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Cranleigh School is an independent English boarding school in the village of Cranleigh, Surrey. It was founded in 1865 as a boys' school and started to admit girls in the early 1970s. It is now co-educational. The current headmaster is Guy Waller. Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Cranleigh School. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto)1 Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total... A boarding school is a usually fee-paying school where some or all pupils not only study, but also live during term time, with their fellow students and possibly teachers. ... Cranleigh has long been associated with the unprovable title of Englands largest village: this settlement is part of the Waverley district of Surrey, and was until the mid 1860s Cranley. The Post Office insisted on changing the spelling to avoid confusion with nearby Crawley in West Sussex. ... Not to be confused with Surry. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ...

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 Academic Centre which is projected to include new high-tech facilities for Science and Modern Languages as well as a lecture theatre. Sir Richard Branson (born July 18, 1950) a famed British entrepreneur, is best known for his widely successful Virgin brand, a banner that encompasses a variety of business organizations. ... Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield is Professor of Pharmacology at Lincoln College, Oxford University and Director of the Royal Institution. ...

Cranleigh boasts wonderful 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 host many functions including sports matches against current students and staff.

Famous Alumni

• G.H. Hardy (mathematician)
• Derek Bourgeois (composer)
• Andrew Roberts (historian, broadcaster)
• David Westcott (GB hockey captain)
• David Calcutt (Lawyer)
• Julia Ormond (actor)
• E W Swanton (cricket and rugby correspondent, commentator and author)
• Alan Rusbridger (Guardian Editor)
• Sir Gordon Brunton (industrialist)
• Sewell Stokes (novelist and playwright)
• Eric Fellner (film producer)
• Jimmy Walters (actor)
• Georgina Moffat (actress)
• Ray Dunnett (mathematician)
• PJC (general legend)

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Southern Railway School's Class

The School lent its name to the thirtyseventh steam locomotive (Engine 936) in the Southern Railway's Class V of which there were 40. This Class was also known as the Schools Class because all 40 of the class were named after prominent English public schools. 'Cranleigh', as it was called, was built in 1934.The locomotive bearing the School's name was withdrawn in the early 1960s. Great Western Railway No. ... Below is a list of Richard Maunsells SR Class V Schools locomotives. ... A London and South Western Railway weight restriction sign on a bridge across the Tarka Trail (formerly the Barnstaple to Great Torrington railway) at Instow, North Devon. ... The SR Class V or Schools Class is a class of steam locomotive designed by Richard Maunsell for the Southern Railway. ... Below is a list of Richard Maunsells SR Class V Schools locomotives. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Cranleigh School website