This year’s House Performance promised much and it certainly didn’t disappoint. Right from the outset the quality was high and…
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The Canterbury Tales
| Drama
One of the many good things about Cranleigh is the way that the community manages to maintain a sense of…
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Chemistry Stars!
| Academic
Olivia Chesser (U6 South) and Eleanor McAleese-Park (U6 West) took part in the Cambridge University Chemistry Challenge at the end…
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Riding up the League
| Riding
Saturday saw the first South East league event of the new year for the riders when they travelled to Felbridge for…
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Girls Win St George’s College Sixes
| Hockey
Last week two Cranleigh teams competed in the prestigious St George’s College Sixes Hockey tournament and performed excellently. In Pool…
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University Days
| Careers
On Friday the Lower Sixth headed off in three different directions to visit Bath, Birmingham and Oxford Brookes University in…
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Music to Delight
| Music
Friday evening’s concert featured the eight Junior Music Scholars in repertoire ranging from Vivaldi to Elton John, and with a…
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In at the Deep End Review
| Concert
In a change of format for the Concert Series, Richard Saxel began this evening concert by interviewing two opera stars…
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EPQ Results and Plans
| Academic
We’re celebrating another excellent set of Extended Project Qualification results. Our Year 11 pupils who’ll miss out on GCSEs, will…
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Helen Wareham Competition Final
Sad news reached the School a few days before the competition that Mr Cyril Dashwood, benefactor of the Dashwood Piano…
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‘Night of Adventure’ becomes ‘Night of Inspiration’
| Charity
On Monday 20th February, ten members of the Tom Avery Society had the pleasure of travelling up to London to…
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Iola Strikes Out on the Fairways
| Golf
Iola Andrew (South 4th Form) has had a very successful Easter break on the golf course; she has picked up 2…
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On The Water
Cranleigh’s kayaking squad (and current Schools’ National Champions) were in action again on Sunday at the International ‘Waterside A’ kayaking…
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A Touch of Trifarious
| Music
On Wednesday 27th February Cranleigh was very lucky to be visited by Trifarious (violin/viola, saxophone/clarinet, piano) as part of the…
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Eight OCs Playing Professional Rugby this Season
| Rugby
Eight OCs are playing professional rugby this season. Five players will be involved in Premiership rugby this year: Henry Taylor…
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What a Week for Cranleigh!
| Hockey
This week has clearly demonstrated what Cranleigh is all about! The U16 girls’ hockey team completed the double by becoming…
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Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Race 2018
| Canoeing
This year was the 70thanniversary of the demanding four day, 125 mile paddle along the Kennet and Avon Canal to…
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Top Art Exam Result
| Academic
Henry Taylor (Loveday, 2012) has received recognition from Cambridge International Examinations to acknowledge his outstanding performance, achieving D1 in Fine…
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Sixth Form English Lecture
| Academic
Sixth form English students who are interested in studying English Literature at university were given an insight into what this…
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An Insight into Marketing and Creating Brands
Sixth form Business Studies students were treated to an opportunity to hear from an external speaker, James Hay, who came…
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Twickenham Delight For First Team Rugby
| Rugby
On the 21st May 2017 the Rosslyn Park National rugby sevens squad travelled to Twickenham Stadium to play an exhibition…
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Riding Roundup
| Riding
At the start of half term 16 horses and riders will represent Cranleigh at the National Schools Equestrian Association Championships…
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Artists Tackle the Diversity of Art
| Art
Upper Sixth artists had a busy day in London this week visiting four varied and, at times, difficult exhibitions. First visit…
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Riders Gain Further National Qualifications
| Riding
Cranleigh riders braved the wind and rain on Sunday to compete in the first Arena Eventing National Qualifier of the…
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“The Happiest Days of Your Life”: A Student’s View
| Drama
The demon headmaster has not graced the television sets of the nation for a number of years, however from the…
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England Calls
| Hockey
With ten girls and five boys getting to the Regional Tier 1 competition, including Chloe Nicholls and James Gall attending…
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Pangbourne Piano Festival
| Music
On Saturday February 28th, Ben Wili and Millie Mazzone (both 4th Form) participated in the Pangbourne Piano Festival at Pangbourne College…
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Pupils Flourishing at Cranleigh
| Academic
Our recent Inspection Report is now available and we are delighted to announce that we scored “excellent” in almost every…
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Big Draw Workshop 2017
| Art
The Big Draw is a national initiative held every October to encourage everyone to make art and get drawing. For…
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Classicists Enjoy Imperium
| Classics
On the final day of the Michaelmas term, a small group of Classicists were treated to a spectacular performance of…
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Exercise Tiger Cub
| CCF
On the 23rd October the Contingent were deployed to Kent and took over a farm complex on an Army training…
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Cranleigh Christmas Concert
| Concert
The traditional end of year concert featuring performances from all the major ensembles was an event of high-quality enjoyed by…
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Cranleigh Voices at Salisbury Cathedral
| Music
On Tuesday 12th February Cranleigh Voices, the School’s premier vocal ensemble, took up the prestigious invitation to sing Evensong at…
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Riders Sweep the Board at Surrey Championships
Cranleigh riders were on fine form at the recent Surrey County Challenge held at Great Bookham Equestrian Centre. Most of…
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Musicians make the grade
| Academic
Congratulations to seven Cranleigh musicians who all achieved the gold-standard of Grade 8 in the recent Associated Board Music Exams.…
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OC Meaker Awarded County Cap
| Cricket
On Wednesday 4th September, during the first day of Surrey versus Nottinghamshire, OC Stuart Meaker had a pleasant surprise during…
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Rhinoceros
| Drama
Another play of Ionesco, ‘La Cantatrice Chauve’, can still be seen in its original production in Paris today at La…
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Satire Double Bill
| Drama
It was an inspired concept of director Martin Allison to couple Dario Fo’s ‘Accidental Death of an Anarchist’ with a…
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Mid-Wales D of E Expedition
Due to the exceptionally large number of Gold candidates this year there were two Assessed Expeditions, one to the Lakes…
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Senior Pat Dixon Woodwind and Brass Performance
| Music
On Wednesday 19th November the Merriman Music School resounded to the tones of a dozen wind and brass players accompanied…
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Golden Glyndebourne
| Music
Sixth Former, Theo Golden, has sung his way to a main part in the prestigious Glyndebourne Youth Opera this summer.…
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Mid Wales Expedition
The day after the last AS exam twelve members of the L6th headed off on their Gold Duke of Edinburgh…
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National U16 Indoor Hockey Champions
| Hockey
The under 16 Girls were crowned National Indoor Champions for the first time in Cranleigh’s history on Saturday. Their first…
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Purvis Society welcomes Professor A.C. Grayling
| Academic
The School was delighted to welcome the world-renowned philosopher and author, Professor A.C. Grayling, Master of the New College of…
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American Dreams
| Music
In the month of the American presidential election, it was fitting to devote some time within the Concert Series to…
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Phantom of the Opera
| Music
On Wednesday March 5, a 150-strong audience was treated to an evening which they are unlikely to forget in a…
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London Design Trip
| Design
Lower Fifth Form Design students enjoyed a capital trip to London last week, taking in the iconic architecture of the…
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Tom Avery Lecture
This term’s Tom Avery Lecture was a presentation on this summer’s School Expedition to China. Mr Andrew Griffiths started the…
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English Schools Championships Beckon
Tabitha Bowden (UVth West) and Jess Robinson (LVth South) have been selected to represent the Surrey Schools Athletic Association at…
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Welcome Back!
