Cranleigh School
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Cranleigh School is an independent English
boarding school
in the village of Cranleigh
, Surrey
. It was founded in 1865 as a boys' school and started to admit girls in the early 1970s. It is now co-educational
. The current headmaster is Guy de W. Waller, with former Cubitt Housemaster, Andrew Griffiths, as the Deputy Head.
The Good Schools Guide described the school as a "Hugely popular school with loads on offer, improving academia and mega street cred. Ideal for the sporty, energetic, sociable, and independent child."
The school's Trevor Abbott Sports Centre was opened by Sir Richard Branson and the West House was opened by Baroness Greenfield. New building projects include the recently completed extension onto Cubitt House as well as an environmentally friendly Woodland Workshop and a new £10 million Academic Centre named the Emms Center. This was opened by Lord Patten of Barnes. The building includes new high-tech facilities for Science and Modern Languages as well as a lecture theatre. A £2 million renovation of the chapel in 2009 included the installation of a £500,000 Maunder organ.
Cranleigh has outstanding facilities for music (including two Steinway Grands and a small recording studio), sport, drama and academic enhancement.
The school accommodates approximately 600 pupils. The boys are divided into four houses - Cubitt, East, Loveday and North. The girls are divided into two houses - South and West.
There is an Old Cranleighans (OC) society host many functions including sports matches against current students and staff.
(Engine 936) in the Southern Railway's
Class V
, built in 1934 was named "Cranleigh" after the school. This class of locomotive was known as the Schools Class because all 40 of the class were named after prominent English public schools
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
boarding school
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
in the village of Cranleigh
Cranleigh
Cranleigh is a large village, self-proclaimed the largest in England, and is situated 8 miles south east of Godalming in Surrey. It lies to the east of the A281 which links Guildford with Horsham; neighbouring villages include: Ewhurst, Alfold and Hascombe....
, Surrey
Surrey
Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...
. It was founded in 1865 as a boys' school and started to admit girls in the early 1970s. It is now co-educational
Coeducation
Mixed-sex education, also known as coeducation or co-education, is the integrated education of male and female persons in the same institution. It is the opposite of single-sex education...
. The current headmaster is Guy de W. Waller, with former Cubitt Housemaster, Andrew Griffiths, as the Deputy Head.
The Good Schools Guide described the school as a "Hugely popular school with loads on offer, improving academia and mega street cred. Ideal for the sporty, energetic, sociable, and independent child."
The school's Trevor Abbott Sports Centre was opened by Sir Richard Branson and the West House was opened by Baroness Greenfield. New building projects include the recently completed extension onto Cubitt House as well as an environmentally friendly Woodland Workshop and a new £10 million Academic Centre named the Emms Center. This was opened by Lord Patten of Barnes. The building includes new high-tech facilities for Science and Modern Languages as well as a lecture theatre. A £2 million renovation of the chapel in 2009 included the installation of a £500,000 Maunder organ.
Cranleigh has outstanding facilities for music (including two Steinway Grands and a small recording studio), sport, drama and academic enhancement.
The school accommodates approximately 600 pupils. The boys are divided into four houses - Cubitt, East, Loveday and North. The girls are divided into two houses - South and West.
There is an Old Cranleighans (OC) society host many functions including sports matches against current students and staff.
Notable Old Cranleighans
- Stacy AumonierStacy AumonierStacy Aumonier was a British writer, sometimes mistakenly credited as Stacey Aumonier. Between 1913 and 1928, he wrote more than 85 short stories, 6 novels, a volume of character studies, and a volume of 15 essays....
(writer) - Tad Baker (archaeologist and author)
- Derek BourgeoisDerek BourgeoisDerek Bourgeois is an English composer. Educated at Cambridge University , he spent two years at the Royal College of Music studying composition with Herbert Howells and conducting with Sir Adrian Boult.From 1970 to 1984 he was a lecturer in music at Bristol University, and then Director of the...
(composer) - Luke BraidLuke BraidLuke Gary Braid is a rugby union footballer who plays for the Bay of Plenty Steamers in the Air New Zealand Cup. He is a part of the Chiefs wider training squad for the 2009 Super 14 season...
(Rugby Player, Junior All Black and IRB Young Player of the Year 2008) - Sir Gordon BruntonGordon BruntonSir Gordon Charles Brunton KBE is an English businessman, publisher and racehorse owner/breeder.- Early life :Educated at Cranleigh School, Surrey and studied under Harold Laski at the London School of Economics...
(industrialist) - Sir David CalcuttDavid CalcuttSir David Charles Calcutt QC was an eminent barrister and public servant, knighted in 1991. He was the Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge from 1985 until 1994. He was also responsible for the creation of the Press Complaints Commission.-References:...
