Cranleigh School
Cranleigh School is a co-ed boarding and day school in Cranleigh, Surrey, educating pupils aged 13 - 18 and founded in 1865. Boarding fees are £19,130 - £19,130 per term. Our advice on this school is independent and free.
- Type
- Co-ed boarding & day
- Boarders from
- 13 - 18
- Ethos
- Christian
- Guardian required
- Yes
About Cranleigh
The story, ethos and character of Cranleigh.
- Setting
- Rural
- Ethos
- Christian
- Head
- Mrs Sam Price
Cranleigh is a mature leading co-educational boarding and day school set in over 280 acres on the edge of the Surrey Hills. Cranleigh provides a breath taking range of opportunities in a school small enough for everyone to know and each other.
We are a family school and offer a broad holistic education that draws the best out of children whatever their talents. We look after the most able through our scholarship and elite development programmes, but we want every child to participate in sport music and drama.
Pupils join from a wide variety of prep schools across London, the Home Counties and abroad, creating a lively, House-based community of young people who are drawn together by their inherent love of life and getting involved in everything Cranleigh has to offer.
Both schools share the motto Ex Cultu Robur (from Culture comes Strength), an ethos which celebrates co-curricular success alongside academic excellence with remarkable results for every pupil, year on year. What the school is known for? Ethos Community Cranleigh Thinking, Being Giving Extra-curricular Sport School history Cranleigh School 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. it is now a school of near to 700 pupils with over 75% boarding.
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Academics at Cranleigh
What pupils study at Cranleigh — and where it takes them.
There is an options system in the Lower Fifth and Upper Fifth Forms, which enables a pupil to take between nine and 10 GCSE subjects before moving on to A Levels in the Sixth Form. In Science, pupils can complete either two or three full GCSEs within the option system.
Fuller details are given below. It is a manageable, though demanding, workload over a range of subjects wide enough to satisfy universities and future employers. Brief descriptions of GCSE courses are given under subject headings. All courses are sufficiently rigorous to provide adequate preparation for Sixth Form work.
Programmes offered
Subjects offered
Where our leavers go
The majority of Cranleighian's go onto h Igher education. Here are the destinations for the 2022 cohort: UNIVERSITYDESTINATIONS 2022 ARTSED MUSICAL THEATRE BATH SPA UNIVERSITY CARDIFF METROPOLITANUNIVERSITY CARDIFF UNIVERSITY CITY UNIVERSITY DURHAM UNIVERSITY IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDONKING'S COLLEGE LONDON SCHOOL OF MUSICALTHEATRE LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY MANCHESTER METROPOLITANUNIVERSITY NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY NOTTINGHAM TRENT OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY QUEEN MARY'S LONDON ROYAL AGRICULTURALUNIVERSITY SWANSEA UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY OF EXETER UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTER UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY OF READING UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON UNIVERSITY OF SURREY UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK UNIVERSITY OF YORK UNIVERSITY ST ANDREWS
Figures are indicative — contact us for the latest results.
Boarding at Cranleigh
Day-to-day boarding life and pastoral care at Cranleigh.
- Boarding houses
- Girls 4, Boys 4, Mixed 0
- Exeat weekends
- Yes
- Guardian required
- Yes
- Saturday lessons
- Yes
Although we welcome both boarding and day pupils our school is full boarding in spirit; day pupils are fully included in house life and contribute much to its vitality. Pupils of all year are bonded by their inherent love of joining in; no-one at Cranleigh likes to stand still and that includes staff as well as pupils.
Fourth formers and others new to house life often comment on the friendliness between pupils and especially between year . Leavers will always testify to the lasting friendships they made at Cranleigh. Our alumni association is equally faithful and we are always delighted to see Old Cranleighans return to School.
A genuine home away from home
HOUSE STRUCTURE https://www. cranleigh. org/boarding/the-house-structure/ Every pupil, whether day or boarding, has a in one of our eight single-sex houses - North, South, East, West, Cubitt, Loveday, Rhodes, and Martlet. The house system forms the foundation upon which our pupils' wellbeing and sense of community is built.
All houses follow a similar structure, with both a Housemaster or Housemistress and a Deputy who live on-site, often with their family, plus a Non-Resident Deputy with overall responsibility for the day pupils in the house. Each house also has two full-time Matrons who work in shifts, so that one of them is in the house from wake-up time to bedtime.
We can arrange trusted UK guardianship for international families.
Cranleigh admissions
How children join Cranleigh, and how we make it simple.
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Assessment, offer & enrolment
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What you'll typically need
- Recent school reports or transcript
- Passport copy
- English-language evidence (if applicable)
- Completed registration form
- A reference from the current school
Cranleigh School offers short term stays for a minimum of one year from the age of 10-18 subject to spaces available in the relevant year of entry. Years 7 and 8 are weekly boarding and years 9 -13 are full boarding. Special notes to agents about entry to the school https://www.
cranleigh. org/admissions/admissions-process/international-students/international-students-agents/ Application procedure and entrance tests Cranleigh School and Cranleigh Preparatory School are operated by Cranleigh School which is a charitable trust and which seeks to benefit the public through the provision of an all-round boarding and day education for young people with students from diverse backgrounds, parents whose families live overseas and from some international students.
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Cranleigh fees & funding
What Cranleigh costs, what's included, and how we help with funding.
What termly boarding fees include
- Tuition
- Boarding accommodation
- All meals
- Pastoral & house care
- Most academic materials
Funding & scholarships
Registration deposits, EAL tuition, uniform and trips are usually charged separately. Many schools offer academic, sport, music and art scholarships plus means-tested bursaries — ask us and we'll send a full, current breakdown for Cranleigh.
Fees change year to year and by entry point. As your independent advisors we hold up-to-date figures and can compare Cranleigh against similar schools so you know exactly what to budget.
Figures shown are the latest we hold — we'll confirm current fees on enquiry.
Cranleigh location & travel
Where Cranleigh is, and how to get there.
Travel details Address Horseshoe Lane , Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8QQ, England Travel time to London by train Less than 1 hour Telephone +44 (0)1483 273 666 Website https://www. cranleigh. org/ Most convenient airports Airport Distance (miles) Drive time (minutes) 1.
London Gatwick 20 40 2. London Heathrow 30 50 Most convenient train stations Station Distance (miles) Drive time (minutes) 1. Guildford 8 20 Local accommodation Guildford Harbour Hotel (9 miles) Holiday Inn Guildford (10 miles) Barnett Hill (5.9 miles) Cottesmore Hotel, Golf and Country Club (17 miles) Hilton London Gatwick (20.6 miles) Local area & attractions Cranleigh is a village and civil parish, about 8 miles southeast of Guildford in Surrey.
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