We’re delighted to welcome back all our pupils after a busy summer of development on campus. Work on the new…
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Stunning Merriman Orchestra Concert
| Music
The concert given by the Merriman Concert Orchestra on Friday night provided a platform for two Music Scholars, Emma Grainger…
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The Happiest Play of Their Lives
| Drama
North House brought a light cheer to the cold evenings before Long Leave (7th-9th February) with ‘The Happiest Days of…
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Super September Starts the Rugby Season off in Style
| Rugby
The rugby season has started with a real bang and, nearing the half-way stage of the XVs season, the School…
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Cranleigh Girls in Winning Surrey Schools’ Golf Team
| Golf
Chloe Nicholls and Jennifer Vincent were two of the three players selected to represent Surrey in the South of England…
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Outstanding A Level Results
| Academic
The top year of pupils at Cranleigh School achieved an outstanding set of A level grades: the best in the…
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Cranleigh Prepares to Live Below the Line
| Charity
Cranleigh prepares to ‘Live Below the Line’ for a day to raise awareness of poverty around the world, but particularly…
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Cranleigh Girls at Hockey Finals
| Hockey
The past few weeks have seen a number of Cranleigh girls representing their clubs at national finals. Firstly, Georgia Lord…
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England Hockey Calls
| Hockey
Following the latest training camps for the under 16s and under 18s, Cranleigh has four athletes in the England Age…
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GCSE Success
| Academic
Cranleigh pupils are once again celebrating consistently high GCSE results, with almost two thirds of overall grades being A to A* and…
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Cranleigh Careers Fair
| Careers
On Monday 18th March, the van Hasselt Centre was a hive of activity as it held is first careers since…
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44th Annual Gower Match
| Rugby
Tomorrow the 1st XV play recent leavers in the 44th Gower match. The match is played annually and takes its…
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Riders on Form at Nationals
| Riding
Three intense days of competition saw the top 32 school teams from England, Wales and Scotland, who had all qualified…
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U6th Artists see Turner and Kiefer
| Art
On Tuesday November 18th, the Upper Sixth artists went on a gallery trip to London to visit the Late Turner…
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National Wheelchair Tennis Junior Champion
| Sport
Double congratulations to Greg Slade who truimphed at the 2017 National Wheelchair Tennis Series and ended the year with a…
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Top-class Chorus Crown Choral Concert
| Music
The combined forces of Cranleigh School’s Chapel Choir and the village’s Cranleigh Choral Society joined in the Devonport Speech Hall…
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India 2012
A party of twelve Cranleighans accompanied by SAHY and two other leaders from Outlook Expeditions have just spent a most…
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Social Networking and the Arab Spring
| Academic
On Tuesday February 7th, Dr Thomas Davies, of the Department of International Politics at London City University, spoke to an…
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Riders Jump 4 Joy
| Riding
Riders are used to early mornings and long days and this has certainly been the case for the Cranleigh riders…
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The Magic and Enchantment of Into the Woods
| Drama
“Into the Woods” genuinely transformed the Cranleigh School Speech Hall into the fairy-tale world which the over-arching slogan in the…
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Representative rugby honours
| Rugby
Two ex Cranleigh 1st XV players (2010/11) represented both Wales and England on Friday night. Henry Taylor started for England U20’s…
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DW 2014: PADDLING FOR A HARD EARNED MEDAL
The Devizes–Westminster International Canoe Race organisers proclaim of this event (without any undue exaggeration): “The race is a severe test…
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Amazing Brains
| Academic
This week the Purvis Society had the honour of an address by Professor John Rothwell of University College London on…
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Bringing Politics to Life
| Politics
All six of the candidates for Guildford in the forthcoming general election took part in our Hustings for Young People…
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La Pachamama
| Spanish
On Wednesday 16th November, the annual Sixth Form evening took place, this year on the topic of “La Pachamama”. Having…
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Pat Dixon Woodwind Performance
| Music
If the great Pat Dixon were still with us it would have been drinks all round (as it was most…
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‘The Snowman’ Project
| Music
On Tuesday 4th December, as part of Cranleigh Music’s community outreach programme, an orchestra of 20 pupils, staff and musicians…
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U18 Girls lift Surrey Hockey Title
| Hockey
After a close and tense qualification through the Surrey heats, the U18 girls’ hockey team took on a star-studded Reed’s…
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From Heathrow to Nsobe, to Ndola: 20-23 October 2015
We set off on Tuesday afternoon with lots of anticipation and excitement. After surviving 3 flights, several hours waiting and…
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Outstanding GCSE Results
| Academic
This summer’s GCSE results brought excitement and pleasure for pupils and staff at Cranleigh. The 16-year-old pupils at the School…
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Jubilee Hosts Festival Cricket Luncheon
At the G Live Gala and Orchestral Concert at the start of this term, Guy Waller was keen to emphasise that…
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Cricket News
| Cricket
This summer has seen glorious weather and only two fixtures have been called off owing to poor weather. As we…
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Excellent GCSE results
| Academic
Thursday’s publication of GCSE (and IGCSE) results brought much satisfaction and joy for pupils and staff. Well over one quarter…
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Young Enterprise Mid-Session Report
| Academic
For the 2011-12 Young Enterprise season Cranleigh again has three LVI companies involved, involving almost forty pupils. The learning curve…
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Cranleigh Hosts First Inter-School Climbing Competition
| Climbing
Cranleigh’s first inter-school climbing competition was a huge success, and everyone from both Charterhouse and Cranleigh enjoyed the nineteen new…
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Official Launch of Cranleigh Abu Dhabi
| Academic
Cranleigh Abu Dhabi was officially launched this week to an audience of over four hundred people at the St Regis…
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OC joins Lotus Formula 1 Team
| OC
Current GP Series 2 Champion, 24 year old Jolyon Palmer has joined the Lotus Formula 1 team as reserve driver…
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International Essay Prizewinner
| Academic
A Level student, Lewis Bedford, has won first prize in an essay competition run by Oxford University. His essay, entitled:…
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A Level and GCSE Art Exhibition Private View 2018
| Academic
The 2018 exhibitions of A Level and GCSE artwork opened on Thursday 24th May with a busy private view as…
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LVIth Artists Hit the Streets
| Academic
Texts from the book ‘Invisible Cities’ by Italo Calvino have been the starting point for this year’s work with LVIth…
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Day 1/2: Travel and Arrival
Muli shani Cranleigh! After a restless flight, we were more than ready to embark on our adventure across Zambia from…
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Sunny Start for Cranleigh Rugby.
| Rugby
The first few weeks of the term has been one of great success for the rugby squads. The School has…
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“Wind Power – No Longer Just Hot Air”
| Lectures
The Sixth Form Purvis Society was delighted to welcome Mr Ben Stafford to talk about alternative sources of energy, most…
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International Round-Up
| Hockey
Last week saw a number of Cranleighans representing England as well as OCs appearing at the home of hockey at Lee…
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Harlequins training visit
| Sport
Harlequins RFC trained at the School yesterday in preparation for their premiership match versus reigning champions Exeter Chiefs. The squad…
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Freddie Knoller Lecture
| Academic
Ninety three year old Freddie Knoller visited on Wednesday 29 October to deliver a talk regarding his story and past…
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| Academic
The Purvis Society was delighted to welcome Dr Julia Chisholm, Consultant Paediatric Oncologist at the Royal Marsden and Trustee of…
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Prep Schools Art Workshops
| Art
The art department was delighted to welcome an enthusiastic and skilful group of Year 6 pupils from both Pennthorpe School and…
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Sixth Form Art Tour to Paris
| Art
Paris is close and easy to get to; it’s the most visited city in Europe and one of the most…
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CCF Summer Camp
| CCF
CCF Camp 2012 was held at Penally Camp in West Wales near Tenby. The cadets took part in a number…
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Cubitt House Play: “The Shoemaker’s Wife”
| Drama
The hubbub of the audience slowly receded to reveal the soft melodies of Ben Cox and Oscar Reeve whose mellow…
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Junior Dashwood Piano and Jack Cook Strings Performance Evening
| Music
Many played (13) but few (6) could be chosen, in this evening of Junior performances. But the last was most…
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Beyond Cranleigh: Summer 2014
Shortly after the end of the Summer Term, 18 Sixth Form students and 5 staff (including one from Cranleigh Prep…
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Boys Victorious in St George’s Sixes
On Wednesday the under 18 Boys won the prestigious St George’s 6s for only the second time in the long…
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Bronzing on D of E Bronze Qualifying Expedition
Inevitably spirits were a little jaded at the end of a long and testing term, so it was understandable that…
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CCF Summer Camp 2017
| CCF
CCF Summer camp was blessed with almost a full week of sunshine. Seven elite members of the CCF deployed on…
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Lower Sixth View Maverick Artists
| Academic
Last week, Lower Sixth artists travelled to Tate Modern to view exhibitions by Franz West and Dorothea Tanning. The visit…
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Silver for Will in Schools International XC
On Saturday 23rd March, Will B. represented England as part of the England Cross Country Team at the SIAB Schools…
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JRPC Hockey Successes
| Hockey
After extensive training at the Junior Regional Performance Centres this summer, with 15 of the School’s hockey players taking part…
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A New Riding Year Begins
| Riding
Our youngest riders, including those who do not have their own ponies, were able to gain experience and represent Cranleigh…
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Knoller Society Talk by Adam Holloway MP
| Academic
Adam Holloway MP, OC visited the school on Friday 7th June to address the Knoller Society. His audience was made…
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Cranleighan’s Work Features in Design Magazine
| Design
The Design department was very pleased to hear that an item of last year’s A-Level Product Design work was the…
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CELEBRATING OUR 150th ANNIVERSARY IN STYLE
CRANLEIGH is celebrating 150 years of providing leading independent education and we launched the special year with a service in the…
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Cranleigh Stars at Hockey Futures Cup
| Hockey
The Futures Cup showcases the best under 16 and under 18 hockey players in the country in a competition coming out…
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Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Practice Expedition
For many of the Lower Fifth Formers coming out on their Bronze practice expedition last weekend, this was their first…
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Best A-Level Results Ever
| Academic