(lawyer) - Harry CalderHarry CalderHarry Lawton Calder, born 24 January 1901, in South Africa and died at Cape Town on 15 September 1995, was perhaps the most unlikely cricketer ever to be named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year, one of the game's top honours....
(cricketer) - Will Collier (Rugby player) England U16/U18 AER, NEC Harlequins
- Dudley Couper (lawyer and President of the Old Cranleighan Society)
- Peter Henry EmersonPeter Henry EmersonPeter Henry Emerson was a British writer and photographer. His photographs are early examples of promoting photography as an art form...
(photographer) - Eric FellnerEric Fellner-Life and career:Fellner went to Cranleigh School in Surrey, England from 1972-77. He attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He is a good friend of Hugh Grant, who is the star of some of Working Title's biggest box office hits. Fellner and his long-time partner, model Laura...
(film producer) - Paul Goodman (politician)
- Peter GordonPeter Gordon (radio presenter)Peter Gordon, known on air as PG, is programme controller and presenter of the breakfast show on 96.4 The Eagle, a local radio station for Surrey and Hampshire, based in Guildford, Surrey, England....
(radio presenter) - Bernard GutteridgeBernard GutteridgeBernard Gutteridge was an English poet, known for poems about the Spanish Civil War, or from his World War II experiences in Madagascar, India and with the 36th Division of the British Army in Burma ....
(poet) - G.H. Hardy (mathematician)
- Christopher HerrickChristopher Herrick-Early life:Born in Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, Christopher Herrick was a boy chorister at St Paul's Cathedral and attended its choir school; he sang at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 and later that year went with the choir on a three-month tour of America which included a private...
(musician) - Colonel Alan Key (England rugby player and soldier)
- Tanerau Dylan Latimer - Rugby Player (Bay of Plenty, Chiefs, New Zealand Sevens)
- Lieutenant General James Gordon LeggeJames Gordon LeggeLieutenant General James Gordon Legge CB, CMG was an Australian Army Lieutenant General who served in World War I. His son Stanley Ferguson Legge reached the rank of Major General.-Early life and career:...
(soldier) - Patrick MarberPatrick MarberPatrick Albert Crispin Marber is an English comedian, playwright, director, puppeteer, actor and screenwriter.-Early life and education:...
(actor, director, screenwriter) - George May, 1st Baron MayGeorge May, 1st Baron MayGeorge Ernest May, 1st Baron May KBE , known as Sir George May, 1st Baronet, from 1931 to 1945, was a British financial expert and public servant....
(civil servant) - Stuart MeakerStuart MeakerStuart Meaker is a cricketer who plays for Surrey. His family came to England in 2001, and he was educated at Cranleigh School. For cricketing purposes he is regarded as English. He is a right-arm fast bowler and a right-handed batsman...
(Cricketer) - Georgina MoffatGeorgina MoffatGeorgina Moffat is an Australian / English singer-songwriter, actress and model. Georgina currently uses an alias for her music career. She is the great granddaughter of poet, actress and muse Iris Tree, the granddaughter of Ivan Moffat, and the great great granddaughter of RADA founder Sir...
(actress) - Squadron Leader Timothy Nelson (former Red ArrowsRed ArrowsThe Red Arrows, officially known as the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, is the aerobatics display team of the Royal Air Force based at RAF Scampton, but due to move to RAF Waddington in 2011...
leader) - Julia OrmondJulia OrmondJulia Karin Ormond is an English actress who has appeared in film and television and on stage.-Early life and education:...
(actress) - Andrew RobertsAndrew RobertsAndrew Roberts is an English historian and journalist.-Background:Roberts was born in London, England, the son of Simon from Cobham, Surrey, and Katie Roberts...
(historian, broadcaster) - Alan RusbridgerAlan RusbridgerAlan Charles Rusbridger is the editor of the British newspaper The Guardian. He has also been a reporter and a columnist.-Early life:...
(Guardian Editor) - Flight Lieutenant Zane Sennett (Red ArrowsRed ArrowsThe Red Arrows, officially known as the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, is the aerobatics display team of the Royal Air Force based at RAF Scampton, but due to move to RAF Waddington in 2011...
pilot) - Sam Smith (rugby union)Sam Smith (rugby union)Sam Smith , is an English rugby union player for Harlequins in the Aviva Premiership. He plays on the wing....
(professional rugby union footballer, Harlequins and England U20) - Seb StegmannSeb StegmannSebastian Stegmann is a rugby union player for Harlequins in the Aviva Premiership. He plays as a winger.He attended Cranleigh School as a youngster and during his time in Harlequins academy, he spent several games playing for Esher RFC.Stegmann scored his first try for Quins 1st XV on 22 March...
