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Cranleigh is Surrey’s leading co-educational independent school, offering boarding and day education for pupils aged 13 to 18. Cranleigh provides a breathtaking range of opportunities in a school small enough for everyone to know and support each other. Pupils lead busy lives now, exceeding academic and sporting expectations while preparing for life beyond our beautiful rural location. Cranleigh Thinking is thinking beyond the test Cranleigh Being, is about who we are and how we are in the world, putting welfare at the heart Cranleigh Giving is thinking beyond ourselves. Ultimately those who flourish, serve and lead in the future will be thinking, being, giving people. Parents and pupils testify that Cranleighans enjoy everything the School has to offer and exceed expectations. They achieve at the highest level while typically retaining quiet confidence without arrogance, an eagerness to serve, and a sensitive appreciation of the needs of others. Our teaching staff is eager to build on Cranleigh’s growing reputation for excellence. Academic results at GCSE and A-Level are the best they have ever been the School boasts national championship-winning sports teams, and musicians and actors are performing at the highest level. Our partner school, Cranleigh Abu Dhabi brings added richness and an exchange of ideas and culture to enhance our local boarding environment. Our partnership with Kawama Community School in Zambia helps Cranleighans to understand the responsibilities to others their education requires. The Cranleigh Family of Schools is committed to the provision of inspirational educational environments for children aged 7 to 18. Our mission is to challenge and inspire every one of our pupils by broadening their horizons, enriching their learning, and supporting them throughout each step of their journey. Our pupils are expected to embrace the opportunities offered, in all aspects of school life, and to support each other. Our Schools aspire to provide a soul and spirit that inspires. Our Common Room is dedicated to helping our pupils to flourish, and achieve their current and future ambitions. Cranleigh aims to provide young people with the strength to succeed the wisdom to make informed choices resilience in the face of failure or difficulty and the insight to recognize their privilege and to shape the future culture of the world through lives of service and leadership. Arising from the School’s Christian heritage and cultural background, at the heart of a Cranleigh education are four central values of Service, Relationships, Leadership, and Excellence. Cranleigh is proud of its heritage. From its roots as a community school launched in 1865 for the sons of local farmers, through to the international family of co-educational schools it has become today. We have retained our 280 acres of beautiful Surrey countryside and remain a friendly boarding school it is still true that each member of our community knows each other. Our ethos still seeks to fulfill the aims of the School’s founders in encouraging Cranleighans to look beyond themselves to make a difference to the society in which they live and work. View full school