The top year of pupils at Cranleigh achieved the best ever set of A-level grades in the history of the…
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March 10th 1915
| History
March 10 marks the centenary of the first large-scale British offensive of World War One, the first day of the…
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Merriman Orchestra Professional Experience Day and Concert
| Music
Cranleigh is fortunate to have enjoyed over a decade of affiliation with the professional Merriman Concert Orchestra who have given…
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Excellent A Level Results
| Academic
We’re celebrating another excellent set of A Level results, with 77 per cent of grades at A*-B and an overall…
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UVth trip to ‘Science Live’
| Academic
On Friday thirty members of the UVth braved the cold to travel to London’s Dominion Theatre to listen to a…
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Short Plays by Samuel Beckett
| Drama
Trying to describe the effect his own unique brand of theatre had on its audience, the author of En Attendant…
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Concert Series: Andrew Fuller and Richard Saxel
| Music
It is written that ‘a prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin,…
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Pat Dixon Woodwind Competition
| Music
The evening began with the Junior section and Kate Wili’s performance of Godard’s ‘Idylle’ for flute and piano. As a new…
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Day 3 – Church
After the exhaustions of the day before and a great night’s sleep we all woke up raring to go. The…
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CCF Mess Dinner
| CCF
The Senior Cadets and members of staff who are leaving were dined out of the contingent on last Wednesday evening.…
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Regional Netball Screening
| Netball
Poppy Bathurst has been selected to attend the U19 Regional Netball screening. This is a fantastic achievement as, after a…
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Climbers Soar to Dizzy Heights
| Climbing
Bouldering might not have as full a fixture list as rugby but the sport is growing in popularity especially at…
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Challenging Young Minds
| Academic
On Friday 13th November the Sixth Form Purvis Society welcomed Mrs Laura Witjens (the CEO of the National Gamete Donation…
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Zambian Celebration
Sixteen Lower Sixth pupils and four staff members will travel to our partner school in Kitwe, Zambia during the half-term…
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Five – Art Department Staff Exhibition
| Art
Paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, collages, and a dress are being exhibited in the Emms Centre auditorium this week. Five members…
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Greg granted SportsAid Award
| Tennis
On Tuesday evening, Greg S was awarded the SportsAid Award at the RBC Athlete Launch in London, alongside 49 other…
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Helen Wareham Vocal Performance
| Music
The final performance round of the competition featured 23 singers in the Recital Hall on Friday 8th March. An especial…
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Helen Wareham Encore Concert
| Concert
The ‘Encore’ Concert has always been a special event and a favourite in the annual musical calendar and this year…
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We will remember them…
| Art
Poppies adorning the Quad this week to mark the 200 Old Cranleighans who lost their lives in WW1; more will…
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Riders Retain National Dressage Title
| Riding
For the third year running Cranleigh riders won the Surrey Dressage title last weekend with a convincing win, which meant…
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Ski Team Championship
| Skiing
During the first week of the Easter holiday 25 members of the Cranleigh Ski Team travelled to Pampeago, Italy for…
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National Title for Josh
| Riding
Cranleigh riders had a busy start to the half term break with four days of competition at the NSEA National…
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Jack Cook Strings Performance
| Concert
On Friday 8th February, it was the turn of Cranleigh’s string players to compete in the Jack Cook Strings section…
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Bronze D of E Expedition
We are just back from a glorious Assessed Expedition in the local Surrey Hills. Twelve separate Bronze teams were on…
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Tom Avery Lecture: India Expedition
Last night the intrepid Cranleigh expeditioners from this summer’s trip to India told the tale of their Himalayan odyssey. After…
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1st XV End Unbeaten Season at Top of Table
| Rugby
The 1st XV ended their extraordinary season with a win over Canford on Saturday that left them unbeaten. They also…
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Silver D of E Practice Expedition
Cold we are used to (in fact I can think of several years in which the Silver Expedition has been…
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Camping Wild on Gold D of E Practice Expedition!
The last day of term saw 18 students, 5 staff and 2 dogs powering their way up the M6 to…
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24 October 2015: Independence Day
We left The Castle Lodge at 8.30 to travel to Kitwe where we were to be based for the rest…
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Cricket Season Starts With A Bang!
| Cricket
As with so many sports, the cricket season does not start and end in the Summer term. Over the Easter…
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Rugby Representation and Sevens Seasons Starts with a Bang!
| Rugby
Over half term a number of boys represented both Harlequins, Surrey and Middlesex. Tom Nicole, Hugh Tizard and Harry Barlow…
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‘Nocturne’ – Piano Recital
| Concert
Richard Saxel presented a fascinating solo piano recital in a late evening concert entitled ‘Nocturne’, the culmination of a major…
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Cranleigh Makes the Grade
| Academic
Our pupils are celebrating record GCSE results, with 20% of all grades a 9 and nearly half of all grades…
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Top 100 for Cranleigh Cricket
| Cricket
Cranleigh has once again been listed in the top 100 schools for cricket in The Cricketer’s Guide to 2020. All…
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Top Teacher Award
| Academic
Our very own Mr Rob Verdon has won a Politics Studies Association Award for Outstanding Teaching of Politics. The well…
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Character Development for the latest DW team
On Saturday 4th February Cranleigh’s Devizes-Westminster Canoe Team had their first taste of competitive racing. The Weyside race involved racing…
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Pupil’s Own Play Produced to Amuse
| Drama
Cranleigh School can boast at least two living professional playwrights among its former pupils: Al Smith and Patrick Marber. But…
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Visit of Mrs Laura Witjens, CEO of the National Gamete Donation Trust
| Academic
The Purvis Society was delighted to welcome over 80 Cranleighans, of all age groups, to a talk given by Mrs…
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Devizes to Westminster
The Devizes-Westminster International kayak race this year turned out to be the most challenging in the event’s entire 65 year…
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Come and sing ABBA!
| Music
In a first for Cranleigh, an eclectic mix of participants joined Ben Parry (Director of the National Youth Choir of…
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Day 4 – Interviews with the Kawama school children
The time was 6am, Zambia was the place. After being released from our slumber we were herded into a bus…
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‘Waterside B’ Kayak Race
Sunday witnessed a further outbreak of glorious spring weather and the first of our ‘Waterside’ kayaking events this year –…
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Hockey Success
| Hockey
Two of Cranleigh School’s girls’ hockey teams competing in the National Outdoor competition have qualified for the South Regional Finals…
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KALEIDOSCOPE ONE: Opening Organ Recital by Philip Scriven
| Concert
“Kaleidoscope One” is the first year of a two-year recital project by Cranleigh’s superb Organist in Residence, Philip Scriven. The…
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25 October 2015: Church Service and Clothes Sale
We left the Town House Lodge at 9 and travelled to Kawama for a Sunday Church service where we sung…
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Helen Wareham Vocal Performance
| Music
The last of the performance rounds of this year’s Helen Wareham performance competitions took place on Friday 5th February with…
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Any Shoe Day
| Charity
Wednesday 1st February saw many members of the Cranleigh Community taking part in an Any Shoe Day fundraiser to raise…
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Museum and Gallery Tour to Paris 2014
| Art
Four intense days of art and culture from Thursday 23rd to Sunday 26th October for 17 Sixth form artists along…
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Alice in our own Wonderland
| Drama
Cranleigh’s Speech Hall has been splendidly transformed into a world of fantasy and dreams for this week’s ground-breaking immersive-theatre production…
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OC to Captain Oxford at the Varsity Rugby Match
| Rugby
Two Old Cranleighans have been selected for the upcoming rugby varsity match between Oxford and Cambridge on the 10th December…
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Oxbridge Success
| Academic
Congratulations to the six students who have been accepted for Oxford and Cambridge next academic year. Five current Upper Sixth…
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Musicians Provide a Stunning Final
| Music
Although hastily rescheduled to Monday 5th March following the snowy weather on the previous Friday, the Final of the Helen…
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A Feast of Dangerous Ideas
Thursday night saw the return of ‘Dangerous Minds’ to the Speech Hall, Cranleigh’s unique public-speaking championship aimed at promoting free…
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Technology & Teenage Mental Health
Heads, deputies and pastoral leads from schools across the South East gathered at Cranleigh to hear experts from the fields…
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Summer Success for Cranleigh Riders
| Sport
The Equestrian team have continued their run of success over the summer holiday with an outstanding performance by the Junior…
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Young and Old in Harmony at Charity Concert
| Music
The concert held in Speech Hall on Friday 12th October in aid of Rowleys 50+ centre was supported by Cranleigh…
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Summer Concert
| Concert
There can be few finer shining examples of the quality of Cranleigh’s current music-making than the performance of Sibelius’s Andante…
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Bath Cup Success
The London Aquatics Centre, a 2012 Olympic venue, played host to the annual Bath Cup Swimming Championships last Friday and 12…
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Easter Hockey Round-Up
| Hockey
The Easter holidays saw a busy few weeks for Cranleigh hockey players. During the break, the England hockey under 18s…
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Mitchell-Saxel Violin Recital
The recital on Wednesday 19th October in the MMS drew a full house for the combination of our own Richard…
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26 October 2015: Interview Day
We spent the day interviewing most of the pupils at Kawama School. Mr Reader measured their height and weight to…
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Loveday Win Nail-biting Schools Challenge Final
| Academic
In this term’s Junior Schools Challenge (inter-House quiz) competition the West team led by Emma Wallis stormed into a lead…
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Gold D of E Practice Expedition to the Black Mountains
The summer term was about to start, spring flowers were supposedly in full bloom and the Gold D of E…
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A Greek Experience
| Academic
Between 28 March and 2 April, 28 fifth form Latin, Ancient Greek and Classical Civilisation pupils toured the greatest sites…
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Upper Vth Artists Draw As They Walk
| Art
The afternoon sunshine made the Upper Fifth trip to Tate Modern as pleasurable as it could have been, helped by…
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Justice and Ethics
| Academic
Lord Justice Davis gave an intriguing insight into the role of the judiciary to Sixth Form students, introducing and explaining various…
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Under 18 Girls Crowned National Indoor Champions
| Hockey
