Cranbrook School A GSG School
- Cranbrook School
Waterloo Road
Cranbrook
Kent
TN17 3JD - Head: Mr David Clark
- T 01580 711804
- F 01580 711828
- E [email protected]
- W www.cranbrookschool.co.uk
- A state school for boys and girls aged from 11 to 18.
- Read about the best schools in West Kent and East Kent
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Kent
- Pupils: 906; sixth formers: 217
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: Boarding £15,150 - £18,150 pa
- Open days: Check school website
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
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Ofsted:
- Latest Overall effectiveness Good 1
- 16-19 study programmes Good 1
- Outcomes for children and learners Good 1
- Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1
- Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1
- Effectiveness of leadership and management Good 1
- 1 Full inspection 22nd March 2022
- Previous Ofsted grade: Outstanding on 28th April 2015
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
One of the few state boarding schools in the country, it is interwoven with the town and the local church is used for special events. There are six day houses including a junior house for year 7 and 8 and all went co-ed in 2019 - ‘a great improvement and reflects real life,’ says a parent. Rigorous attention to pastoral care and mental health issues. The school turns out ‘confident, curious, employable and well-rounded school leavers’ and suits most children. However, students need to be…
What the school says...
Situated in the heart of the Kent countryside, Cranbrook is blessed with superb facilities, a 75 acre campus and a truly dedicated teaching staff. As a selective grammar school they challenge the brightest boys and girls in the local area (along with boarders from further afield) to fulfil their true potential in the classroom and outside. Our academic results and outstanding Ofsted rating suggest that they are managing to meet that aim without betraying their roots. No other school blends the traditions of the State and Independent sectors so successfully. ...Read more
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School associations
State boarding school
State grammar school
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since September 2023, David Clark, previously head at Battle Abbey School.
Entrance
Selective, catering for the top 20-25 per cent ability range and always oversubscribed. Entrance at 11+ is via the Kent Test and is run by Kent County Council with papers in English, maths, verbal and non-verbal reasoning with about 240 applicants for 90 (recently increased from 60) places. Tight catchment area which is strictly enforced keeps house prices high in the surrounding villages. Sibling priority recently introduced for day and boarding admissions – but they need to pass the test and live within the priority area.
Total of 52 boarding and 38 day places offered in year 9. School runs its own 13+ entrance tests consisting of English, maths (non-calculator) and non-verbal reasoning. Boarders (who need to hold a British or...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
School's own description of their SEN provision:
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
Interpreting catchment maps
The maps show in colour where the pupils at a school came from*. Red = most pupils to Blue = fewest.
Where the map is not coloured we have no record in the previous three years of any pupils being admitted from that location based on the options chosen.
For help and explanation of our catchment maps see: Catchment maps explained
Further reading
If there are more applicants to a school than it has places for, who gets in is determined by which applicants best fulfil the admissions criteria.
Admissions criteria are often complicated, and may change from year to year. The best source of information is usually the relevant local authority website, but once you have set your sights on a school it is a good idea to ask them how they see things panning out for the year that you are interested in.
Many schools admit children based on distance from the school or a fixed catchment area. For such schools, the cut-off distance will vary from year to year, especially if the school give priority to siblings, and the pattern will be of a central core with outliers (who will mostly be siblings). Schools that admit on the basis of academic or religious selection will have a much more scattered pattern.
*The coloured areas outlined in black are Census Output Areas. These are made up of a group of neighbouring postcodes, which accounts for their odd shapes. These provide an indication, but not a precise map, of the school’s catchment: always refer to local authority and school websites for precise information.
The 'hotter' the colour the more children have been admitted.
Children get into the school from here:
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most years
quite often
infrequently
sometimes, but not in this year
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dulwich Prep Cranbrook | 2022 | 1 | ||
| Maidwell Hall | 2023 | 1 | ||
| Saint Ronan's School | 2023 | 9 |
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