: 2024-02-20 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/west-side-story-the-musical-4/ - Event Categories: Drama In February 1964 Cranleigh drama made the national press when it staged West Side Story, a radical move reflecting the changing times and the first amateur production of it in the world. Now 60 years on we are pleased to bring you our modern production of West Side Story. The show is on every night at 7:30pm from Monday 11th March to Thursday 14th March and there is a Gala Performance (by invitation only) at 7:15pm on Friday 15th March. Tickets are available to book via the link below: cranleighstage. wpenginepowered. com/tickets Tickets are priced at £15 for an adult, £12. 50 for concessions and free for current Cranleigh School and Cranleigh Prep School pupils. Before booking please note that, due to some adult language, the show may not be suitable for children under the age of 10. In addition, haze and strobe lighting will also be used during the performance. --- - Published: 2023-11-24 - Modified: 2023-11-24 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/concert-series-forgotten-songs/ - Event Categories: Music In this 50th Birthday Concert, Richard Saxel is joined by rising-star soprano, Hilary Cronin (OC). Their programme includes the ‘Four Last Songs’ by Richard Strauss and Debussy’s highly evocative ‘Ariettes Oubliées’. In an innovative collaboration between pianist and artist, Mark Weighton presents his beautiful paintings inspired by Schumann’s ‘Woodland Scenes’. Tickets are required to be booked through the attached link. --- - Published: 2023-11-24 - Modified: 2024-01-24 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/junior-house-lunchtime-concert/ - Event Categories: Music Showcasing the talents of our musical pupils from East and Martlet in a wide variety of styles and genres. No tickets are required. This concert has been postponed due to illness. A new date will be announced in due course. --- - Published: 2023-11-24 - Modified: 2023-11-24 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/senior-lunchtime-concert-6/ - Event Categories: Music Our regular lunchtime concert series gives our musicians the opportunity to perform solo items in a relaxed setting. --- - Published: 2023-11-24 - Modified: 2023-11-24 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/music-competition-day/ - Event Categories: Music In a change of format from previous years, all the music competitions will run on one day. Audiences are invited to drop in to the Music Department throughout the day, to watch Senior and Junior performers compete for prizes in all instrumental and vocal categories. --- - Published: 2023-11-24 - Modified: 2023-11-24 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/house-concerts/ - Event Categories: Music In this new initiative, each of our affiliated boarding Houses will present a short concert of solo and ensemble items. South & Cubitt (7. 30pm) Rhodes & Loveday (8. 30pm) --- - Published: 2023-11-24 - Modified: 2024-01-24 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/junior-house-lunchtime-concert-2/ - Event Categories: Music Showcasing the talents of our musical pupils from North and West in a wide variety of styles and genres. No tickets are required. --- - Published: 2023-11-03 - Modified: 2023-11-06 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/performance-1-6-45-cubitt-south-house-play-the-boy-preference-by-elinor-cook/ - Event Categories: Drama Cubitt/South House perform 'The Boy Preference' by Elinor Cook. There are two performances: 6. 45pm and 8. 30pm. This link is for the first performance at 6. 45pm. Monday 13th November, Speech Hall. --- - Published: 2023-11-03 - Modified: 2023-11-06 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/performance-2-8-30pm-cubitt-south-house-play-the-boy-preference-by-elinor-cook/ - Event Categories: Drama Cubitt/South House perform ‘The Boy Preference’ by Elinor Cook. There are two performances: 6. 45pm and 8. 30pm. This link is for the second performance at 8. 30pm. Monday 13th November, Speech Hall. --- - Published: 2023-11-03 - Modified: 2023-11-06 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/performance-1-6-45-east-martlet-house-play-old-times-by-molly-taylor/ - Event Categories: Drama East/Martlet House perform 'Old Times' by Molly Taylor. There are two performances: 6. 45pm and 8. 30pm. This link is for the first performance at 6. 45pm. Tuesday 14th November, Speech Hall. --- - Published: 2023-11-03 - Modified: 2023-11-06 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/performance-2-8-30pm-east-martlet-house-play-old-times-by-molly-taylor/ - Event Categories: Drama East/Martlet House perform 'Old Times' by Molly Taylor. There are two performances: 6. 45pm and 8. 30pm. This link is for the second performance at 8. 30pm. Tuesday 14th November, Speech Hall. --- - Published: 2023-11-03 - Modified: 2023-11-06 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/performance-1-6-45pm-loveday-rhodes-house-play-the-39-steps-by-patrick-barlow/ - Event Categories: Drama Loveday/Rhodes House perform 'The 39 Steps' by Patrick Barlow. There are two performances: 6. 45pm and 8. 30pm. This link is for the first performance at 6. 45pm. Wednesday 15th November, Speech Hall. --- - Published: 2023-11-03 - Modified: 2023-11-06 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/performance-2-8-30pm-loveday-rhodes-house-play-the-39-steps-by-patrick-barlow/ - Event Categories: Drama Loveday/Rhodes House perform 'The 39 Steps' by Patrick Barlow. There are two performances: 6. 45pm and 8. 30pm. This link is for the second performance at 8. 30pm. Wednesday 15th November, Speech Hall. --- - Published: 2023-11-03 - Modified: 2023-11-06 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/performance-1-6-45pm-north-west-house-play-a-midsummer-nights-dream-by-william-shakespeare/ - Event Categories: Drama North/West House perform 'A Midsummer Night’s Dream' by William Shakespeare. There are two performances: 6. 45pm and 8. 30pm. This link is for the first performance at 6. 45pm. Thursday 16th November, Speech Hall. --- - Published: 2023-11-03 - Modified: 2023-11-06 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/performance-2-8-30pm-north-west-house-play-a-midsummer-nights-dream-by-william-shakespeare/ - Event Categories: Drama North/West House perform 'A Midsummer Night’s Dream' by William Shakespeare. There are two performances: 6. 45pm and 8. 30pm. This link is for the second performance at 8. 30pm. Thursday 16th November, Speech Hall. --- - Published: 2023-10-11 - Modified: 2023-10-11 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/developing-a-school-wide-approach-to-independent-learning/ - Event Categories: Course This day course will be of interest to all those who are concerned to develop independent learning on a school-wide basis. Questions that will be explored include: What are the starting points for developing independent learning? What techniques are successful at developing research skills? How can we develop the capacity of students to think for themselves? How can project work be embedded alongside GCSE and A levels, through EPQ, HPQ, FPQ and other programmes? How can we best utilize IT resources to support project work? Course leaders: John Taylor, Assistant Head - Director of Learning, Teaching & Innovation Christie Constable, Director of Professional Learning View programme --- - Published: 2023-10-03 - Modified: 2023-10-03 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/an-evening-with-natalie-fee-award-winning-environmental-campaigner/ - Event Categories: Lectures Cranleigh School is delighted to be hosting this event as our inaugural Christmas Climate Lecture. Natalie Fee is an award-winning environmentalist, author, speaker and founder of City to Sea, a UK-based organisation running campaigns to stop plastic pollution at source. An experienced presenter, film-maker and journalist, Natalie is a highly entertaining speaker with a fascinating story. Natalie was inspired to launch City to Sea after watching a film about the plight of albatross chicks and the devastating effects of plastic pollution. She started with a crowdfunding campaign and now runs a busy organisation of 30 staff. Award-winning campaigns include Refill, Europe’s leading free tap water initiative; Switch the Stick, our successful cotton bud campaign run in 2016/17 which called on all UK retailers to switch from plastic to paper stem buds, stopping over 400 tonnes a year of single-use plastic at source and ‘Plastic-free Periods’ which to date has directly reached over 4 million people and includes a schools programme currently being rolled out in the England and Wales. Tickets for this event are free, but must be booked in advance. We are expecting high levels of interest so please click here to book your seat: Book your free ticket ABOUT OUR SPEAKER In 2019 Natalie won the Sunday Times Volvo Visionaries Award for her campaign work with City to Sea, and in 2018 she was listed as one of the UK’s ‘50 New Radicals’ by The Observer / Nesta. In the same year the University of the West of... --- - Published: 2023-09-05 - Modified: 2023-09-05 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/an-evening-with-yomi-sode/ - Event Categories: Open Event We are delighted to be hosting award-winning Nigerian British writer, Yomi Sode, for a speaker event on October 4th this year. Readings from his powerful debut collection, Manorism, published by Penguin Press and shortlisted for the 2022 TS Eliot Poetry Prize as well as the Rathbones Poetry Prize, will be followed by a Q&A session. Tickets for this event are free, but must be booked in advance. ABOUT OUR SPEAKER Yomi is one of the most exciting and talented writers of his generation. A recipient of the 2019 Jerwood Compton Poetry Fellowship, he was also shortlisted for The Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2021. His acclaimed one-man show COAT toured nationally to sold-out audiences, including at the Brighton Festival, Roundhouse Camden and the Battersea Arts Centre. The theatrical adaptation of his collection had three sell out shows in October 2022. In 2020 his libretto Remnants, written in collaboration with award-winning composer James B. Wilson and performed with Chineke! Orchestra premiered on BBC Radio 3. In 2021, his play, and breathe... premiered at the Almeida Theatre to rave reviews. Yomi is a Complete Works alumnus and a member of Malika’s Poetry Kitchen. He is the founder of BoxedIn, First Five, The Daddy Diaries, and mentorship programme, 12 in 12. For more information visit https://yomisode. com --- - Published: 2023-08-07 - Modified: 2023-08-07 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/cranleigh-christmas-fair-2/ - Event Categories: Christmas, Cranleigh Foundation The Cranleigh Christmas Fair will take place on Saturday 4th November from 10am till 4pm at Cranleigh Prep School. This is the fourteenth Cranleigh Christmas Fair and we’re delighted to have put together a selection of fabulous stalls to tempt shoppers, with around 80 vendors already signed up, over half of them new to the event this year . Full details can be found on the Christmas Fair website, which will be regularly updated as the event approaches. The Fair raises funds for the Cranleigh Foundation, which provides transformational bursaries for children who have suffered trauma, such as losing the support of one or both parents through exceptional or tragic circumstances. Christmas Fair website Cranleigh Foundation --- - Published: 2023-07-11 - Modified: 2023-07-11 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/something-familiar-something-peculiar/ - Event Categories: Music A semi-staged showcase concert given by those pupils who specialise in musical theatre. There will be something for everyone... ! 7. 30pm in the Merriman Music School --- - Published: 2023-07-11 - Modified: 2023-07-11 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/christmas-concert-2/ - Event Categories: Christmas, Music The traditional end of year celebration for our major ensembles. 7:30pm in Speech Hall --- - Published: 2023-07-11 - Modified: 2023-07-11 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/senior-lunchtime-concert-5/ - Event Categories: Music Our regular lunchtime concert series gives our musicians the opportunity to perform solo items in a relaxed setting. 1:20pm in the Merriman Music School --- - Published: 2023-07-11 - Modified: 2023-07-11 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/junior-lunchtime-concert-6/ - Event Categories: Music Our regular lunchtime concert series gives our musicians the opportunity to perform solo items in a relaxed setting. 12:30pm in the Merriman Music School --- - Published: 2023-07-11 - Modified: 2023-07-11 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/junior-lunchtime-concert-7/ - Event Categories: Music Our regular lunchtime concert series gives our musicians the opportunity to perform solo items in a relaxed setting. 12:30pm in the Merriman Music School --- - Published: 2023-06-28 - Modified: 2023-06-28 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/cranleigh-live-funk-soul-sessions/ - Event Categories: Music A showcase of our outstanding contemporary musicians who perform a mixed repertoire of funk and soul classics from the 60s to present day. --- - Published: 2023-06-28 - Modified: 2023-06-28 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/music-scholars-in-concert/ - Event Categories: Music Our Music Award holders give the first of several concerts this year, featuring a variety of solo performances from all year groups. Enquiries: music@cranleigh. org or tickets@cranleigh. org Music Office: 01483 542009 --- - Published: 2023-06-28 - Modified: 2023-06-28 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/50th-anniversary-helen-wareham-recital-competition/ - Event Categories: Music Our top student performers each give a short recital, adjudicated by Professor Michael Dussek, FRAM. Note: this is a ticketed event. --- - Published: 2023-06-27 - Modified: 2023-06-27 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/music-teachers-in-concert/ - Event Categories: Music Cranleigh’s music staff have high profiles as performing artists in their own right, and showcase their talents in this concert. --- - Published: 2023-06-20 - Modified: 2023-06-21 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/4th-organ-outreach-day/ - Event Categories: Music Join us for our 4th Organ Outreach Day at Cranleigh School Chapel. For more information see the attached poster or contact our music department at music@cranleigh. org. --- - Published: 2023-03-30 - Modified: 2023-03-30 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/helen-wareham-recital-competition/ - Event Categories: Music Our advanced musicians each perform a ten-minute recital programme of their choice, adjudicated by Peter White; composer, conductor and ex-Director of Music at RGS Guildford. Held in the Merriman Music School at Cranleigh. Enquiries: music@cranleigh. org Music Office: 01483 542009 --- - Published: 2023-03-30 - Modified: 2023-03-30 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/parents-tennis-tournament-and-cricket-competition-for-the-cranleigh-foundation/ - Event Categories: Cranleigh Friends Cranleigh Friends are delighted to invite you to join us for a fun and social morning with a Parents’ Tennis Tournament in aid of the Cranleigh Foundation on Saturday 29th April. Entry costs £25 per person, which includes a delicious breakfast, and mid-morning refreshments. Players will be placed on courts with others of similar ability, to ensure that it’s fun and enjoyable for everyone. We also hope to run a six-a-side cricket match series alongside this, and are asking for expressions of interest for the cricket. Please note that this activity is not suitable for beginners. Players should have experienced playing at a reasonable school/club level, and have their own equipment. If you would like to take part in either activity, please complete the by Friday 24th March. Should you have any queries, please contact . We look forward to seeing you at the Tournament! --- - Published: 2023-03-30 - Modified: 2023-03-30 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/summer-concert-2/ - Event Categories: Music Our major ensembles perform the annual summer concert. Featuring the Symphony Orchestra, String Orchestra, Symphonic Wind Band, Big Band and various chamber ensembles. Held in the Speech Hall at Cranleigh School. Enquiries: music@cranleigh. org or tickets@cranleigh. org Music Office: 01483 542009 --- - Published: 2023-03-30 - Modified: 2023-03-30 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/andrew-thomas-flute-rachael-thomas-piano/ - Event Categories: Music Dr Andrew Thomas is something of a polymath; a composer, conductor, academic, baritone and flautist! Together with his wife, pianist Rachael Thomas, he presents a thought provoking recital of diverse music for flute and piano unified through common artistic strands as ‘mix-tapes’ with a few surprises included for good measure! Held in the Merriman Music School at Cranleigh. Tickets required – book now or contact tickets@cranleigh. org for cancellations or alterations to bookings. Music Office: 01483 542009 --- - Published: 2023-03-30 - Modified: 2023-03-30 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/fourth-form-teatime-concert/ - Event Categories: Music A showcase for our younger musicians to perform solo items in a relaxed setting. Held in the Merriman Music School at Cranleigh. Enquiries: music@cranleigh. org Music Office: 01483 542009 --- - Published: 2023-03-30 - Modified: 2023-03-30 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/lower-fifth-tea-time-concert/ - Event Categories: Music Our outstanding Lower Fifth musicians present a concert of solo and chamber music. Held in the Merriman Music School at Cranleigh. Enquiries: music@cranleigh. org Music Office: 01483 542009 --- - Published: 2023-03-30 - Modified: 2023-03-30 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/cranleigh-live/ - Event Categories: Music One of the highlights of the year, the ever-popular Cranleigh Live! returns as a showcase for the best in contemporary music. Bands, epic soloists, rock stars and superstar vocalists mark the end of the school year in style... book early! Two performances at 5pm & 8pm in the Speech Hall at Cranleigh. Enquiries: music@cranleigh. org Music Office: 01483 542009 --- - Published: 2023-01-03 - Modified: 2023-02-27 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/senior-lunchtime-concert-3/ - Event Categories: Music Our regular lunchtime concert series continues with performances from pupils in the VI Form. --- - Published: 2023-01-03 - Modified: 2023-02-27 