Despite winning a number of national hockey titles in recent years, we have never yet managed to win the trophy…
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A Junior Tennis Masterclass
| Sport
Yesterday afternoon, Cranleigh’s junior tennis players were treated to a feast of top quality coaching. Presiding over the session was…
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Day 5 – The first working day
Given the strenuous task of interviewing over 300 children the day before, the Zambia team expected a somewhat less tiring…
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Under 14 Boys Off To National Hockey Finals
| Hockey
On Thursday the Under 14 boys played in the South Regional Hockey Semi-Final. They returned home as South Champions, so…
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Cranleigh Cricket is Hitting the Boundaries
| Cricket
As with so many sports, the cricket season does not start and end in the Summer Term. Over the Easter…
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U15 Fives Players at Nationals
| Fives
For the first time in over a decade, Cranleigh fielded a team in the U15 Eton Fives Nationals at Shrewsbury…
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Cranleighans Seek Further Inspiration Beyond Cranleigh
This July’s Zambia Trip will see a group of twenty Cranleighans journey to our Partner School Kawama Primary School located…
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Big Draw Workshops
| Academic
On Wednesday, L5th artists enjoyed an afternoon of artistic endeavour focused on drawing as Cranleigh’s contribution to the National Big…
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Comedy Club in Cranleigh
On Saturday 1st March, a small contingent of Cranleigh boys and girls set off with me for the Cranleigh Arts…
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Spanish students celebrate el día de los muertos
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El día de los muertos (The Day of the Dead) is a Mexican festival in which people commemorate their dead…
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Cranleigh Speech Day Address
I’ve been thinking about and writing this speech in my head since I was 13 years old. I sat where…
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Cranleigh Celebrates Exam Success
Cranleigh is celebrating another successful year at A Level, with 71 per cent of A Level grades at A*-B and…
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Dashwood Keyboard Performance
| Music
The 2018 Dashwood Keyboard Performance was as entertaining as ever, with a mix of seasoned performers and several newcomers in…
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Jack Cook Strings Performance
This year’s string section of the Helen Wareham competition was the first to bear the name of Jack Cook, a…
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Sign Up by Thursday for the Sponsored Walk
BEYOND CRANLEIGH WHOLE SCHOOL WALK TO BUILD A BAKERY PROJECT: SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 20TH 2015 Join Cranleigh’s special walk for Kawama, our…
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Cranleigh rugby hits the national stage
| Rugby
Cranleigh rugby received national press and made the top three in the country in the same week. The Schools 1st…
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Concert in St Nicolas Church
School musicians gave their annual autumn concert (held in alternate years in the Baptist Church) on October 14th in St…
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Cubitt House Play
| Drama
The Cubitt play in the VCT was a collection of comedy sketches ingeniously compiled, slightly touched-up (ooh, Matron!) and co-directed…
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A Touch of Bavaria Comes to Cranleigh
| Music
This year’s Concert Series began in unusual and imaginative style with Cranleigh’s first ever Bavarian-style “Oktoberfest”, beating the start of…
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Weather kind to Silver D of E Expeditionists!
Last year it was snowing; the year before it was freezing; the year before that it was both snowing and…
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Noises Off!
| Drama
This year’s senior school production of Michael Frayn’s “Noises Off” epitomised farcical comedy, providing its audience with an evening filled…
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International Rugby Honours
| Rugby
Dino Lamb-Cona (L6th East) is the latest Cranleigh pupil to be announced in an International rugby squad. Dino has been…
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Helen Wareham Brass Performance
| Music
The Brass round of the Helen Wareham music competition last Friday showcased the School’s brass playing talent. Upper sixth former Eva Solt…
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England Hockey Success
| Hockey
England under 18 hockey had their first matches of the year against Holland over Easter. It is always a tough start…
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Professional Orchestra Experience Day
| Music
On Sunday 6th October, 28 visiting student musicians from local schools, and nearly fifty professional orchestral players gathered under the…
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Neobanks…alive but not kicking
On Friday 7th February our Sixth Form Economists were treated to highly stimulating and interactive lecture from Tom Merry —…
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England Selection for Henry Taylor (OC)
| OC
Henry Taylor (1st XV captain 2011/12) has been selected for the England U20’s squad for the upcoming 6 nations tournament.…
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Regional Hockey Success
| Hockey
Following selection from County level, 22 Cranleighans were invited to attend Junior Regional Performance Centres (JRPC) over the summer months.…
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27 October 2015: Work Experience and Teaching
We arrived at the school at 9am and immediately started our respective tasks for the day. This was the first…
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Dashwood Piano Competition
| Music
Daniel Barenboim writes that ‘music does not need interpretation; it needs careful study of the score, control over its physical…
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Regional Success for Riders
| Riding
Half term started a little later for the riders than for most pupils, with an early start to Bury Farm…
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School Philosophy Conference 2017
| Academic
Over 100 teachers and other delegates joined together on a sunny spring day to enjoy Cranleigh School’s first-ever School Philosophy…
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Harlequins Rugby Academy and England Commonwealth games 7’s success for Cranleigh pupils
| Rugby
It has been a busy summer for the rugby players within the School. Pre-Season fitness has started, with players from…
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Rugby Success Continues
| Rugby
This year’s string section of the Helen Wareham competition was the first to bear the name of Jack Cook, a…
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Cranleigh to open campus on Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi
| Academic
Cranleigh School is delighted to announce the opening of Cranleigh Abu Dhabi – the largest school campus in Abu Dhabi…
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Sun Shines on Silver D of E
On a spring-like Sunday morning several intrepid groups of Lower Fifth met up at the OEC, supposedly ready to embark…
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Death of Former Headmaster, David Emms.
| OC
It is with great sadness we have learned that David Emms, who was Cranleigh’s headmaster between 1960 and 1970, died on December…
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Riders Retain Surrey Dressage Title
| Riding
At the end of a phenomenal week for Cranleigh, the dressage riders ran away with the Surrey Country title at…
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West House Play
| Drama
The West Play ‘It’s Not You It’s Me’ took over the VCT for three nights, directed by Sophia Ambrose, Milly…
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House Athletics
On Thursday May 9th Cranleighans turned out in force for House Athletics. The competition was fierce in all categories. West…
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Day 6 – Rain at last
Once again the early start appeared to have taken its toll upon the team. However, the prospect of returning to…
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28 October 2015: Teaching and Home Visits
Another great day and no one can believe that tomorrow is our last day at the school. The highlight of…
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Socratic Society Explore the Doctrine of a “Just War”
| Academic
On the 26th of January, Doctor Roger Teichmann took a break from his philosophical studies at St Hilda’s College, Oxford,…
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Aiming High
| Riding
Josh Moore (Loveday 4th Form) has been short-listed for a National Training Bursary through the National Schools Equestrian Association. His…
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Perfect Paddling
| Canoeing
This year’s DW saw a record number of boats take to the water to attempt the 125 mile challenge from…
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Super September as Records Fall for Rugby
| Rugby
The first month of the season has seen records broken by the Rugby Club. Since the start of term the…
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Schools’ Challenge Set Up For Grudge Match Final
| Academic
After the first four matches (on October 7th and 14th) the way is clear for a North-Cubitt clash in the…
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Art and Design Students In The Limelight
| Art
The private view of the Art and Design exhibitions took place on Thursday evening. The studios were buzzing as the…
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Archaelogical Dig Offers Students New Perspective
| Academic
We embarked on the archaeological dig to Thornton Abbey on Saturday afternoon in very good spirits, and, after navigating our…
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Charlotte is UK Player of the Year
| Hockey
The Hockey Writers’ Club recently announced the Higgins Group Youth and Junior UK Players of the Year for 2015, with…
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44th Annual Gower Match
| OC
Tomorrow the 1st XV play recent leavers in the 44th Gower match. The match is played annually and takes its…
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Cranleigh Historians Half Term Russian Adventure
| History
Cranleigh School Historians embarked on a Russian winter adventure over February half term. This was Cranleigh’s first trip to Russia…
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Bronze Practice Expedition
Fifty one students set out on their Bronze Practice Expedition this weekend on the 28th April. The weather held up…
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Bach Marathon Midway Concert
On 31st January, Philip Scriven was joined by Cranleigh Voices for an evening performance to mark the midpoint of his…
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Piper Receives England Rugby Call-Up
| Rugby
Charlie Piper (LVI, East) has become the tenth player in as many years to be selected for the England U18…
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England Hockey
| Hockey
Over the past month, three Cranleighans have represented their country on the hockey field. Izzy Petter played for her country…
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Art and Design tour to the Galleries and Museums of Berlin
| Academic
Perhaps in the Berggruen collection we started with too many greats! For here was Picasso, Matisse, Klee, Giacometti in plenty,…
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Robotics Team Crowned National Skills Champions
| Academic
Cranleigh’s Robotics Team won the title of National Skills Champions at the VEX Robotics UK National Championships. The “Skills” element…
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High School Musical Junior Production
| Drama
Cranleigh School’s Junior Production merrily sprinkles some much-needed musical sweetness over school life at the perfect time of term, when…
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Cranleigh China appoints first Headmaster
Cranleigh School and Cogdel Education Group are delighted to announce the appointment of Andrew Griffiths as the Founding Head of…
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L6th Mid-Year Art Exhibition
| Art
A small private view was held on Monday February 3rd for a two-week exhibition of work by Lower Sixth artists. …
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Greek Tragedy Comes to Life
| Academic
On Thursday, the LV and UV Hellenists went to UCL’s Bloomsbury Theatre to watch a production of Euripides’ Bacchae. This…
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GIRLS OFF TO INDOOR HOCKEY NATIONAL FINALS
| Hockey
Sunday saw the Under 16 and Under 18 girls compete in the South Indoor Hockey Finals and both of them…
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Dressage Success for Darcey Blaze
| Riding
Cranleigh School Equestrian team’s youngest member, Prep School pupil Darcey Blaze Marcus, has been selected to represent British Dressage Southern…
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East/South Victorious in House Performance!
