The Cranleighan 2022

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CRANLEIGHAN 2022

The Cranleighan 2022 No. 72 December 2022

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FROM THE HEADMASTER

MR MARTIN READER

Just before the start of this Michaelmas term 2022, Dr Saxel and Claudia Brightman were reflecting on how two years ago they were spending time preparing a video on cleaning! Last year we were discussing how we were going to approach blended learning and how we were going to reconnect the community. This time we were looking forward to a carousel of CPD led by 10 different teachers on different teaching techniques to encourage independ ent learning. What a relief to be talking about classroom practice as a priority.

In conversation with Sixth Formers and recent leavers over the last year, I was struck by a philosophical, pragmatic tone I had never heard previously. Rather than actively and excit edly looking forward to university, or gap-year travel, fixtures, plays or birthday celebra tions —even public examinations — they planned with an omnipresent caveat awareness that they may not happen. It was lovely to see their youthful optimism return as the year progressed. We began to look forwards again, planning events and activities that were not being cancelled.

You will read in these pages the wonderful stories of a full year. Touchlines were again lined with parents supporting their children. Musicians and actors performed to full houses; we remembered how talented our artists are and the sheer variety of their creative expres sion: it had been three years since the last final show. At each event, the excitement from pupils, staff, and parents was tangible.

Whilst I remain mindful of the drought that was later declared, the fact that we did not miss a single fixture through bad weather in the Summer term felt like a blessing to all who had missed so many. Just seeing pupils enjoying each other’s company on South Field and around the campus, refilling the social learning gap, was a joy. Ordinary boarding school life took on a special veneer. I hope we do not take the privilege we have for granted as we become once more accustomed to it. Enjoy re-living it as you read.

If there is one word that sums up how Cranleigh has managed the eight Covid-19 terms it is adaptability. Cranleighans proved they can face challenge, adapt and emerge strongly. We had seen in the outstanding Shakespeare in Love and Little Shop of Horrors that Cran leighans had not forgotten how to sing, act and dance at the highest level. Sports fixtures were again competitive with hockey, rugby, equestrian all succeeding in regional and na tional competitions. House events now once more incorporated the whole House, not just a year group. Again, gaps had been quickly filled but we would not fully discover the extent of any learning gap until exam time.

The Upper Sixth had discovered that there would be no GCSEs in 2020, a few short weeks before they would have started revising. They had never experienced what it was like to undertake a revision programme over several weeks let alone public examinations. Whilst some of the mitigations put in place would be beneficial, the increased space between exams to allow for possible isolation would make for a long season, testing resolve and stamina.

For the Upper Fifth, the issue was less the lack of examination experience — they had taken Common Entrance at least. Rather that either remote or blended learning or isolation had dominated their entire learning experience from the beginning of March in the Fourth Form. At least the Upper Sixth had had the building-block years in the classroom.

I therefore confess to some trepidation on their behalf as time ticked on towards May. Our experience of their performance was showing some variation in how well students had coped with this new way of learning. We had put in an extra series of assessments to give them more opportunity to hone revision and exam technique, but would it be sufficiently sharp? We knew that universities were oversubscribed and so the inevitable bad days or slip ups may be costly indeed.

I therefore have to pay tribute to how well they proved their adaptability. Both A Level and GCSE results were very impressive, and we were particularly thrilled with the A Level re sults. For 25% of grades to be A* was terrific, presenting a rosy university entrance picture. Likewise, at GCSE, the most common grade scored was a 7 (303) and a 9, the toughest grade to attain, was only marginally less (300).

Whilst we were so proud of these top grades and more importantly the students who had achieved them, what I enjoyed most in the days following the publication of results were the conversations with teachers that moved quickly to those students who had perhaps struggled and who bettered expectations. For that is what Cranleigh is all about: the depth of commitment of teachers who genuinely care about the learning of their pupils, whatever their relative academic strength. And, of course, students who care about their learning.

It is also noteworthy, that the Upper Sixth in particular made a habit of leading each other with a supportive attitude that encouraged study and respected academic success. This was a year group who knew how to use their voice, and whether it be Alliance, Cranleigh Being, the Eco Group or the various prefect and captaincy roles, they became genuine partners in bringing about changes in the School. I was thrilled to see their leadership of academic pur suits beyond the test, whether it be editing and writing for the Purvis Journal or Dangerous Minds or the various subject societies, setting the cultural tone to which we aspire.

One particular occasion typified that attitude. A senior member of staff due to be taking a PSHE session in September was ill (not an untypical situation during Covid-19). Mr Drake asked if two of the Upper Sixth would lead a session on anti-racism instead. They did so offthe-cuff, without hesitation and I hear it was outstanding. Any opportunity to speak in front of the School was seized by a year group who wanted to make a difference — beginning to live out the vision we have for Cranleighans.

What has become evident is that young Cranleighans are becoming increasingly aware that the world is going through transition and they have a responsibility to play their part. They are looking for a more diverse and inclusive school which prepares them for a more diverse and inclusive world. They are certainly not climate change deniers and want the School to be more sustainable — though reducing meat consumption remains a sacrifice too far for many!

We began the academic year 2021-2022 still with an air of uncertainty. We can now look back on a year that has produced some remarkable memories as we did things together again. Cranleigh and Cranleighans have proved themselves adaptable, forward looking and ambitious with a desire to be kinder and more inclusive. Whilst we still face terrible world events, we can look forward with confidence, gaining encouragement from a place and people that are very special indeed.

IF THERE IS ONE WORD THAT SUMS UP HOW CRANLEIGH HAS MANAGED THE EIGHT COVID-19 TERMS IT IS ADAPTABILITY. CRANLEIGHANS PROVED THEY CAN FACE CHALLENGE, ADAPT AND EMERGE STRONGLY

MR SIMON BIRD, DEPUTY HEAD

FROM OUR DEPUTIES

It’s an urban myth apparently, that thing about cockroaches surviving a nuclear war. They wouldn’t. By insect standards they are, in fact, not even particularly hardy. Who knew? On the flip side though, they can live for a week without their heads, which just goes to show that it can be surprising what survives adversity.

At the start of the school year an important question emerged: what would survive the shockwave of the pandemic? On one hand the return to School promised clean-breaks and new beginnings — a beach freshly swept by the retreating tide — but it prompted concerns too, about what may have been washed away.

Academic knowledge, it transpired, had survived the disruption of the previous two years pretty well, a near miracle given the limitations of distance learning, as you’ll appreciate if you’ve ever kidded yourself you could learn guitar, or Japanese, by watch ing YouTube videos. But if those raw building blocks were solid enough, it was appar ent that pupils were finding it significantly harder to see how they all fitted together, or how to create new patterns of their own. A return to face-to-face classes was a tonic, but many students found it tricky to juggle the new blend of digital and in-person learning, and even very able students sometimes found the organisational aspects of their newly convoluted lives a challenge. As teachers we learnt to be better at putting ourselves in pupils’ shoes — yes, that instruction makes sense to me, but does it make sense to them?

There was a loss too, of some institutional knowledge, instincts we have taken for granted over the years but that needed rekindling; some boarding house routines sideswiped by the bubbling of year groups, or elements of ethos that needed rebuild ing. Again, as adults we had to remember not to assume too much.

Greater intentionality proved to be an unexpected bonus all of its own however, enforcing a clear-eyed questioning of old habits, and inviting new expectations, often better ones. It became easier to determine if we were doing something a particular way because that was the best option, or simply because that was how we’d always done it previously. Senior Prefects, Siena Keijsers and Robbie Mould, led by exam ple in this regard, politely challenging the status quo, but insistent and fearless if the School’s position lacked logic or coherence. Their cohort grew into excellent leadership alongside them.

There has been a subtle shift too in the ways our students have sought to engage with the world beyond Cranleigh, absorbing and reflecting a more compassionate understanding about complex social issues. In some areas — inclusion, equality, sustainability, for example — they have done so instinctively, and with clear moral purpose, often grasping nuance and articulating their thoughts with ease and confidence. The trick for us all over the coming years is to ensure that positive social change harnesses a ‘come with us’ power in which challenge is supportive, not shaming; an invitation to help make things better for all of us.

Best of all though, and joyously filling the post-lockdown void, has been the return of those most elemen tal human behaviours: the pleasures of being together — a wave of reconnecting that has always been at the heart of School life, and that has never felt more precious. Learning together, playing together, talking together, eating together, and, more than anything else, laughing together. And if that continual togetherness was occasionally overwhelming after the stop-start isolation of lockdown, it provided its own healing balm in the upbeat energy of companionship and in knowing that friendships — unlike cockroaches — really are indestructible.

THERE HAS BEEN A SUBTLE SHIFT TOO IN THE WAYS OUR STUDENTS HAVE SOUGHT TO ENGAGE WITH THE WORLD BEYOND CRANLEIGH, ABSORBING AND REFLECTING A MORE COMPASSIONATE UNDERSTANDING ABOUT COMPLEX SOCIAL ISSUES

DR ANDREA SAXEL, DEPUTY HEAD PASTORAL

NEVER

BEFORE AT CRANLEIGH HAVE THERE BEEN MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUPILS TO LEAD AND TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR SHAPING THE ENVIRONMENT THEY INHABIT

The world is changing, at a frightening pace, or so it would seem from the daily onslaught of concerning headlines.

This time last year, the major educational focus at Cranleigh related to how we could implement a robust COVID-19 testing programme, that would enable us to get back to a semblance of normality. With seating plans and twice weekly testing still in place, normality seemed a way off. The logistical difficulties associated with Wednesday morning testing, the accompanying fallout as well as hybrid teaching were huge; every day it seemed as though there was a new problem to solve, a new change to the rules, and we were powerless to do anything to alter this. We simply had to adapt as a community and in fact we did more than that this last year; we thrived!

The fact that COVID-19 occupied our thoughts almost completely just one short year ago seems very strange given what has occured globally since. Whilst it has not gone away, by any means, and the impact on our young people in par ticular should not be underestimated, the pandemic is no longer at the forefront of our minds as we look to the future. So much has changed over the last year and it is frightening; a war raging in Ukraine and the accompanying displacement of millions of people, a return to power of the Taliban, multiple civil wars across the globe, the impact of climate change becoming more evident, recession looming and a cost of living crisis; I could go on and on …

The outgoing Upper Sixth have certainly had a challenging few years; almost half of their Senior School education has been affected by the pandemic. I have a distinct memory of teaching them a Chemistry lesson on the day we realised schools were going to close; none of us could possibly have predicted what would happen next. Their Sixth Form has been a very different experience to what they would have hoped for; however, they have impressed us all with their ability to adapt, their resilience and most importantly of all, their leadership.

Never before at Cranleigh have there been more opportunities for pupils to lead and to take responsibility for shaping the environment they inhabit. The Senior Prefects have led the way, and the posi tive impact they have had on their own peer group in particular has been significant; the authenticity of their leadership evident always.

In addition, the leadership teams of Cranleigh Being, Alliance, EcoGroup and the Charities Committee have all helped the School move forward in a number of respects. The Cranleigh Being team revolutionised our PSHE offering by giving talks to the whole School on a variety of subjects, ranging from inclusivity to body image. A huge amount of work and research went into these talks and the younger year groups in particular felt that their perspective was valued and understood better, because the talks were being delivered by people close in age to them. Cranleigh Being also set up an ‘Anti-sexual Violence’ sub-committee comprised of a num

ber of pupils who wrote to and met with MPs to ask for changes to the guidance given to schools in dealing with such incidents.

Alliance has also made a huge impact on our pupils’ educational experience. A highlight of the year was Francesca Allan (OC) speaking of her experience of being transgender during her time at Cranleigh, to a rapt audience. This talk was extremely moving and the message running through it regarding kindness left a last ing impression on everyone in attendance.

The Eco-Group continued to go from strength to strength; their work on recycling programmes, second-hand sales, reducing food waste and the School’s carbon footprint has been ground-break ing, and their attendance at COP-26 fur ther cemented their position as leaders tackling climate change. They continue to educate our entire community and to challenge us all to do better.

The Charities committee took on a huge task this year in response to the war in Ukraine. They collected, sorted and packed contributions from Cranleigh families, everything from medical sup plies to clothing and these were taken to a distribution centre and transported to Poland. The sheer amount of material donated was extraordinary, and it took the whole team a full week of sorting and packing to prepare it for transportation. The generosity shown by the whole community in this endeavour was truly humbling, and no doubt inspired by Dascha Motsuko’s incredibly brave talk about her family’s experience of the war in Ukraine.

In all of these endeavours, I have been astounded by the depth of thought behind the discussions that Cranleighans have been having and have been fortunate enough to see them debate some of these issues at various Purvis Society events. This generation of Cranleighans care about the world around them and they care about what their legacy will be. They know that there are many problems for their generation to solve; when I look at what they achieved in one short year (and I have only provided a sample of their accomplishments here), I feel more hopeful about the future of the planet than I might otherwise.

A thread that runs through a Cranleigh education is the hope that Cranleighans grow to become Thinking, Being and Giving individu als. Some of the discussions had this year have been difficult and have involved emotive subjects and such conversations are never easy. Change never is easy though.

I started this article by commenting on how fast the world seems to be changing, and it reminded me that last year’s Senior Prefects started a campaign asking Cranleighans to BeTheChange they wanted to see in the world. This year’s Upper Sixth have certainly fulfilled that brief. They head out into the world with the potential to be leaders on a much larger scale. I know they will use any power they gain wisely.

CHANGE WILL NOT COME IF WE WAIT FOR SOME OTHER PERSON, OR IF WE WAIT FOR SOME OTHER TIME. WE ARE THE ONES WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR. WE ARE THE CHANGE THAT WE SEEK. BARACK OBAMA

FROM THE SENIOR PREFECTS

SIENA KEIJSERS AND ROBBIE MOULD

Lockdown has revealed both some positives, and negatives for us as students. We certainly miss the flex ibility, shall we say, of online learning. It will forever remain a mystery why so many Cranleighans’ home WiFi struggled so badly under the strain of Google Meet when 4K HDR Netflix always seemed to work. Unsurprisingly, the absence of Mr Reader’s frequent lectures on birdwatching left a gaping, inconsolable, hole in our hearts — when did the swallows arrive? When were the martlets nesting? We had absolutely no way of finding out. In spite of Cranleigh’s idiosyncrasies, Siena and I would like to recognise two, invaluable, lessons this school has taught us. Awareness, and independence. We expect these traits will distinguish Cranleighans from other students for years to come.

