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Horseshoe Lane , , GU6 8QQ
England
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| Coordinates | 51°09′00″N 0°29′38″W / 51.150°N 0.494°W / 51.150; -0.494 |
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| Type | Public School Private boarding and day school |
| Motto | Ex Cultu Robur (Latin for From Culture comes Strength) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Church of England |
| Established | 1865 |
| Department for Education URN | 125323 Tables |
| Chairman of the Governors | A. J. Lajtha, MA, FCIB |
| Headmaster | Martin Reader (started in 2014) |
| Previous Headmaster | Guy Waller (1997–2014) |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age | 13 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 620 pupils |
| Houses | 8 |
| Colour(s) | Yellow, Navy, and White |
| Former pupils | Old Cranleighans |
| Website | www |
Cranleigh School is a public school (English fee-charging boarding and day school) in the village of Cranleigh, Surrey.
It was opened on 29 September 1865 as a boys' school 'to provide a sound and plain education, on the principles of the Church of England, and on the public school system, for the sons of farmers and others engaged in commercial pursuits'. It grew rapidly and by the 1880s had more than 300 pupils although it declined over the next 30 years and in 1910 numbers dropped to 150.
Cranleigh started to admit girls in the early 1970s and became fully co-educational in 1999. The current headmaster is Martin Reader with former East Housemaster, Simon Bird, as the Deputy Head.
The Good Schools Guide at one time described the school as a "Hugely popular school with loads on offer, improving academia and mega street cred. Ideal for the sporty, energetic, sociable, independent and lovely child."[1]
The school's Trevor Abbott Sports Centre was opened by Sir Richard Branson and the West House was opened by Baroness Greenfield.[2] New building projects have included the extension onto Cubitt House as well as an[3] environmentally friendly Woodland Workshop and a new £10 million Academic Centre named the Emms Centre. Named after David Emms, this was opened by Lord Patten of Barnes in 2009. The building includes new facilities for Science and Modern Languages as well as a lecture theatre.[4] A £2 million renovation of the chapel in 2009 included the installation of a £500,000 Mander organ.[5]
In a 2015 survey,[which?] it was rated as the third best sporting school in the UK.[citation needed] Its teams won the Rosslyn Park National Sevens Tournament consecutively, in both 2016 and 2017. More recently, the team won the plate competition at Rosslyn Park in 2023.
Cranleigh School also has a sister school based in Abu Dhabi which opened in September 2014.[6]
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Former pupils of the school may join the Old Cranleighan Society. About 6,500 past pupils are currently members. The Old Cranleighan Sports Club in Thames Ditton in Surrey is owned by the Society.
The thirty seventh steam locomotive (Engine 936) in the Southern Railway's Class V, built in 1934 was named "Cranleigh" after the school.[15] This class of locomotive was known as the Schools Class because all 40 of the class were named after English public schools.[16]
Zane lived in Hong Kong for 20 years but went to boarding school in the UK at Cranleigh School, near Guildford in Surrey. A member of the school's Combined Cadet Force, his passion for flying from all his overseas travel plus visits to airshows encouraged Zane to think about a career with the Royal Air Force.
Cranleigh was the 36th Schools Class engine, out of a total of 39 that were built at Eastleigh Locomotive Works. It went into service in June 1935 and was withdrawn in December 1962, 2½ years before its home village's station closed, this was a sad event
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