Cranleigh School

Cranleigh School
Cranleigh School
Address
	Horseshoe Lane; Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8QQ; England
Information
Type	Independent day and boarding
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	J.A.V. Townsend Esq., MA
Headmaster	Mr Martin Reader
Previous Headmaster	Mr Guy Waller (1997-2014)
Gender	Mixed
Age	13 to 18
Enrollment	620
Houses	6
Colour(s)	Yellow, Navy, and White
Former pupils	Old Cranleighans
Website	http://www.cranleigh.org/

Cranleigh School is an independent English boarding school in the village of Cranleigh, Surrey.

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, independent and lovely child."^[1]

History

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, as with many similar schools, it declined over the next 30 years and in 1910 numbers dropped to 150. Two powerful headmasters - Herbert Rhodes and David Loveday - restored Cranleigh's fortunes and this has been built on by their successors.^{[citation needed]}

Cranleigh started to admit girls in the early 1970s and became fully co-educational in 1999. The current headmaster is Martin Reader with former Cubitt Housemaster, Andrew Griffiths, as the Deputy Head.

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^{[citation needed]} 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 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 Mander organ.

Notable Old Cranleighans

Afshin Feiz (fashion designer)
Tony Anholt (actor)
Stacy Aumonier (writer)
Thomas Alexander Barns (explorer, big game hunter, author)
Mr Justice Sir Nicholas Blake (lawyer)^[2]
Hugh Blaker (artist, collector, connoisseur, dealer in Old Masters, museum curator, writer on art)
Derek Bourgeois (composer)
Luke Braid (Rugby Player, Junior All Black and IRB Young Player of the Year 2008)^{[citation needed]}
Sir Gordon Brunton (industrialist)
Sir David Calcutt (lawyer)
Harry Calder (cricketer)
Rob Curling (television presenter and journalist)
Michael Cochrane (actor)
Peter Conder (ornithologist and conservationist)
Vivian Cox (film producer, England hockey player)^[3]
Peter Henry Emerson (photographer)
Eric Fellner (film producer)
David Garnett (writer)
Paul Goodman (politician)
Peter Gordon (radio presenter)
Bernard Gutteridge (poet)
G. H. Hardy (mathematician)
Nick Harper (Global News TV Reporter)
Victor Heerman (director, writer)
Christopher Herrick (musician)
Adam Holloway (MP, Politician, Journalist, Soldier)
Frederick George Jackson (explorer)
Lieutenant General James Gordon Legge (soldier)
Patrick Marber (actor, director, screenwriter)
John Mark (athlete, lighter of the Olympic Cauldron in 1948)
George May, 1st Baron May (civil servant)
Stuart Meaker (England cricketer)
Laurence Naismith (actor)
Julia Ormond (actress)
Jolyon Palmer (racing driver)
Major General Michael Reynolds CB^[4]
Andrew Roberts (historian, broadcaster)
Alan Rusbridger (Guardian Editor)
Michael Stuart-Moore, Vice-President of the Court of Appeal, Hong Kong
Arthur Upfield (soldier, writer)
Flight Lieutenant Zane Sennett (Red Arrows pilot)^[5]
Sam Smith (professional rugby union footballer, Harlequins and England U20)^[6]
Seb Stegmann (Rugby Player, NEC Harlequins and England U20)^{[citation needed]}
Sewell Stokes (novelist and playwright)
E W Swanton (cricket and rugby correspondent, commentator and author)
David Westcott (GB hockey captain)

Notable masters

Steve Batchelor (Great Britain Hockey player and Olympic Gold medalist)
Neil Bennett (England Rugby player)
Revd. William Booth (clergyman)
Luis Cernuda (Spanish poet)
Andrew Corran (cricketer)
Vivian Cox (film producer, England hockey player)^[3]
David Emms (rugby player, headmaster)
Roger Knight (cricketer)
Thomas Layng (chaplain)
Sir Michael Redgrave (actor)
Mike Worsley (England Rugby player)

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 and rifle shooting.

External links

Southern Railway Schools Class

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^[7]

References

^ Cranleigh School | Cranleigh | LEA:Surrey | Surrey. The Good Schools Guide. Retrieved on 14 May 2012.
^ http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/b/7396/Nicholas+John.aspx
^ ^a ^b "Vivian Cox". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
^ http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/colonels/086.html
^ "Red 2 – Flight Lieutenant Zane Sennett". Ministry of Defence. 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.
^ "Sam Smith". RFU. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
^ "Schools Class Engine No. 936 – Cranleigh An engine named after the village's famous Public School". 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.

External links

[1] Cranleigh School | Cranleigh | LEA:Surrey | Surrey. The Good Schools Guide. Retrieved on 14 May 2012.

[2] ttp://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/b/7396/Nicholas+John.aspx

[Vivian_Cox-3] "Vivian Cox". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2 April 2013.

[4] ttp://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/colonels/086.html

[5] "Red 2 – Flight Lieutenant Zane Sennett". Ministry of Defence. 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.

[Sam_Smith-6] "Sam Smith". RFU. Retrieved 19 April 2010.

[7] "Schools Class Engine No. 936 – Cranleigh An engine named after the village's famous Public School". 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.

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