(Rugby Player, NEC Harlequins and England U20) - Sewell StokesSewell StokesFrancis Martin Sewell Stokes was an English novelist, biographer, playwright, screenwriter, broadcaster and prison visitor. He collaborated on a number of occasions with his brother, Leslie Stokes, an actor and later in life a BBC radio producer, with whom he shared a flat for many years...
(novelist and playwright) - E W Swanton (cricket and rugby correspondent, commentator and author)
- David WestcottDavid WestcottDavid Guy Westcott is a former field hockey player, who won the bronze medal with the British squad at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Westcott also played cricket.-References:* *...
(GB hockey captain)
Notable masters
- Mike WorsleyMike WorsleyMike Worsley is a former Rugby Union prop.He started out with West Park St Helens, whilst playing in older age-groups for high-flying rugby school St Ambrose College in Altrincham, then followed by Orrell and Bristol before joining London Irish in September 1998.Worsley represented England Schools...
(England Rugby player) - Steve Batchelor (Great Britain Hockey player and Olympic Gold medalist)
- Neil BennettNeil Bennett (Rugby player)Neil Bennett is a rugby union player who played at Fly Half for England between 1975 and 1979.During his career at international level he won 7 England caps and scored 2 tries and 23 test points....
(England Rugby player) - Revd. William BoothWilliam Booth (Anglican clergyman)The Rev'd Prebendary William James Booth, CVO MA, Retired Sub-dean of the Chapel Royal, Deputy Clerk of the Closet, Subalmoner of the Royal Almonry and former domestic chaplain to The Queen, appointed in 1991, was the sole full-time member of the Ecclesiastical Household of the Sovereign of the...
(clergyman) - Andrew CorranAndrew CorranAndrew John Corran was a first-class English cricketer. After starting his career at Gresham's School, Holt, and at Oxford University , he moved to Nottinghamshire, for whom he played between 1961 and 1965...
(cricketer) - David EmmsDavid EmmsDavid A Emms OBE MA is a noted educationalist and former rugby union player.-Early life:David Acfield Emms was born on 16 February 1925, the son of Archibald George Emms and Winifred Gladys Emms . He was educated at Tonbridge School and then served during the Second World War in the Royal Artillery...
(rugby player, headmaster) - Roger KnightRoger KnightRoger David Verdon Knight OBE, MA, BA, DipEd is an English administrator, cricketer and schoolmaster. He was awarded the OBE in 2007...
(cricketer) - Thomas LayngThomas Layng-Biography:The son of the Revd Henry Layng of Foulden, Norfolk, Thomas Layng was at St John's School, Leatherhead, Oundle School and scholar of Jesus College, University of Cambridge. He was the last clerical headmaster of Abingdon School and had previously been a master at Shrewsbury School and...
(chaplain) - Gerry Redmond (England rugby player)
- Sir Michael RedgraveMichael RedgraveSir Michael Scudamore Redgrave, CBE was an English stage and film actor, director, manager and author.-Youth and education:...
(actor) - Luis CernudaLuis CernudaLuis Cernuda , was a Spanish poet and literary critic.-Life and career:...
(Spanish poet)
Old Cranleighans
Former pupils of the school may join the Old Cranleighans which is served by the Old Cranleighan Society. About 6500 past pupils are currently members. The Old Cranleighan Sports Club in Thames Ditton in Surrey is owned by the Society. The Society also provides support for a wide range of sporting activities including golf, cricket, rifle shooting and golf.External links
- Cranleigh School website
- OC Society website
- OC Cricket Club website
- OC Hockey Club website
- OC Rugby Football Club website
Southern Railway Schools Class
The thirty seventh steam locomotiveLocomotive
A locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin loco – "from a place", ablative of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine, first used in the early 19th...
(Engine 936) in the Southern Railway's
Southern Railway (Great Britain)
The Southern Railway was a British railway company established in the 1923 Grouping. It linked London with the Channel ports, South West England, South coast resorts and Kent...
Class V
SR Class V
The SR V class, more commonly known as the Schools class, is a class of steam locomotive designed by Richard Maunsell for the Southern Railway. The class was a cut down version of his Lord Nelson class but also incorporated components from Urie and Maunsell's LSWR/SR King Arthur class...
, built in 1934 was named "Cranleigh" after the school. This class of locomotive was known as the Schools Class because all 40 of the class were named after prominent English public schools
External links
- Cranleigh School website
- Profile at the Good Schools Guide
- OC Society website
- OC Cricket Club website
- OC Hockey Club website
- OC Rugby Football Club website
- Independent Schools Inspectorate - Inspection Report on Cranleigh School, March 2006