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/music-staff-vmts-in-concert/ - Event Categories: Music Cranleigh’s music staff have high profiles as performing artists in their own right and come together in this concert to showcase their talents. Featuring solo and chamber music repertoire, this is certain to be a wonderful evening’s entertainment! --- - Published: 2023-01-03 - Modified: 2023-03-26 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/motown/ - Event Categories: Music Cranleigh’s contemporary music stars perform a retrospective of famous hits from one of the most influential record labels in history. Featuring songs by The Jackson 5, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and Lionel Richie, amongst others. This show promises to be a great night of music and dancing at Cranleigh Arts Centre! Book Here: https://cranleigharts. org/event/cranleigh-school-presents-motown/#booking --- - Published: 2023-01-03 - Modified: 2023-03-30 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/merriman-orchestra-choir-with-cranleigh-choral-society/ - Event Categories: Music The Merriman Orchestra and combined choirs perform Sir Michael Tippett’s moving oratorio A Child of Our Time, under the direction of Dr Andrew Thomas. The orchestra also performs Margaret Bond’s Montgomery Variations in a programme that highlights the Music Department’s commitment to diversity. Book Here: https://www. ticketsource. co. uk/cranleighschool --- - Published: 2023-01-03 - Modified: 2023-02-27 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/junior-lunchtime-concert-5/ - Event Categories: Music Our regular lunchtime concert series begins with performances from pupils in the IV Form and LV. All lunchtime concerts are open to members of the public. --- - Published: 2022-11-09 - Modified: 2023-02-27 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/neverland/ - Event Categories: Drama Follow the Second Star to the right this November and journey to Neverland, a place where dreams are real and the villainous pirate, Captain Hook has finally defeated his greatest enemy... time. Can Peter Pan find a way to unite the Neverlanders against the pirates and stop them from finding the heart of the island? And who will you choose to support in their quest to save Neverland? This immersive production puts YOU at the centre of the story. Visit the fairies in Pixie Hollow, swashbuckle with the pirates and swim with the mermaids as you travel through this unique production from Cranleigh School’s Drama department. For tickets click here --- - Published: 2022-09-07 - Modified: 2023-02-27 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/the-3rd-organ-outreach-day/ - Event Categories: Music Our Organist-in-Residence, Mr Phillip Scriven leads a workshop for aspiring young organists on the magnificent Mander Organ. --- - Published: 2022-07-15 - Modified: 2023-02-27 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/sixth-form-welcome-morning/ - Event Categories: Open Event To book please email Admissions: admissions@cranleigh. org Or call the Admissions Office on: 01483 276377 --- - Published: 2022-07-15 - Modified: 2023-02-27 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/sixth-form-information-evening/ - Event Categories: Open Event To book please email Admissions: admissions@cranleigh. org Or call the Admissions Office on: 01483 276377 --- - Published: 2022-06-30 - Modified: 2023-02-27 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/7-18-showcase-concert/ - Event Categories: Music Our annual 7 to 18 Showcase concert features soloists and chamber music from both Cranleigh schools, as well as performances from the Brass Ensemble, Chamber Choir and String groups. A fantastic way to kick-start the new musical year. --- - Published: 2022-06-30 - Modified: 2023-02-27 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/junior-lunchtime-concert-3/ - Event Categories: Music Our regular lunchtime concert series begins with performances from pupils in the Fourth form, Lower 5th and Upper 5th. --- - Published: 2022-06-30 - Modified: 2023-02-27 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/celebrity-recital-julian-joseph-piano/ - Event Categories: Music Acclaimed as one of the finest Jazz musicians to emerge this side of the Atlantic, Julian Joseph has forged a reputation beyond his formidable skills as a composer and performer and is universally recognised as a highly knowledgeable and engaging broadcaster, musical ambassador and cultural advocate. Book Here --- - Published: 2022-06-30 - Modified: 2023-02-27 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/senior-tea-time-concert/ - Event Categories: Music Our regular lunchtime concert series features performances from pupils in the Sixth Form. --- - Published: 2022-06-30 - Modified: 2023-02-27 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/cran-event/music-for-remembrance/ - Event Categories: Music A programme of music and poetry readings given by members of Common Room. One of the atmospheric highlights of the whole year, with a focus on reflection and remembrance. --- --- ## Departments --- ## Sports - Published: 2024-12-09 - Modified: 2024-12-09 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/sport/dance/ Dance at Cranleigh Senior School is an exciting and vibrant part of our growing arts provision, designed to inspire creativity, self-expression, and confidence in every pupil. With a brand-new, state-of-the-art dance studio at its core, the department provides an exceptional space for pupils to explore a wide range of dance styles, including contemporary, classical, and modern fusion genres. Our comprehensive programme celebrates the joy and discipline of dance, offering pupils the opportunity to collaborate with guest teachers from the professional dance world throughout the year. Pupils have the chance to showcase their skills and creativity in a variety of school performances, from dedicated dance showcases to high-profile senior school productions. The department also plays a key role in supporting Cranleigh’s acclaimed Drama Department, contributing choreography and performance expertise to stunning musical theatre productions. For those pursuing GCSE Dance, the department offers expert guidance and tailored support, allowing pupils to flourish in both choreography and performance. Individuality and artistic ambition are at the heart of everything we do, ensuring that every pupil is empowered to reach their full potential. Dance at Cranleigh is more than a subject—it is an exciting and enriching journey that nurtures talent, builds resilience, and inspires a lifelong love for the performing arts. --- - Published: 2023-02-16 - Modified: 2023-05-22 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/sport/rugby/ 138413 --- --- ## Events & Trips --- ## Cranleigh Matters --- ## Cranleigh Weekly News - Published: 2024-06-28 - Modified: 2024-09-16 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/summer-2024-outdoor-education/ - Categories: Cranleigh Weekly News, Outdoor Education The first DofE expedition of the year went out right at the end of Lent Term to the Ashdown Forest in East Sussex under the leadership of Mr Leamon. The groups started at the historic Bluebell line and were accompanied for the first day to Broadstone campsite. Day 2 was the longest day and the groups had to endure the wind and the rain. This all adds to the skills they learned and put them in a good place for their qualifying expedition in the New Forest during the Summer holidays. The Gold participants went to Dartmoor for their practice, although they did not see much of the moor as they navigated through fog and rain. Plans changed a bit due to the conditions but all took on the challenge with a smile and are looking strong for the summer expedition to South Wales. The Bronze DofE groups took part in training in the School grounds and learned a great deal from navigation, camping and preparing their own meals. We travelled to local farmlands to camp during the qualifying expedition and we are glad to say nearly 90 students passed this element of the award. Thanks to Ms Gibson for all the planning that went into this successful trip. Under Mr Statham’s leadership, kayaking has proved popular this term with regular trips on the canal, students have progressed their skills and have become competent paddlers. They have had the opportunity to try the K2 “wobbly” boats and we have one... --- - Published: 2024-06-28 - Modified: 2024-06-28 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/summer-term-2024-eco-round-up/ - Categories: Cranleigh Weekly News, Eco Summer is always a busy time for the Sustainability team but it’s also an opportunity to get outside and get our students really engaged with our beautiful grounds and nature. The term started with Lucy and Lola, two of our Sustainability Council visiting the Youth Action for Nature day at Surrey Wildlife Trust’s education centre in Nower Wood, near Leatherhead. During a full day they heard talks from young conservationists, learned how pond dip and identify various species and, probably the highlight of the day, learned about safely catching birds in a mist net for ringing. It was a fantastic day and the girls came back incredibly inspired. Soon after, it was time for Harry to hand over his Eco Prefect title to his successor Lucy S. , who has been an outstanding deputy this year was more than worthy of stepping up and taking on the role. I’m really pleased to announce that Tiana I. will be taking on the deputy role. We’ve also got a strong group of House Reps and so next year is looking good. They’ve already made the decision to move Eco Week to Michaelmas, which is bold and sensible, so I have high hopes for what they will achieve. Our whole School Open Day on 15th June brought a chance to show off all the amazing things we do and our wonderful Eco Tent, manned by Lucy and Tiana was a huge success, drawing plenty of compliments from parents and prospective pupils alike. Next... --- - Published: 2024-06-27 - Modified: 2024-06-28 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/summer-term-2024-ccf-round-up/ - Categories: CCF News, Cranleigh Weekly News During the Easter break the Cadets travelled to Lancaster to take part in adventure training for a week. Cadets were split into two groups for a two day round robin of activities which included Honister Slate mine, climbing and caving. At Honister slate mine in the Lake District Cadets had a tour, where they learnt the history of slate mining, followed by an adrenaline filled trip through the mine. Involving Via Ferrata, zip lines, crossing a bailey bridge that was 1000 feet up before jumping 30m off it. The climbers and cavers headed to the Yorkshire Dales. We started the day at Ingleton climbing wall where Cadets learned how to tie in and belay before climbing routes up to 6A grade belaying each other, finishing off with a bouldering session. After a hot chocolate and a calorie filled flapjack we drove to Long Churn Cave near Ingleborough Hill. The cave system is perfect for beginner cavers as it has a bit of everything; geology, abseils, tight squeezes (The Cheese Press), water and climbs. The original plan for the last day was to climb Helvelyn in the Lake District, however after following the weather and looking at options, we decided Plan D was best. New maps purchased, we headed to the area of Malham Cove for the NNAS assessment. A beautiful part of the country famous for its limestone pavements and a Harry Potter film location. This proved to be the right decision as the Cadets stayed dry. They all performed... --- - Published: 2024-06-27 - Modified: 2024-06-28 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/summer-2024-edi-round-up/ - Categories: Cranleigh Weekly News, EDI, Events, PSHEE The Summer term has had a number of notable challenges and successes with regards to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion here at Cranleigh especially when you set this against the uncertain political backdrop we are all working against. The Cranleigh Being student groups have been working tirelessly to support pupils and effect change and I am grateful to all the outgoing pupils for their contribution to Cranleigh Being. We held interviews at the start of the term and appointed Sophia L. as chair of the (re-titled) Cranleigh Being Pupil Group with Daisy B. as her deputy and we appointed Ella D. as the Diversity Alliance Chair with Alex H. as her deputy chair. The Being Pupil Group remains committed to raising awareness of sexism and violence against women and girls, promoting positive mental health and supporting anti-bullying in school next year while the Diversity Alliance is focussing on broad inclusion issues and intersectionality and, while the protected characteristic subgroups are still running, are focussing on meeting and running more events as a unified alliance group next year. There are many exciting projects for next year and I am excited to be working with this new team next year. EDI work is ongoing, and rarely ever completed, but it is nice when we gain recognition for the good work we are undertaking. This term we were re-awarded the Flair Silver Award for Racial Equity on the basis of our positive Flair survey data and interventions in place to support further change. In... --- - Published: 2024-06-21 - Modified: 2024-06-28 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/summer-2024-drama-round-up/ - Categories: Cranleigh Weekly News, Drama This term started off with a smorgasboard of productions from the A Level students as the Upper Sixth Form completed their Component 2 projects, this project consisted of seven productions of both scripted and devised pieces ranging in narrative and themes from the interrogation of the Euthanasia, the troubles in Northern Ireland to a farcical dissection of middle class preoccupations and complex extra marital affairs. We wish the students the very best with the results and are sure they will exceed expectations. The Summer term is always a busy and somewhat disjointed one and thus it is a feat in itself just to produce any co-curricular Drama at all, let alone a full scale over two-hour long romp of a production that we saw this term in the form of the Junior Play, The Muskateers. This large cast production follows the journey of the d’Artagnan and his fellows through the eyes of a young theatre group as they recreate a version of Dumas’s tale. The young actors played many roles in this ensemble piece of theatre and did so with real skill and dexterity, creating moments of joy, hilarity, and even some emotion at points. It was great fun to have such a light-hearted production on the stage and brought some comic relief within the busy exam season. Well done to all. As the term came to a close the final theatrical offering of the year was a Lower Sixth Form led production of Desdemona in the Afterlife a complex... --- - Published: 2024-06-21 - Modified: 2024-06-28 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/summer-2024-catering-redevelopment/ - Categories: Cranleigh Weekly News, School News Our main kitchens and servery are being completely refurbished over this summer and we are looking forward to welcoming the pupils back into a fresh new facility at the start of next term. Here you can take a peek at what it will look like. --- - Published: 2024-06-20 - Modified: 2024-06-28 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/summer-24-sport-round-up/ - Categories: Athletics, Cranleigh Weekly News, Golf, Riding, Sport, Swimming, Tennis When I was walking around the sports fields at the end of the Easter Holidays, after what was the wettest March and April the area had experienced in years, I had a sinking feeling that we would be lucky if we got any summer sport for at least four or five weeks! I was wrong and the summer term has been as busy as ever. I start with a huge thank you to the staff, grounds and pupils for the energy and enthusiasm that they put into the sport this term despite the challenging weather at times. We have had plenty of sport and due to the hard work of so many, we have seen success across the board. The Cranleigh athletics team enjoyed a successful season. A record number of pupils competed at the Waverley trials with nine of our athletes selected from that to represent Waverley at the Surrey Schools’ Championships in June. Our Saturday meets saw success both as a team and individually with the highlight being our home fixture where we saw twenty-five personal and season bests across all disciplines. Following a hugely successful girls’ and boys’ 1st XI tour to Sri Lanka over Easter, both teams have enjoyed a great season. The girls 1st XI reached the last 16 of the National Cup and secured a 71. 