Cranleigh School is an independent English boarding school in the village of Cranleigh, Surrey. It was founded in 1865 as a boys' school. Stephen Rowland had a major role in the development of Cranleigh School. He also formed the Cranleigh Gas Company in 1876, and arranged for a mains water supply in 1886. In 1894 he laid out an estate between the Horsham and Ewhurst Roads, building New Park Road, Avenue Road, Mead Road, Mount Road and Bridge Road. He also ran a grocery store, his name is commemorated in that of Rowland House which merged with North House in 1931. Cranleigh 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 which host many functions including sports matches against current students and staff.
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