Our first value is awareness; awareness of privilege in a political, economic and social sense. It is crucial that we are aware, and appreciate, our health, education and freedom of speech. This school provides interactions outside of the so called ‘Cranleigh bubble’ via the Voluntary Action programme, CCF and trips like Zambia. Today I will share a memory from my time in ‘Interact’ which caused me to acknowledge my privilege. Once a week a group of us meet with a collection of St Joseph’s students, children aged between 15 and 19 with severe and complex learning difficulties. One Wednesday afternoon I was sitting opposite Zayn rolling a tennis ball back and forth when he made a noise I had not heard before. After four years spending an hour a week with him I could understand the various meanings of the sounds he makes and have learnt to communicate with him. So, I asked, “Zayn, what does that noise mean?”. To which he inno cently responded, “Happy ... Happiness”. Zayn’s contentment in such an ordinary moment forced me to realise just how fortunate I am. In this moment in time I felt an overwhelming responsibility to be grateful for my surroundings and opportunities. Zayn’s happiness taught me to take pleasure in the simple things, on a weekly basis he demonstrates that life is about appreciating the small moments, something I believe we can all learn from. Occasions like those with Zayn, encourage us to take advantage of the opportunities so readily available to us. To be confident yet grateful, innovative yet appreciative, to demonstrate integrity in a humble manner and, crucially, to respect and be a voice for others. Various teachers and experiences drive us to appreciate the privilege we hold in our ability to voice our opinions. It is important we acknowl edge our position in society as students at a public school, in a progressive, politically stable country with freedom of speech. It is vital that we recognise our luck, as well as our liberty, in our appreciation and utilisation of the platform available to us.

Our second value is independence. Not in the classical meaning of the word, like being able to cook your own dinner or take your own notes, but in the rudimentary ability to establish our own thoughts and stand by these in our actions and words. By this, I mean to question the words and actions of others. Through various debating and scholarly societies, as well as in-class discussions, we are encouraged to evaluate a range of sources and determine our own perspective. To be clear, we do not disa gree for the sake of arguing but instead have the confidence to intervene when particular conversations arise. So going forward we won’t be the people who agree with everything

they’re told, who can’t distinguish between theirs and the opin ions of others. This vital lesson has empowered us to question convention, take issue with what is wrong and reform the unac ceptable; ultimately, to stand up for others, as well as ourselves. So, as we leave Cranleigh, we can say with pride that we are not simply a group of well-rounded individuals, we are a group of well-rounded individuals who aren’t afraid to ask questions, to take issue with what is wrong, with a desire to instigate change.

Finally, on behalf of our year, Robbie and I would like to wish Kasim and Skye the best of luck in their roles as Senior Prefects.

SIENA AND I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNISE TWO, INVALUABLE, LESSONS THIS SCHOOL HAS TAUGHT US. AWARENESS, AND INDEPENDENCE

ACADEMICS

ACADEMICS

MR DAVID BOGGITT, DEPUTY HEAD ACADEMIC

Cranleigh had already enjoyed considerable academic success before the results in the summer.

The Senior Maths Challenge was held in October and this year saw an increase in the number of medals awarded, three gold, nine silver and 22 bronze. Simon Chen was top of the School with a score of 100, with Joel Barker and Robbie Mould also getting gold; all three qualified for the Senior Kangaroo. The Intermediate Maths Challenge was held in February and 82% of the students who sat it received a medal, an improvement on last year’s results. Eight gold, 16 silver and 12 bronze medals were awarded. Ted Mills (Lower Fifth), was top of the School, with Thomas Cripp (Upper Fifth) and Rolf Alexander (Fourth Form) top of their respective years. These three students were joined by Ben Boyd (Upper Fifth), Siyaun Huang (Upper Fifth), James McGeoch (Fourth Form), Sophie Moore (Upper Fifth) and Lily Zhang (Upper Fifth) in qualifying for the Intermediate Kangaroo.

Biology saw a total of 24 medals won, including three in the Biology Olympiad where Naalini Bird won a gold medal and both Anna Lasova and Tommy Walker won a silver medal. In addition, there were six medals in the Intermediate Biology Olympiad (where Georgie Lawes won silver) and 15 medals in the Biology Challenge, including gold for Brandon Groocock and silver for Oliver Harrison, Sirus Pakzad and Jamie Tappin.

In the Cambridge Chemistry Challenge, Harry Brooks and Tom Mould won a Silver Award, with Jacqui Birrell, Madeleine Glynn-Jones, Isabelle Rowe and Alexander Sheikh winning a Copper Award.

A Level results day arrived, with no small amount of media hype to accompany it in the run up. Students had been given advance information about the focus of exams, told that this was a transition year to reflect that the country is in a pandemic recovery period and that the grade boundaries would be decided to reflect a mid point between summer 2019 and 2021. So, for another year, Cranleighans nervously logged into the portal to find out their results.

As things turned out, despite all the challenges that our students faced, we were absolutely delighted with their results: 25% of all grades was an A*, and this year very pleasingly, 85% of all grades were an A*-B. One-third of our Upper Sixth achieved three or more A*/A and over 70% of our students achieved all A*-B. A particular well done to

Naalini Bird and Robbie Mould, both of whom achieved 4 A*, as well as Isabella Barker, Mathilda Bown, Josh Cotterell, Matthew Duff, Léa Graham, Siena Keijsers, Jess Rowlands, Boau-Lilly Shepherd, Anna Warham, Eliza Wheeler and Lucy Wyatt who all achieved three A*.

Cranleigh continued to record success in pupils gaining places at both Oxford and Cambridge. From this year’s cohort, Naalini Bird will go on to read Natural Sciences at Newnham College, Cambridge; and Archie Pearman will read History and English at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. We also continued our success with Ivy League applications, with Boau-Lilly Shepherd gaining admis sion to Dartmouth.

This year Cranleigh processed university applications from 133 students (both pre- and post A Level) of whom 95 obtained places at their first choice university and 16 obtained places at their insurance choice. The remainder have, variously, found a place through Clearing, opted to re-apply next year or decided not to go to university. Of those gaining places, 86.4% will be going to Russell Group or equivalent universities. The most popular des tinations this year were Cardiff (12), Newcastle (12) and Nottingham (11), while the most popular subject areas were History and Politics and International Relations, both of which will be studied by 12 students.

Despite our GCSE students facing the same challenges as our Upper Sixth, they too achieved some excellent results. Our students worked hard to achieve 70% grade 9-7 and 96% grade 9-5, with half the cohort achieving eight or more grade 9-7. Four students achieved straight grade 9s, so very well done to Ozzy Larmer, Evie Millar, Sophie Moore and Alice Reynolds. A further 10 students achieved 10 or more grade 9/8s, so a huge well done to Ben Boyd, Zubin Chinwala, Tom Cripp, Rafe Farrant, Juliette Hall, Lucy Masurier, Sasha Pilling, Emily Reed, Megan Tappin and Jacob Walford.

It remains a source of great pride that our students have achieved these fantastic results without ever compro mising the rich and hugely successful co-curricular life of the School. As always, I’m hugely grateful to everyone at Cranleigh — both the Academic and the Bursarial staff — for their commitment to helping our students achieve their potential.

The very best of luck to all Cranleighans for the forth coming term.

UNIVERSITY DESTINATIONS

ARTSED MUSICAL THEATRE

BATH SPA UNIVERSITY

CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY

CARDIFF UNIVERSITY CITY UNIVERSITY DURHAM UNIVERSITY IMPERIAL COLLEGE, LONDON KING’S COLLEGE, LONDON

LONDON SCHOOL OF MUSICAL THEATRE

LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY

MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY

NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY NOTTINGHAM TRENT

OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY

QUEEN MARY’S UNIVERSITY, LONDON

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

SWANSEA UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

UNIVERSITY OF EXETER UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTER

UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS

UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL

UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM

UNIVERSITY OF READING UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON

UNIVERSITY OF SURREY

UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK

UNIVERSITY OF YORK UNIVERSITY ST ANDREWS

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

24% of all grades a 9

24% of all grades a 9

24% of all grades a 9

70% of all grades a 9-7

70% of all grades a 9-7

70% of all grades a 9-7

STATS AND FACTS | GCSE

GCSE RESULTS

76% of all English/Maths grades a 9-7

76% of all English/Maths grades a 9-7

76% of all English/Maths grades a 9-7

Half of the cohort achieved 8 or more grade 9-7 and a nearly one-quarter of the cohort achieved 8 or more grade 9-8. Four pupils achieved straight grade 9s: Ozzy Larmer, Evie Millar, Sophie Moore and Alice Reynolds. A further nine pupils achieved all grade 9/8s.

SUBJECT COHORT 9 8 7 6 PASS(%) ART 36 11 14 8 3 100.00 BIOLOGY 81 25 24 18 12 100.00 CHEMISTRY 81 24 18 23 10 98.77

CLASSICAL CIVILISATION 35 4 4 9 9 97.14 DESIGN 35 14 4 9 5 100.00 DRAMA 28 9 4 5 5 100.00

DUAL AWARD SCIENCE 51 3 18 26 27 99.02 ENGLISH LANGUAGE 132 43 44 25 16 100.00

ENGLISH LITERATURE 132 36 29 37 24 100.00

FRENCH 73 8 9 11 13 95.89 GEOGRAPHY 79 29 23 18 8 100.00

GERMAN 3 2 0 1 0 100.00 GREEK 5 3 2 0 0 100.00 HISTORY 81 20 15 23 9 100.00

LATIN 18 8 4 4 1 100.00 MATHEMATICS 132 28 26 34 20 100.00

MUSIC 9 5 3 1 0 100.00

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 47 1 3 7 15 100.00

PHYSICS 80 21 21 21 14 100.00 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 40 5 7 14 12 95.00 SPANISH 41 5 10 9 7 97.56

* Students who take Dual Award Science get two science grades, which are not always the same.

25% of A Level grades at A*

25% of A Level grades at A*

25% of A Level grades at A*

25% of A Level grades at A*

85% of students achieved all Al Level grades A*-B

85% of students achieved all Al Level grades A*-B

85% of students achieved all Al Level grades A*-B

85% of students achieved all Al Level grades A*-B

70% of students achieved all A Level grades A*-B

70% of students achieved all A Level grades A*-B

70% of students achieved all A Level grades A*-B

70% of students achieved all A Level grades A*-B

STATS AND FACTS | A-LEVEL RESULTS

Sixth Form students also performed well in the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ), with 32 per cent achieving the top grade of an A* and 83 per cent achieving A*-B. Well over 200 students in the Sixth Form take the EPQ in addition to three A Levels.

Naalini Bird and Robbie Mould achieved four A*. In addition, Isabella Barker, Mathilda Bown, Josh Cotterell, Matthew Duff, Léa Graham, Siena Keijsers, Jess Rowlands, Boau-Lilly Shepherd, Anna Warham, Eliza Wheeler and Lucy Wyatt all achieved three A*.

A-LEVEL & BTEC RESULTS

SUBJECT COHORT A*(%) A*-A(%) A*-B(%) PASS(%)

ART 11 54.55 90.91 100.00 100.00

BIOLOGY 16 25.00 62.50 100.00 100.00

BUSINESS STUDIES 27 7.41 29.63 85.19 100.00

CHEMISTRY 13 30.77 69.23 92.31 100.00

CLASSICAL CIVILISATION 6 33.33 50.00 83.33 100.00

DESIGN ENGINEERING 3 0.00 66.67 100.00 100.00

DRAMA 8 25.00 62.50 100.00 100.00

ECONOMICS 30 30.00 63.33 86.67 100.00

ENGLISH 31 12.90 32.26 83.87 100.00

FRENCH 8 25.00 62.50 75.00 100.00

GEOGRAPHY 29 20.69 55.17 82.76 100.00

HISTORY 36 16.67 44.44 80.56 100.00

LATIN 3 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

MATHEMATICS 29 34.48 68.97 82.76 100.00

FURTHER MATHEMATICS 4 25.00 50.00 100.00 100.00

MUSIC 1 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

MUSIC TECHNOLOGY 1 0.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 9 11.11 44.44 77.78 100.00

PHYSICS 12 8.33 41.67 58.33 91.67

POLITICS 22 36.36 63.64 86.36 100.00

PRODUCT DESIGN 8 25.00 25.00 50.00 100.00

PSYCHOLOGY 28 10.71 53.57 82.14 100.00

RELIGIOUS STUDIES 11 54.55 81.82 100.00 100.00

RUSSIAN 3 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

SPANISH 6 33.33 83.33 100.00 100.00

SUBJECT COHORT STARRED DISTINCTION DISTINCTION MERIT PASS(%)

PE BTEC 8 25.00% 62.50% 12.50% 100

CAMBRIDGE: Naalini Bird (Natural Sciences)

OXFORD: Archie Pearman (English and History)

NON-UK UNIVERSITY DESTINATIONS DARTMOUTH, USA

Boau-Lilly Shepherd (Liberal Arts)

MUSIC

The following musicians all achieved the gold-standard of Grade 8 in the Associated Board Music Exams:

Naalini Bird (Singing, Distinction)

Zifan (Simon) Chen (Cello) Dominic Fellows (Trombone)

Brandon Groocock (Electric Guitar)

Brandon Groocock (Piano, Distinction)

Charles Maskery (Violin) Frederick Moore (Singing)

CRANLEIGH THINKING

DR JOHN TAYLOR, DIRECTOR OF LEARNING, TEACHING & INNOVATION

The focus of Cranleigh Thinking is on ‘teaching beyond the test’, with the additional elements coming in the form of learning that equips students for challenges in life and study that go beyond the immedi ate goal of achieving good test results. The ‘above and beyond’ element can come in the form of both academic skills, practical skills and the development of valuable personal qualities.

Cranleigh Thinking specifies reflection, discovery, inquiry and dialogue as core skills. It is an approach to learning that places a clear focus on the priority of skills development, understanding these skills to encompass capacities for personal development, the ability to engage in research-based learning, critical thinking, creativity, collaboration as well as more specific vocational and technical skills.

Activities are curated and evaluated for the contribution they make to the development of these skills. Lesson observation is used to highlight and articulate the moments within classes when these skills are taught and practised. This past year saw a Cranleigh Thinking Audit of the Design Department at Cranleigh UK, where the project approach to learning is used effectively as a means of helping students develop their core subject knowledge as well as building valuable skills.

CRANLEIGH THINKING INTERNATIONAL

The schools in the Cranleigh International family have been working together to build a shared understanding of teaching and learning, drawing on and expanding the principles of Cranleigh Thinking and applying them in a global setting.

Cranleigh’s International schools are well-placed to facilitate ‘global awareness’ as part of the learning process for all students. This is developed through the opportunity for interaction amongst stu dents of diverse nationalities and for the rich, stimulating and at times challenging set of questions that arise when exploring how different countries go about organising their social, political and economic affairs. Through conversation that involves the inclu sion of a range of diverse international perspectives there is rich potential for the exchange of ideas and the development of mutual understanding.

The value of this sort of cross-cultural understanding is hard to over state as we consider the many factors in modern life that can lead to a narrowing of perspective and a tendency to prioritise one set of cultural insights above those of others. Our shared School motto, ‘Ex cultu robur’ means ‘strength from culture’ — and this does not mean ‘strength from my culture alone’. Hence an education that promotes global citizenship will be one where there is space for dis cussion, debate and agreement to differ in a sensitive, thoughtful and respectful manner.

Expanding minds by building global awareness also plays into the employability goal of a future-oriented education. Young people with global awareness are better placed to move confidently into jobs that involve addressing global challenges. Cross-cultural under standing is of value in facilitating commercial and strategic dialogue in the global marketplace, hence an education which encompasses global awareness is of value from an employability perspective as well as having significance in helping form ‘world citizens’.

At Cranleigh Abu Dhabi, the new core curriculum is structured around a matrix of ‘Cranleigh Skills’. These are tracked through an online platform so that students can build up a portfolio of evidence of skills development activities over time. The skills are also identi fied within the schemes of work for the core curriculum.