4% win ratio over the season. The U14A girls have also been highly successful with more girls playing this season than ever before, as well as winning 75%... --- - Published: 2024-06-17 - Modified: 2024-06-28 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/summer-24-music-round-up/ - Categories: Cranleigh Weekly News, Music The summer concert is always a highlight of the year, but this year’s iteration was exceptional; a moving celebration of neurodiversity in music, raising awareness of autism in particular. Featuring guests from two different centres for autism (Linden Farm and the Orpheus Trust), alongside speeches from Dame Stephanie Shirley, Peter Lawrence (OC) and Sir Richard Stilgoe, the combined performances of choirs, orchestras and ensembles were a life-affirming confirmation of the power of music and the creative arts to affect positive change in people’s lives, regardless of the difficulties they face in the everyday. Smaller concerts featuring a wealth of solo and ensemble performers took place in the local community and at school, with the Cranleigh Arts Centre hosting a particularly memorable evening in May showcasing the talents of some of our best musicians alongside the wonderful Lower School Choir from the Prep School, and House Concerts given at school by both East and West Houses. Our Music Department philosophy of embracing music by previously under-represented groups in society brought us a wonderful concert of original Cuban music for two guitars by Ahmed Dickinson Cardenas and Eduardo Martin, and later in the term a workshop for brass players and a memorable concert of music by trailblazing women, performed by the all-female trombone quartet, Bones Apart. Both events provided a wider lens on global culture, and an opportunity to hear and see exceptional professional musicians at close quarters. We welcomed back notable OC’s (George Wilkinson, Alex Tracey and Harrison White - all... --- - Published: 2024-03-21 - Modified: 2024-03-21 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/lent-2024-miss-wise-plays-lacrosse-for-england/ - Categories: Staff We’re delighted to announce that Classics Teacher and Assistant Housemistress (East), Juliette Wise, has been selected to represent England at the 2024 Home Internationals against Scotland, Wales and Czech Republic in Cardiff over the Easter break. This is part of the ongoing preparations for the European Championships this Summer, held in Braga Portugal. It’s the first international series of lacrosse in the UK since the announcement that lacrosse will be in the 2028 LA Olympics. Huge congratulations to Juliette and good luck to the team! Currently, the England Lacrosse team is entirely self-funded with players spending up to £10,000 a year on representing England and GB. Juliette is seeking individual and corporate sponsors, if you’re interested in a discussion about fundraising or team sponsorship please get in touch with Juliette (jrw@cranleigh. org). --- - Published: 2024-03-21 - Modified: 2024-03-21 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/lent-2024-edi-round-up/ - Categories: Cranleigh Being, EDI The Lent term has been an exciting term with some notable events taking place as part of Cranleigh Being. We started the term by receiving the results of the Flair ‘race in the school community’ survey that was conducted at the very end of the Michaelmas term. The survey results were very positive showing improvement year-on-year against the vast majority of key metrics as well as being above the baseline for comparable schools in the majority of categories. The survey also showed that we, as a community, are moving towards a fuller understanding of the effects of race and racism in wider society, but there is still significant work to do and there was clear demand for more training in this area from the action points and written feedback. In responding to this demand the school has partnered with ‘Rare’ and is now using its ‘Hemisphere Education’ training package on racial literacy and unconscious bias. It’s a well-researched and evidence driven piece of training that emphasises the continued importance of racial literacy and anti-racism work within schools. --- - Published: 2024-03-20 - Modified: 2024-03-21 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/74603-2/ - Categories: Art This term we showcase work from the Lower Sixth, who recently exhibited their work in the department. This exhibition features works created through experimentation and development, produced in workshops and dedicated project time across our studios areas of printmaking, painting, sculpture, and photography. View highlights gallery James Nairne, Director of Art --- - Published: 2024-03-20 - Modified: 2024-03-21 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/lent-2024-music-update/ - Categories: Music Much of the term has been taken up with preparation for the extraordinary run of West Side Story, which will have been written up extensively elsewhere in this magazine, but it is worth noting the contributions of six of our senior Music Award holders, who played in the professional band and more than held their own alongside professional musicians of the highest calibre. Rafe B, Patrick A, Charlie M, Richard E, Oscar G and Elliot E all contributed to what was the tightest band I can remember for any production. It is no coincidence that Dr Andrew Thomas was conducting; his musical direction is exceptional. Of course, many of our musicians starred on stage, and the work they have put in under the guidance of Mr Richard Saxel and their vocal teachers has been extraordinary. This was a show that will be remembered for many years to come. --- - Published: 2024-03-20 - Modified: 2024-03-20 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/lent-2024-west-side-story/ - Categories: Drama In 1964, Cranleigh drama made the national press when it staged West Side Story, a radical move reflecting the changing times and the first amateur production of it in the world. This term we celebrated 60 years of musical theatre with another run of shows. Our pupils, staff and dancers from Cranleigh Abu Dhabi worked so hard on what has been an incredible production enjoyed by many, including members of the original cast from 1964. Many congratulations go to the actors, tech crew, musicians and everyone else who helped behind the scenes, and thank you to all who came and supported it. It was a week that will go down in Cranleigh history. --- - Published: 2024-03-19 - Modified: 2024-03-20 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/lent-2024-sports-round-up/ - Categories: Sport The Lent term of 2024 will go down as the brilliantly busiest sporting term I can remember as well as the wettest! Each term our goal is to try and give all the pupils the best possible platform to love their sport and to improve. This term through the hard work of the pupils, coaches and support staff, I do feel it has been achieved. In a term where you could count the number of dry days on one hand, the grounds team has worked so hard to get pupils out there, a huge effort from them and I can’t thank them enough. The term so far sees over 240 matches and events across netball, boys hockey, girls hockey, rugby sevens, football matches, swimming, water-polo, fives matches, climbing competition, golf and equestrian. Throw on top of that house matches and national competitions, you can see how busy the pupils have been. --- - Published: 2024-03-19 - Modified: 2024-03-20 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/lent-term-outdoor-education-update/ - Categories: Outdoor Education This Lent term our pupils have achieved great successes in climbing and DofE. The term started with the boys inter-house bouldering comp. North came away the victors with top three places going to Adam L. (1st), Toby W. (2nd) and Max M. (3rd). Two climbing teams travelled to White Spider to compete in the National Independent Climbing Competition. 33 Schools and 206 climbers took part. The juniors came 11th and the seniors 15th in their divisions. The climbing was very hard and we look at developing our lead climbing, which we hope will put us in the running for future medals. --- - Published: 2024-03-19 - Modified: 2024-03-21 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/lent-2024-ccf-update/ - Categories: CCF During a wet and windy Lent term CCF mainly consists of preparation for the summer, with training held inside. A Method of Instruction Cadre (MOI) saw the Upper Fifth cadets taking part in a course teaching them how to be instructors. Mr Rayer organised a fantastic course which saw cadets teach the Lower Fifth lesson in navigation, fieldcraft and expedition - described by one teacher as “a brilliant, fun and engaging lesson”. The recruits got a lot out of it and especially enjoyed the Haribo treats that were awarded at every opportunity! This term cadets still had opportunities to shoot. Nine of the Lower Fifth learned the . 22 rifle and achieved marksman badges over two Sundays when we travelled to RGS Guildford to use their range. Congratulations to Jack S. who was top shot achieving a 50 out of 50. Ozzy L. , Scarlett G. and Emily R. qualified for the British Shooting National Final in the standing air rifle category after coming first in the South East. We travelled to Birmingham to compete against the best in the Country. I’m very proud to say all firers came in the top 20 and Cranleigh School came 4th overall. On the last weekend of term new members of the shooting team attended the OC training weekend. This involved theory training and fitting rifles before an early start on Sunday morning and a trip to Bisley with the OC Rifle Club. Cadets zeroed rifles at 100 yards, had lunch the “The... --- - Published: 2024-03-14 - Modified: 2024-03-14 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/cranleigh-network-business-forum-at-the-iet-london/ - Categories: Events You Are Invited To Join our Business Forum focused on Future Proofing Business & Harnessing AI. When: Thursday 18th April, 6:30 - 9:00pm Where: The Maxwell Library, The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2 Savoy Place, London WC2R 0BL What to expect: Drinks and Canapés Professional networking with the opportunity to catch up with old friends, and listen to a debate on the hottest topic in business. Dom Hammond (Cubitt 2001) will moderate a panel of three speakers for a short presentation and Q&A on how future-proofing works in their sectors: Andrea Sparke (West 1989), Managing Director, EMEA for Toppan Merrill James Mannix (2 North 1992), Global Head of Living Sectors & Head of Residential Development and Investment at Knight Frank Yemi Adegbite (Loveday 2002), Product & Digital Strategy Lead, Elsewhen Tickets: £12. 50, free to under 25s. Space is limited so please book early to guarantee a place. Click here to book: book tickets This event is being generously subsidised by Hardwood Ltd on behalf of the Cranleigh Foundation. --- - Published: 2023-12-11 - Modified: 2023-12-11 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/catering-at-cranleigh/ - Categories: School News Harrison Catering Services is immensely proud of our long-term partnership with Cranleigh School – we are a caterer committed to serving healthy, high-quality, delicious meals and providing industry-leading standards daily. As a family business established in 1994, Harrison is delighted to be serving your children; our vision is to encourage them to explore new tastes and make healthier food choices - we aim to instil a love and understanding of fresh, healthy food that positively influences children at school and throughout life. The catering team provides nutritious, balanced meals. As an award-winning company with an approach to using quality, sustainably sourced, seasonal fresh food prepared on-site and served by people who love what they do – our teams have access to: BRC-accredited, British-sourced fresh meat and fresh poultry Red Tractor accredited Block Cheddar Cheese UK, Free range eggs Dolphin Friendly Tuna Fairtrade coffee, sugar, and bananas Engagement and collaboration with stakeholders at Cranleigh, e. g. students, parents and staff, are critical – this ensures we obtain a clear insight into what influences them. So regular surveys, arranged by Cranleigh School, are an easy method to quickly gain valuable insights across the catering service. Comment boxes and a ‘you said, we did’ communication board, located at the site, also help to continually improve our offer, along with feedback through regular face-to-face meetings with the Head boy and Head Girl. We will also introduce regular termly meetings for parents to meet the school catering management team. If you are interested, please contact... --- - Published: 2023-12-08 - Modified: 2023-12-11 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/michaelmas-term-2023-art-round-up/ - Categories: Art This term we showcase work from across our different studios. We have included exciting pieces produced by the new Fourth Form (Year 9) as well as work from the Lower Fifth (Year 10) who are just starting out on their fine art GCSE course. --- - Published: 2023-12-08 - Modified: 2023-12-11 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/michaelmas-term-2023-edi-round-up/ - Categories: EDI This Michaelmas term has seemed like a long one and it seems a long time ago we were welcoming pupils back from the Summer holidays. Our new prefects and Cranleigh Being leadership team have hit the ground running and I have been pleased with the work of the various pupil leaders. The Pupil Wellbeing Group have prepared and presented a lecture on Male Mental Health and Social Media Influencers to the Fourth Form, Lower and Upper Fifth pupils which gives the junior pupils important time and space to consider these issues as well as the confidence to recognise and reach out when they need help. The Diversity Alliance groups have continued to meet on a weekly rota and attendance at those groups, particularly the recent Anti-Sexism Group, is steadily increasing. --- - Published: 2023-12-07 - Modified: 2023-12-11 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/michaelmas-term-2023-drama-round-up/ - Categories: Drama In light of an unconventional schedule adjustment this year, we made a significant shift in our allocation of resources, redirecting our focus from the customary whole-school Michaelmas Play towards the Lent Musical and the grand 60th Anniversary Foundation Fundraiser production of 'West Side Story. ' This alteration brought about a noteworthy transformation in the House Plays format, departing from the usual alternating years for paired houses. Instead, we embarked on an ambitious endeavour, presenting an all-encompassing festival of performance, where all eight Houses came together, collaborated with their respective pairs, and collectively crafted four remarkable House Plays, each of which was performed twice. --- - Published: 2023-12-07 - Modified: 2023-12-11 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/michaelmas-term-2023-sport-round-up/ - Categories: Sport The Michaelmas Term is often one that feels as though it has two seasons in one. The first part is played under warm sun, while the final few weeks you see sport played in wet, freezing, windy and often muddy conditions! This year has been no different and my first thanks must go to the wonderful grounds team who have worked tirelessly to maintain the pitches and enabled so many matches to go ahead. It is often hard to judge what is a successful term for sport. Is it statistics highlighting win ratios? Is it participation numbers? Or is it simply enjoyment levels? Subjectively speaking, I feel this term has emphasised a vast number of things that we as a school should be very proud of with our sport and therefore it really has been a huge success. Across the term we saw 55 teams playing several different sports in cups, block fixtures and tournaments. From a statistical point of view we won 56% of all matches across all our sports, with both Girls Hockey and Boys Rugby having 60% win ratios across all their teams. That is a great number as it shows that the programme is challenging our pupils on a weekly basis but that we are rising to it. Two of my personal highlights were the Girls Hockey and Boys Rugby participation numbers at senior level, where they have been the highest for a vast number of years as well as the number of senior girls and... --- - Published: 2023-12-07 - Modified: 2023-12-08 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/michaelmas-2023-ccf-round-up/ - Categories: CCF The start of term saw our new SSI, Lt Raynsford join the team and we soon had him diving head first into Cranleigh life with a Fourth Form team building afternoon. A baptism of fire for both sides. This year’s leadership team under RSM Ben B. have got stuck in straight from the start and their enthusiasm has been infectious to other junior and senior Cadets alike with the main efforts of the term which was preparing for the Village Remembrance Parade. Nearly 100 Cadets took part in the parade, either as members of the School band, readings, escorting and carrying the standard or marching up the High Street led by the RSM and Headmaster. All were a credit to the School, Cadets and Cranleigh Village. I received many compliments about their bearing and drill from some of the estimated 3,000 members of the public. --- - Published: 2023-12-06 - Modified: 2023-12-06 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/michaelmas-2023-design-technology-round-up/ - Categories: Design Engineering The second half of the Michaelmas term has been an action packed series of robotics events for the DE department. This kicked off with a prep schools robotics showcase event at the end of October to coincide with the VEX Robotics Girls into STEM campaign. Prep schools from around the local area all descended on the Cranleigh DE department for a fun filled day of building, coding and driving robots! Later in the term it was the turn of the Senior Cranleigh Robotics team to take to the field as they debuted their robot at the Simon Langton Boys School regional on 25th November. The team learned a lot from this event and made it through to the quarter finals and picking up a lot of interest in their robot from other teams along the way. --- - Published: 2023-12-06 - Modified: 2023-12-08 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/michaelmas-2023-outdoor-education-round-up/ - Categories: Outdoor Education As everyone returned to School three Gold DofE teams navigated themselves across Dartmoor from the South to the North finishing at Okehampton. The expedition involved some tricky navigation in poor conditions and a very wet wild camp on the moor. All the students performed well and enhanced existing skills throughout the journey. The last expedition of the season was during October Long Leave with a mixed team of practice and qualifying students. Again, the weather was unkind but all persevered despite being very much out of their comfort zone and losing an integral team member, Eddie, to an ankle injury. Bronze DofE training has gone off to a flying and very organised start under the leadership of Ms Gibson and her team of Gold leaders. We said a sad goodbye to Mr Pigeon before long leave and thanks go to the Art department who have stepped up to cover the training while we find a replacement. Record numbers of Gold students have signed up this year. All very keen, engaging and ambitious with the choices of expedition locations. Congratulations to Ozzy L. and Charlotte B. for completing the Gold award. Mr Jules Money, Director of Outdoor Education --- - Published: 2023-12-06 - Modified: 2023-12-11 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/michaelmas-2023-music-round-up/ - Categories: Music The Michaelmas Term is always busy, and has a natural rhythm to it. A slow start as pupils find their feet after the long summer break, some concerts before Long Leave as the tempo increases, and then a rapid accelerando and crescendo through the large set-piece events of Remembrance, Advent and Christmas. This term has seen the addition of some wonderful extra events, each of which have celebrated different musical genres, and added substantially to the generous musical offering Cranleighans enjoy, either as performers or audience members. October saw some wonderful concerts given by our Music Teachers, our Music Award holders, and an excellent Cranleigh Live, all with a huge variety of repertoire. During Long Leave, 17 pupils travelled to Cranleigh Abu Dhabi for a collaborative week with their international counterparts, and with the SOS Hermann-Gmeiner School from Ghana. In an extraordinary week devoted to the Performing Arts, and culminating in a complete takeover of the