| Music
A win for East/South in both the Part Song and the 4th Form Dance meant they sealed victory in this…
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Cross-Curricular Adventures
| Academic
The RS and Biology departments joined forces on Wednesday this week and took all the Fourth Formers on a cross-curricular trip to London…
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Dashwood Keyboard Performance
| Music
The 2016 Dashwood Keyboard Performance provided yet another stunning array of Cranleigh’s finest talents. The setting this time was the…
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Prep School Art Workshop
| Art
Young artists from Aldro and Edgeborough Schools attended the first of an afternoon of workshops in the Art department last…
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Two Old Cranleighans Start, and Score, for Harlequins
| Rugby
On Saturday October 8th two Old Cranleighans started for Harlequins RFC against Leicester Tigers at Welford road. Sam Smith and…
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Purvis Society visit of Mrs Dawn Goodman
| Academic
“It’s not fair” On Thursday evening the Purvis Society was delighted to welcome over fifty members of the School to…
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Teacher Organises Volunteer Rugby in Kenya
| Charity
During the Easter holidays Andy Houston, Director of Rugby, organised a coaching session for 40 children in Kibera, Nairobi –…
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Day 7 – Independence Day
After a sleepless night, owing to the torrential rain, we made our way to the school blurry eyed. However, the…
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Climbing Club trip to Craggy Island, Sutton
| Climbing
With 2014 well underway and mock exams safely negotiated, the Climbing Club had a sociable outing to Craggy Island at…
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Target 2.0 Challenge
| Academic
Four UVI Economists made the journey to the Arora Hotel in Crawley to compete in the Target 2.0 Challenge. The Challenge…
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Cranleigh Hockey Players Selected for Regional Performance Centres
| Hockey
England Hockey are refining their process of selecting Junior England players and selection for the Regional Performance Centres has become…
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IVth Form Trip to the Sommes and Ypres
| Academic
During the penultimate weekend of the Summer term 48 IVth Form pupils and five teachers visited the First World War…
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Zambia October 2012
‘Muli Shani!’ These were the warm, welcoming words with which we were greeted when we arrived at Lusaka, the capital…
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Surrey Schools’ Athletics Competition
On Saturday June 8th, 29 Cranleighans were selected to compete for the Waverley Athletics team at the Surrey Schools competition.…
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As War Broke Out Cranleighans Responded
| CCF
As the summer term of 1914 drifted to a close, it seemed pretty much as those that preceded it. The weather…
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Rugby Round-Up
| Rugby
It’s been a remarkable 2016 for Cranleigh School rugby. It has been our centenary rugby anniversary and the School hasn’t…
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Riding Success
| Riding
Our riders represented Surrey at the NSEA National County Show Jumping Championships last weekend, taking on teams from across the country…
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Lower Fifth Artists Go Natural!
| Academic
First hand research for the new Lower fifth art project theme of ‘ Natural Forms’ was the purpose of a…
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Classical Treat
| Academic
On Tuesday 11 March, His Excellency the Hellenic Ambassador to the UK, Mr Konstantinos Bikas, came to Cranleigh school to…
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Riotous and Heart-Warming
| Drama
‘A Flea in Her Ear’ follows Raymonde Chandebise, deftly portrayed with verve and energy by PJ Cunningham, who begins to…
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Helen Wareham Final Showcases Top Musicians
| Music
The Helen Wareham final provided a predictably thrilling evening with very high quality performances across the board, giving the adjudicator,…
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Cranleigh Abu Dhabi shortlisted in TES Awards
We are delighted to announce that Cranleigh Abu Dhabi has been shortlisted in the International School of the Year category…
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LVth Artists on a Headhunt
| Art
The LVth Artists travelled to London on Tuesday to investigate artists work under their new theme of ‘Heads and Hands’.…
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Giving Back
| Charity
On Tuesday, at the South East Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Managers’ conference, Cranleigh was awarded a certificate celebrating the £2518.44 that…
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Festive Favourites From Musical Ensembles
| Music
Last Friday a packed audience in the Speech Hall enjoyed the annual celebration of the endeavours of Cranleigh Music department’s major ensembles…
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Lower Fifth Art Workshop
| Art
Lower Fifth artists recently enjoyed an afternoon of sustained practical work in the Woodyer Studios, working in all four of…
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Lower Fifth artists visit Tate Modern
| Academic
Lower Fifth artists had a fantastic time on a trip to Tate Modern this week. The curation of Tate Modern’s…
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Gold DofE Practice Expedition
While the rest of the School was filing into Speech Hall for final assembly, the first of the Gold DofE…
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Maths Prep School Day
| Academic
On Tuesday October 10th, Cranleigh School hosted an afternoon of code breaking activities, involving over 110 pupils from 15 local…
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Head of Swimming bound for World Championships!