The senior core curriculum involves a reduction in the number of GCSEs in order to provide curriculum space for project work in the form of the School Certificate in Philosophy, a new qualifica tion developed at Cranleigh UK in partnership with New College of the Humanities in London, the Higher Project Qualification and a programme of skills development activities address ing employability skills and engagement with global challenges.

GLOBAL AWARENESS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE

One point where global awareness is called for is in response to the challenge of climate change. Cranleigh schools have been responding through their involvement in eco-initiatives. This has been a significant enterprise at Cranleigh Changsha, with in-school projects addressing conservation and sustainability launched in the earliest days of the School’s operation, participation in a major conference and success achieved through an early nomination for an award.

In spheres such as this, as well as in helping young people across the globe in their response to emerging issues such as concerns about mental health and the impact of social media, there is scope for dialogue, shared initiatives and the promotion of a wider per spective as individual schools gain an appreciation of how others in the international family are confronting these challenges.

In practical terms, the development of a Cranleigh Thinking model for teaching and learning means that Cranleigh schools around the world are addressing the challenge of equipping young people with the skills they will need to thrive personally and professionally in an increasingly complex global domain.

EXTENDED PROJECT QUALIFICATION (EPQ)

DR JOHN TAYLOR, DIRECTOR OF LEARNING, TEACHING & INNOVATION

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A* 27

A*-A 65

A*-B 83

A*-C 97

A*-D 100

The EPQ students entering in the January award series of 2022 posted really outstand ing results, with the highest ever total of A and A* grades from a timetabled cohort. This was particularly impressive given that the programme had been interrupted by lock down. The EPQ continues to demonstrate that Cranleighans have the capacity to develop high-level skills in independent learning and project management.

As in previous years, outcomes ranged across the full spectrum of possible project types, combining rigorous dissertation writing with creative work in the fields of design, performance and scientific investigation. Cranleighans have chosen to research topics of personal interest and then express their findings in a form that authentically captures the learning journey they have been on. This can mean taking on an engineering challenge, creating a movie, producing artwork or conducting scientific tests then analysing the findings. There is much more to EPQ than just writing a long essay.

The skill set that is developed through EPQ is a valuable one, and Cranleighans are now benefiting from the policy of higher education insti tutions which have chosen to lower their standard A Level offer for students who achieve well with EPQ. The connection lies in the fact that once stu dents get to university, they will be expected to be able to manage their own learning confidently and independently. Students who have learned how to write a literature review, create a bibliography and balance argu ment and counter-argument whilst framing their own research questions will be better equipped to thrive in a setting where learning has to be more self-led.

EPQ is thus a significant example of how learning can be more than simply a journey towards a successful set of exam results. The EPQ enables stu dents to develop as independent, creative thinkers. As students learn, the secret is in selecting a title which really is personally interesting and worth pursuing for its own sake. Link this intrinsic motivation to a sustained effort across the year, coupled with the high-quality support provided by a full team of project mentors and we have the ingredients of a first-class learn ing experience. The fantastic quality project work bears testament to the value of this type of learning journey.

Right: Images of Hallé’s performance costume created from preloved materials, an Artefact project inspired by her strong interest in art, fashion and dance.

EPQ IS THUS A SIGNIFICANT EXAMPLE OF HOW LEARNING CAN BE MORE THAN SIMPLY A JOURNEY TOWARDS A SUCCESSFUL SET OF EXAM RESULTS

REAL WORLD CHALLENGES

A successful EPQ begins with an interesting, open-ended question or challenge. It is no use selecting a question with an obvious answer — the whole point of the exercise is to choose a question that will lead into a genuine journey of investigation and discovery.

The EPQ is a large piece of work, and, as many Cranleighans will testify, keeping up momentum over the course of the year is a challenge. The key is to choose a question that is personally engaging and motivational. This motivation can be purely personal, as when a project grows out of a hobby or a topic that captured a student’s interest during a lesson. The motivation can also come from a desire to use EPQ to respond to one of the pressing social challenges that we all face. Many successful EPQs take the form of a response to concerns such as those about sustainability, climate change, the impact of social media on mental health or anxieties about body image.

For example, Raya (right) decided to work on an artefact EPQ. Her project included research to explore attitudes towards fast fashion and techniques for creating sustainable garments, and her final artefact was designed to make a statement about the impact of fast fashion. A project like this combines personal interest with a desire to contribute to a global ethical challenge. EPQ is therefore helping students to begin to explore ways in which they can respond creatively and reflectively to real-world challenges.

THE PURVIS SOCIETY

NAALINI BIRD, SECRETARY OF THE PURVIS SOCIETY

Following two years of disrupted meetings, the Purvis society returned in September in full force. The pandemic-induced hiatus meant that no scholars or exhibitioners had experienced a Sixth Form Purvis meeting before, which provided us with the perfect opportunity to reimagine how the Society runs.

Historically, Sixth Form Purvis has transitioned away from the weekly half-hour lunch time meetings attended by the lower school, in favour of less frequent meetings and occasional guest lectures. However this year, potentially as a direct result of such a long time without meetings, we were met with high demand within the Society to meet more regularly and to increase the number of students involved in giving talks. We have held an enormous 18 meetings throughout the year, which have been attended by almost 50 Purvis members, with talks from 12 students.

These talks have ranged from discussing what determines personhood and gender identity to debates over how institutional racism can be combated within the police, especially with respect to their highly controversial stop and search policies. One par ticularly outstanding talk given by Liv Barker tackled the incredibly complex philosophy of morality and goodness, comparing both deontological and teleological perspectives to this question. As is true of many Purvis talks, we found that Immanuel Kant provided the most convincing solution to this problem with his concept of categorical impera tives. As the winner of the prize for best talk in the annual Purvis black-tie dinner, what made this talk particularly notable was the immense subject knowledge displayed by Liv, reiterating the value of student-led talks as it was truly fascinating to see a fellow pupil with such a thorough grasp of the complexities of the subject matter.

We also held the inaugural Purvis Christmas quiz in December which was spectacu larly well received, with almost all Purvis members in attendance, making it far and away the most popular Purvis event of the year, so we hope to make this an annual event in the future. The quiz featured five rounds, written by some of the Upper Sixth and included a mixture of questions, some of which wouldn’t have been out of place in an episode of University Challenge, as well as a few more light-hearted questions, such as a mystery round where every question related to a theme (all the answers were palindromes).

The Lent term saw the return of the Purvis Journal in its third edition, but produced for the first time in non-lockdown School, and once again we hope that this publication, written, edited and illustrated by pupils, becomes a regular feature of the Cranleigh calendar, as it is a fantastic read and great insight into the academic interests of some of Cranleigh’s scholars.

Previously, Lower School and Sixth Form meetings have run independently, so the change in pace when scholars move into the Lower School can be a slight shock to the system as 90-minute meetings facilitate a significantly more detailed and nuanced discussion. Another addition to the Purvis calendar this year has been to trial a hand ful of longer meetings open to any Lower School scholars during prep, at which some of the Upper Sixth have reprised a talk that has been given to Sixth Form a few weeks prior. It has been great to see scholars from across the three Lower School year groups attending these and so the future of the Purvis society seems to be in good hands!

TALKS HAVE RANGED FROM DISCUSSING WHAT DETERMINES PERSONHOOD AND GENDER IDENTITY TO DEBATES OVER HOW INSTITUTIONAL RACISM CAN BE COMBATED WITHIN THE POLICE

CRANLEIGH FUTURES

MRS AMANDA READER, HEAD OF CRANLEIGH FUTURES

With the country opening up gradually during the year, it has been exciting to be able to host a number of Futures events.

We began the year with a Professional Women’s sup per, where we welcomed a variety of parents and OCs to share their inspiring career journeys with a group of Sixth Form girls. Never before have we hosted it in the Emms Centre in order to accommodate so many young women. It was an evening of words of wisdom and encouragement.

During the year we also hosted suppers for pupils inter ested in exploring careers in property and finance. It is always great to have the support of so many parents and OCs. Pupils chatted so openly about their ideas and enjoyed the opportunity to network.

GAP YEARS

With the world beginning to be rather more accessible, more pupils are exploring Gap year opportunities. To encourage them to take a worthwhile trip, we welcomed Amy Lynch to share her experience of working with Project Trust in Honduras.

MEDICS AND VETS

Several of our pupils are exploring careers within the medical profession. With the selection process for medi cal and veterinary science becoming harder each year, we were delighted to welcome back OC Ella Job to talk to our potential medics about what to expect. Becky Pritchard also gave an honest and supportive talk to a group of Upper Fifth pupils about life as a vet.

UNIVERSITY VISIT DAY

This summer we were able to take the Lower Sixth pupils to visit universities in person, helping them to make important decisions about their future. The sun was certainly shining down on Bath, Bristol, Reading and Oxford Brookes and the pupils were able to explore the campuses and attend subject talks. A select group of potential Reading students even managed to practise archery. It was an early start and a long day but very much worthwhile for all those that took part.

UCAS MORNING

Throughout the Summer term we have been support ing our Lower Sixth pupils with their future thinking. The team gave talks on Apprenticeships, Decision Making,

Personal Statements, ‘How to Stand out from the Crowd’ and an A-Z of universities. So our UCAS morning took a slightly different approach with more practical 1-1 support and time to really get organised with Personal Statement Writing and preparation.

Each year we invite our Old Cranleighans to come back and share their university experience with our pupils on the UCAS morning. We hosted a Subject Stall area where pupils chatted with OCs and Head of Departments to explore university courses in more detail and gain some top tips for their applications, including really helpful support with regard to wider reading, internships and portfolios. Mr Nick Drake did a sterling job of impersonating David Dimbleby by pre senting Question Time in the ALT. Our OCs as always gave some honest responses, providing some words of wisdom about student life. It is always exciting for staff to hear how our OCs are getting on beyond the gates of Cranleigh School and we were delighted to do this in person rather than our previous virtual events.

BRIDGING THE GAP

Since Covid-19 hit schools in 2020, it has been increas ingly hard to organise work experience for our Upper Fifth. With people working from home, on furlough and locked down, work experience has understandably taken more of a back seat. This year, in order to accom modate possible Covid outbreaks, the exam boards had considerably longer exam periods, which again prevented us from having a clear week for pupils to potentially gain work experience. To support our Upper

Fifth in developing their CVs, we ran the Mental Health Warrior awareness training, enabling all those who took part to gain an accredited certificate. The course cre ated much needed awareness about mental health and provided practical ways to support one another.

Mr Stephen Pigeon also ran the National Pool Lifeguard Course for a group of Upper Fifth pupils. The NPLQ is a leading course for the gateway into the leisure industry, with many students looking at part-time lifeguard jobs to help fund themselves whilst at university. It is such a worthwhile qualification to achieve. A number of our pupils had already secured summer holiday jobs as lifeguards before the end of term, which is a fantastic achievement. Very well done to all those who took part.

We continue to support all pupils throughout their time at Cranleigh with their future thinking, with the Careers programme being fully integrated into the PSHE time table. With the cost of living rising and the selection process at some universities becoming increasingly competitive, more pupils continue to explore degree apprenticeships and other alternatives to university.

We wait to see how the world will keep changing and how as educators we need to be equipping Cranleighans for the world of work.

NEVER BEFORE HAVE WE HOSTED OUR PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S SUPPER IN THE EMMS CENTRE IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE SO MANY YOUNG WOMEN. IT WAS AN EVENING OF WORDS OF WISDOM AND ENCOURAGEMENT

ARTMR JAMES NAIRNE, DIRECTOR OF ART

We have been back in the studios, we have been able to make trips and visits but actually, this last year has been different. Our students started the year behind previous year groups, but the exam board’s removal of the exam project enabled more time to be spent on a single body of work. The summer A Level and GCSE exhibition — for which we could have a proper opening, was a highlight. While there was less work, for A Level particularly, it was more ambitious and more fully resolved, and both exhibitions showed superb work in a wide range of media and approaches. In the A Level show, Maddie Bown’s large figurative drawings were juxtaposed by Sophie Roome’s ethereal sculptures inspired by the Pre-Raphaelites, while Hallé Wilks’ opulent printed fabrics vied for our attention with Pippi Spawforth’s surreal standing towers; Mathilda Bown’s classically inspired reliefs that ruminated on the meaning of beauty were placed beside Felicity Kamm’s carefully embroidered figures; across the space, Grace Crawford’s panoramic views of figures in an abstracted Berlin were shown beside Jake Golding’s exquisitely decaying surfaces of copper and paint that alluded to the transience of memory. Kristin Song’s delightful moody painting that encouraged us to empathise with her sense of loss, sat opposite Leá Graham’s serious montages. GCSE students, meanwhile, overwhelmed us with glass wax-covered heads, jewel-encrusted portraits, bathtub paintings, fluorescent glowing faces, and punk montages, to highlight a small selection of the works. As well as the end-of-year GCSE and A Level exhibitions, the Lower Sixth mid-year exhibition in March was well received and with a larger group than for some time hinted at the potential to come. At the end of the year we held for the first time a joint exhibition of photographic work, under the theme of ‘Food’ with work from three of our Senior Schools: Abu Dhabi, Cranleigh China Changsha and Cranleigh School. With a shared brief it was fascinating to see the different responses.

We ran trips this year for Sixth Form groups to the Hayward Gallery’s excellent contemporary painting show: “Mixing It Up: Painting Today” as well as making visits to Tate Modern, The Whitechapel Gallery’s ‘A Century of the Artist’s Studio” and the Barbican Gallery’s superb “PostWar Modern: New Art in Britain 1945-65”. GCSE groups also visited Tate Modern — for the Upper Fifth this January trip was their first gallery visit with the School. Lower Fifth pupils went to the excellent Newlands House Gallery in Petworth to see a show of Julian Opie’s work and his collec tion of art. The highlight of our travels, though, was our Sixth Form February trip to Berlin for a much-postponed tour of the museums and galleries of that great city. Testing and masks were the order of the day and whilst some galleries were closed we had a fantastic time.

Mrs Ally Robinson joined the department as our new Photography Teacher. Her enthusiasm and passion for photography quickly endeared her to our students and it’s been great to see a growing interest in lens-based work in the department. Many thanks to our Art Technician, Mr Martin Crook, and our cleaners, Mr Ryan Templeton and Mr Cesar Rodrigues De Gois, without whom the department would grind to halt! My gratitude too for my art teaching colleagues Ms Lucy Hellberg, Mr Will Kinnersly, and Mr Mark Weighton, whose sense of fun always wins over my grumpy discussions.

Mathilda Bown (A Level)

ART TRIPS

Above: Lower Sixth viewing Julian Opie at Newlands House Gallery, Petworth

Right: Upper Sixth at Tate Modern

Above and left: Berlin Trip

GALLERY

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Grace Crawford (A Level)

Hallé Wilks (A Level)

Jake Golding (A Level)

Bella Blaskey (GCSE)

Tallulah House (GCSE)

Winnie Bown (GCSE)

DESIGN ENGINEERING

MR JON TAYLOR, HEAD OF DESIGN ENGINEERING

The Design Engineering department has continued to develop and adapt to the ever-changing world around us this year. The installation of polymer recycling and manufacture facilities have added another dimension to the evolving department.