Louvre Abu Dhabi, where our pupils performed in unique spaces and around the priceless artefacts in the museum, Cranleighans immersed themselves in different global cultures and influences, ultimately producing some astonishingly original performances in music, dance and drama. November featured a programme of Senior and Junior Lunchtime Concerts, Remembrance Services, with the addition of a showcase for Musical Theatre performers, and December the traditional large-scale events for Christmas; a major ensemble concert featuring over a hundred pupils on stage, plus the Advent and Christmas Carol Services in the Chapel. Perhaps the highlight of the... --- - Published: 2023-06-28 - Modified: 2023-06-29 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/summer-2023-ccf-round-up/ - Categories: CCF, CCF News The contingent started off the Easter break with the military skills team competing against Cadets forces from the South East. Cranleigh finished mid table which was respectable, coming first on the air rifle stand. well done to RSM Sheikh for his leadership. Cadets then went straight onto a self-run camp at Crowborough camp. Activities included weapon training, an overnight camp in local woods under shelters taking part in survival training, axe throwing, a blank firing exercise and zombie hunt using bow and arrows. Cadets enjoyed running over the obstacle course and the Royal Army Medical Corps came to us to teach first aid with a very realistic scenario which tested their medical and leadership skills. Summer term means full bore shooting; this started with the OCs coming in to help with some training followed by a shoot at Bisley ranges. This helped the Cadets prepare for the 11 Brigade Target Rifle competition where some very good shooting from all saw us come third in the South East. Throughout the year the Cadets have been competing for the Inter Platoon trophy, donated by the local Royal British Legion. Congratulations Sgt Long and 2 Platoon – this year's winners by a long way. Six Cadets and Mrs T travelled to the Army Parachute Association to take part in the static line parachuting course. All preformed well and jumped from 3,500 ft controlling their parachutes to a safe landing. Cranleigh School is a target Sprint hub and we hosted the National series on... --- - Published: 2023-06-28 - Modified: 2023-06-28 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/summer-2023-edi-round-up/ - Categories: Cranleigh Being, Cranleigh Culture, EDI As the summer term draws to a close, and pupils are sitting their final exams, it strikes me that I am approaching the end of a challenging, but thoroughly enjoyable and very busy first year here at Cranleigh. Much of my work this term has been about consolidating and embedding the changes made to date and this will continue next year as we look to continue with the Cranleigh Inclusion Committee, the Surrey and Sussex EDI Leads networking events, and the Sixth-form peer mentor training. At the very start of this term we ran a process to appoint our Cranleigh Being pupil leaders for next year and I am pleased to announce that Lottie G. is the new chair of the Pupil Wellbeing Group (PWG) with Effie S. and Will S. as her Deputy Chairs, and Millie J. is the new Chair of the Diversity Alliance with Lily Z. as her Deputy Chair. The PWG has chosen to focus on ‘mental health and interpersonal relationships’ as a new focus area and continue to promote awareness around ‘consent and anti-sexual violence’ with these sub-groups chaired by Will and Effie respectively. I am grateful to Luke M. who is leading the Anti-bullying committee, which also sits under the PWG, and I am enthusiastic that this committee can offer another avenue for pupil voice to be heard in our school. EDI work is challenging, it is dynamic, and it is never finished, and I am proud that Cranleigh is taking a lead in... --- - Published: 2023-06-28 - Modified: 2023-06-29 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/summer-2023-art-gallery/ - Categories: Art Please see below a selection of art from this Summer term. --- - Published: 2023-06-27 - Modified: 2023-06-29 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/summer-2023-design-round-up/ - Categories: Design, Design Engineering, VEX Robotics It's been a great Summer term in the Design Engineering department. At A-Level our Design Engineering and Product Design pupils rose to the challenge, taking advantage of the open context allowing them to pursue projects tailored to their interests. This year contexts included: golfing training aids, aviation equipment, pet products, music equipment, sports injury management, maintenance equipment, bee keeping equipment and ergonomic solutions to support tea-farming workers. It was great to once again support such a breadth of projects across the year group. All pupils are to be commended for their impressive working prototypes. At GCSE, the Design Engineers once again produced numerous high quality NEA (Non Examined Assessment) projects full of technical rigour. The pupils explored contexts including protection, transport schemes and pet care to develop and propose viable design solutions through the iterative design process. The work produced continues to impress us all - the pupils should be proud of their achievements. Our Lower Sixth Design Engineers excelled this term by enjoying great success in the VEX Robotics Competition. The pupils learn the fundamentals of mechanisms, electronics and programming in the first two terms and directly apply this knowledge to build and program competitive robots. We entered two teams into the competition this year, 18650D and 18650E with both teams managing to secure places at both the National Finals followed by the World Championships, a fantastic achievement! It was a long road to success with multiple regional tournaments, including our own home event ending in narrow defeat in... --- - Published: 2023-06-26 - Modified: 2023-06-29 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/summer-2023-music-roundup/ - Categories: Cranleigh Weekly News This Summer term began with the Helen Wareham Recital Competition, which featured our most advanced soloists each giving a short recital programme. The diversity of repertoire on offer was notable, the standard of performance consistently high, and Oscar G. ’s virtuosic violin recital was worthy of the winner’s laurels. The following week was a showcase for all the major school ensembles, notably the String Orchestra, who performed Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins, with each of our advanced violinists (Charlie M. , Anna C. and Oscar G. ) performing a movement together with Mr Kevin Weaver. The first half began with an energetic rendition from the Samba Band, and also featured outstanding performances from the school orchestra under the baton of Dr Andrew Thomas, and the Brass Ensemble under the direction of Mr Dave Eaglestone. Nearly a hundred students appeared on stage, and our outstanding young string quartet and cello ensemble provided some high-quality chamber music during the interval. The Big Band have matured into an outstanding ensemble under the vigorous direction of Mr Dave Eaglestone, and they entertained magnificently in a rousing final set. Our two junior year groups gave teatime concerts either side of Long Leave, and selected musical theatre performers contributed performances to the Dance Show. These latter events reach their culmination in the eagerly-awaited student highlight at the end of term, Cranleigh Live! This has been brought together by the indefatigable Mr George Royall (with assistance from his successor Mr Joel Robinson), and features music from several... --- - Published: 2023-06-22 - Modified: 2023-06-29 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/summer-2023-sports-roundup/ - Categories: Cranleigh Weekly News The Summer term started with rain and waterlogged pitches but the weather improved and we have seen some wonderful sport. We have seen our playing numbers in tennis and cricket grow as well as successes throughout the whole sports programme. On any given day, if you stand on the bank near Bluett's, you might see girls' and boys' cricket, mixed tennis, pre-season hockey and rugby, pupils doing CranFit, athletes on the astroturf working on their speed, or pupils going for a run in their own leisure time. Our tennis programme had record playing numbers. Our 15C girls' team and 16B boys' team were unbeaten as well as the U18D mixed & girls' teams. Our cricket teams (girls and boys) won 65% of all matches with our boys 4th XI and U14C winning all their games. The 1st XI boys side had a wonderful season winning ten out of their twelve matches (with impressive victories over the likes of Tonbridge and Whitgift). There were five hundreds, which is the first time this has happened in one season. The 1st XI girls had a superb season winning 75% of their games and beating the MCC for the second season in a row. In athletics, we had 16 pupils qualify for the Surrey finals (which is the largest contingent we have had selected for many years). On that day we had personal bests as well as County champions. We had our first swimming gala which we hope will be the catalyst for more... --- - Published: 2023-03-20 - Modified: 2024-03-19 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/matters-news/edi-round-up-lent-2023/ - Categories: EDI As those of you who have had conversations with me will know, I am an unwavering advocate for equity, diversity and inclusion being at the heart of everything we do. Much like safeguarding work, EDI work equally supports the community, culture and strength of Cranleigh. At the start of this term I ran a staff INSET session on unconscious bias and asked the question ‘Does Unconscious Bias Training Work? ’ and did a similar training session mid-term for some of the bursarial heads. Spoiler alert, unconscious bias training has its uses, but I believe that it is more important to recognise the effect these biases have on the community and a higher priority is to make mindful interventions that have positive impact rather than just ‘be aware’ of our very human trait to hold unintentional and unavoidable biases. This idea of recognising and overcoming unconscious bias, as well as other adversity, were topics covered expertly by our guest speaker, Floyd Steadman OBE, who came in to speak about his life story to pupils, parents, and the public last month. Floyd Steadman is an inspirational speaker who spoke candidly about his younger life, his rugby career as the first (and to this date still only) Black British scrum half to play top-level rugby and first Black player to captain Saracens, he was also a teacher and first Black teacher at St. Pauls in London and the second Black independent school Headteacher in the UK. The talk was very well received and... --- --- ## Dedicated Community - Published: 2024-02-28 - Modified: 2024-02-28 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/dedicated-community/cranleigh-communications-podcast-3-mrs-fairbrother/ - Categories: Staff Welcome to our community podcast series. In this second podcast we talk to Mrs Fairbrother, Head of Safeguarding at Cranleigh School as well as Cranleigh Prep School. https://vimeo. com/905578478 --- - Published: 2024-02-28 - Modified: 2024-02-28 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/dedicated-community/cranleigh-communications-podcast-4-kasim/ - Categories: Uncategorised Welcome to our community podcast series. In this podcast we talk to Kasim, Former Head Boy at Cranleigh School. https://vimeo. com/905578537 --- - Published: 2024-02-28 - Modified: 2024-02-28 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/dedicated-community/cranleigh-communications-podcast-5-miss-staples/ - Categories: Staff Welcome to our community podcast series. In this podcast we talk to Miss Staples, Head of Admissions at Cranleigh Prep School and a former pupil. https://vimeo. com/905578566 --- - Published: 2024-02-22 - Modified: 2024-02-22 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/dedicated-community/cranleigh-communications-podcast-1-miss-chapman/ - Categories: Drama Welcome to our community podcast series. In this first podcast we meet Miss Chapman, a teacher of Drama and English. Find out how she came to work at Cranleigh School, what she did before and what lessons she has learnt along the way. https://vimeo. com/905577783 --- - Published: 2024-02-22 - Modified: 2024-02-22 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/dedicated-community/cranleigh-communications-podcast-2-mr-robinson/ - Categories: Music Welcome to our community podcast series. In this second podcast we talk to Mr Robinson, Head of Contemporary Music at Cranleigh School. Hear about his reasons for joining Cranleigh and what he loves about teaching music. https://vimeo. com/905577945 --- --- ## Culture Magazine --- ## Podcast --- ## Cranleigh People - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/chris-allison/ - Staff Roles: Bursarial Mrs Chris Allison is Head of Riding, responsible for the equestrian programme at both the Senior and Prep Schools. As well as co-ordinating and arranging when pupils can ride during School time, she is also responsible for our Equestrian Teams who compete successfully at NSEA competitions. She has a long association with the School, having taught English for 20 years as well as being Deputy Head of Admissions and also a Housemistress for nine years. She therefore knows the School well and continues to be passionate about all aspects of education, taking a particular interest in the Foundation as one of its Trustees. Both her daughters are Old Cranleighans. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/bex-barker/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: South - Subjects: Biology, PSHE Mrs Bex Barker is Housemistress of South and a teacher of Biology. Prior to Cranleigh she spent four years working in Kenya with her husband and their two children. Whilst there she began as a Head of Biology before becoming a Houseparent. She has also been a Head of Department at Bristol Grammar School and began her teaching career at Monkton Combe School in Bath. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/andrew-barker/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: South - Subjects: Further Maths, Maths, Supervised Private Study Mr Andrew Barker teaches Maths. He joined Cranleigh in 2014 having spent the previous four years with his family teaching in Kenya. He is an enthusiast for problem solving in maths, is familiar with the irony of ‘also-ran’ on the sports field both as player and coach, and is seldom seen without a mug of coffee. Mr Barker is married to Bex Barker (Biology teacher and Housemistress of South) and they have two sons who have studied at Cranleigh and are now at university. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/amelia-bartlett/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: Martlet - Subjects: Digital Literacy, English Miss Amelia Bartlett joined Cranleigh in 2019. She is an English teacher, a tutor in Martlet and an Assistant Head of University Admissions.  Miss Bartlett studied Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at the University of Cambridge, achieving a Class I degree, and went on to complete a PGCE at the University of Exeter, specialising in teaching English. She subsequently worked in state schools in Dorset and, later, at a school in China. At Cranleigh she is involved in the sports programmes for hockey and netball, as well as running the school allotment.   --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/jamie-bartlett/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: East Jamie Bartlett is the Head of Economics and Head of Academic Administration. Since joining Cranleigh in 2010, after 10 years at Deloitte Consulting, he has been a dedicated tutor in East, in addition to his teaching roles. Outside of the classroom, he is an avid coach for the school's tennis and squash teams, and a competitive player himself. When he's not on the court, you can find him on the golf course. He is also the proud father of two energetic children and a sleepy rescue cocker spaniel. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/pamela-bigg/ - Staff Roles: Teacher Mrs Pamela Bigg joined Cranleigh in September 2014. Previously she had worked as a Spanish teacher at several schools in the area, as a member of staff or as a peripatetic, teaching GCSE and A level as well as supporting students privately. She has ample experience teaching professionals and adults who are keen on learn the language for fun or for work, as well as young people for their school exams. Mrs Bigg was born in a small town in the centre of Argentina, then lived and worked in Buenos Aires for many years before coming to England and marrying Duncan. She has two sons who are both engineers. She loves gardening and travelling. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/simon-bird/ - Staff Roles: Senior Management Team, Teacher - Subjects: Spanish Mr Simon Bird is Deputy Head. He read Modern Languages at the University of Birmingham and has a Masters in Educational Leadership. After spells working in France and Spain, and teaching jobs at Taunton School and Hampton School, Mr Bird was a Series Producer for a film company specialising in business documentaries before returning ‘home’ to teaching at Cranleigh in 2002. Mr Bird was Housemaster of East House for six years before being appointed to the role of Assistant Deputy Head and subsequently Deputy Head. He continues to coach swimming and water polo, and is also a teacher of French and Spanish. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/denis-bloomfield/ - Staff Roles: Bursarial, Grounds Denis Bloomfield is Grounds Manager for both Cranleigh School and Cranleigh Prep School and joined in 2002, having previously had 22 years of experience in Groundsman ship/Greenkeeping within independent Schools and clubs within the community. Previously, when fit, he enjoyed playing football. Now his main relaxation outside work is trying to walk his two ageing dogs and supporting Corinthian-Casuals FC, plus watching international and county cricket. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/charlie-boddington/ - Staff Roles: Senior Management Team, Teacher - Subjects: Economics Mr Charlie Boddington is the Assistant Head (Co-curricular) at Cranleigh School. He has senior leadership responsibility for all strategic and operational aspects of the schools co-curricular programme, including all sport, music, drama and outdoor education. Mr Boddington also has responsibility for day to day scheduling and the termly calendar arrangements as well as being the Educational Visits Co-ordinator. Mr Boddington has worked at Cranleigh since 1998 and previously held the roles of Senior Housemaster and Housemaster of Cubitt, Head of Economics and Business Studies department and has co-authored a variety of Business and Economics revision guides. He continues to coach the full range of rugby, hockey and cricket sides from A to D teams. Mr Boddington completed a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership in 2015 and prior to teaching at Cranleigh completed a PGCE at University of London and a BA in Economics at Durham University. His family are very much immersed in Cranleigh life living on site and with their four children being educated at the Prep and Senior School. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/dave-boggitt/ - Staff Roles: Senior Management Team, Teacher - Subjects: HPQ, Maths, Supervised Private Study Mr David Boggitt is Deputy Head Academic. After graduating from Birmingham University with an engineering degree, Mr Boggitt spent two years doing research for the Defence Research Agency but over that time taught some undergraduate courses and realised that teaching was always going to be his love. After completing a PGCE at Warwick, he taught for five years at two schools before being appointed to Cranleigh as Head of Maths starting September 2001. He considers himself very fortunate to have been give further opportunities to progress at Cranleigh and was appointed as Deputy Head Academic, starting September 2014. During his younger, fitter days, Mr Boggitt played National League hockey for Barford Tigers and has previously coached Cranleigh's 1st XI hockey, but is now happy being involved umpiring school hockey at any level. In his spare time, Mr Boggitt enjoys travelling, playing some (very social) sport, socialising with friends and he cooks a seriously good chicken dhansak (his own words). --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/amanda-boxall/ - Staff Roles: Bursarial Amanda carries out the pre-employment/safer recruiting checks for all those coming to work at Cranleigh. This involves meeting almost everyone that has been offered a role and subsequently working through the admin tasks that follow this until the process is complete and the candidate has clearance to start work here. Amanda takes pride in ensuring that anyone joining Cranleigh is suitable to work with children Amanda also allocates training via VWVPlus, the School’s training platform; some staff prefer to complete this independently but Amanda regularly holds small group training sessions for those that may wish to attend and complete the courses in this way Outside of work Amanda enjoys spending time with her family and loves the outdoors. Long walks, beach trips, reading and travelling are her favourite pass times     --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/fred-bradley/ - Staff Roles: Bursarial, IT Support - Staff Houses: North - Subjects: Digital Literacy, PSHE Mr Fred Bradley joined the Cranleigh IT Department in 2015 as 'Web Developer'. These days he concentrates on internal software development, creating multiple bespoke web systems that both schools use on a day-to-day bases. After three years as a tutor in Cubitt, in 2021 he became an Assistant Housemaster in North and in 2023 he joined the safeguarding team as a Deputy DSL. Fred's background is in Website Development and Radio Production having previously been a producer at a handful of radio stations in London, before joining Cranleigh. He lives in the village with his wife, son, daughter and Labradoodle!   --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/pete-bradnock/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Subjects: English, PSHE, Supervised Private Study Pete Bradnock has been teaching since 2001, working in both single sex and co-educational settings, giving him an excellent understanding of teenagers and how to bring out the best in them as they develop into young adults. Having been Housemaster of East for six and a half years he has now moved into an exciting new role as Head of Middle School, specifically looking after years 9-11 and everything these amazing years encompass!  Prior to his Cranleigh career he spent eight years at RGS Guildford where he was Deputy Head of Sixth Form, and he was Head of English at St John’s College, New Zealand.   Pete Bradnock is married to Rachael (an OC herself, Cubitt 92-94), and has two children, Claudia and Joshua. He is a keen reader, walker, skateboarder, surfer and swimmer and used to be a surf lifesaving instructor. As a committed (former! ) rower, he also stroked the boat for his eight at Henley Royal Regatta. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/simon-brearley/ - Staff Roles: Teacher Mr Simon Brearley is the Head of Athletic Development and Rehabilitation at Cranleigh School. Mr Brearley has been providing performance support to athletes since 2009 and his broad experience spans Olympic (Paralympic), professional and development/grass-roots sport. Mr Brearley is an applied Sports Scientist and is accredited by the UK Strength & Conditioning Association (UKSCA). Away from Cranleigh Mr Brearley is a consultant to the PGA European Tour Performance Institute, official providers of Sports Science & Medicine services for golfers on the DP World Tour. He is also a researcher and guest lecturer at a number of universities across the UK and has published several peer-reviewed journal articles in the areas of Exercise Science, Athletic Preparation and Rehabilitation. These can be viewed via the link below... https://www. researchgte. net/profile/Simon-Brearley-2 --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/sian-broad/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: Martlet, Spades Mrs Sian Broad was as appointed Director of Netball in September 2011 and has since has has various roles including teacher of A-level PE, Drama and as a Sports Coach. She has previously coached on the England Netball Excel pathway for 10 years as well as working with the Surrey Storm National Performace League (NPL) Squad for 7 years.  Sian has worked in East and Martlet and was a Non-Resident Deputy Housemistress in West and Rhodes. From September 2025 Sian will be covering Harry Thomas in the role of Assisstant Director of Sport at Cranleigh Prep School. Before joining Cranleigh, Mrs Broad worked for the Youth Sports Trust as Sports Coordinator and School Sports Netball Coach, working with over 50 schools to improve the quality of Netball and the coaching they were receiving. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/brian-browne/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: Cubitt - Subjects: Further Maths, Maths Mr Brian Browne teaches Mathematics and is a long-serving tutor in Cubitt. He studied Mathematics at Loughborough University and then went on to do his PGCE at Exeter. Born in Kitwe, Zambia, to Irish parents, he grew up in the Copperbelt and spent most of his childhood outdoors under the African sun. From a young age, he flew back to Belfast regularly to attend boarding school at Campbell College, close to his family roots. After school, in the early days of becoming a teacher, Mr Browne used the holidays to travel extensively around the world in pursuit of wildlife and adventure, but now family life takes precidence. He joined the Cranleigh School maths department in 2002 and has been a tutor in Cubitt since then. He enjoys all sports and currently coaches rugby, football and athletics. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/gemma-bukowska/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: Rhodes - Subjects: Biology, PSHE Mrs Gemma Bukowska joined Cranleigh in 2012 as a Biology Teacher, and has held a number of posts over the years including Joint Head of EPQ, Deputy Head of PSHE and Deputy Housemistress of West. She was appointed as Housemistress of Rhodes in September 2021. She coaches netball and is actively involved in DofE. She loves spending time with her family, walking and baking. Mrs Bukowska graduated from the University of Leeds with an MSc in Human Disease, having first studied Microbiology at undergraduate level, and went on to complete her PGCE with the University of Buckingham in 2014. Mrs Bukowska lives in Rhodes with her husband, Konrad, their two young daughters and very small sausage dog, Parsley. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/oksana-burt/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: South Mrs Oksana Burt is Librarian and a teacher of Russian and Religion and Philosophy. She joined Cranleigh School in 2011 after seven years working for the Ukrainian Government and four years teaching economics at Kiev University. She is also a tutor in South. In her spare time Mrs Burt enjoys gardening, reading, going to the theatre and trying to organise her husband Dave, who is the Minister at Cranleigh Baptist Church. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/edward-carson/ Mr Ed Carson teaches Mathematics and Physics and is Non-Resident Assistant Housemaster in Cubitt. Originally from the South West, he joined Cranleigh following his time studying Mathematics at the University of Exeter. Mr Carson is a keen sportsman and he continues to play Premier League hockey for Reading. At Cranleigh, he is involved with the busy hockey programme for both boys and girls and gets involved with cricket in the Summer term. When time allows, he enjoys running. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/christie-constable/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: Martlet - Subjects: History, Politics, PSHE Mrs Christie Constable teaches History and Politics and joined Cranleigh School in September 2018. After graduating from St. Andrews University, she completed a PGCE at Lancaster University and then taught at Oakham School in Rutland where she was a resident tutor. Throughout her time at Cranleigh, Christie has been part of the CPD Committee, leading TeachMeets and Mutual Observation Weeks. She also supports colleagues who are currently working towards their PGCE and ECT qualifications, and runs regular CPD for colleagues who are new to teaching. In her role as Director of Professional Learning, she is very excited to lead more whole-school teaching and learning events and to create a culture in which all teachers feel supported and inspired to continually innovate and improve. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/claire-cooper/ - Staff Houses: Diamonds - Subjects: Classics, French, Spanish Mrs Claire Cooper (BA Hons) teaches French and Spanish across both schools. She is currently Head of the Spanish Department at the Prep School. She is a passionate linguist and advocate of learning foreign languages. Mrs Cooper used her language skills to work in the Rugby world as well as the the French Tourist Office before joining Cranleigh School in 2017. During the holidays, Mrs Cooper travels frequently to French and Spanish-speaking countries to keep up her fluency and ensure her cultural knowledge and skills are both relevant and current. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/martin-crook/ Mr Martin Crook has a degree in Fine Art and works to support the Art department in his role as Art Technician. The day-to-day practical demands from the department’s four specialist areas of Painting, Printmaking, 3-D studies and Photography keep him very busy. He also takes responsibility for hanging the artwork around the school. Prior to joining Cranleigh in March 2018, Mr Crook owned a property maintenance business. In his spare time, Mr Crook builds electric guitars, plays in a band and enjoys long dog walks with his family. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/james-dale-adcock/ - Staff Roles: Bursarial, Senior Management Team James has worked for Cranleigh for over twenty years, initially at Cranleigh’s UK Prep School where he was Deputy Head, before setting up the Cranleigh International office in 2018. James holds a Geography degree from London University and a PGCE. During his career James has advised on education policy within the independent sector in the UK, was an Executive Trustee and served on the Governing Body of Surrey’s first Free School, and is a Governor at a local maintained secondary school. He is also author of the Hodder Education Geography text book series. James heads up the Cranleigh International team based out of Cranleigh’s UK campus. He leads on new international market development, quality assurance for Cranleigh’s existing portfolio of international schools, as well as overseeing his team’s work on the comprehensive staff and student connection framework which is central to Cranleigh’s international approach. James is the key executive contact for all international schools matters at Cranleigh. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/paul-dunn/ - Staff Roles: Bursarial, Senior Management Team Mr Paul Dunn was appointed Deputy Bursar in 2009 and moved to being Director of Operations in January 2021. An Old Cranleighan himself, before returning to Cranleigh to work he read English Literature at York University and then worked for Dulwich College for eight years, latterly heading up their catering and events departments. Mr Dunn enjoys being part of the School's development since his time here as a student. When not working, he loves spending time with his young family, especially on holiday either in Cornwall or somewhere else with good beaches and dramatic coastlines! --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/david-eaglestone/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: Cubitt Mr Eaglestone is a highly experienced and enthusiastic instrumental teacher, ensemble leader and a tutor for Cubitt. In addition to his role at Cranleigh, he also teaches at City of London Freemen’s and is an active professional musician.   Mr Dave Eaglestone started playing the trombone at the age of ten, and by the age of twelve was playing solos with the local brass band. He went on to study at Cardiff University, where he was a concerto soloist with the university orchestra, and then at the Royal College of Music, where he won two scholarships. Mr Eaglestone was a founder member of the brass ensemble Brass10 with whom he won the Royal Overseas League ensemble competition and the Philharmonia Outreach Award. Mr Eaglestone's performing career covers a huge variety of music with ensembles as diverse as Britten Sinfonia, London Mozart Players, The Glenn Miller Orchestra, Brass Monkey, Wren Brass, and the World Famous Elvis Show. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/emma-edwards/ - Staff Roles: Bursarial Miss Emma Edwards trained at a busy riding school to achieve her BHSAI. She continued to work there as Yard Manager before moving to Cranleigh School 16 years ago. Miss Edwards has a huge amount of experience teaching a variety of clients. Her passion is Dressage and she’s often seen competing at local BD competitions. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/carolyn-elliott/ - Staff Houses: Spades Ms Elliott has worked at Cranleigh Prep School since 2012. Prior to this she worked in education both in the state sector and in Italy. She also worked on a trading floor in the City and was a translator for a leading Italian lawyer. After working in the Learning Support department of a leading London comprehensive, she decided to qualify as a specialist teacher and assessor, gaining the OCR SpLD Level 7 qualification. Carolyn now teaches within the Learning Support Department at Cranleigh Prep School and carries out internal assessments. Outside of school, she is a passionate genealogist and enjoys taking her dog for long walks! --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/dom-emley/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: Loveday - Subjects: Geography Mr Dom Emley is a geography teacher, Joint Head of PSHE and a Residential Deputy Housemaster for Loveday. Mr Emley attended Sherborne School before graduating from Manchester University with a BA(Hons) in Geography. Mr Emley’s enthusiasm for Geography drove him to work and travel across over 50 countries for ten years. During this time he spent seven years teaching in secondary schools and Universities in Northern Japan. Returning to London with level 1 Japanese (similar to an MA) he worked as an Economics Journalist reporting on the European shipping and commodities markets, in Japanese, for the Japanese Government. Missing the excitement of the classroom, Mr Emley returned to teaching in 2015, completing his QTS and PGCE at UCL while teaching Geography at Glyn School in Epsom. Mr Emley is a keen rugby forwards coach and blues harmonica player. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/tim-fearn/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: Cubitt - Subjects: Physics Mr Tim Fearn has been a tutor in Cubitt since 2001. His dry sense of humour, eye for the absurd and commitment to the Cubitt cause has made him a most popular member of the Tutor team. In addition to this, he teaches Physics. He is also a keen sportsman who has coached football, golf and cricket. He is a keen follower of many different sports. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/krystle-flack/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: South - Subjects: PSHE Prior to Cranleigh I led a boarding house at a school for students with challenging behaviour and special educational needs.  I joined Cranleigh School in April 2013 and 10 years later my role has developed significantly.  Working in the learning support department is an incredible privilege. Each and every day is different and provides such wonderful opportunities to get to the heart of the academic support we offer here at Cranleigh. I have forged some brilliant working relationships with departments and also work closely with admissions and prep schools on ensuring all teachers are aware of a student’s individual needs before they arrive at Cranleigh.  I became Head of Learning Support in September 2021 and continue to enjoy this wonderful challenge. I have spent the past 2 years growing the department, whilst always ensuring that the students are at the heart of all the work I do. I am passionate about supporting our students on their academic and pastoral journeys as they develop their independence. I have also held positions as Assistant Deputy Housemistress and Joint Head of Lower School PSHEE and am also Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead,  Designated Teacher and a Tutor.   --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/alex-forsdike/ - Staff Roles: Bursarial, Senior Management Team Mr Alex Forsdike was appointed in 2022 as Cranleigh Senior and Prep School Director of Admissions. Formerly he was Housemaster of North for seven years, following five years as Deputy Housemaster of both East and Loveday. Mr Forsdike has a History degree from St Andrews and taught Year 9-13. He has been heavily involved in sport as the Master in Charge of Cricket, as well as a rugby and netball coach. Previously Mr Forsdike was also Head of PSHEE at Cranleigh. When not working he loves spending time with his young family and is a ‘keen’ runner and enjoys getting out into the Surrey Hills when he can. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/david-futcher/ - Staff Roles: IT Support, Senior Management Team, Teacher - Staff Houses: Diamonds - Subjects: Computing Mr David Futcher is Assistant Head, Digital Strategy. He has enjoyed working at Cranleigh for nearly 20 years, during which time he has held a wide range of roles. Mr Futcher combines his strategic role with teaching Computing, Music and Music Technology at both the Senior and Prep Schools. This gives him a real appreciation of the 7-18 philosophy and a connection to what goes on in the classroom. IT underpins so much of the life of the School and Mr Futcher finds it very rewarding to create opportunities for everyone at Cranleigh to embrace new technology in what is becoming an increasingly important area. Away from wires he is a member of the School choir and has a young family to keep him on his toes. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/belinda-graham-rack/ - Staff Roles: Bursarial Belinda's three children all attended Cranleigh from 7-18, spanning a period of 18 years. During that time, she was part of the team of volunteers who put together the first School balls and Christmas Fairs. When the youngest left, Belinda joined the staff and is now Head of Cranleigh Friends, arranging fundraising events for the Cranleigh Foundation, and enabling former and current parents, members of staff and friends of the School to engage with each other at social events. Belinda enjoys tennis, the seaside, theatre, gardening and history of art. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/sarah-greenwood/ - Staff Roles: Senior Management Team, Teacher - Staff Houses: South - Subjects: Maths, PSHE, Supervised Private Study Miss Sarah Greenwood is a teacher of Maths, Foundation Officer, Head of Golf and a tutor in Martlet. She has taught at Cranleigh since 1998, along with coaching a wide range of sports and running the school golf team. Sarah taught and was Head of the Academic PE department until 2022 and held the post of Deputy Housemistress in South House for 14 years (2000-2014), she is still heavily involved in girls' boarding and girls' sport. Prior to Cranleigh Miss Greenwood taught for eight years at Taunton School, where she ran the girls' games programme. One of her main passions is in Sports History, especially the history of cricket. In her spare time she likes to play golf. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/claire-hall/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: Martlet - Subjects: French, Spanish, Supervised Private Study Miss Claire Hall teaches Spanish and French and is the Resident Deputy Housemistress of Martlet. Miss Hall completed both her undergraduate studies and PGCE at the University of Bristol and joined Cranleigh in September 2018 from The Gulf English School in Doha, Qatar. Miss Hall coaches hockey and athletics, and helps backstage with costumes and make-up for school theatre productions. In her spare time she is studying Arabic, enjoys travel and never misses an episode of Neighbours. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/sarah-hardstone/ - Staff Roles: Bursarial Sarah is a biology technician who has worked at Cranleigh since 2001, having worked in research and develpopment previously for a diognostics company. Outside of work she enjoys theatre, walking and travel.   --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/rob-hardy/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: West - Subjects: Physics Mr Rob Hardy is a Teacher of Physics and the Deputy Housemaster in West. Since joining Cranleigh in September 2018 he has enjoyed being a part of the Rugby coaching team as well as on the track with the athletics programme. Prior to 2024 Rob was an Assistant Housemaster in Martlet for 5 years. He was also Head of Physics for 6 years. Before Cranleigh, Rob spent 6 years working at a grammar school in Kent after completing his undergraduate degree in Physics and PGCE at Bristol University. Outside of school he enjoys spending time with his wife and their young daughters. He is also an avide follower of American football. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/lucy-hellberg/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: West - Subjects: Art Ms Lucy Hellberg is an art teacher, specialising in printmaking and mixed-media. She is a tutor in West and has a BA in Creative Arts from Bath Spa University, as well as a PGCE from the University of Bristol. Prior to joining Cranleigh, Ms Hellberg worked for many years as a teacher of Fine Art and Photography at Prior Park College in Bath and then taught in British Columbia for five years. Ms Hellberg spent many years working in conservation and adventure tourism. She has a wide variety of experience working with young people in all kinds of environments, from the rainforests of Borneo to the cities of Brazil, the mountains of Argentina to the wilds of British Columbia. She lives in Cranleigh with her young son and spends her spare time making art and travelling. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/bert-hillen/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: East - Subjects: Digital Literacy, English, PSHE Mr Albert Hillen graduated from Queen’s University Belfast in 2011 with a BA (1st) in English Literature before moving to the University of Liverpool to study an MA in Victorian Literature, graduating in 2012 with a Distinction. He worked for some years in Radio and TV production in London before leaving to teach abroad. Having taught in both Japan and Spain, he returned to England to complete his PGCE with Exeter University in 2018, he has been at Cranleigh ever since.   --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/dan-hogg/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: South - Subjects: Classical Civilisation, Latin Dr Dan Hogg is Head of Classics. He joined the School in September 2010, prior to which he was the Martin Senior Scholar at Worcester College, Oxford, where he completed his undergraduate and Masters degrees, and then completed his DPhil at Oriel College, Oxford. Dr Hogg has previously taught at Oriel and the University of St Andrews, and was a Stipendiat of the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst at the Ludwig-Maximilans-Universitaet, Munich. A Hockey Blue, he also runs the staff 5-a-side football team. He is married to Julietta and has two children, Zoe and Elijah. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/brett-hopcroft/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: North - Subjects: Philosophy of Religion, Religious Studies Mr Brett Hopcroft joined Cranleigh in September 2017 as Head of Religion and Philosophy. He is a tutor in North, coaches rugby, hockey and cricket. After seven years as a corporate lawyer in the City, Mr Hopcroft began his teaching career at Hurstpierpoint College, where he remained for three years before moving to Berkhamsted School. At Berkhamsted, he was a Deputy housemaster and Head of A-Level Philosophy. Mr Hopcroft graduated with a 2:1 (hons) BA in Theology from the University of Oxford in 2002, before later completing his GTP at the University of Sussex. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/sam-houghton/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: Rhodes - Subjects: Physical Education, PSHE, Supervised Private Study Miss Sam Houghton is Director of Netball- leading the Netball provision for both Cranleigh Prep and Senior School. She is also the tutor in Martlet House, as well as being a member of the GCSE PE and BTEC Sport teaching staff. Miss Houghton studied Sports Coaching Science at the University of Chichester. She has also coached on the England Netball Performance Pathway at franchise level with local Superleague team, Surrey Storm. Most recently Miss Houghton was Head Coach for the U19 Netball Performance League team. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/andy-houston/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: East - Subjects: Physical Education, PSHE Mr Andrew Houston is Director of Sport, Having joined Cranleigh in 2009 as Director of Rugby, he took up the role as Director of Sport in 2019 just as COVID 19 started.   He teaches both Physical Education and Psychology at A Level. He is a tutor for East after previously having the role of the Deputy Housemaster in the same boarding House. Mr Houston studied sport science and social sciences at Loughborough University, where he obtained a scholarship for rugby after playign professional rugby with London Wasps. Mr Houston's sporting aim is that every pupil who leaves Cranleigh continues in a lifelong involvement in sport, due to the inspirational sporting moments they have experienced whilst here.   --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/victoria-ingle/ - Staff Roles: Bursarial For almost 25 years I worked for a branding and marketing company in London in various roles. For the last 10 years with them I ran the IT department. From there I went to work at a high end Interior Design company in Chelsea as Studio Manager and Head of IT. I came to Cranleigh almost 10 years ago as the result of a desire to escape London and not to work in IT! As I looked for possibilities I came across the position at Cranleigh and jumped at the chance to work in such a beautiful place in such a varied role which allowed me to play to my strengths as well as develop some new ones. I look after the administration and day to day running of The Old Cranleighan Society. Among other things I put together the digital and printed publications, run the events and source and manage merchandise. A key part of what I do is look after the Network in terms of Careers and Mentoring and following the implementation of a new database/online portal, this now starting to take off. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/jo-jessop/ - Staff Roles: Bursarial Mrs Jo Jessop worked for the Rugby Football Union between 1990 and 1995 assisting with the organisation of the 1991 and 1995 Rugby World Cups. After a work break to get married and have children, she joined Cranleigh School in 2011, initially working in the Enterprise Department for the SJB Hockey & Tennis Academy. During the following 8 years she ran the Cricket Academy, assisted with Stables administration, Lettings and Livery Sales Ledger, Conferences, Contemporary Music Academy and played an administrative role on the Safeguarding Committee. Latterly she has been involved with the new-build project work and organised the furniture fit-out of the new van Hasselt building and South/Martlet boarding houses. In September 2019 Mrs Jessop joined the Music Department as the full-time CS and CPS Music Administrator in addition to becoming a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead. In September 2024 this role was upgraded to an Executive Assistant. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/rupert-kefford/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: Loveday - Subjects: Chemistry, EPQ Mr Rupert Kefford is a Chemistry teacher, a tutor of Loveday House, and the Head of Hockey. He studied at Queen Mary College, London, before completing his PGCE at Homerton College, Cambridge. He has thoroughly enjoyed promoting his subject and in the past has held three residential pastoral roles within the school. Mr Kefford works closely with Richard Organ in running school Outdoor and Indoor hockey for boys and girls. He is married with one son, and enjoys singing and playing golf when the opportunities arise. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/will-kinnersly/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: East - Subjects: Art Mr William Kinnersly is the Teacher of Sculpture at Cranleigh School. There is a wide range of materials and skills available to resolve sculptural issues and William encourages students to experiment widely. William holds a First Class Hons degree in Sculpture from Falmouth College of Art and an MA in Sculpture from the Royal College of Art. As an artist he works with concerns focused on the issues of public and private space, creating sculptures which play with social context and design. He works with diverse materials such as silver, cob and found materials. William has a huge passion for surfing and travel, he can often be found on the beach or planning his next gallery trip. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/natasha-kiwomya/ - Staff Roles: Bursarial Ms Natasha Kiwomya is Assistant Manager at the Trevor Abbott Sports Centre. Ms Kiwomya joined Cranleigh in 2015, having previously worked in London as a Visual Merchandiser. Ms Kiwomya holds a BA (Hons) in English and History and is also a trained Level 2 Gym Instructor. In her spare time, Ms Kiwomya enjoys spending time with her family and studying Interior Design. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/adrian-lajtha/ - Staff Roles: School Governor Adrian Lajtha, MA, FCIBChairman of the Governing BodyFoundation TrusteeBuildings & Estate Committee, Cranleigh International Committee, Education Committee, Finance Committee, Nominations Committee and Strategy & Risk CommitteeEducated at Uppingham and Pembroke College, Oxford (MA in Greats). Married to Rachel, former ballet dancer and teacher at Cranleigh Prep School. Five daughters, one at the Senior School, one at Cranleigh Prep School. Former Senior Partner at Accenture, Chief Leadership Officer. Interests: history, opera, jazz, all sport. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/philip-leamon/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: North - Subjects: Digital Literacy, English Mr Philip Leamon joined Cranleigh in 2017. He is Head of Sustainability and Environmental Education, Second in Department in English and a tutor in North House. He coaches rugby, hockey and tennis and is responsible for all Voluntary Action environmental volunteering and our student gardening provision. He is currently heading up Cranleigh's drive to meet our environmental and sustainable obligations and ensure our pupils are positively engaged with the natural world and understand their impact on the planet. He runs the Cranleigh Sustainability Council and also the Surrey Enviroinmental Action Schools, a regional part of the UK Schools Sustainability Network.  Alongside organising student and school-wide enironmental and sustainability activities and initiatives, he is currently also developing the school's Sustainabiltiy Action Plan and Strategy.  He has oversight of our newly launching second-hand uniform inititative. In department, Phil teaches all year groups and is responsible for our 4th Form (Year 9) English provision and our Literacy strategy and provision. He is a passionate lover of myth and folk traditions and writes a bit of poetry, He's a whizz on the ukelele. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/sarah-lebus/ - Staff Houses: South SJ has been working at Cranleigh School since 2017 - first as a full time Matron in West and then as a part-time Matron in South. She has loved working in both houses and found the girls to be inspiring, gracious, hard working and thankful! --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/tom-leeke/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: North - Subjects: EPQ, History, Politics Mr Tom Leeke teaches History and Politics and heads up Cranleigh's Co-curricular history society - the Knoller Society. He is a Tutor for North. He graduated in Politics from Bristol University in 1998 and went on to join the British Army, serving eight years in the Grenadier Guards, leaving as a Captain. On leaving the Army Mr Leeke project managed tube upgrades for Transport for London for a couple of years before moving into teaching. He lives in the village with his wife and three children. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/emily-mcghee/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: South - Subjects: Drama, PSHE Mrs Emily McGhee joined the drama department at Cranleigh School in September 2014. She received her BA (hons) in Drama at Loughborough University where she studied a range of modules including puppetry, costume design, devised performance and theatre in education. With a passion for working with young people she then went on to teach at Stowe School for two years, where she was also resident tutor in a large girls boarding house. Since joining the drama department at Cranleigh, Mrs McGhee has directed numerous productions including the musicals Chicago, We Will Rock You and Moana and has also written and directed three immersive performances, Alice, Narnia and Neverland which allowed Cranleigh audiences to experience a very new and exciting form of theatre. Having initially been a tutor in Cubitt house, Mrs McGhee joined the team in South in 2017.   Outside of school Mrs McGhee makes the most of the close proximity to London by attending as many plays as possible as well as building on her vast knowledge of the world of Disney. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/helen-carson/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: Martlet - Subjects: Economics Mrs Carson is Head of Economics & Business Studies and is a Tutor in Martlet. She graduated from the University of Bath and after working in industry (at L'Oreal and IMG) she moved to Cranleigh to complete her PGCE. During her time at Cranleigh she spent a year away to complete an International Exchange at Newington College, Sydney. Having joined Cranleigh in 2013 she has enjoyed several different posts both pastorally and academically. She has been both Non-Resident Deputy of South House and Resident Deputy Housemistress of Rhodes before taking up her most recent post as Head of Economics and Business Studies. She lives in Cranleigh with her husband and three little girls and is passionate about sport and drama. She is heavily involved in the sports programme taking hockey, netball, athletics, cricket and swimming teams. A keen runner, she has completed a number of marathons and can be found on the golf course during the School holidays. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/nick-miller/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: Cubitt - Subjects: French, Supervised Private Study Mr Nicholas Miller teaches modern languages and is Head of French as well as being the International Liaison for Cranleigh International. After graduating from Cardiff University in French and Spanish he spent 10 years working in property before making a career change into teaching. Mr Miller has enjoyed a number of roles since becoming a teacher, including a being boarding housemaster, UCAS, Careers and coaching various sports. Mr Miller is a keen sportsman and enjoys playing golf, tennis and squash. He has two children, Jonty and India, who are either at or have been at Cranleigh. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/simon-mitchell/ - Staff Roles: Bursarial, IT Support Not Set! --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/julian-money/ - Staff Roles: Bursarial Major Money joined the Army straight from School amalagamating into the newly formed Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment. Serving in Northan Ireland but also qualified as a rock climbing instructor.  After leaving the Forces, Julian became a pub manager, eventually buying and renovating a derelict pub and restuarant which he now leases to a brewery.  He joined Cranleigh in 2017 from Cranbrook School where he was the CCF Contingent Commander and DofE manager.  In his spare time, Julian can be seen dangling from ropes in North Wales or jumping out of planes over Salisbury Plain, he also volunteers with the local Royal British Legeon and organises the Village Rememerance parade.  He is married to Jay (Rhodes Matron) with two daughters Hannah and Thalia.   --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/gordon-neill/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: Cubitt - Subjects: English Mr Gordon Neill is the Head of English and Director of University Applications. He joined Cranleigh in 2003, having previously been a housemaster at Truro School, in Cornwall. Academically, he has a particular interest in the satirical literature of the eighteenth century, on which subject he completed an MA, earning a Distinction. He has coached rugby at a decent level and cricket at a social one throughout his time at Cranleigh; he has also served for many years as captain of the Common Room cricket team, the Platypods. Away from Cranleigh, his interests include American football (both NFL and college), Irish rugby, country walks, real ale, train travel, Golden Age crime fiction and the novels of P. G. Wodehouse. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/carolyn-nicholls/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: South - Subjects: Maths, Supervised Private Study Ms Carolyn Nicholls has taught mathematics at Cranleigh since 1985. She was educated at Wycombe Abbey School, and read Engineering at Oxford University. Ms Nicholls was Head of Girls’ Games in the 1980s and 1990s, then Director of Sport for 8 years. She is currently Head of Co-curricular Administration, Head of Squash and co-Head of Hockey and Tennis. In her early years at Cranleigh Ms Nicholls was warden of one of the Sixth Form girls’ residences, and then Head of Girls during the transition to full co-education. At Oxford she won Blues in squash, tennis and lacrosse. She has won the British over-40s real-tennis title twice. Nowadays her sporting focus is golf. Ms Nicholls' daughter Chloe, who was educated at Cranleigh between the ages of 7 and 18, is now a doctor, having studied medicine at Cardiff University. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/richard-organ/ Mr Richard Organ joined Cranleigh in 2008 having been coaching the England Senior Women indoors for the previous two years. Mr Organ has also coached East Grinstead Men indoors for over 20 years; they have been National Champions for eleven of the last sixteen seasons. Mr Organ coaches a range of teams from the U8 girls through to the U18 boys as part of the 7-18 philosophy — and still manages to play on a pitch in the summer for the England Vets! --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/gareth-pritchard/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: Cubitt - Subjects: Chemistry, HPQ Mr Gareth Pritchard teaches Chemistry and is the Resident Deputy Housemaster for Cubitt. He joined Cranleigh in 2015 and spends much of his time mixing chemicals in the labs. When not in the lab he will usually be found on the sports field coaching or refereeing rugby and cricket as he loves sports of any kind. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/helen-pullen/ - Staff Roles: Bursarial Mrs Helen Pullen joined Cranleigh in May 2018 as the Head of Examinations, following her previous roles managing exams at St Peter's Catholic School, Guildford and Prior’s Field School, Godalming. She has been a Head of Exams for over 20 years and brings a wealth of experience.   --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/simon-quinn/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: East - Subjects: Maths Mr Simon Quinn is the Head of Mathematics at Cranleigh and a tutor for East. He joined Cranleigh in 2017 having previously been an Assistant Housemaster and Second in Department at Marlborough College. Academically, he studied Pure and Applied Mathematics at Queen’s University of Belfast, before completing a PG Dip. in Engineering Computation. He has coached rugby, football and tennis throughout his time at Cranleigh. Having represented Northern Ireland at the British Student Games; he now enjoys coaching the boy's first XI football team and on occasion can still be found playing for a local team. Away from Cranleigh he is a keen winter sports enthusiast and can often be found in the Alps, where he enjoys snowboarding and downhill telemark skiing. In his days before teaching, Mr Quinn enjoyed several ski seasons, working in France, America and New Zealand. Since arriving at Cranleigh he has helped out with several successful Independent Schools Ski Championships, with the Cranleigh teams winning several medals.   --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/dan-reed/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: Loveday - Subjects: Design Engineering, Physical Education, Product Design, PSHE Mr Daniel Reed joined the Design department at Cranleigh in 2013 after eight years of service as an Officer in the Army. From January 2023 he took over as Housemaster for Loveday, having previously been Deputy Housemaster. Mr Reed graduated from Loughborough University with a degree in Industrial Design in 2002 and then stayed on to obtain a Masters in Marketing and Management, before going on to complete Officer’s Training at Sandhurst. During his military service, he visited many hot and sandy countries where the locals were not very friendly and gained a plethora of skills which hold him in good stead for living in a boarding house. A keen sportsman, he represented Wales in Clay Pigeon Shooting, is a qualified Ski instructor, Mountain Leader and won numerous Army rugby cups with his regimental side, The Royal Welsh. He has recently taken up Touch Rugby and has been selected for the Wales over 40's team.   Mr Reed is married to Helen and has twin girls, Poppy and Ruby, as well as Clemmie who arrived in June 2016.   --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/patrick-roberts/ - Staff Roles: Bursarial, School Governor Mr Patrick Roberts has been Clerk to the Governing Body since 2021 and prior to that Bursar at Cranleigh School since 2003. He was educated at Pangbourne College before attending Sandhurst and leading a varied Army career culminating in command of a regular infantry command. He was awarded an MBE for services in Bosnia. He is a Governor and Chairman of the Governing Body of Pangbourne College. His interests include sailing, walking and history. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/adam-rothwell/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: North - Subjects: EPQ, History, Scholars Mr Adam Rothwell has taught History at Cranleigh since 2015. He has been Master of the Scholars since 2016, and Deputy Housemaster of North since September 2022. He was Head of History from 2015 to 2023. He oversees the Purvis Society (for academic scholars and exhibitioners) and supervises production of the 'Purvis Journal'. Mr Rothwell also oversees our academic-scholarship assessments, interviewing all candidates for these academic awards - something he always looks forward to a great deal. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/george-royall/ - Staff Roles: Bursarial Mr Royall is a versatile musician, enthusiastic educator and an experienced audio engineer with a tireless passion for developing and encouraging aspiring students. Since graduating from Huddersfield University in 2009 with a BSc(Hons) in Music Technology and Audio Systems, he has specialised in music technology and music education. Beyond teaching, Mr Royall’s professional music experiences have ranged from being a session pianist/vocalist to collaborating as musical director and producer with singer-songwriters, bands and theatre companies. As a sound engineer and designer he has worked on critically acclaimed touring shows and freelanced at UK-based recording studios and festivals. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/ryan-salt/ - Staff Roles: Bursarial, IT Support Mr Ryan Salt is Head of IT Services for Cranleigh School and Cranleigh Prep School. He holds a degree in Computing and has over 20 years of IT experience within a variety of businesses and schools. He has worked with Cranleigh since 2009 before being appointed to his current role in 2021. He is a proud father of three young children, living locally with his wife in Rudgwick. In his spare time Mr Salt likes to run with his two Labradors, socialise with friends and pursue his passion of Snowboarding. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/richard-saxel/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: Loveday - Subjects: EPQ, Music Mr Richard Saxel has been Director of Music since September 2019, but has taught Music at Cranleigh since 2001, previously as Head of Performance. He combines teaching at Cranleigh School with a successful career as an international concert pianist, and has performed, recorded and broadcast around the world to critical acclaim, and with a wide variety of musicians. He studied Music with History of Art at the University of York and Piano Accompaniment at the Royal Academy of Music, which awarded him Associateship in recognition of his significant contribution to the music profession. Mr Saxel teaches the A-Level syllabus, academic music to the IVth form, all aspects of Performance, and enjoys working with young musicians at the Prep School. He also teaches the EPQ and is now a tutor in Loveday House, having had many years’ experience of being a tutor in girls’ boarding houses. Mr Saxel is married to Dr Saxel (Deputy Head, Pastoral) and they have two daughters, and a menagerie of animals at home. When he has time, he is a keen golfer who plays off a single-figure handicap. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/andrea-saxel/ - Staff Roles: Senior Management Team, Teacher - Subjects: Chemistry, PSHE Dr Andrea Saxel is Deputy Head Pastoral and a Chemistry teacher. She graduated from Liverpool University with a BSc(Hons) and a PhD in Chemistry. After a short but enjoyable career in the pharmaceutical industry, she made the move to teaching and started at Bedford School teaching Chemistry. In 2002 she moved to Cranleigh where she has taken on a number of roles. Dr Saxel was Head of Chemistry, a position she occupied for ten years, alongside her role as Senior Teacher. She has also been Housemistress of West House for four years, and has recently developed the pastoral side of her career, taking on the position of Deputy Head Pastoral in 2016. She is also the Designated Safeguarding Lead for Cranleigh. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/andrew-scarisbrick/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: East - Subjects: Psychology Mr Andrew Scarisbrick has been Head of Psychology since September 2019 and He is also a Tutor for North. He previously taught at Richard Challoner School in New Malden where he spent 10 years and set up the School’s first ever Psychology Department. Mr Scarisbrick is passionate about coaching football, becoming the Head of Football in 2021 and leading the 1st XI to runners-up in the ISFA Shield Cup. Outside of school he enjoys spending time with his young family, running and rambling in the countryside. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/jack-schofield-newton/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: East - Subjects: Classical Civilisation Mr Jack Schofield-Newton is a teacher in the Classics department and a Non-Resident Assistant Housemaster in East house. Originally from Rugby, he undertook his undergraduate degree at the University of Exeter before completing a Masters in Ancient History at Durham University. Mr Schofield-Newton joined Cranleigh in September 2016. In addition to his teaching, he has coached across numerous sports, from the DW kayak race, badminton, 2nd XI football and cricket --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/rebecca-scott/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: Martlet - Subjects: Physical Education, PSHE Mrs Rebecca Scott joined Cranleigh in September 2018 as Housemistress of South, and opened the fourth girls' boarding house, Martlet in September 2019. Mrs Scott and her husband Mr Jonathon Scott, Director of Drama at Cranleigh, have two young children. Mrs Scott was a Housemistress at Hurstpierpoint College before joining Cranleigh. Outside of the house Mrs Scott teaches PE and biology, and studied Physical Education with QTS at Brighton. Mrs Scott is involved in all sports where possible, but mainly hockey, netball and tennis. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/philip-scriven/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Subjects: EPQ, Supervised Private Study Mr Philip Scriven is Cranleigh's Resident Organist and a teaching member of the Music Department. He received his musical training at Westminster Abbey, St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle and St. John's College, Cambridge. He subsequently studied conducting in Vienna and New York, and was Assistant Conductor for Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Mr Scriven has previously held organist positions at Westminster Abbey, Winchester Cathedral and Lichfield Cathedral, and is also the Assistant Conductor and Accompanist of the Bach Choir in London. He currently divides his time between working at Cranleigh and performing both in the UK and abroad. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/sheila-smith/ - Staff Roles: Bursarial Mrs Sheila Smith works as part of the team caring for pupils and teachers at Cranleigh School. Her role includes providing care for those pupils who are unable to attend school and need to be admitted to the Medical Centre. Mrs Smith looks after pupils with all injuries, whether minor or more serious, gives vaccinations in the immunisation clinics and assists the GPs and Sports Consultant during their pupil consultations. Mrs Smith qualified in 1983 and, following her Registration, obtained the Orthopaedic Nursing Diploma. She has worked in many areas of the NHS, including Paediatric and Adult Orthopaedic Units, Urology, Gynaecology and A&E. She worked as a Practice Nurse in the Community before joining Cranleigh School approximately nine years ago. There is never an average day but that’s what Mrs Smith enjoys! Every day is different. Mrs Smith loves being a member of the team! They all support each other and are constantly improving the care they deliver to the pupils on a daily basis. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/anna-smuts/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: West - Subjects: Physical Education Mrs Anna Smuts joined Cranleigh in September 2016 as Director of Athletics. Having had a variety of different roles at Cranleigh she is now Deputy Housemistress in West. Having spent the last 17 years teaching in some of the country’s best performing sports schools Anna has vast experience across a range of sports. She has taken athletics, gymnastics, hockey and netball teams to County, Regional and National Finals. Mrs Smuts has also competed herself at all of these levels in gymnastics, athletics and touch rugby.   --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/john-taylor/ - Staff Roles: Senior Management Team, Teacher - Staff Houses: East - Subjects: EPQ, HPQ Dr John Taylor is the Director of Learning, Teaching and Innovation at Cranleigh, with responsibility for the development of independent learning across the three schools in the Cranleigh family. He also teaches Physics and is a trained philosopher and physicist. He is a Tutor for East. Dr Taylor works closely with staff, providing professional development opportunities and organising and leading CPD in areas connected to independent learning. Dr Taylor is one of the principal architects of the Extended Project Qualification and other project-based qualifications in the UK. His work developing philosophical inquiry in the classroom is shaping the way Cranleigh approaches teaching and learning. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/jon-taylor/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: Martlet - Subjects: Design Engineering, Product Design, PSHE Mr Jon Taylor has been Head of Design Engineering at Cranleigh since 2016 and is currently a Tutor for North. Before joining Cranleigh, Mr Taylor taught at Highgate School in North London, where he held the position of Second in Department; he taught Design Technology Systems & Control alongside overseeing the department’s extra-curricular activity. This included the hugely popular VEX Robotics programme through which his teams qualified and competed in the World Championships on two successive occasions. Mr Taylor was also awarded the VEX Robotics Teacher of the Year Award on back-to-back occasions for his development of robotics within the curriculum and beyond. Mr Taylor studied an Industrial Design & Technology BA at Brunel University London and completed his placement year at Wellington College, where his passion for teaching began. After graduating in 2012 he returned to Wellington to take up a full-time post. Mr Taylor is a keen sportsman himself and has represented England at both European and World Roller Hockey Championships. