Cranbrook School A GSG School
- Cranbrook School
Waterloo Road
Cranbrook
Kent
TN17 3JD - Head: Dr Weeds
- 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.
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Kent
- Pupils: 750; 250 boarders; sixth formers: 267
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: Boarding £12,726 - £15,270 pa; Day free
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
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Ofsted:
- Latest Overall effectiveness Outstanding 1
- 16-19 study programmes Outstanding 1
- Outcomes for children and learners Outstanding 1
- Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1
- Effectiveness of leadership and management Outstanding 1
- 1 Full inspection 29th April 2015
- Previous Ofsted grade: Outstanding on 7th July 2011
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
What Cranbrook does well is encourage pupils to be self-reliant and take responsibility, whether that is through CCF or D of E, fundraising for the charities they care passionately about – no standard Sports Relief here – or being given the freedom to set up any clubs they’re interested in (40 at the last count, including curling club which promptly won a county-wide competition). Some subjects notably out-perform others by a mile, namely the large cohort of talented…
What the school says...
Cranbrook is unique in the state sector. We are very proud to be the ONLY state grammar school in the country that is 13+, co-educational and caters for both day and boarding students. We succeed in combining academic excellence with a wealth of extra-curricular opportunities, all underpinned by a deep commitment to the individual needs and enthusiasms of each pupil.
Cranbrook enjoys a reputation as one of the leading grammar schools in the country. We believe that all our students have gifts and talent, and we will work together to achieve these to the full. Teaching young people to learn effectively is one of the most important gifts we can give them, so everything we do from the moment they arrive at Cranbrook is geared towards creating an environment where pupils are able to take the initiative. We are shaping leaders both in and out of the classroom, and to that end all students at Cranbrook find challenges that test them, develop them and put them on the right road to future success.
We hope that you will come and see for yourself, this sense of community and what Cranbrook has to offer your son or daughter. Beyond academic and extracurricular excellence, what makes Cranbrook so special is that no other school blends so completely the traditions of a State and Independent School. This, together with our boarding community; house based system; CCF; strong sporting programme and wonderful 75 acre campus in the heart of the town, result in a truly unique community which can be sensed from all who visit us. ...Read more
What the parents say...
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2015 Good Schools Guide Awards
- Best performance by Girls taking Classical Civilisation at an English Grammar School (GCE AS level)
School associations
State boarding school
State grammar school
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since 2012, Dr John Weeds MA MPhil EdD (50s). Read classics at Pembroke College, Cambridge and his academic studies have long been part of his life. He jokes that he didn’t want to be outdone by his talented micro-biologist wife, but the letters after his name attest to a driven and committed educationalist.
His most recent thesis was on the subject of the gifted and talented, which will come in useful here. But having consciously chosen to work in the state sector, he is very concerned with equality of opportunity too. He has an eye on re-balancing Cranbrook’s increasingly independent school intake; he has ensured there are some less financially demanding school trips and wants to see the girls at Cranbrook given more of a voice too.
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
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 |
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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.
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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:
regularly
most years
quite often
infrequently
sometimes, but not in this year
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumnor House Sussex | 2017 to 2018 | 2 | 1 | Latin Award |
| Northbourne Park School | 2015 to 2016 | 2 | ||
| Saint Ronan's School | 2017 to 2018 | 23 | 4 | Academic Scholarship; Academic Scholarship |
| St Michael's Preparatory School | 2017 | 1 | ||
| St Paul's Cathedral School | 2010 to 2015 | 1 | ||
| The Schools at Somerhill | 2015 to 2018 | 9 | ||
| Vinehall School | 2015 to 2018 | 6 |
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