At A Level our Design Engineering and Product Design pupils really pushed the boundaries and produced a range of fantastic NEA projects, despite the obvious challenges presented during their course. They took full advantage of the open con text allowing them to pursue projects tailored to their interests. This year contexts included: aviation, climbing, sports training aids, motorsport, sports injury manage ment, sport shooting, mountain biking and catering transportation. It was great to once again support such a breadth of projects across the year group. Many opted to go above and beyond, producing impressive working prototypes. A selection of their work can be viewed on the following pages.

At GCSE, the Design Engineers have once again produced some exemplar NEA pro jects full of technical rigour. The pupils explored contexts including Home Exercise, Educational Play and Eating Outside to develop and propose viable design solutions through the iterative design process. The pupils’ push the bar higher year-on-year in terms of the creativity and complexity of their projects, which is fantastic to see. A snapshot of some of their work can be viewed on the following pages.

We have continued our extra-curricular endeavours with a group of Lower Fifth Design Engineers working tirelessly to get the Greenpower electric car ready for another outing at Dunsfold Park at the start of the next academic year. They have introduced a wealth of upgrades and adaptations to the original model and we look forward to testing the car very soon. Our work with the VEX robotics system has also continued and although they were unable to compete due to the restrictions in the Michaelmas term, yet another impressive robot was constructed and programmed by our A Level Design Engineers. As previously mentioned we have now installed polymer recycling equipment to the department and a group of pupils began har vesting the School’s plastic waste and converting it into re-useable products via the granulator and injection moulding machines. We aim to roll out this project further in the next academic year so keep an eye on our social media streams!

We bid a fond farewell to Mrs Sarah Baumann who leaves the School at the end of the end of the year to take up a new position at Davison High School. We express our immense thanks and gratitude for the 11 years of exemplary service Mrs Baumann has given to both the department and wider school life and wish her well in her future endeavours. Ms Emma Stevenson will be joining the department in September and will bring a wealth of industry experience within the field of Interior Design, adding a further dimension to the department.

The action will continue next year with Design Engineers competing in the VEX Robotics Competition, Greenpower Racing Championship and various recycling and upcycling activities. We will also be hosting national qualifying events for VEX Robotics at the Senior School. Be sure to keep an eye on our Twitter and Instagram feeds @CranleighDesEng and the School website for updates!

Plastic bottle recycling

GCSE NEA

GCSE NEA

A Level NEA

A Level NEA

PERFORMING ARTS

MUSIC

MR RICHARD SAXEL, DIRECTOR OF MUSIC

The Michaelmas term saw a return to live music-making at Cranleigh, with all ensembles and choirs rehearsing as normal, post-pandemic. There were major monthly recitals; Organist-inResidence, Mr Philip Scriven’s recital in September, a showcase of talent from across the 7 to 18 age range, plus the Merriman Orchestra’s annual concert in October, Music for Remembrance in November, and moving Services for Remembrance held at School and in the village, which seemed to take on extra poignancy this year. With a wide variety of repertoire on offer, an appreciative audience has enjoyed each of these, but it was the return to musical events that we previously took for granted that have given greatest satisfaction perhaps; music lessons, lunchtime concerts, the choir singing Evensong and the annual Lessons and Carols, congre gational singing in Chapel and being able to rehearse all the major ensembles and bands with a full complement of players that brought forgotten joy to performers and audience alike.

Highlights have included Richard English’s performances on the accordion, and in winning the junior Dashwood Piano Competition, Reuben Anelay’s (OC) return to perform the Arutunian Trumpet Concerto with the Merriman Orchestra under the baton of Dr Andrew Thomas, who also composed a stunning piece for the orchestra, young Rafe Buxton handling the pres sure of playing The Last Post in front of several hundred people twice in three days, and notable lunchtime concert performances by Brandon Groocock and Sirus Pakzad (electric guitar), Deshawn Gordon, Lily Harding and Scarlett Stehlik (voice), Charlie Maskery (violin) and Dominic Fellows (trombone).

The Lent term performances centred largely on the music competitions, each of which pro duced a worthy winner, but more importantly enabled an extremely high standard of musicmaking in each instrumental discipline. These evenings were enjoyed by capacity audiences, and illustrated the depth of talent and commitment from all those who took part, as well as the hard work from the teachers who prepared them. We reinstated the original Helen Wareham Recital Competition, which featured a dozen advanced soloists each giving a 10 minute recital programme. The diversity of repertoire on offer was notable, the standard of performance consistently high, and Charlie Maskery’s authoritative violin recital was worthy of the winner’s laurels.

Senior Winners: Maisie Ramsay (vocal), Simon Chen (strings), Lucia Jackson (woodwind), Dominic Fellows (brass), Jacob Brooke (guitar), Digby North (drums & percussion)

Junior Winners: Ted Scott (vocal), Charlie Maskery (strings), Emily Reed (woodwind), Patrick Armitage (brass), Jamie Tappin (guitar), Elliot Evans (drums & percussion)

The school musical, Little Shop of Horrors, was an outstanding production, and it was par ticularly pleasing to see pupils taking part in the band alongside seasoned professionals, and more than holding their own. Elliot Evans and Monty Neve (percussion), Richard English (bass) and Brandon Groocock (keyboard) did a fantastic job, and will have learned a great deal from the experience of playing in a professional pit band.

The Summer Concert was a showcase for all the major School ensembles, featuring out standing performances from the School orchestra under the baton of Dr Andrew Thomas, String Orchestra under Mr Kevin Weaver, and Brass Ensemble under the direction of Mr Dave Eaglestone. Over a hundred students featured on stage, and it was particularly infectious to see the palpable enjoyment of the choir in lighter repertoire, and the Big Band in a rousing final set. Our two junior year groups gave outstanding concerts either side of Long Leave, and the fact that so many pupils want to perform in these events gives an indication of the healthy state of music performance at Cranleigh. These concerts are well-supported by friends and

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family alike, as well as by the wider community, and offer an infor mal platform for young musicians to showcase their talents.

In Contemporary Music, we established a series of open-mic nights enjoyed by pupils on a more informal basis in the Junior Common Room. These have provided a platform for pupils who may not want to perform in formal concerts, but who still have musical talent, and the warm atmosphere at each of these is tes tament to the support our pupils show each other regardless of genre or ability. These events culminated in the eagerly-awaited student highlight at the end of the academic year, Cranleigh Live! which was brought together by the indefatigable Mr George Royall, and featured music from several genres and from differ ent decades, with some epic performances from rock bands and solo artists strutting their stuff!

Alongside the pupil performances, the professional concert series remains an important link to the community, and allows our pupils the chance to hear and see the best artists in the coun try at close quarters. Our series opened at the beginning of the new year with an organ recital given by Rachel Mahon (Director of Music at Coventry Cathedral), who presented a varied pro gramme of works by mostly Canadian composers, particularly highlighting the quality of works by female composers. We wel comed Kosmos ensemble for a beautifully staged concert in the

round in the Chapel, and their performance included a piece with some of our Music Award holders, developed in a workshop earlier that day. Kosmos draw their musical influences from around the globe, and their alluring combination of violin, viola and accordion presented music from multiple cultures and coun tries in a spectacular show, and also included a chance for our own young accordionist, Richard English, to perform with them in a vibrant rendition of Piazzolla’s Libertango. The Pete Billington Jazz Trio brought our season to a close with a wonderful evening of jazz in the Chapel in late June.

The undoubted musical highlight of the year has to be the visit of world-renowned orchestra, Chineke! Their programme of music by composers of diverse ethnic heritage featured spellbinding performances by Dame Evelyn Glennie (percussion), and Chi-chi Nwanoku OBE (double bass) in a world premiere of a new double concerto by Jill Jarman, who was present. They are very much the orchestra of the moment, with a Proms concert scheduled for this summer, and to have them visit Cranleigh was a real coup. This concert was coupled with a conference focusing on building towards a more diverse culture in schools, and with a stellar group of guest speakers including our own Miss Mahaliah Edwards. The work that needs to be done in this area across all areas of School life has been ignited this year in the Music Department, and remains central to our thinking as we move forwards into the next academic year. As cultural, racial and musical diversity forms the common thread in all our concerts this year, we wel come Miss Edwards to the department as a Teacher of Music and Cultural Development, and she has made an outstanding start helping us broaden our horizons (in between performing in Ed Sheeran’s backing group at the Brit Awards!). We are now an accredited partner of Black Lives in Music, and are making every effort to widen our pupils’ engagement with music from other cultures, music by composers from different racial backgrounds, and particularly celebrating music by female composers.

All these concerts are proof that when it comes to music at Cranleigh, there truly is something for everyone. We look forward to welcoming you at all our events next year.

BEING ABLE TO REHEARSE ALL THE MAJOR ENSEMBLES AND BANDS WITH A FULL COMPLEMENT OF PLAYERS BROUGHT FORGOTTEN JOY TO PERFORMERS AND AUDIENCE ALIKE

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DRAMA

MR JON SCOTT, DIRECTOR OF DRAMA

It is hard to believe now that at the beginning of this academic year we were still in masks and looking at ways to stay socially distanced, whilst creating co-curricular theatre and catching up on many of the missed pieces of practical performance from the previous year in preparation for what was then the hope of external exams. Yet here we are, having produced a full programme of work and arguably some of the finest productions in Cranleigh’s long and distinguished history.

Michaelmas was a vibrant and exciting term for the performing arts. Although not strictly Drama it was such a joy to see the House Performance make a return with the Part Song and House Dance bringing joy and energy into Speech Hall. This was followed before half term with an excellent House play by Loveday/Rhodes directed by Freddy Moore and Lucy Wyatt — #YOLO — by Matthew Bulgo that brought joy, comedy, and poignancy in equal measure to the VCT Stage, and gave some of the younger and less experienced actors the opportunity to strut their stuff in front of packed and enthusiastic audiences.

In November we were treated to the first fully public production for two years, and what a won derful comeback it was! A truly exceptional production of Shakespeare In Love written by Lee Hall and directed by Miss Dominique Chapman. Speech Hall was transformed beautifully into a version of the Wanamaker Theatre and the fictionalised story of the creation of Romeo and Juliet was brought to life with expertise and skill by a wonderful ensemble cast lead by Jacob Brooke, Max Cunningham, Cicely Higgins and others. This production, though not without its challenges, was a fantastic return to theatre at Cranleigh and once again a testament to the dedication and perseverance of our exceptionally busy students.

Lent term heralded the return of the Biennial Cranleigh School Musical after nearly five years, following the early closure of We Will Rock You in the interim. And what a return it was! Cranleigh students once again were able to wow the audiences with their immense talent and demon strate the fruits of a significant amount of labour, in a run of performances of Little Shop Of Horrors that left the audience in tears of laughter and joy. One of the key highlights was the Monday matinee performed to visiting prep school students. It was such a joy to see their faces light up and be enthralled and engrossed in a visual and aural spectacular. Their open and honest responses are always telling, as if it isn’t engaging then you will lose them. It is credit to the cast and crew that you could hear a pin drop throughout the majority of the performance. Following the matinee was the run to the School community and friends, which was received overwhelmingly positively across the board, with many people re-booking tickets later on in the run to have the opportunity to watch the show again.

The Summer term brought an opportunity for the Juniors to per form to a public audience in the annual Junior Play, and what a treat it was. Once Upon A Myth, written by Mrs Emily McGhee, having adapted stories from a book written by former teacher Mrs Athina Mitropoulos-Monk, explored the crossover between Greek myth and fairy-tales and was a complex interlinking of both sets of moral tales following our protagonists’ attempts to accumulate key items from fairy-tales in order to find the flame of knowledge and wis dom, all wrapped up nicely by Bacchus quoting Shakespeare and reminding us that human creativity is at the core of our being and essential to all positive endeavour. The play, taking some influence from Into The Woods, was written in verse and the Lower Fifth and

Fourth Form students did a remarkable job of not only memorising the lines but also performing them with verve, understanding and clarity. The play was a true testament to what can be achieved by a team of people that fully commit to a project and are willing to work staggeringly hard to create a shared vision. The VCT — cov ered in woodchip, AstroTurf and a papier-mâché Mount Olympus — was resplendent and audiences were thrilled and moved each night in equal measure. I would not like to pick out any stand-out performers here, as there are too many to mention, but suffice to say, the future looks bright for Cranleigh Drama.

The Junior Play capped off what was, as ever, an incredibly busy term for the department with three A Level practical assessments being produced in the first couple of weeks. Work that explored The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams was reinterpreted in the style of Complicité including live and recorded binaural sound, puppetry, and physical theatre. This was followed by extracts from plays as varied as The Wasp by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, Punk Rock by Simon Stephens, and the Little Shop of Horrors. These natu ralistic performances were contrasted by some incredibly moving ‘verbatim’ theatre that tackled themes around The Aberfan and Grenfell Tower disasters and issues highlighted by the #MeToo movement and the Sarah Everard case, inspired by the work of The Paper Birds Company.

This year also saw the introduction of LAMDA performance exams for the first time in the Senior School. These have been extremely well received by the students and the results have been outstand ing, with the students who took the exam achieving 12 distinctions and six merits from grades 4 - 6 (Bronze Medal). Next year will see some of our students taking Grade 8 (Gold Medal) which is the equivalent of an AS qualification.

The final foray for the department this year has been for a group of Lower Fifth students to go out into the local community and work with primary schools and the National Literacy Trust to work with young children to encourage reading and literacy. The students will be bringing the books to life with storytelling techniques and performance in what we hope will be the first of many opportuni ties to have a broader reach and positive influence on the world outside of our School.

I can quite honestly say I am hugely proud of the department, the staff within it and in particular, the students that really do make it what it is.

CRANLEIGH STUDENTS ONCE AGAIN WERE ABLE TO WOW THE AUDIENCES WITH THEIR IMMENSE TALENT AND DEMONSTRATE THE FRUITS OF A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LABOUR

DANCE

MISS KIMBERLEY VOWLES, HEAD OF DANCE

The Dance students at Cranleigh have continued to enjoy an extensive programme of extra-curricular dance activities including ISTD Modern, ISTD Tap, RAD Ballet, Contemporary and the opportunity to be a part of our Dance Company.

Dance activities remain very popular among the pupils with a wonderful number of children participating in weekly dance classes.

The Dance faculty has grown as we welcomed Miss Kathleen Harman to the team and all the teachers have enjoyed preparing students for their dance exams in specific genres. Our faculty now consists of myself, leading the Dance Company, Miss Alexandra Sears who runs the RAD Ballet syllabus classes and Miss Kathleen Harman whose classes consist of Contemporary and ISTD Modern Dance.

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The Summer term saw Ruby Bailey and Hallé Wilks entered for their Intermediate Modern exam — both achieving excellent results. A huge congratulations to the girls on achieving fantastic marks for their first ISTD major exam.

Our students delighted us at Cranleigh’s first ‘Dance Cabaret even ing’. The evening saw our dancers and singers take to the stage in a magnificent cabaret setting. The audience enjoyed a very special evening of entertainment including group pieces and solos and the performers loved the opportunity to show their many talents. A wonderful, relaxed evening was had by all.