On the 8th and 9th March our Head of Swimming, Will Philpot, travelled to Ponds Forge in Sheffield for the…
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The Trumpet Shall Sound
| Music
Last Friday, 13th June, saw the return of Crispian Steele-Perkins to Cranleigh School for his concert, ‘The Trumpet Shall Sound.’ …
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1st XV Shortlisted for National Honour
| Rugby
Following numerous recent successes Cranleigh’s 1st XV has been shortlisted for School Team of the Term by national Rugby magazine 1st XV.…
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Olympic Teacher Stars at 2012
| Hockey
Cranleigh is extremely proud of Teacher Dan Fox, who has been selected to represent the Great Britain Hockey team at…
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Sins of the Leopard: Pupil, Librarian, Teacher and Poet
| Academic
I am thrilled to post here the news that James Brookes, OC (1999-2004) has had his first full volume of…
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A Study of ‘Places and Spaces’
| Academic
The British Sculptor Barbara Hepworth’s exploration of interior spaces was the main attraction for the Lower Fifth’s recent trip to…
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Action-Packed Tour of America’s Capital
| Academic
At the end of the long Michaelmas term, 17 sixth form pupils set off to Washington DC for a whistle-stop…
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Harry Rises to Challenge of Aerospace Design
| CCF
Competitors in the RAF Schools Aerospace Challenge 2017 had to design a UAV transport aircraft for the RAF and this…
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Swimming on Top of the World
On Monday 20th January the Tom Avery Society had the pleasure of listening to Lewis Pugh, the “human polar bear”,…
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Waterside A Race
Preparations continue for the Devizes to Westminster race. Sunday February 3rd saw 22 Cranleigh VIth Formers compete in their first…
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Day 8 – Final day at Kawama
With another early start we headed to the school with high spirits for the last time. Our tasks for the…
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Cranleigh Boys go Head to Head at Lord’s
| Cricket
Angus Dahl and Ollie Pope finished their respective cricket seasons fitting style by being selected to play against each other at…
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U15 Players Enjoy Challenge of Surrey Rugby
| Rugby
Four pupils from the lower fifth represented Surrey U15 Rugby in December. Ollie Barrow; Oscar Beard; Will Trenholm and Toby…
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A Level English Students Engage with Mohsin Hamid
| English
On Thursday 2nd March, English students from the LVIth and UVIth had the privilege of attending Mohsin Hamid’s talk for…
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Cranleigh Retain Rosslyn Park Sevens Title
On Friday 24th March 2017 the 1st VII successfully defended their Rosslyn Park Sevens title with a 28-7 defeat of…
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CCF on Parade Tiger 25
| CCF
Fourteen cadets from Cranleigh CCF took part in a parade to mark the 25th anniversary of the Princess of Wales’s…
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New Politics Blog
| Academic
Cranleigh has launched a Politics Blog focusing on both UK and Global political affairs. This initiative has been mostly driven…
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Cranleigh Recognised in Enterprise Awards
SME News Magazine has crowned Cranleigh the Best Independent School 2019 – South East England in the 2019 UK Enterprise…
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Upper Fifth Artists Visit to Chichester Galleries
| Academic
On Tuesday 24th September, Upper Fifth artists travelled to Chichester to view artwork in two contrasting venues. Pallant House Gallery…
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Beyond Cranleigh: Zambia Project
At Speech Day and OC Day in summer 2010, the Head outlined the broadening of the Cranleigh Ethos to include…
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Full Steam Ahead for October 2014 Trip
A 19-strong team of U6th students, plus the 5 members of staff accompanying them, have been beavering away to prepare…
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Rugby Team of the Season
| Rugby
Our 1st XV rugby team were nominated for, and won, Fifteen Rugby’s National 1st XV Team of the Season award for the first time this…
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Tildy’s Canoe Charity Challenge
| Charity
On Thursday 5th July, 16 girls along with PVP, SMP and six DW helpers set out to canoe the 18…
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Sixth Form Artists Visit Tate Galleries
| Academic
Sixth Form artists had a lively visit to Tate Modern and Tate Britain, using the Tate Boat service between the…
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Successful Hockey Tour
| Hockey
A group of thirteen Upper Sixth girls from the 1st and 2nd hockey squads spent a very enjoyable long weekend…
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Art and The Bigger Picture
| Art
Lavinia Harrington, Art Historian from ‘The Bigger Picture’, inspired our Lower Sixth artists and Classicists in a lively workshop this…
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Cranleigh Ski Team compete at Les Deux Alpes
| Skiing
During the first week of Christmas holiday, 16 Ski team members travelled to Les Deux Alpes to take place in…
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‘137 – How We Started Our First Business’
On the evening of Wednesday October 12th the LVI Business Studies students were treated to a talk from the owners…
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English Trip to Open-Air “Mockingbird”
| English
Members of the LVth were treated to a performance of “To Kill a Mockingbird” at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre…
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This House Believes…
| Academic
Last Saturday, Ali Johnston and Olivia Chesser (UVI) represented Cranleigh at the finals of the Oxford Union National Schools’ Debating…
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Girls claim not one, but two national runners-up medals
| Hockey
Last weekend saw both the Under 16 and Under 18 girls play some great hockey to earn silver medals at the…
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Exercise Tiger Club
| CCF
As the School departed for Long Leave the CCF formed up at the Outdoor Ed centre and set off to…
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Business Studies Lecture: The Importance of Customer Innovation at Amazon
| Academic
On Friday 11th January, we were delighted to host Rob Merry (Old Cranleighan, 1 North). Speaking to the Lower Sixth…
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New School Certificate in Philosophy
A new qualification in philosophy for GCSE and pre-GCSE level students launched yesterday. Developed in partnership between Cranleigh School and…
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Paddlers show real potential
This year’s Devizes to Westminster (DW) Canoe Team has made a very encouraging start to the term. The first few…
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HH Judge Jeremy Richardson Addresses the Purvis Society
| Academic
On March 14th The Purvis Society was delighted to welcome His Honour Judge Jeremy Richardson, who chose as his title:…
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Climbers soar!
On Tuesday 19th of November the School’s climbing club hosted Charterhouse climbing club for a bouldering competition. Nine climbers from each school…
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CC Trip to Euripides’ Medea
| Classics
On Tuesday 11th March, members of Cranleigh’s U5th Classical Civilisation class went to London for a showing of Euripides’ Medea, put…
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Cranleigh Abu Dhabi Named New British International School of the Year 2017
Cranleigh Abu Dhabi was named New British International School of the Year 2017 last night at an awards ceremony in…
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Actors of Dionysus
| Classics
Last night the Classics and Drama departments co-hosted a blistering new production of Sophocles’ Antigone, presented by the professional touring…
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Cranleigh Crowned National Schools’ Show Jumping Champions
| Riding
A Super Sunday for Cranleigh Riders Sunday was most definitely Cranleigh’s day at the recent National Schools’ Equestrian Association Championships…
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Cranleigh School announces its new Head
Cranleigh School is delighted to announce the appointment of Mr Martin Reader as its next Head, replacing Mr Guy Waller…
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American Dreams
| Music
In the month of the American presidential election, it was fitting to devote some time within the Concert Series to…
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Pat Dixon Woodwind Performance
| Music
Last Friday a large audience enjoyed the annual Pat Dixon woodwind performance as part of the broader Helen Wareham competition at…
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U16 Girls Win National Indoor Hockey Title
| Hockey
At the end of a long weekend, the U16 Girls were crowned national indoor champions after a titanic struggle with…
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West House Music Evening
On the last Monday of term, despite being short of the UVIth and UVth, the girls of West congregated in…
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SHINE for Tildy
Eight U6th girls from both South and West, along with Jamie Harrison (North), took to the streets of London on…
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England Call-Up for Charlotte and Megan
| Hockey
West House UVth Formers Charlotte Calnan and Megan Batchelor have been selected to play for the England U16 hockey team…
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Music Masterclass
| Music
The Music department welcomed James Bowman, one of the world’s foremost and most influential countertenors over the last 28 years,…
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Across Central Asia by Bike
| Lectures
On Thursday evening OC Angus Young (Loveday) regaled the Tom Avery Society with a talk, which essentially boiled down to “what I…
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U18 Girls and Boys Reach Indoor Regional Finals
| Hockey
The U18 Boys and Girls both reached their Regional Indoor Hockey Finals, joining the U16 Boys and Girls who got…
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‘Lovesong’ – a show by Frantic Assembly
| Drama
On Tuesday 24th January the LVth, accompanied by JLC, NIL, IMA and LJB, travelled to the Lyric Hammersmith theatre to…
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Art Trips to London
| Art
On their return from their Mock exams UVth artists were given their exam project starting point – ‘Force’. So on…
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Exploring Art
| Art
Upper Fifth artists visited the British Museum this week to research their GCSE exam theme ‘ Beginning and/or end’. The…
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House Debating: Success for Cubitt/South and Loveday/Rhodes
| Academic
The annual house debating competitions at Cranleigh are regarded as one of the most prestigious academic accolades to win, leading…
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National Youth Theatre and International Student Drama Festival successes for Cranleighans
| Drama
Each year a number of Cranleigh students audition for a place with the prestigious National Youth Theatre (NYT). All auditionees…
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Fourth Form Cross Country Competition
The annual and eagerly anticipated IVth Form cross country run took place on Monday the 10th of October on a…
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OC Awarded an Oxford Blue
| Rugby
Henry Lamont (East, 2012) has been selected to play for Oxford University against Cambridge University in the Varsity match at…
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Cranleigh Matters Explores the Art Department
| Art
The Michaelmas Term 2013 edition of Cranleigh Matters ventured into the Art Department to take a closer look at what…
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High Jumping to Victory
Last weekend Rafe Scott (East U5th) and Jake Storey (OC) successfully took part in two separate athletic events with huge…
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Sky Arts Competition Success
| Art
Very many congratulations to Harry Wills ( North UVIth), who was selected to compete in a heat of the 2017…
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Audience Wowed by ‘Anna Karenina’
| Drama
Anna Karenina’ is perhaps an unusual choice for a school play. Transferring the many layers of emotional complexity with the…
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Hockey Success
| Hockey
Cranleigh’s U18 Girls were crowned South Regional Outdoor Hockey champions after a well fought campaign last week. They have qualified…
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CCF Easter Camp: Lake District
| CCF
On Saturday 24th March, 14 cadets travelled a long eight hours up to Lancashire to Halton Cadet Training Camp for the…
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Riders Hit The Campaign Trail
| Riding
The first Regional Arena Eventing Qualifier of the new year attracted over 300 entries to Bury Farm in Buckinghamshire last…
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Helen Wareham Brass Performance
| Music
At the recent Helen Wareham Brass Performance the standard of playing was excellent throughout, and a widely varied program made for a…
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Frantic Assembly Workshop
| Drama
