| Motto | Ex Cultu Robur (Latin for From Culture comes Strength) |
|---|---|
| Established | 1865 |
| Type | Independent School |
| Head | Mr Guy de W. Waller, MA MSc FRSA (Chemistry) |
| Chairman of the Governors | J.A.V. Townsend Esq., MA |
| Location | Cranleigh Surrey United Kingdom |
| Students | 600 (approx.) |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 13–18 |
| Houses | 6 |
| Colours |
Yellow, Navy, and White |
| Former pupils | Old Cranleighans |
| Website | www.cranleigh.org |
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."[1]
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.
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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.
The thirty seventh steam locomotive (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[4]