Our Dance Company continues to flourish, with the dancers working on new, exciting choreography for upcoming in-House performances.

SPORT

MR ANDREW HOUSTON, DIRECTOR OF SPORT

It was wonderful to welcome back a full sports programme after the Covid-19 impact of the last couple of years.

In each individual sports article, you will read about the wonderful achievements of our pupils, teams and coaches over the last 12 months. It was wonderful to see so many competitive fixtures returning, with so many pupils being involved on a regular basis.

We have made it a priority to create enough opportunities for all pupils to have a positive sporting experience at Cranleigh and encourage them to continue a lifelong involvement in sport. In their end-of-year questionnaire I asked the current leavers whether they would continue to participate in sport after school and was delighted to read that all of them confirmed they would. It brings me immense joy to know that the pupils will carry on playing sport in the future and it’s something we’re all proud of. Our job will be to continue to develop and to progress our sports programme and ensure that all pupils continue to enjoy a wonderful, positive experience.

May I take the opportunity to thank the leaving Upper Sixth pupils, and our staff, for all their hard work over the last 12 months. I would like to thank all the staff that support the sports programme for their tireless efforts — from the coaches, to the grounds staff, to the medical centre, to the catering and the laundry. To the Upper Sixth, thank you for the example you have set and I look forward to hearing about your sporting journey in the future.

ATHLETICS

MRS ANNA SMUTS, DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

It has been absolutely brilliant to be back out on the track with all years training at the same time. No more Covid-19 restrictions meant we could run the sport absolutely as it should be — in true co-ed mixed year groups.

The season began with the girls at Hurstpierpoint and the boys at Epsom. The senior girls more than demonstrated what they were made of, taking home a shiny trophy for coming first. Issy Powell ran a superb 3000m race and new to the School, Jayne Oliver, produced an incred ible high jump and great run in the 100m as well. Tory Lock jumped a fantastic 9.46m in the triple jump and Girls’ Athletics Captain Katie Coles won both the 1500m and 200m as well as bringing home the baton 1st in the relay team. Meanwhile at Epsom Louis Powell won his 400m race and Ollie Allen ran an impressive 200m. Ben Floyd produced a great long jump and Dylan Beesley impressed in both the shot and discus.

Next up we headed to Berkshire for the Wellington Copenhagen Shield. Our first co-ed meet of the season — what a brilliant thing! Boys’ Captains Jake Golding and Dom Fellows lead by example, both running very quick 200ms. Ben Cooksley also clocked a quick 100m in 11.37secs. Lucy Salusbury continued to impress in multiple events and Aaron Clayton dominated the discus. Once again, the Senior Girls’ team lead the way and won their section and the Senior Boys came second. From a tough competition Cranleigh were 4th overall.

Sometimes special things happen on the track and on this day Jacqui Birrell jumped an incredible 1.60m in the High Jump smashing the School record which had stood for over 20 years! We could not have been more proud!

The following weekend we hit the K2 in Crawley for Brighton’s Pelican Shield. The sun shone and the training was seriously paying off. Cranleigh Girls brought home 3rd place overall but it was 3 from 3 for our Senior Girls who won their section by a sig

nificant margin! The boys were placed 4th, and it was the Senior Boys who made their mark by taking the Silver medal place once again.

Just before half term we had the thrills of House Athletics, which was enjoyed by so many. Such an incredible whole School effort with huge con gratulations to Martlet and East who lifted the trophy at the end. The support from staff and pupils was simply outstanding.

Due to the whole School photo we were unable to attend the Waverly trials but 10 of our top ath letes did get selected to represent Waverly at the Surrey School Championships. Sadly Ben Cooksley and Rhys Lewis were both injured but huge congratulations to the following for some outstanding performances: Ollie Winter (4th in JB1500m), Louis Powell (3rd in heat and finalist in IB400m), Sam Lewis (2nd in SB400m), Jacqui Birrell (1st in SG High Jump), Dexter Garlik (2nd in Heat and Finalist in JB800m), Siena Rutherford (5th in SG100m), Katie Coles (1st in SG 200m) and Jake Golding (3rd in SB200m). Simply incred ible!

Our penultimate meet was our home fixture where, as always, we wore the blue and yellow vests with pride. Despite being a little biased, I thought Cranleigh put on a superb show from the officials to the pupils — it was a class act! Once again both the Senior Boys and Girls took the victory — demonstrating their brilliance as role models. The race of the day certainly went to the Senior Boys in the final relay of the day!

We finished the season with our final meet at Epsom. It was a quiet one with a few athletes missing but enjoyed by all nonethe less.

It has been a superb season with so many seasons and personal bests to talk of. Thank you to all the pupils and staff for their hard work, dedication and good fun. As always thank you to the many supporters too!

ATHLETICS

NO MORE COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS MEANT WE COULD RUN THE SPORT ABSOLUTELY AS IT SHOULD BE — IN TRUE CO-ED MIXED YEAR GROUPS

COLOURS WERE AWARDED TO: KATIE COLES, DOM FELLOWS AND JAKE GOLDING

CRANLEIGH REMAINS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO PLAY CRICKET: AND THIS YEAR OUR CRICKETERS UNDOUBTEDLY MADE THE MOST OF THAT

BOYS’ CRICKET

MR ALEX FORSDIKE, MASTER IN CHARGE OF CRICKET

The 1st XI knew that after the impact of Covid-19 on the previous season, with a relatively inexperienced side, there would be a few bumps along the road. They were knocked out early in the HMC T20 competition but did not allow this to derail the season. In each game the team had opportunities to forge vic tories, and tight losses to Tonbridge and Bedes were followed by convincing victories over Epsom College, Eastbourne, RGS, and Whitgift. The team finished the season with eight victories in total. In the final game of the season all bar one is to return in September. Adam Thomas scored 541 runs in the season and along with a very strong Lower Fifth group the future is very bright for the 1st XI.

Both Tommy Ealham and Yousef Majid led the team over the course of the season and the two together brought much experience to an inexperienced side. Both made their debuts for the 1st XI in the Fourth Form and went on to get 67 and 84 wickets each respectively. The spin twins will be surely missed. Sachin Shanmugavel was the leading run scorer, finishing the season with three centuries (against Charterhouse, the OCs and Wellington) and 700 runs. Sachin made his debut in the Lower Fifth and finished with 1114 runs for the 1st XI. If you consider that all three boys missed one-and-a-half seasons of cricket owing to Covid-19, their figures and achievements are fantastic.

The 2nd and 3rd XIs found some real form across the year, and many of the players return next year. The 2nd XI won 75 per cent of games and the 3rd XI 60 per cent. Tom Wheeler was an astute Captain for the 2nd’s with Kit Derrick, Harry Gutteridge, Gabe Hammond (in one game) and Tom Waddell scoring runs and taking wickets thus gaining promotion at stages to the 1st XI. The 2nd XI also had a number of Upper Sixth who had played for the School for five years and the Leavers game on Speech Day was a fitting end for them. As a club we thank them for all of their efforts. It was another strong year for the 3rd XI, ably cap tained by Oban Baird. The side had many Lower Fifth and Upper Fifth playing with convincing wins over Bedes, St Paul’s and Eastbourne. The 4th XI were an eclectic bunch, drawn from all corners of Cranleigh’s cricketing community, the highlight being a one wicket victory against Harrow early on in the season. The 5th XI had a remarkable season, soundly beating both Harrow and Tonbridge with excellent all-round bowling and fielding per formances, and some fine batting from Fergus Maclean against Harrow and Josh Bartels against Tonbridge. The 3rds, 4ths and 5ths struggled for fixtures, not due to us but other schools not able to put out sides. It says so much for Cranleigh sport when we could easily have had four teams every week.

The Under 15s were undoubtedly the year group that stood out across the whole cricket section, with the top two teams finishing with 70%+ win ratios. The B team won the inaugural Warne Cup (for the best junior side — shared with the U15 girls A team). The A team lost two of their best players to injury and 1st XI selection at points, yet the competitive spirit meant they never felt beaten. Jamie Farris lead the way with one century and three fifties and the side made it to the second cup final in two years. The B’s were another strong side. Wilf Friedlander’s 93 off 42 vs Bedes, as well as Raeph Abbotts and Lorenzo Fabris bowling were two great strengths. The C team were once again very competitive and it was lovely to see the spirit in which they regularly played.

The Under 14s were again very competitive and played some excellent cricket. The A team was led successful by Zan Copleston, who scored runs and took wickets in nearly every game and went on to represent the 1st XI in the final game o the year. Freddie Price and Jack Kemp were also key players for the A team throughout the year. The B team were led by Alex Greaves in a ‘Brearleyesque’ approach, and Charlie Elkington’s bowling was a real highlight. The highlight for the C team was the close victory over local rivals Charterhouse. With a large section of nearly 50 players rotation of the squad took place so that every one played across the season.

Numerous Cranleigh pupils represented their county at age group cricket, with a strong future for both the School and boys alike. Tommy Ealham and Yousef Majid were selected for Surrey 2nd XI. In addition, Zan Copleston and James Fortescue have played for the London and East of England U15s. In summary, the 2022 season showed teams across the age-ranges playing over 90 games of cricket and winning 60 per cent of them. A final word is due to our outstanding grounds staff. Not only do the wickets compare very favourably with those of other schools we visit, this summer the grounds have looked as well-kept as ever. Cranleigh remains a beautiful place to play cricket: and this year our cricketers undoubtedly made the most of that.

GIRLS’ CRICKET

MR GARETH PRITCHARD, HEAD OF GIRLS’ CRICKET

2022 marked the start of a new era with girls’ cricket being offered as a full-time option and Saturday fixtures being intro duced for the first time.

The 1st XI’s season got off to a momentous start with victory against a strong Surrey team. Set a daunting 196 to win, Georgie Lawes scored a fantastic 111 not out to help us to a winning start. In doing so, Georgie became the first girl to score a century for the School. Although they were beaten by an impressive St George’s Weybridge side, the girls started their National Cup campaign in style, beating Kingston Grammar School with Abby Stevenson scoring 89. Good wins against Seaford College and Charterhouse followed before probably the most entertaining game of the season against Epsom. Batting first Epsom set an imposing 219 from their 25 overs. Abby and Georgie, however, put on an outstanding 163 run partnership from just 18 overs; Georgie scoring 74 and Abby 81. Unfortunately Georgie fell in the 19th over and we were unable to complete the chase, ending 13 short. After Long Leave the girls welcomed the MCC to Jubilee and put in their best performance of the year; having bowled well to restrict them to 171 from 30 overs the girls appeared to be behind the game at drinks but Caitlyn Becker and Molly Barbour-Smith led us to our first win against the MCC; Molly finishing 64 not out. In the final weeks of the term the girls contin ued their National Cup campaign, first beating Putney High School by eight wickets due to the impressive bowling of Cara MacKenzie (3 for 8) and Eloise Dixon (3 for 10). They then met Bede’s in the Quarter Final, this was a step too far but the girls showed impressive determination and resilience. Reaching the National Quarter Final in the first year was a remarkable achievement.

The U15 season focused mainly on the National and Surrey Cups with a couple of mid-week friendlies. The National Cup saw us drawn against Putney High School, chasing 120 the girls found themselves in trouble before Clemmie Atkins hit a brutal 45 to win the game. Unfortunately we would go no further in the com petition as the girls lost to Kingston Grammar School in the next round. In the Surrey Cup the girls excelled. Following a first-round victory against St Catherine’s, the girls travelled to St George’s Weybridge, batting first we lost a number of wickets before Roxy Lamming and Eliza Lawes combined to pull us up to a competitive 94-8. Spinners Felicity Harrison (4 for 11) and Cara MacKenzie (3 for 17) then bowled brilliantly to dismiss the opposition for 77. The following two rounds were dominated by opening batters Molly Barbour-Smith and Abby Stevenson who combined for partnerships of 133 against Guildford High School and an unbeaten 115 against Epsom where they completed victory by 10 wickets in half the overs. This led to a final against Alleyn’s. Bowling first Caitlyn Becker and Eloise Dixon removed the opposition top order before Cara was once again in the wickets collecting 5 for 6. Chasing just 59 to win the girls were seen home by Grace Crompton’s 23. A fantastic end to the season.

With a season of so many highs it is difficult to pick out indi viduals but special praise must go to Georgie Lawes and Abby Stevenson for their leadership of the teams. With girls’ cricket currently the fastest growing sport in the country it is really excit ing to see such potential for the future here at Cranleigh.

GEORGIE BECAME THE FIRST GIRL TO SCORE A CENTURY FOR THE SCHOOL

FOOTBALL

MR ANDREW SCARISBRICK,

OF FOOTBALL

Free-flowing attacking football with a laissez faire attitude towards defending is the best summary of the 1st XI’s style of play this season. The squad was captained by the rousing spirit of Ben Cooksley who led the line with aplomb against opposi tion defences who were regularly unable to shackle him. The offensive set-up of 4-3-3 resulted in Cranleigh scoring in all nine matches, whilst playing some excellent football by getting the peerless Jonah Cahusac on the ball as often as possible.

The opening fixtures against Christ’s Hospital and Old Cranleighans would be the blueprint of how the team engendered a positive and resilient mentality. An experimental approach of playing three centre halves backfired superbly against Christ’s as the 1st XI were 3-0 down going into the second-half. Max Cunningham was moved into the back line to provide the team with aggression and speed and was outstanding at shoring up the defence, a position to which he was most suited but inexpli cably resistant too. Continuing pressure from Cranleigh brought the game level at 3-3 before Charlie Patient went down injured and the game had to be called short despite Cranleigh being in the ascendancy. The dogged resilience continued into the match against the Old Cranleighans as the 1st XI twice brought the score level to settle the game at 2-2. The most notable aspect of the game was to see Jonah outplay his brother Luke in the middle of the park.

Cranleigh’s match against Worth was a classic game of two halves; Worth were put to the sword in the first-half with Cranleigh 3-0 up after two goals from Cooksley and one from Cahusac. Unfortunately, the second half witnessed a complete collapse in composure. Worth scored three goals and with nine minutes left, Cronk went down with a serious injury and required gas and air — game abandoned! The following fixtures against Sevenoaks, Bede’s 2nd XI and Epsom College were all lost. Murmurings of discontent and ‘Scarisbrick out!’ ripped through the club, with one training session taking place entirely in the changing room to redress the problems and to gauge whether the gaffer had lost the changing room.

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THE OPENING FIXTURES AGAINST CHRIST’S HOSPITAL AND OLD CRANLEIGHANS WOULD BE THE BLUEPRINT OF HOW THE TEAM ENGENDERED A POSITIVE AND RESILIENT MENTALITY

The dedication to improving the art of defending on the training pitch began to pay off as the 1st XI managed to secure a 2-2 draw at Eastbourne before drafting in a young wonderkid by the name of Milo Roe to face Oratory. To a man the entire team was excellent and secured the only win and clean sheet of the season by a 1-0 scoreline. Buoyed on by winning we travelled to Charterhouse for our final game. As both teams grappled for supremacy, it was Cranleigh who began to assert themselves upon the game with most joy down the left flank with Alex Bovill. Then just before halftime, the team’s old failings came back to haunt us as we were caught with a simple ball over the top and went 1-0 down. The team bristled with injustice and came out in the second-half with a renewed sense of purpose. Bovill scored an absolute screamer into the top corner from 25 yards out, which was followed by another Cooksley goal. Charterhouse were out of steam and beaten only for the boys to steal a draw from the jaws of victory with another gift to the opposition — final score 2-2.