The LVIth have to prepare a piece of theatre in the style of a chosen practitioner for their A-Level Coursework,…
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July 2014 Workshops
A big well done to everyone, the workshops were a great success in terms of creative output and of course…
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Organ Masterworks Series Launched in Style
| Music
Cranleigh School’s organist Phillip Scriven launched another year-long organ series on September 9th including two of Vierne’s ‘Pièces en Style…
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Positive Living
| Academic
Emma Cole from Positive Voice visited Cranleigh on Tuesday 25 November to speak to the Lower Sixth about living with HIV. Emma…
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London Galleries
| Art
Lower Fifth artists took the whole of Tuesday out this week to visit the National Portrait and Courtauld Institute Galleries…
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Riders Retain Form
| Riding
Cranleigh Riders excelled themselves at the NSEA National Plate final at Keysoe in Bedfordshire at the weekend. The rush of…
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Silent Pool Business Studies Trip
| Academic
On Monday 14th October over 30 Business Studies students (U6th) went to visit the ‘Silent Pool’ Gin Distillery in nearby…
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Cranleigh Voices sing Evensong at Canterbury Cathedral
It is testament to the high level of vocal skills of Cranleigh Voices, the School’s premier vocal ensemble, that not…
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Senior Music Scholars’ Concert
| Music
It has long been a Cranleigh tradition to kick-start the new musical year with recitals given by the many fine…
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Lower Sixth Classical Civilisation Students Visit the Cast Gallery
| Classics
The Lower Sixth Classical Civilisation set visited the Cast Gallery within the University of Cambridge’s Faculty of Classics on Wednesday.…
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Indoor Ski Championship
| Skiing
Cranleigh’s third year competing at the ISSC Indoor Ski Championship was a resounding success. With just four of the ‘elite’…
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South East Selection for Three Cranleigh Riders
| Riding
Three Cranleigh School riders have been selected for the South East U18 Eventing team who will compete at the British…
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Bronze D of E Qualifying Expedition
As usual the advent of a Bronze DofE Expedition was heralded in the Houses by additional trip hazards cluttering up…
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Weekly Bach Marathon Begins
The first lunch-time recital in the 26-concert series of Bach’s complete organ music was given by Philip Scriven on Tuesday…
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Hockey trip to The Netherlands
| Hockey
For the fourth consecutive year, Cranleighian hockey players recently visited Almere ( east of Amsterdam ). Seventeen players benefitted greatly…
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
| Music
On Wednesday evening, members of the Fourth Form were joined by a substantial audience in a suitably darkened school Chapel…
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Riding High
| Riding
Twenty two Cranleigh riders, with 24 horses and ponies, will be heading to Addington Manor in Buckinghamshire this week for…
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The Welsh 3000s 2012
It’s around 3.30am, zero hour. Nine, maybe slightly crazy, men are standing in the rain, eight of them about to…
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Merriman Concert Orchestra Concert
Friday 20th January in the Devonport Speech Hall saw the annual Merriman Concert Orchestra concert that showcases one of the…
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Greek Trip to ‘Lysistrata’
| Academic
On Tuesday March 12th the Greek students from all the years went to ‘Lysistrata’, performed at Riverside Studios, London. ‘Lysistrata’…
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DofE Night Navigation
After a quick briefing and a fish and chip supper down at the OEC, the latest cohort of Gold candidates…
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AS Performance
| Academic
On the 11th of May the Lower Sixth Form Drama students performed the first of their three Practical elements for…
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Lower Sixth Geology Field Trip to Arran
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“Why do we have to go all the way to Scotland to see rocks Sir?” For some reason “Because Arran…
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The real Lord of the Rings; myths with music and pictures
The Sixth Form Purvis Society was delighted to welcome Mr Guy Waller to deliver the last of the term’s Sixth…
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Politics Comes to Life
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A team of UVI politics students from Cranleigh are putting the finishing touches to their entry for the Political Studies Association…
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Christmas Concert Starts the Festive Season
| Music
The annual Christmas Concert (Speech Hall, December 5th) showcased a wide range of the School’s ensembles. The Symphony Orchestra under…
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Big Bang Theories
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Particle Physicist, Dr Melissa Uchida, captivated pupils with her well attended lecture, entitled “Liquid Hydrogen, 50,000 tonnes of water and…
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Professor Lucie Green visits Cranleigh School
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Professor Lucie Green gave an engaging and enlightening lecture entitled ’15 million degrees: A journey towards the centre of the…
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Classicists Enjoy New Setting for Medea
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Upper Fifth and Upper Sixth Classicists were treated to an intriguing and thought-provoking piece of drama when they attended King’s…
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Excellent A Level and EPQ Results
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Students achieved an excellent set of A Level results this year, with 80 per cent of grades at A*-B and…
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House Charity Day
| Charity
In decidedly iffy weather conditions, large numbers of parents, pupils and staff from Cubitt, East and South turned out in…
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Dr Nick Plant Delivers Designer Drugs Purvis Talk
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An audience, swollen by intrepid and curious members of the Lower School, welcomed Dr Nick Plant (Reader in Molecular Toxicology,…
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Jack Cook Strings Performance
| Music
The Jack Cook Strings Performance on Friday 3rd February was the fifth and last of this year’s competition performances leading…
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The Jungle Theatre Trip
| Drama
The Redgrave Theatre Society enjoyed a weekend trip to see The Jungle, a powerful dramatic portrayal of life in the…
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Child Sponsorship Programme 2013
The child sponsorship programme for the education of children at Kawama School in Zambia, a partner school of Cranleigh, has…
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UNDER 14 Girls reach South Regional Hockey Finals
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Having cruised through the Surrey heats a couple of weeks ago with three very comfortable wins, the girls played their…
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Flamenco fun!
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Aaron Monteverde, a young Gibraltan pianist, took the MMS by storm this week. He played works by Serrat, Campuzano and…
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School Chef of the Year
Cranleigh’s Robbie Olival has won an award for School Chef of the Year. Robbie, Chef de Partie at Cranleigh, created…
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Taylor in Top Title Team
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Taylor Seager-Green was in the Surbiton Men’s squad that won the National Indoor Super 6s title for the first time.…
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U18 Hockey Boys are National Schools Indoor Runners-up for the Second Successive Year
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Cranleigh’s U18 boys hockey team narrowly missed out on becoming the top team in the country in the National Schools…
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National Schools’ Dressage Champions
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Cranleigh Riders returned from the NSEA Championships held at Addington at the end of half term as National Schools’ Dressage…
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Loveday Triumph Again in Schools Challenge Final
A close final was anticipated for the Halloween final of this year’s inter-House Schools Challenge quiz, which was also PJL’s…
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Freddie Knoller Returns to Cranleigh
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On Thursday we were once again lucky enough to be visited by 94 year old Auschwitz survivor, Freddie Knoller. After…
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Madrid Galleries and Museums Tour
| Art
“I have had the best time in Madrid – going to another country and exploring their galleries and art instead…
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Athletes Win Gold
Last Saturday saw Cranleigh athletes win gold at the Brighton College meet at the K2 stadium at Crawley. The overall girls…
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Cranleigh Voices Fill St George’s Chapel
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Yesterday Cranleigh Voices, the School’s chamber choir, under the direction of Philip Scriven, had the honour of singing Evensong in…
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Trio of Hockey Golds at Cranleigh
| Hockey
Pupils from Cranleigh Prep School and the Dragon School, Oxford thoroughly enjoyed a day of practising new hockey skills and…
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Charity Challenge Round-Up
Our community is keeping active in lockdown with plenty of challenges and activities to keep us going. April 26th was…
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Gold Duke of Edinburgh: Morocco Team prepares in Snowdonia
Training for the summer Duke of Edinburgh Gold Expedition to Morocco took place in Snowdonia, north Wales, from April 15th…
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Exploring The London Galleries
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The art department has led three recent trips to London Galleries. The upper fifth visited Tate Britain to gain inspiration…
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Fourth Formers Rise to the Chocolate Challenge
On Tuesday afternoon the Speech Hall was bursting with newly formed confectionary companies, their Managing Directors along with Marketing and…
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Woodyer Art Studios Opened
| Art
Cranleigh’s new Woodyer Art Studios, named after Henry Woodyer, the School’s original architect, were opened by award-winning Architect and Old Cranleighan…
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Boys St George’s Sixes Runners-Up
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In the middle of last week the Boys just failed to retain the prestigious St. George’s Sixes title after producing…
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UVth Canoe Expedition
After four training sessions in the pool and four on the river most of us were feeling ready, although some…
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Spotlight on Junior Thespians
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What a difference a play makes…in refreshing an audience during examination season. From the opening song (made a hit by…
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Devizes-Westminster race preparations
Sunday saw the start of this year’s Devizes to Westminster race squad build up to the main event at Easter.…
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Show Jumping: South East Regional Points League
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A crisp, cold January day provided Cranleigh riders with the ideal opportunity to show their potential at the start of…
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Conquering the Dragon’s Den
On Wednesday 19th November 5 Young Enterprise companies from Cranleigh took to the stage at the old Guildhall, in Guildford and presented…
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Cranleigh Thinking Week (13th – 18th March)
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To coincide with the 2017 School Philosophy Conference on March 16th, Cranleigh is holding a ‘Cranleigh Thinking’ Week. Across the…
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Bronze D of E Practice Expedition
The Bronze Practice is always an interesting expedition, as for many of the candidates it is the first time that…
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England Rugby Honours for Harry
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Cranleigh was delighted this week to have one of our U18 1st XV players selected for England U18 for their…
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Cranleigh China Breaks Ground
Cranleigh China launched this week with a ground-breaking ceremony at the site of the first planned school in Chengdu, capital…
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Cranleigh Represented at Every Junior International Age Group
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Over Long Leave the junior England hockey teams all played a series of Tests against Ireland, with the School being…