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/andrew-thomas/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: North - Subjects: Music, Music Technology, PSHE, Supervised Private Study Dr Andrew Thomas is Assistant Director of Music and He is a Tutor for North. He graduated with a first-class honours degree in composition, flute and musicology from City University London and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and subsequently completed a Masters degree in composition at St. Catharine's College, Cambridge with Jonathan Harvey and Ken Hesketh. Dr Thomas completed his PhD in musical composition in 2014 at Birmingham Conservatoire under the supervision of Richard Causton, Joe Cutler and Edwin Roxburgh (with whom he also studied conducting). Dr Thomas is professionally active as an orchestral and chamber musician, a chamber and solo singer, as well as having a wealth of experience as a choral, operatic and orchestral conductor. As a composer Dr Thomas's works have been performed throughout Europe and commissioned by ensembles including the London Sinfonietta, London Chamber Orchestra, Sound and Music, New Dots and CHROMA. As well as his role at Cranleigh, Dr Thomas has extensive experience working in music education with instrumentalists and ensembles. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/sally-tweedy/ - Staff Roles: Bursarial Sally is the School's HR and Staff Wellbeing Officer. She has a strong focus on enhancing employee engagement, satisfaction and overall wellbeing.  Outside of School, Sally enjoys regular weekend trips to her home town London and in the words of Anna Quindlen - “London opens to you like a novel itself... It is divided into chapters, the chapters into scenes, the scenes into sentences; it opens to you like a series of rooms, doors and passages. Mayfair to Piccadilly to Soho to the Strand. ” --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/jane-underdown/ - Staff Roles: Bursarial, Senior Management Team Miss Jane Underdown is Director of Finance. She has been with Cranleigh since 2011. After graduating in Accounting and Finance, Miss Underdown worked in reinsurance in the City of London where she qualified as a chartered accountant before moving into the world of education. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/david-vaiani/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: Cubitt - Subjects: French, History, Supervised Private Study Mr David Vaiani has been teaching History and Politics at Cranleigh since 2016. He is an Assistant Housemaster in Cubitt and Second in Department in History and Politics. Beyond the classroom, he runs the school's History of Art society and gives regular talks on the subject. He also enjoys working with the golf and football teams and is an FA qualified referee. Before coming to Cranleigh, Mr Vaiani spent nearly a decade in the corporate world in London. He read History at Oriel College, Oxford, and also has an iPGCE. Away from school, he loves 20th century British art, The Kinks, and Liverpool FC. He is the author of 'Jeremy Catto, A Portrait of the Quintessential Oxford don' and is currently working on his second book. He is married and lives in Cranleigh, but tries to spend as much time as possible in Italy.   --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/kevin-weaver/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: Cubitt - Subjects: Music Mr Kevin Weaver was appointed as Head of Strings in 2010 and took on the additional role of Head of Academic Music the following year. He is a tutor in Cubitt and coaches cross-country running and athletics. He studied at Cambridge University and the Royal Academy of Music and has been the recipient of numerous scholarships and awards. Mr Weaver performs regularly as a solo violinist, chamber musician, and freelance orchestral player, as well as leading and fixing for Cranleigh’s resident Merriman Concert Orchestra. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/mark-weighton/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: Cubitt - Subjects: Art, EPQ Mr Mark Weighton teaches part-time in the Art Department alongside his continued work as a professional artist. He exhibits his painting and sculpture internationally but has recently rekindled his love of teaching at Cranleigh having returned to the profession for the first time since 1991. Mr Weighton also illustrates children’s books for Hodder Hachette Publishing and manages pop musicians to worldwide success in the music industry. His personal work can be seen at www. markweighton. com. Mark delivers the ‘Breathing Space’ Mindfulness programme currently being developed at Cranleigh and is also an LTA qualified tennis coach. His four children have all been educated at Cranleigh. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/stuart-welch/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: North Mr Stuart Welch is the Director of Cricket and also runs the Cranleigh School Cricket Academy, which is designed to coach the local club players throughout the winter months. He is an experienced tutor and has been a Deputy Housemaster of both East House and Loveday House. Currently, he is a North House tutor.  Mr Welch joined Cranleigh School in 2004 from Lords, where as Assistant Head Coach he oversaw the MCC YC's programme, helping young cricketers to go on to gain playing contracts with 1st class counties. During Mr Welch’s time at Cranleigh, he has seen numerous boys go on to play first-class cricket, including Stuart Meaker, Seren Waters and Ollie Pope, as well as having national success in 2014 with the U15s. In addition to heading up Cranleigh’s cricket, he also coaches 1st XI football, U14 rugby as well as fives and basketball. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/ruth-williams/ - Staff Houses: Diamonds - Subjects: Music Mrs Ruth Williams obtained a BMus(HONS) degree from Huddersfield University before studying as a Postgraduate in professional performance at Birmingham Conservatoire. As a young flautist she was signed to EMI Classics with the classical crossover group, The Planets. The band toured worldwide, and their album reached No. 1 in the classical music charts in 2002.  Mrs Williams worked as a freelance flautist and teacher for several years before enrolling at Roehampton University to study for a PGCE in secondary music. She is keen to maintain her skills as a flautist, and performs regularly with the Kingston Chamber Orchestra and Erato Orchestra, with whom she has performed several concerti. She taught at Caterham School, before joining Cranleigh School in 2010 as Head of Woodwind and Brass. In 2017 she was delighted to move to Cranleigh Prep School as Head of Music. Mrs Williams is passionate about all aspects of music education and feels that every child should leave school with a love and appreciation of the arts. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/martin-williamson/ - Staff Roles: Bursarial Mr Martin Williamson is the school archivist and also the sports photographer. This followed a long career in sports journalism with organisations such as Sky Sports, Sky News, Wisden, Cricinfo and ESPN. He is also the chairman of the Old Cranleighan Society. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/uta-yardley/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: West - Subjects: French Mrs Uta Yardley is Teacher of French and a tutor in West. She joined Cranleigh School in January 2002. After having graduated from the University of Mainz she completed a PGCE course at the University of Reading with a distinction. Prior to Cranleigh she worked at St. George's College and Leighton Park where she was the Head of Modern Languages. Mrs Yardley is passionate about her subject and enjoys teaching to all levels. She is a keen rider as well as Badminton player. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/beth-hathaway/ - Staff Roles: Bursarial - Staff Houses: East Mrs Beth Hathaway started as Matron of East House in September 2019 following a varied course of life. Having studied Architecture at University and working in the industry, she needed a gap year or two. She was employed as a Ski Guide in the French Alps. Following this, she became a sponsored snowboarder for a season in which she spent competing. Life got real and she ended up back in London working alongside the Daily Telegraph setting up the Fantasy Football page. Her three beautiful boys followed pretty quickly – all Old Cranleighans. She spent many happy years at home raising them and it seemed serendipitous as they were starting to fly the nest to end up here at Cranleigh looking after the lovely boys of East. No days in House are the same, but at the core is the care for the boys, making sure they are happy and organised and ensuring they always have someone to come to. Her hobbies still centre around the Alps and Winter sports as well as a great passion for cooking, design, photography and family. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/melanie-elliott/ Miss Melanie Elliott joined Cranleigh in January 2020 and has lived and worked in Cranleigh all her life. She feels very proud to be part of Cranleigh School knowing the history of the building and has family going back generations that have lived in Cranleigh. Since being here she enjoys her role and helping in all aspects require in the HR Department. Miss Elliott enjoys camping in her downtime and has been a member of the Planet Dance and Fitness Academy since it started in 1999 and still attends every week. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/richard-humes/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: North - Subjects: Physics, PSHE Mr Humes is the Housemaster of North as well as Teacher of Physics.  Mr Richard Humes rejoined Cranleigh in September 2020 from Jerudong International School, Brunei, where he was Deputy Principal, with Boarding, Pastoral Systems and Safeguarding forming a key part of his role. He was also a lover of going for a run in the rainforest, occasionally getting lost. Richard enjoys coaching rugby, netball and cricket and was part of the original bike ride and building project for Kawama School with Beyond Cranleigh, which he continues to support. Richard graduated from Cambridge University with a MA in Natural Sciences and prior to moving into teaching he was an equities trader in London. Although now too fragile to play any rugby, he does continue to play cricket enthusiastically, where he is a loud wicketkeeper and optimistic batsman. Richard lives in North with his wife Tamsin and three boisterous children. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/peter-humphreys/ - Staff Roles: Bursarial Mr. Humphreys joined Cranleigh school in 2020 as Theatre Manager after filling a similar role at another school for 11 years. He is responsible for curating productions at both schools and assisting with events both on and off campus. He also manages the performing venues ensuring they are safe and contain the best and latest equipment to increase production values. He runs the tech theatre (otherwise known as Production Arts) priority time sessions which organises and trains a group of students to run behind the scenes of each production. This is in addition to working with GCSE and A-Level students studying drama. Now living in Cranleigh, Mr. Humphreys works with local youth organisations proving support to their activities. He is a committee member of a group that supports school technicians and when not at school can be found working professional on other live events. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/jacob-harrison/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: Spades The Rev’d Jacob Harrison heads up the chaplaincy team at Cranleigh. He teaches Religion & Philosophy and oversees the winter sports programme as Head of Skiing. Rev Harrison is a keen sportsman with a particular passion for playing and coaching football. Although his playing days are nearly over, a recent highlight was representing, and scoring for, the Archbishop of Canterbury’s XI! Rev Harrison joined Cranleigh having spent a number of years in parish ministry as well as enjoying roles within the chaplaincies of universities and schools. Before this he worked in property management and development. Having never been quite sure what to study at university, Rev Harrison holds degrees in Philosophy, Theology and has enjoyed the recent challenge of working towards a third in Psychology and the Neuroscience of Mental Health. Rev Harrison began exploring the Christian faith as a teenager and became a follower of Jesus whilst studying philosophy at university and writing his dissertation on the problem of evil. His introduction to snow sports began in the Cairngorms and he still can’t decide if snowboarding or skiing is more fun. Rev Harrison lives within the School community along with his wife and their two children. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/alastair-mcdonald/ - Staff Roles: Bursarial I joined Cranleigh in November 2020 as Finance Manager after spending 25 years in commercial and charitable finance roles. I have lived in Cranleigh since 2010. My wife, Kelly, also works at the School as the Governing Body Administrative Assistant. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/lettie-west/ Mrs Lettie West is Marketing Manager at Cranleigh School and Cranleigh Prep School. She manages the marketing strategy and day to dayactivities across both schools including websites, publications, social media, and events. Prior to joining Cranleigh Mrs West worked at several organisations including England Cricket and more recently a social enterprise in London. Community is a huge driver for Mrs West and having been educated at an independent boarding school in Scotland she has married into a family of Old Cranleighans. Outside of work she can be found running after her twin toddlers. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/ally-robinson/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: Cubitt Mrs Ally Robinson is the Photography Teacher at Cranleigh and a practising artist. She is also a tutor in Cubitt house. Mrs Robinson has a BA (Hons) in Photography from the University of Surrey and an MFA in Photography from the University for the Creative Arts Farnham. She continues in her spare time to work on ongoing photographic projects, some of which can be seen on her website, www. allyrobinson. com. Brought up in the Far East, Mrs Robinson met her husband, a Gurkha officer, while he was serving in Brunei. They have three grown-up children and are now enjoying a more settled civilian life in Surrey. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/alex-briggs/ - Staff Roles: Bursarial, IT Support Joined in September 2021Previously worked at a local business in Cranleigh for 3 years doing all manner of IT. I was also involved in charity work for the elderly before this. I love watching football, favourite team is Newcastle United. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/joanne-lawton/ - Staff Roles: Teacher - Staff Houses: Cubitt - Subjects: HPQ, Maths Mrs Joanne Lawton is a teacher of Mathematics and Physics, and a tutor in North. After graduating from the University of Warwick with a Mathematics and Business Studies degree, Mrs Lawton spent 7 years working as a management consultant for Arthur Andersen and then Deloitte. After completing a PGCE at Roehampton, she gained invaluable teaching experience at a South London comprehensive school before spending ten years involved with teaching and tutoring Maths and Business Studies at Emanuel School in Battersea. She joined Cranleigh School in September 2021. A keen sportswoman, Mrs Lawton is never happier than on a hockey pitch and is involved in coaching the girls’ and boys’ hockey in the Michaelmas and Lent terms. By Easter though, she is always ready to hang up her stick (and her raincoat) and pick up her tennis racquet for the summer term. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/rebecca-pavia/ - Staff Houses: Clubs Mrs Becci Pavia started at Cranleigh Prep School in November 2021. Previously working as Marketing Executive at Mundays LLP Solicitors, Weybridge for 7 years overseeing all aspects of marketing, with specific responsibility for events and sponsorship relationships. Before that as Marketing Executive for St George’s College and St George’s College Junior School, Weybridge for 10 Years. Responsible for online communication (including website design and CMS), offline communication (advertising, events, editing termly magazine), advertising campaigns, day to day tactical marketing, seeking public relations opportunities, writing press releases, liaising with media, on-going market research through focus groups and surveys, represented the school at promotional events both on and off site, responsible for promotional material e. g. prospectus, banners, website, worked with external marketing, design and digital agencies, worked alongside Development promoting Alumni relations and liaised with the local business community, Parents’ Society and school community. She also has experience as a Duty Manager for a large hotel chain and lots of events management experience too, all of which helps her in her current Admissions Events Manager role here at Cranleigh. In her free time she enjoys spending time with her 10-year-old son, playing games, doing gardening and travelling when time allows! . In her past she has been a Group Leader for the Across Trust charity organising and leading parties of disabled people, carers and support team to Lourdes, France which gave her invaluable life experiences and memories. She also enjoys music and walking, both of which help her to relax and... --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/thidas-hewamana/ Mr Thidas Hewamana has a Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry and Psychology and is working on a Master’s degree in Computing and AI. Joining Cranleigh School in January 2022, Mr Hewamana previously worked at a COVID lab having graduated in 2019. In his free time, Mr Hewamana is an avid music listener, primarily listening to punk, rock and metal the muted strains of which can often be heard from the direction of his prep room. He also enjoys D&D with friends and reading a variety of different novels and manga. --- - Published: 2025-09-01 - Modified: 2025-09-01 - URL: https://www.cranleigh.org/staff/kate-bartholomew/ - Staff Roles: Bursarial Kate looks after our recruitment for both Cranleigh School and Cranleigh Prep School. She is passionate about providing a positive recruitment experience and attracting and securing the best talent at Cranleigh. She holds a BSc(Hons) in Psychology from Royal Holloway University of London and has a Certificate in Recruitment Practice from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation. She has a number of years recruitment experience gained both within an agency setting and as Recruitment Manager for Cancer Research UK. Outside of work, she loves spending time with her family, reading, travelling and walking her lovely (but cheeky) labradoodle.   --- ---