The Senior players of Chilcott, Cooksley, Cronk, Hennessy, Kerr, Morley, Rollitt, Ross and Sommers have been excellent at creating a positive culture with a desire to play attractive passing football. They will be hugely missed and we look forward to next season’s Old Cranleighan match.

GOLF

MISS SARAH GREENWOOD,

This has been a bumper year for golf with the course getting a lot more use than normal, enhanced by some great weather and an increase in the number of pupils choosing golf as their main sport.

The teams have been in action throughout the year with the Michaelmas term being filled with most of the major tourna ments and competitions. We were able to send strong teams to the West Sussex Golf Club invitation event, the Smarden Bell at Royal Ashdown Forest GC and the HMC foursomes singles competition at the Berkshire GC; some lovely courses for our top players to test themselves against — no trophies this year, but certainly great experiences.

In the HMC foursomes knockout competition we met Gordon’s School in the regional round, their team were all playing off single figures and we gave them a run for their money, sadly not pro gressing this year.

Our regular School matches ended with a 50-50 win-loss ratio. The key players representing the Senior team this year were Ben Atkins, James Marriott, Will Millard and Jaya Wilkinson — numer ous other pupils represented the School and strong Lower Sixth and Lower Fifth groups will prove valuable next year as they move up the School. In their spare time James and Jaya have played a lot of their own golf; James came third in the Northern Irish Boys’ Championship and has had a few matches for the Surrey men’s team and Jaya entering the Welsh Amateur Open.

The Junior players also had a good number of matches, they ended the season with the same statistics as the Seniors and there are some really exciting prospects coming through, special mention to Jack Howells, Jamie McGeoch and Freddie Price who played for the Senior team on occasion this year. The girl’s invita tion event, that we are now in our eighth year of hosting, was well supported by eight different schools.

The Olunoyo trophy was won by Ben Atkins, the Cronk Salver by Oscar Cronk, the Kemp Quaich by Freddie Price, Senior House golf was won by Cubitt/South and Junior House golf by East/Martlet.

A big thanks to all of the staff who have helped in the running of the golf teams, activities and sessions on the School course, as well as to Mr Denis Bloomfield and his team for their work in keeping the School course in such great condition.

HEAD OF GOLF

THE COURSE HAD A LOT MORE USE THAN NORMAL, ENHANCED BY SOME GREAT WEATHER AND AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PUPILS CHOOSING GOLF AS THEIR MAIN SPORT

MR RICHARD ORGAN, DIRECTOR OF HOCKEY AND MR RUPERT KEFFORD, HEAD OF HOCKEY

BOYS’ HOCKEY

The highlights of the season included the 100% winning record of the U14Ds, whilst the U14As had a good season. The U15Cs scored a fantastic 4-1 win over Whitgift, whilst the As had a great season, as did the U16As both outdoors and indoors, and there was a stunning win by the 1st XI over Reeds that influenced the outcome of the Tier 1 division.

The U14Ds won all their eight games including 8-0 over Hurst and 9-0 versus Bradfield scoring 34 goals and conceding just one in an absolutely phenom enal season. The U14Cs started with a good 1-0 win against Eastbourne and finished with another good victory over Bradfield and a draw against Eton. The U14Bs also started with a win over Eastbourne 4-0 but then had four losses in really close games before finishing the season well with a fantastic 2-2 draw with Whitgift and wins over Bradfield and Eton. The U14As fared well and had a good season, winning five matches, drawing one and only losing two, with two of the victories being 2-1 and 3-0 against strong Reeds and Tonbridge teams.

The U15 age group did very well. The Ds won four games, drew one and lost two just 0-1 — they put 5 and 6 past Hurst and Eton respectively. The Cs did even better with six wins and two losses, putting five past both Eastbourne and Hurst before beating Tonbridge 8-0 and claiming a stunning 4-1 victory over Whitgift — the only side to claim a victory against them. The Bs started with two good wins scoring seven goals and then drew or lost by just one goal in the rest of their games. The As were undefeated going into the last match when they unfortu nately ran out of steam but they recorded five wins scoring 20 goals in these games as well as two draws — an excellent 2-2 draw with Reeds and a fantastic 1-1 draw against Whitgift — one of only three sides to get a result against them.

The U16Cs had three wins against Charterhouse, Hurst and Lord Wandsworth and only one loss. The U16Bs started with a 7-0 victory against Charterhouse, and their best performance was a 4-3 win over Tonbridge. The U16As scored no less than 33 goals in their five victories, including a 6-2 win over Reeds. Their only loss came in a fantastic game of high quality against Whitgift in which the opposition managed to get a 4-3 result.

The 3s had a good season with three wins, a draw and just one loss — a close 0-1 game against Bradfield — whilst the 2s started with a good 3-0 win over Eastbourne and beat Tonbridge 5-2. They also had two good games against the strong Reeds and Whitgift sides, narrowly losing 1-2 and 2-4 respectively. The 1s started well with wins over Eastbourne, Charterhouse and Hurst but found the Tier 1 fixtures difficult in by far the strongest division in the country until the final game against Reeds in which they put in a top performance to grab an excellent 2-1 victory that impacted on the final standings in the division.

Indoors the 1s were in an extremely strong Surrey tournament with the likes of St George’s, Reeds and RGS Guildford. The matches were extremely tight and the 1s performed really well but unfortunately just missed out on qualifying for the regional finals. The U16s had an equally tough Surrey tournament but with a great draw against St George’s, a draw versus a good Lingfield side and two wins over Caterham and RGS Guildford, they qualified for the Regionals as runnersup on goal difference. The regionals were hit by Covid-19 and St George’s got the better of us in the crunch game to qualify for the Nationals but this group promises a lot for the next couple of years.

SPORTS HOCKEY

GIRLS’ HOCKEY

The highlights of the season included undefeated seasons for the U16As, U16Bs, U15Bs and U14Bs in their Saturday block fixtures. In the National competitions, the U18s won Silver indoors after a fantastic match against Repton in the final that ended in a draw, only to lose on flicks. Outdoors they picked up a Bronze medal at Lee Valley whilst the U14s also went to Lee Valley where they only lost one game by one goal and drew with both the winners, Surbiton High, and the mighty Repton.

In the U14 age group, the Ds started with five wins including two thumping victories over Sevenoaks 9-0 and Bradfield 7-1 before a difficult game against Hurst 15Ds and Brighton in the last game of the season. The Cs had a great season with six wins including a 7-0 win over a strong Canford side and just two narrow losses by the odd goal. The Bs were the draw specialists recording no less than seven draws and a great 4-1 victory over Canford! The As started with a very good 3-1 result against Sevenoaks and won their last four games to record six wins and two losses. Having just qualified second through their Surrey heats tournament by beating St George’s 1-0 in the last minute in the last game, they played a strong Epsom side in their first game in the Surrey finals whom they had lost 1-3 earlier in the term. Two short corners in the first half were enough. A comfortable 2-0 win over Charterhouse followed. Then a 0-1 loss to St Johns. Another amazing game against the talented St George’s side and another 1-0 victory in the last minute. A 2-0 victory over Reigate rounded off our tournament and with St George’s, St John’s and Epsom taking points off each other, we ended up as Surrey champions!

At the Regional finals we scored early to give us a win against a strong Sevenoaks side and followed this with a 3-0 victory over Brighton. A physical and direct Ardingly side put us under a lot of pressure throughout the game but come the second half we got a breakaway, scored against the run of play and held on. A comfortable 3-0 victory over St Lawrence meant we had sealed top spot and qualification with a game to spare. At the National finals we started against Ipswich — a team which included a couple of their

THE STANDARD OF HOCKEY AT THE TOURNAMENT WAS CERTAINLY AS GOOD AS IT HAS EVER BEEN

German imports, one of whom scored a magnificent solo goal to give them a victory by the odd goal. A 1-1 draw against Surbiton High and another draw 0-0 against the mighty Repton were fantastic matches with some great defending and goalkeeping taking place, epitomising the huge development that this squad made over the season, which they rounded off with a comfortable 2-0 win over Grammar School at Leeds in the play off.

The U15Cs had great wins over Sevenoaks 3-0 and Canford 6-1, whilst the U15Bs had five wins, three draws and no losses in their Saturday fixtures including 4-0 wins over both Bradfield and Canford. After two losses and a draw in their first three games, the As then went on a winning run of four games starting with 5-3 and 3-0 wins, also over Bradfield and Canford.

The U16Cs started with a good performance against Sevenoaks to record a 0-0 draw and then had a narrow loss by one goal to Wellington. The Bs had a great undefeated season with four wins and two 1-1 draws that included a 7-0 victory over Sevenoaks and 5-0 over Epsom. The As were also undefeated — after drawing their first two matches, they won six games whilst scoring an astonishing 39 goals and just conceding three in those six wins. The U16s indoors were crowned Surrey champions by beating CLFS, St Teresa’s, Lingfield and St George’s 4-1, scoring 17 goals and conceding just three in the tournament. The Regional indoor finals were certainly an eye opener — our first game against Tonbridge Grammar saw us 0-3 down at half time and, although we played well in the second half, we could only get one back. The standard of hockey at the tourna ment was certainly as good as it has ever been and with the last round of matches to go any five of the six sides could have won and qualified for the national finals. However, it was Tonbridge Grammar who made it with the last play of the last match.

The 4s had a good 2-1 win over Charterhouse 3s and followed this up with another 2-1 victory over Wellington. The 3s had another top season with six wins and only a couple of close losses including tight 2-1 and 2-0 victories over the traditionally strong Sevenoaks and Wellington sides. They also dispatched the Charterhouse 2s and Reeds 9-0 and 5-0 respectively. The 2s had a very good season too — four wins, two draws and just one loss, including two 3-0 victories against strong Reeds and Canford opposition. The 1s started their Tier 1 league with a big 10-0 win over Gordons and followed this with a 5-2 victory over Borlase. With five players out we succumbed 2-3 to Bedes but bounced back with a great 3-2 win over Reeds. Following wins over St George’s and St John’s we came from behind three times to beat Wellington 4-3 leaving us to top the Division. A home quarter final against Kingston produced a fantastic game that was decided in our favour by a goal that went from one end of the pitch to the other. The semi-final at Lee Valley against Dean Close was a feisty affair with a lot of quality hockey that finally swung in their favour as they won 3-2. Our playoff against Millfield the next day was another rapid game of hockey, resulting in an excellent 2-2 draw.

On the indoor front having won the Surrey round, the 1s had a very tough first game at the Regional finals against St Lawrence — a ding dong battle saw us win 3-2, saving four short corners in overtime. A good second half gave us a 2-1 victory over St George’s and we followed this with good wins against Bedes 3-1, Sevenoaks 2-1 and Hurst 2-0 to win the tournament and qualify for the Nationals. Drawn in a group of death, we started with a great match with Dean Close in which neither side could be separated and settled for a 2-2 draw. Next up our great rivals, Repton, and they scored in the second half to claim a 1-0 win in a tight game. We knew we needed to win by four clear goals to qualify for the semis and duly beat Marlow 5-1 with an excellent display. Framlingham scored first against us in the semi, but we came back strongly and won 3-1 to earn ourselves another shot at Repton. Over their time at Cranleigh this was the third time that this group of players had contested the National Indoor final with Repton and we had won both on flicks previously. In a top quality match they were ahead at half time but we equalised in the second half and dominated the last five minutes without being able to get the winner. This time they won the penalty flick shootout leaving us with a Silver medal, but pride in knowing that our team had just played their best half of hockey against Repton in all those years — a great way to finish their indoor time at Cranleigh.

INDOOR HOCKEY HOUSE COMPETITIONS

JUNIOR — WEST

SENIOR — RHODES

OUTDOOR HOCKEY HOUSE COMPETITIONS

JUNIOR — MARTLET

SENIOR — WEST

STONESETT TROPHY –WEST

ADELAIDE TROPHYU16AS

NETBALL

MISS SAM HOUGHTON, DIRECTOR OF NETBALL

Returning to the netball courts after a nearly two-year break was extremely special this year. With over 200 girls choosing netball as their major sport in the Lent term as well as 30 members of staff taking up coach ing roles, 2021-22 was set to be an exciting year for Cranleigh netball.

Over the weeks we have fulfilled fixtures from A teams right down to Fs, with on average 20 teams of keen net ballers out representing the School.

Within each age group there were stand-out perfor mances from teams. In the seniors the 4th team finished the season with a 67% win ratio, clearly a perfect blend of Lower and Upper Sixth helped this team overcome some tough opposition. In the U16s, the As qualified for the Surrey Schools’ finals (more details to be shared

later) but it was the U16Cs who managed an outstand ing 80% win ratio, very well done to everyone involved. The U15Bs matched the 80% win ratio, proving the cali bre and talent within the U15 year group. Then within the U14s one team managed to achieve the perfect season, an unbeaten season belonging to the brilliant U14Fs. Again showing what strength and depth we have across our teams, a truly inspiring achievement.

As well as competing in the full Lent term fixture card, the A teams across all age groups have the added challenge of competing in tournaments in the Michaelmas term, these act as qualification rounds for both the Surrey and National Schools’ competitions that take place in Lent. Our U16s were our most successful age group with their qualification to the Surrey Schools finals in March. The team showed great character and determination, up

Alongside the netball within school our elite netball ers have also been working hard in their respective Performance Pathways. Alexa Burrell (Lower Fifth, Martlet) was invited into the U15 Surrey County Academy in which she attended weekly training sessions, working hard on her court skills and fit ness as well as learning what it takes to make it in elite sport. Charlotte Hogbin (Lower Sixth, Martlet) transitioned into the Surrey Storm franchise, being elevated mid-season from an Academy to the U17 long squad, then earning herself a start ing bib in the competition squad when the main season got underway. Charlotte has thrived in this environment picking up a new position out at WD and adapting seamlessly. Sienna Rutherford (Lower Sixth, South) was selected as part of the U19 Surrey Storm NPL squad, training weekly and competing within the league structure against the other top franchises in the UK. Making up for lost court time due to Covid-19, Sienna relished every opportunity and proved herself an exciting young talent for the future.

As we start to look towards next year and the future of Cranleigh Netball I have to say a huge ‘thank you’ to those who are leaving us for University or pastures new. This set of leavers are very special to the Cranleigh Netball programme, they have helped pave the way for the next generation of Cranleighans. Proving you can be an all-rounder, expert hockey player, dancer, singer, performer — yet still give your all to netball. I’m really grateful to have seen this set of leavers through and wish them every success as they move on.

against some tough opposition they finished in a respectable 5th position. With some of the players earning themselves call up to the 1st team for the remainder of the season.

RIDING

MRS CHRIS ALLISON, HEAD OF RIDING

RIDING CUP: ISSY HOLLIDGE AND TOM SMITH

SUNSHINE, FRIENDS AND SOME GREAT JUMPING

RIDING RESULTS

HIGHLIGHTS

• Three national titles; two national Silvers; three national Bronzes; six Surrey titles; numerous regional wins; Royal Windsor; lots of fun and camaraderie and improvement and two great Captains, Issy Hollidge and Tom Smith, always leading by example.