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Surrey Dressage and Show Jumping Championships
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Cranleigh riders have hit the road to the National Championships at top speed following a successful day at the Surrey…
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Gold Assessed Expedition to Mid-Wales
The cohort embarking on their final Duke of Edinburgh’s expedition was the “doomed group” who had experienced nothing but foul…
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Jack Cook Senior Strings and Senior Dashwood Piano Competitions
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The senior section of the competition, named after the late Jack Cook, was held on 20th November in the Clive…
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Purvis Society: The Secrets of ‘Guernica’
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A large audience of Cranleighans trooped into the ALT on Thursday evening, not at all sure what to expect. Many…
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Flash, Bang for Fireworks Night
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With bonfire season in full swing members the Chemistry department treated the U5th to a novel way of viewing the flame colours produced…
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Firsts for the Term
Cranleigh Abu Dhabi opens its doors This term saw one of the biggest ‘firsts’ in Cranleigh’s history, when Cranleigh Abu…
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‘Girls Like That’
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The South House Play, “Girls Like That”, tackled a hugely prominent and contemporary topic, which is highly relevant to teenagers…
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National Schools Regatta 2017
| Canoeing
A beautiful day saw 10 nervous Cranleighans arrive on the banks of the Thames outside of Reading to take part…
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Harlequins Sign Ups
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Harry Barlow and Hugh Tizard have joined a growing list of Cranleighans who have been rewarded for their hard work…
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South House Play: “Arsenic and Old Lace”
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Chelsea, World War Two, a genteel boarding house run by three charming elderly sisters. Doilies and “old lace” were much…
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Biology Department Welcomes Chief Examiner to Study Skills Day
VIth Form Biologists were joined by pupils from George Abbott School for a study skills day on Friday March14th. Affectionately…
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Cranleigh Sporting Achievements Recognised
Cranleigh has been listed as the 3rd best independent sporting school in the country by School Sports magazine. The award…
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Merriman Concert Showcases Top Musicians
| Concert
For the second time in a week Chapel was home to a major event marking the sesquicentennial celebrations: the first-ever…
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Journey to the North Pole
A select audience was treated to a wonderful lecture by Chris Cope about his journey to the North Pole to raise…
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“Every centimetre alpha-plus”
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Miss Seville and Miss Leach (with the able assistance of Adam Forrester) embarked on a brave and audacious effort in…
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Artists Enjoy Big Draw Workshop
Last Wednesday the Lower Fifth (Year 10) artists worked at a variety of activities as part of our involvement in the…
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Alex Staniforth: Mountains of the Mind
In a change to the usual format this term, the Tom Avery lecture was held during the day and targeted…
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Awesome Book Awards 2019
Hundreds of young readers from across the South East gathered together for a celebration of children’s fiction at the Awesome…
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Robert Winston Lecture
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On Wednesday 11th January, eighteen students from the LVth Purvis society and six members of staff attended ‘An Audience with…
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Cranleigh Abu Dhabi: The Journey
On 14th September 2014 Sam Watkinson (OC) and I stood at the entrance to the Junior School at Cranleigh Abu…
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Rugby Successes
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The month of May has so far been full of impressive achievements for Cranleigh School rugby both past and present. Harry Barlow…
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Tonga Open Session
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On Wednesday 26th August everyone is welcome to Cranleigh School to watch the Tonga international rugby squad train on the…
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Exploring Roman Civilisation
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Last Friday the fourth form Classical Civilisation classes went to the British Museum to explore different aspects of Roman Civilisation…
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U18 Rugby News
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Since the HSBC Rosslyn Park national sevens victory in late March, there has been more good news for the squad.…
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Ben Kane Classics Talk
| Classics
On Tuesday evening the fourth form were informed and entertained by bestselling historical author Ben Kane. Ben, wearing full Roman…
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Former Cranleigh Girls’ Cricketer to Captain Cambridge University
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Old Cranleighan and former Cranleigh captain of girls’ cricket, Chloe Allison, has been elected captain of Cambridge Women’s cricket for…
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Forging Links with Poland
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The Headmaster, Martin Reader, visited Warsaw last weekend to interview potential Scholars for the British Alumni Society, a scheme which places…
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DW Marathon
Bright and early on the morning of the 25th of March, 12 nervous, but excited, Cranleigh paddlers joined the throng that…
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Good Start for Rugby Sevens
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The rugby sevens season started well for the U18 side who, after consecutive Rosslyn Park National tournament victories in 2017…
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Exploring Art History
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It’s a Friday afternoon and our Lower Sixth artists are confronted by the bubbling enthusiasm of Alexandra Fielding, from ‘Art…
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Michaelmas Term – Sports Round-up
Director of Rugby Andy Houston’s pre-season target of a 60% win ratio has never really looked in danger and the…
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Swimmers Soar
Cranleigh School took a team to the annual Guildford District Championships last Saturday and were always going to be up…
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Encore!
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The annual “Encore” is one of the most anticipated and enjoyed musical events of the year – a celebration of…
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Long Leave Trip to Iceland
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In Michaelmas half-term 70 students and seven teachers managed to pull themselves out of bed at three o’clock in the…
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Indoor Hockey at Cranleigh
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Following the outstanding success of the U18 Boys team in January, when they were National Indoor Runners-up, the programme for…
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Cranleigh Choirs Combine At G-Live
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The Cranleigh Village Choral Society annually join the Cranleigh School Chapel Choir to perform big choral works with orchestra but…
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Royal Academy A-Level Online Exhibition Shortlisting for William Stocks
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Many congratulation to William Stocks having his animated art work ‘The Journey‘ on display in the shortlisted category of the…
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Bishop of Dorking Installs New School Chaplains
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The Right Reverend The Bishop of Dorking, Ian Brackley, was welcomed to the Chapel last night to install the two…
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Under 14 Girls Progress to South Knockout Stages
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Having qualified through the Surrey Heats and then last week come third at the Surrey Finals with a creditable 2-0…
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U16 Girls Reach National Semi-Final
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Being the first Cranleigh Girls side to ever reach a National Indoor Hockey Finals competition, this young squad acquitted themselves…
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Rugby Stars recognised by National Press
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Two of the School’s 1st xv rugby players, captain Sam Arnold and international team mate Charlie Piper have been rewarded for…
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Accelerated Learning
A group of Upper Sixth Form students visited the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory for a fast track tour of accelerators and…
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Michaelmas Term Hockey
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The first half of the Michaelmas term has seen some excellent hockey results from a number of sides. The 15Bs…
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Community Service Update
It’s been a busy term for Community Service Programme, with pupils working hard to contribute to local good causes. Fifteen…
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Gold DofE Expedition to the Lake District
I did check the calendar; it was August; we were in the Northern Hemisphere and it was still supposedly summer.…
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England hockey call up for Gall and Clift
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At the end of last term, James Gall and Ali Clift were delighted to hear of their selection for the…
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Junior House public Speaking
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On Tuesday 4th October, teams from each House competed in the Junior House Public Speaking Competition 2011. Teams comprised of…
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Singers in Great Voice
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The vocal performance section of the Helen Wareham competition was held on Wednesday 21st January in the Merriman Music School…
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The World at their Feet
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On Monday 8th February, Cranleigh hosted its very first Gap Fair. This was an opportunity for all the sixth formers to explore…
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U16 Boys take National Bronze
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Over two days last week the Under 16 boys hockey team were at Lee Valley in the National outdoor finals. They…
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GCSE Pupils Make the Grade
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Year 11 pupils maintained last year’s record GCSE results, with 26% of all grades a 9, and 55% of all…
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Speech Day 2012
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The Guest of Honour for 2012 was Sir Paul Coleridge, OC, who has recently been featured in the press after…
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Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Practice Expedition
With record numbers doing the Bronze DofE Award, organising 84 LVth for their practice expedition proved more complicated than usual.…
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U5th French Trip to Nice
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On Sunday 16th February 17 upper fifth formers and three members of staff flew from Gatwick to Nice for a…
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Schools National Kayak Championships 2015
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Gale force winds with strong gusts greeted us on our arrival at the Thames just east of Reading for the…
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Jewels of the Baroque
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The musical programme of the term got started in style this week with an unusual but fascinating hybrid of an…
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Greece or Rome?
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Wednesday night saw the latest iteration of the Cranleigh-Reed’s Classics debate. 18 intrepid Classicists made their way up the A3…
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Walking ‘Beyond Cranleigh’
Sunday 1st May saw 300 members of the Cranleigh Community taking part in a 10 / 20 mile charity walk…
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Philosophy Debate Challenges Sixth Formers
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On Wednesday, 20th November, nineteen lower sixth Philosophy of Religion students attended a series of lectures at Oxford’s town hall.…
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