LOWLIGHTS

• Not many as we are used to early mornings and unpredictable weather but Covid-19 ruling out the National Championships would be Tara Moore’s and a lame pony when you have qualified for your first Championship would be Isabella D’Agata’s!

• The hard work starts with the many regional qualifiers; the real fun starts when competing at the various championship events.

NSEA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, OCTOBER 2021

• Issy first up to the podium: two national titles in the Open and Advanced Open Arena Eventing. Tom Silver in Advanced Open, a few points behind her; Lucy Le Masurier fifth in the Open also a notable achievement. Georgia Stephenson joined them in the Open team competition for Bronze medal position.

• In the Intermediate Arena Eventing we finished 6th and 8th in a strong field. The dressage team of just three riders (Georgia, Lucy and Maisie) made the final line-up in 8th. In the individual Dressage Championship, Georgia through to ride-off for Prelim title, finishing in Silver medal position; Lucy 8th spot in the Novice Championship. Open Show Jumping team: Megan Tappin; Tom and Rory Smith and Tessa Pascoe made the jump off for top eight teams after Round 1 and placed 5th. The combined height team took 4th in the Regional Points League National Final, with first time performances at these Championships for Anya and Katie.

SURREY COUNTY SHOW JUMPING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• These came fast on the heels of the nationals and our riders once again produced outstanding performances: Darcey Blaze Marcus individual Surrey Novice Champion; Lucy Intermediate and Open Champion; Tom Advanced Open Champion. Our teams were Surrey Champions at Novice; Intermediate and Open, all going on to represent Surrey at the National County Finals at Hickstead in May where Darcey Blaze finished 4th in a fast and furious Novice jump-off, Tom finished in Bronze medal position in the 1.10 and the Open team were 6th.

• Our Dressage team won the Surrey title in February, along with two individual champions, Issy and Madeleine Robertson. In the tightly fought National final the dressage team finished in Bronze medal position and Issy was 6th in the Novice Championship with a personal best score of 72.5%.

NATIONAL EVENTERS CHALLENGE CHAMPIONSHIP, HICKSTEAD MAY 2022

• Our open team of Tom, Issy, Lucy and Tara were crowned National Champions, with Tara 8th individually (an especially pleasing moment for her after missing the October Nationals).

ROYAL WINDSOR

• What a day this was! CCF members Madeleine, Megan and Tom and gave real meaning to the word ‘combined’ when they represented both the CCF and the riding team in the Queen’s Services Challenge at the Royal Windsor Horse Show. The jumping was only part of the experience with all teams parading in the Castle Arena to salute the Royal Box. Taking third place behind two Army teams just added to the fun.

ALL ENGLAND SCHOOLS’ SHOW JUMPING CHAMPIONSHIPS, HICKSTEAD, JULY 2022

• The climax to the year on the very last day of term. Sunshine, friends and some great jumping. Just pipped off the podium into 4th place but no-one complained! Issy, Madeleine, Maisie and Tara all made the individual jump off with Maisie finishing 6th.

AND …

• Annie and Kristy Vitek continue to impress on the FEI circuit in Europe.

• Tara Moore selected for U18 Southeast team for the BE90 Youth Championships for the second year running.

THE SQUAD DID BRILLIANTLY AND BEAT SOME FAMOUS RUGBY SCHOOLS

RUGBY

MR ANDY HOUSTON, DIRECTOR OF SPORT

After nearly 18 months without any form of rugby, it was wonderful to welcome back so many matches this season. We started with a gradual return to contact and, although missing a whole season did impact the skills of the pupils initially, they worked hard throughout the club to get back up to speed and display some wonderful rugby at times.

In the junior section, the U15A had an unbeaten sea son winning all nine of their matches, scoring 329 points and conceding just 42. This was a wonderful achievement by a hard-working group. The 1st XV had a highly successful season with some stunning victories. Two of the most memorable were the vic tories against Brighton College in the first game of the season and beating Trinity School (who went on to win the National cup) in the final play of the game. The team was superbly led by the Upper Sixth, who have set a wonderful example for the Lower Sixth to follow next year.

Alongside the 1st XV the 3rd, 4th, U16A, U15B, U15C, U14A, U14B all had a win ratio above 50% with the 14As going on a brilliant run after the first four weeks with one of the best victories against a strong Epsom side that we have seen at that level.

Jack Anstey, Oban Baird, Benjamin Biggs, Jake Golding, William Simpson and Herbert Wates all represented Harlequins academy at U18, U17 or U16 respectively while Oliver Faulkner, James Fortescue, Wilfred Friedlander, James Marriott, Henry Prior, Charles Rowlands, Joseph Taylor and Alexander Washington have all trained as part of the Harlequins U15 Developing Player Programme.

Jack Bemelmans, Caleb Boddington and Sam Sommers represented their counties at U18 level while Charlotte Brookes has been selected for the U15 Surrey squad 2022.

The U15 Sevens team won the country title winning all their matches and conceding just three tries in the whole tournament. This is the first time the School has won this title after only playing sevens at that level this year. U18 Sevens side won the Hampton Sevens which means we have won this tournament four times in 10 years. The squad did brilliantly and beat some famous rugby schools to win the final through a Sam Sommers try. The side also made it through to the quarter-finals of the Nationals (Rosslyn Park Sevens tournament in March) which was a terrific achievement after coming through a brilliantly tough group the day before. Three members of the team went on to represent the pres tigious Samurai Sevens club.

SQUASH

The senior boys’ squash team was captained this year by Jos Schellekens and he took charge of the mighty Cranleigh squad. Once again, the team utilised the gruelling training pit that is Cranleigh Leisure Centre with Miss Nicholls kindly providing the transport to and from the venue. No late arriv als were allowed and the threat of a jog down to the courts meant that time keeping was impeccable. After some hard fought squad selection sessions, the team got down to business. With our bluetooth speaker pumping out some inspirational tunes it was time to get down to some serious graft. With scud, lob, standard and body serves all mastered the squad turned their attention to line work, nick play and boasts of the attacking and defensive variety. Fitness showed a rapid improvement with even ‘sloth’ Schellekens showing a rapid turn of pace as the season got going.

The season started superbly with the team of Olivia Kluyver, Archie Pearman, Ollie Read, Jos Schellekens, Oliver Selden and Tommy Walker bringing their ‘A’ games to KCS Wimbledon and emerging victorious. There were some great per formances with ‘Rhino’ Read showing just how tenacious he is, as he threw himself around the court. Olivia also proved her value to the squad as she demonstrated superb technique to overcome a physically stronger opponent. With the eversmiling Archie still sporting his ‘flappy grip’ it was

off to Charterhouse where the team grafted out a draw. Here Oliver S. showed some really qual ity play, which included some lovely disguise and touch shots. Unfortunately injuries began to take their toll on the team and the allure of a final few matches of rugby proved too strong for Tommy, which meant the team had to forgo his physical ity and weight of shot. It was thus with great relief that the squad was swelled with the arrival of Ben Jeffery, Fergus Maclean and Ben Spencer. Initially the quality was mixed, but with some targeted coaching the performances improved rapidly. In particular Ben Jeffery showed some stunning anticipation, speed work and desire to win dur ing his matches. His rival ‘Ben’ (Spencer) was not to be outdone and he showed excellent court craft, whilst Fergus played with infection enthusi asm and good humour throughout. The season culminated in the usual fixture vs. the Cranleigh Leisure Centre team. Despite almost giving myself a heart-attack in a close-fought victory at #1, the rest of the team could not bring home the bacon with the wily experience of the opposition proving insurmountable.

Once again, a season full of competitive squash, great fun and lots of chat. Thanks to Jos for leading by example and really progressing throughout the season, as well as captaining the team so well. We wish him, Oliver Reid and Ben Spencer all the best.

SCHOOL SQUASH COLOURS WERE AWARDED TO: OLIVER REID AND JOS SCHELLEKENS

MR JAMIE BARTLETT, HEAD OF SQUASH

SWIMMING

MRS JULIE DOUBTFIRE, HEAD OF SWIMMING

Over the past academic year, swimming has experienced both setbacks and success in equal measure. Setbacks were caused by pool closures and subsequent loss of training time, but a plethora of success far outweighed the disappointments.

I started as Head of swimming in September, having previously run the Swimming Academy, and relished the opportunity to develop School swimming. I wasn’t disappointed by the influx of new swimmers from all year groups taking to the pool. It seems that many students realised the low impact benefits of swimming to support their other sports and for remedial work on injuries.

Whilst not for everyone, the introduction of early morning training proved popular for a hardy group of early birds; three mornings a week and additional Fourth Form and Priority Time ses sions further increased numbers. A total of 38 pupils are now training regularly.

In March the Swim Squad represented the School at the prestigious Bath Cup, held at the National Aquatics Centre. The girls in the 4x50 medley relay finished eighth and the boys in the 4x50 medley relay came fifth.

Congratulations to Siena Reilly who placed a very impressive sixth in the 50m backstroke final at the recent SE Regional Swimming Competition and to Sophie Moore who won bronze in Breaststroke Regional 16 & Over and now ranks in the top 20 of British swimmers — a fantastic accomplishment.

House swimming was as lively as ever and a first in the history of Cranleigh School was a girls House water polo competition, which was won by Martlet.

TENNIS

MR JAMIE BARTLETT, HEAD OF RACQUET SPORTS

cancelled due to the weather. Once again, the season culminated in a series of mixed doubles block fixtures and it was superb to see the strong camaraderie between the Cranleigh boys and girls.

BOYS’ TENNIS

The boys’ season started with a bang as the 1st teams from each of the age groups traveled to various locations to do battle in the Independent Schools League com petition. The event was typically fierce and whilst Cranleigh gave a good account of themselves each team came fourth in their respective groups. In the second round of the competition things were much more evenly balanced with the sen iors getting squeezed into fourth place on our home turf, whilst the junior squad had some excellent matches, especially against Radley.

The rest of the season consisted of some highly competitive block fixtures against the likes of Bradfield, Charterhouse, Epsom, Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Wellington. The U14s had some strong performances with Cormac Harvey and Jay Nebbett leading the team at 1st pair. The U15s have a strong squad and particular mention goes to Christian Coveney and Freddie Shepard at 1st pair. Whilst the U16s had a shorter season,

it was great to see Jacob Morgan and Harry Wheatcroft being selected to rep resent the senior teams in the latter half of the season. At senior level, the 1st team struggled to deliver the results, although there were plenty of protests of ‘we could have won that match Sir’ after each rub ber! Jos Schellekens led by example as Captain and there was no doubting his commitment to the team, which had a core nucleus of players including: Ben Jeffery, Oli McCulloch, Jacob Morgan and Oliver Selden. This set of players really showed improvement throughout the term and by the latter stages of the term there was some excellent fast-paced doubles play on show. The real stars of the show though were the Senior 2nd team who more than held their own on multiple occasions. With the: slicing of Alex Morley; forehand of Toby Cartwright; wingspan of Felix Cookson; consistency of James McKenna; chat of Rye Edwards; scud serving by Scott Walker; volleying improvement of Jacob Brooke, and the flowing strokes of Felix Whitlam — they

made a formidable squad. This was evi denced by a number of gritty 5-4 and 6-3 wins and the players should be com mended for the way they performed.

The boys’ senior House competition was won by North and the boys’ junior House competition was won by East.

BOYS’ TENNIS COLOURS WERE AWARDED TO: JOS SCHELLEKENS

This was another highly enjoyable tennis season with over 235 boys and girls involved. From recreational tennis to top team competition there was plenty of fun to be had and the pupils benefitted from a variety of squad sessions, which were mixed across the genders. The weather was especially kind to us this year with not a single session

TENNIS

GIRLS’ TENNIS

MISS CAROLYN NICHOLLS

The senior girls’ tennis squads had a great season; the 1sts had a good run in the National School Championships, reach ing the Surrey semi-finals after hardfought victories against St Catherine’s and Gordon’s. The Gordon’s match was a marathon which went down to the wire with the winning shot being played at around 8.45pm. The semi-final oppo nents, Surbiton High, came to Cranleigh with a strong team but we made it hard for them, with some excellent perfor mances from our top four players — Charlotte Barr, Lea Graham, Immy Pilling and Rosie Stokoe. The ‘Fab Four’ were a permanent fixture for all but the last match of the season, and they led the team to victories against Charterhouse, Hurstpierpoint, Seaford and Wellington, the only matches we lost were on the clay against Bradfield who were very strong, and indoors against Sevenoaks which went down to the final rubber. Immy, Lea and Rosie have been stalwarts of Cranleigh tennis for five years, and they deserve huge congratulations for all that they have contributed to the success of girls’ tennis in this time.

The 2nd and 3rd teams had mixed results but they really got stuck in and enjoyed their matches — the Upper Sixth and Upper Fifth players were very committed and keen to contribute and special men tion goes to the Upper Sixth: Mathilda Bown, Mia Carey, Tash Chalkley, Grace Crawford, India Scott and Halle Wilks and

who all featured regularly in the Saturday matches. The senior mixed doubles matches at the end of term were great fun and we finished off a very enjoyable season with dominating victories for all the mixed senior teams against Epsom.

The U15 Girls were a pleasure to work with, with a willingness to learn and develop, as well as showing a real love for tennis. Training was fun but focused, whether in raging heat or in torrential downpours. A large capable squad of 15 girls across the A and B teams ended the season with only one loss each from the full fixture card, including more than our fair share of tie-breaks and long matches. The highlight of the season was some top tennis played at Bradfield with both teams winning 5-4 and showing real commitment. There is great depth in the squad at this age group and we look for ward to welcoming them into the senior squads next season.

The U14s had a less successful season in terms of results, but their knowledge of doubles tactics improved over the course of the term, and there were some promis ing performances from Emily Anderson, Harriet Bruce, Abi Laijtha and Eliza Lawes in particular.

Both senior and junior House tennis competitions were won by Rhodes, nar rowly beating West in the senior event and South in the junior event.

IMMY, LEA AND ROSIE HAVE BEEN STALWARTS OF CRANLEIGH TENNIS FOR FIVE YEARS, AND THEY DESERVE HUGE CONGRATULATIONS FOR ALL THAT THEY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS OF GIRLS’ TENNIS IN THIS TIME

GIRLS’ TENNIS COLOURS WERE AWARDED TO: LEA GRAHAM, IMMY PILLING AND ROSIE STOKOE

ROUND THE HOUSES

Without the threat of Covid-19 looming over our heads, Cubitt has been restored to the happy and hapless home and House that it is, and it has flourished. At the start of the year, the new Fourth Form were quickly established in the House with an outstanding showing in the House Performance, as well as admirable effort from the Part Song singers. The palpable sense of unity and togetherness as the House came together around the first cross-year competition since the pandemic was noticeable and we realised just what we had been missing due to the restrictions. The House has bounced back with remarkable speed and Mr Cooke’s constant encouragement to maintain Respect & Responsibility has helped re-lay foundations that could easily have been lost in the midst of Covid-19 chaos.

The Fourth Form pupils have thrown themselves into House and School life; they are an incredibly talented group of individuals who have stepped up to represent the House in a vast array of areas. They have set the tone for the House on the cross-country course this year with standout performances from Dexter Garlick, Max Lester and Harry Watts. Alongside that they have grown into a close-knit group of friends who support, care and encourage each other along in the challenges of life. They have a great sense of mischief, just to keep Mr Cooke on his toes, but have given their best to the obstacles placed before them; be that on the sporting, academic or social front. They are a year group to keep a close eye on in the future as they will have huge success over the coming years.

The Lower Fifth, having born the brunt of the Covid-19 restrictions last year, started to enjoy all that Cranleigh has to offer. They have benefited from the added freedom’s and found their feet in the routines of Cranleigh life. Stand out performer, Jamie Farris, has led from the front on the sports pitches. Most notably his remarkable achievement of being in the England U16s training squad, a year early, for his hockey, but also being the leading light on the cricket field. As they approach GCSEs next year, they should have full confidence that they have the foundations in place to tackle the sharper end of the academic challenge.

The Upper Fifth, being one of the first year groups to face external exams for a couple of years, have risen to the challenge admirably. They are an academic powerhouse and have very much set the pace with their work ethic. However, alongside the obvious academic focus, they have contributed a vast amount to House life; be that with their cooking exper tise in the evenings or in their contributions to the academic House competitions. They are a close group of friends who, as Lower Sixth Formers next year, will provide a warm and welcoming presence to the new stock of Cubittians.

The Lower Sixth have risen to the challenge of being Sixth Formers. They combine a genu ine sense of humility with incredible talent. They have a number of leading lights in every area of School life; on the stage, on the sports pitches and in the classroom. It is this breadth of interest and achievement that helps them to be a year group that genuinely encourages and supports a wide range of diverse interests and skills. I wish them all the very best as they take over the reins of Cubitt, knowing that the House is in very good hands with Tom, Tom and Ned helping Mr Harris to keep up all of the finer traditions of Cubitt.

And to the Upper Sixth, while the last few years has been a challenge riven by uncertainty, year group bubbles, face masks and sanitiser, as a result of the obstacles placed in our path we have had to show and develop skills and attributes that we might never other wise have needed. The resilience, the creativity, the adaptability to deal with last minute changes, distance learning and problem solving. Although we may never have imagined that our school careers would have featured a global pandemic, we have persevered and prevailed. The friendship and the support that we have had to give each other means that our friendships are strong and our time in Cubitt together will be full of fond and happy memories. I wish you all the best of luck as you meet the challenges of the future.

Finally, a huge thank you must go to those who have worked so ensure the House has thrived this year. Our Matrons — Mrs Sophie Green and Mrs Elaine Paphitis — have continued to offer care and kindness in all that they have done. The pizza night was a

CUBITT HAS BEEN RESTORED TO THE HAPPY AND HAPLESS HOME AND HOUSE THAT IT IS, AND IT HAS FLOURISHED

CUBITT HOUSE

particular hit! They are a constant presence who provide genuine support for every boy in the house. To the Tutor team whose tireless hard work and advice has helped to keep the Cubitt cogs running smoothly — ‘thank you’. The House team of Mr Cooke, Mr McMillan, Mr Miller and Mr Pritchard have continued to work seamlessly to ensure that the House ethos is maintained and that every boy is encouraged and nurtured to fulfil their potential. As Mr Cooke leaves Cubitt after 11 years in the House, Mr Harris takes the tiller and we have utter confidence that he will maintain the two Rs (Respect & Responsibility), the three Ps (Punctuality, Presentation & Politeness) and, with luck, even the plunge and sweep technique of keeping a shirt tucked in.

THE FRIENDSHIP AND THE SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE HAD TO GIVE ONE ANOTHER MEANS THAT OUR FRIENDSHIPS ARE STRONG AND OUR TIME IN CUBITT TOGETHER WILL BE FULL OF FOND AND HAPPY MEMORIES

EAST HOUSE

ARCHIE PEARMAN, HOUSE CAPTAIN

If you were to greet any East boy at the beginning of Michaelmas term, nearly every time you would be met with the same, proud response: ‘It’s good to be back’. A plush refurbishment to the whole House over summer was warmly welcomed, as was Mr Jack Schofield-Newton to the position of Assistant Housemaster, alongside the always witty Mr William Kinnersley and Mr Stuart Rayer as Tutors.

Not having had House Performance for a few years, we were hungry for trophies in the biggest event on the calendar. Backed by a sea of blue, yellow and purple, our ‘Fourthies’ took to the stage for House Dance. I think we were all a little shocked at how brilliantly Bill Gray embraced his inner Beyoncé to ‘Single Ladies’. Namely his ‘deep squat’, as Mr Bird made us call it. Winning first place in the dance, the boys were baptised into the blue and yellow. Kudos to Josh Cotterell, Max Johnson, Boau-Lily Shephard, Lottie Welland and Hallé Wilks for this triumphant start to the year. Less successful in Part Song, the judges failed to be swooned by the sweet vocals of Ryely Blue Edwards, placing us in a confident second overall.

The Blue Army was in full force when it came to Monday Night Football. The command of Tom Kerr (C) and cold skills of Max Rollitt (VC) took us to the final against Cubitt. Spirits were high as we marched down after prep to the floodlit astro. Cubitt went hammer and tongs, but our Andrew Redmayne protegee, Bryn Spender, kept us in the game. Alas, even penalties couldn’t decide the cup, forcing us to shake hands and set tle for a disgruntled draw. Hope was not lost. A saving grace, our Juniors, had swept the floor with the other Houses across the term. Thus, whilst Cubitt would later reap their revenge in House Football, we were tickled pink by the title of MNF champions 2022.

It was not just the football pitch where we exhibited our grit. With the news reporting that ‘Storm Barra’ posed a ‘threat to life’, it’s fair to say our enthusiasm was a little dampened looking ahead to House Rugby. ‘Crack on’ was the order from above: and so we did. Visibility was a challenge in itself, let alone securing the win. Now acclima tised to the wet, the aquatic prowess of Kasim Shariff and Jake Spencer proved no match for the other Houses in the next event, water polo. Covid-19 made us realise how special East was once the House and its activities were gone, and our successes in Michaelmas reflected how deeply that lesson had been learnt by all of us seizing each and every day.

Mr Bradnock often reminds us of the intensity of Lent — the shortest term of the year but packed with just as many events. Curiously, Lent brought out new colours to East this year. It was comforting to see an academic colour in the House. Knowing that the wonder kid, Ollie Wilkinson, was wearing blue, we walked into House Challenge with confidence. Despite some impressive answers we could not quite knock Loveday off their podium, or in maths for that matter. The Spelling Bee was the next challenge of the Summer term and the Juniors, led by Freddie Fearn, secured a much-needed vic tory, as did Ben Leacock in the heated House Debating. Never have we had such a pool of musical talent, too. Making up most of the performers in the lunchtime concerts and Helen Wareham Competitions, a School’s musical champion would always be walking the rabbit warren of East House’s corridors.

Blue was also the colour of Cranleigh Drama this year. From our Seniors in Shakespeare in Love and Little Shop of Horrors, to our Juniors in Once Upon a Myth, East has a few promising thespians in the years to come. Having been introduced to ‘Terracycling’ by G’roy (Mr George Royall) many moons ago, East also had green fingers. When chal lenged to recycle the most in a week, naturally, the prestigious and most handsome ‘Golden Bin’ trophy would come to sit proudly in the Ship.

WINNING FIRST PLACE IN THE DANCE, THE BOYS WERE BAPTISED INTO THE BLUE AND YELLOW

EAST HOUSE

The biggest highlight of the year was the East House Charity Quiz Night. Supporting The Max Windle Memorial Trust, we raised a record £8,300 for charities that improve mental health in children and young adults. It was an unforgettable evening of tall glasses, generous servings of curry, and even more generous donations.

It has been a privilege to have been in a House so full of charac ter, tradition and ever-increasing unity. Thank you to our Matrons ‘Bethatron’, ‘Helencopter’ and ‘Jenerator’, and cleaners for their tireless and ineffable care. Huge thanks must also go to ‘D’emley’ (Mr Dom Emley), G’roy (Mr George Royall) and ‘Schoffie-Newt’ (Mr Jack Schofield-Newton) for their constant optimism and hard work. Leaving me exhausted of superlatives, I am left only with a warm and genuine thank you to the true arbiters of the ship, Mr and Mrs Bradnock. I wish Cunningham the very best in taking over as HC — you will do a stellar job. With the end of term impending, the Upper Sixth leave East with a teary eye, not just for the past, but in the knowledge of all we’ll miss in what’s to come.

WE RAISED A RECORD £8,300 FOR CHARITIES THAT IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS

LOVEDAY HOUSE

FREDDY MOORE, HOUSE CAPTAIN

This year we have seen Loveday back to its best with everyone in School after the pan demic and the resurgence of life to the House with spirits high.

We saw our new Fourth Form settling in with the much anticipated House Performance evening, missed over the previous two years. With Rhodes we came in second overall, whilst winning the part-song run by Deshawn Gordon and Naalini Bird, to get the year off to a positive start.

We had our Loveday/Rhodes House Play of #YOLO in the latter end of Michaelmas term, in which despite last minute drop outs caused by Covid-19, the cast were able to rally behind director Lucy Wyatt and put on a week’s worth of strong performances, with notable mentions to Tyler Brown and Jack Bemelmans in leading roles.

Moving into the Lent term we enjoyed continued success in the House Debating and House Challenge, and brought home a 1st and 2nd in both the Senior and Lower School competitions. Fourth Former Rory Patinson, who caused mayhem at Lower School House Challenge in particular, showed that the future of Loveday’s academics is in good hands.

It has been a tough year for many in the house, especially the Upper Fifth and Upper Sixth who faced cut syllabuses and exam board changes. But, thanks to the strong values of the house being to knuckle down and get on with it, we hope that a strong work ethic will put the boys in great shape for their futures after Cranleigh.

THIS YEAR WE HAVE SEEN LOVEDAY BACK TO ITS BEST WITH EVERYONE IN SCHOOL AFTER THE PANDEMIC AND THE RESURGENCE OF LIFE TO THE HOUSE WITH SPIRITS HIGH

WE HOPE THAT A STRONG WORK ETHIC WILL PUT THE BOYS IN GREAT SHAPE FOR THEIR FUTURES AFTER CRANLEIGH

MARTLET

MISS CLAIRE HALL, DEPUTY HOUSEMISTRESS AND BELLA BARKER, HOUSE CAPTAIN

The atmosphere in Martlet is hard to describe but it really does feel like we are a family of sisters all living together under the same roof. This is all down to Housemistress, Mrs Scott, who encourages us all to be kind and inclusive and ensures that we support one another in everything that we do. We will really miss her next year and thank her for eve rything that she has done for us. Mrs Scott, Miss Hall and Mr Hardy have been together as a team since Martlet opened and their love of matching fancy dress is legendary!

There have been so many fun memories in Martlet this year, from a hilarious music evening in the Common Room, to meals out in Guildford and Cranleigh, chocolate fountains with the Fourth Form and even a Martlet-themed Easter egg scavenger hunt with purple rabbit ears! We will miss it (and all the accompanying Martlet ‘stash’) very much and look forward to hearing what all the girls get up to in the future!

Bella Barker, House Captain

Martlet started the term the biggest we have ever been with 77 girls struggling up the many stairs clutching their tuckboxes and hockey sticks. Now in our third year and with the irrepressible Mrs Scott at the helm, the House has gone from strength to strength and we were particularly excited to have got through our first whole year without a school closure.

The Michaelmas term was as busy as ever with the House Performance kicking off proceedings. Our new Fourth Form, adorned with purple ribbons, were victorious with their highly entertaining Grease Lightning/Beat Again mash-up choreographed by the Upper Sixth. We also enjoyed House Challenge, Bouldering, Fives and of course House Hockey, which took place in appalling conditions on the last day of term! Despite the expertise of 1st XI stalwarts Boau-Lilly Shepherd and Olivia Gibson, the seniors could only manage fourth place, but the juniors battled the elements heroically, clinching the win against West.

The highlight of the Michaelmas term was our fundraising event, Dance and Donate, which raised a fantastic £2,738 for Horsham Matters. Led by local dance instructor, Lucy, the girls and their parents enjoyed four hours on the dance floor, including learn ing an original dance to Boogie Shoes. The girls rotated between the dance floor and packing donation boxes filled with food and toiletries, which were then delivered to the Horsham food bank later in the week. Our house charity T-shirts, designed by Karla Radbourne, enjoyed their first outing along with an eclectic mix of neon leotards, multicoloured tutus and rococo glasses. It should also be noted that the House team rose to the occasion with some vibrant purple leg warmers and headbands.

Moving into the Lent term the girls put in good performances in both House Netball competitions, with the seniors finishing second and the juniors third. 1st team Captain Ella-Grace Goode, Sports prefect Georgia Kirkland and Surrey Storm player Charlotte Hogbin were all excellent and led by example. Later in the term Daisy Beaumont and Izzie Powell crossed the line (hand-in-hand!) to jointly win cross country with Sophie Moore in third place and a good number of girls also finishing in the top 20. Away from the sporting arena, we realised that it is the ‘taking part that counts’ in both House Maths and House Chess whilst Charlotte Burrell and Freddie Fearn from East had more luck in the affiliated spelling bee, adding to the silverware in the competition’s first outing. In January, House Captain Bella Barker and defending champion Lauren Beaumont spoke superbly on controversial issues at Dangerous Minds and can be proud of the way they presented and debated their ideas.

THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY FUN MEMORIES IN MARTLET THIS YEAR

Summer sport was successful and we were delighted with our wins in both House Water Polo and House Swimming. Sophie Moore, who earlier in the term qualified for the British Championships, excelled in the pool with victories in the individual medley, breaststroke and two relays! Our sporting summer of greatness was completed on the final day before Long Leave with a rousing victory in House ath letics. A special mention must go both to Emilia House who won the intermediate girls’ shot putt and the discus for the second year running and to Kitty Watson who won the 200m and 300m, anchored the 4x100m relay to victory and set a blistering pace in the first leg of the triumphant East/Martlet 6x300m relay.

There have also been plenty of individual sporting moments to celebrate, with national success for Issy Hollidge, Lucy Le Masurier and Tara Moore. in equestrian and a place on the Scotland U19 cricket team for Molly Barbour-Smith, Effie Syvret also became a national Fives champion with Charlotte Barr from South.

Charlotte Burrell, Karla Radbourne and Lauren Beaumont were named Martlets of the term for Michaelmas, Lent and Summer respectively and Boau-Lilly Shepherd was the richly deserving recipient of the ‘Martlet of the Year’ trophy awarded at the final House prayers. We were delighted to recognise the achievements of so many of our Upper Sixth with House brooches and full colours and will miss them next year as they embark on new adventures.

Miss Claire Hall, Deputy Housemistress

NOW IN OUR THIRD YEAR AND WITH THE IRREPRESSIBLE MRS SCOTT AT THE HELM, THE HOUSE HAS GONE FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH AND WE WERE PARTICULARLY EXCITED TO HAVE GOT THROUGH OUR FIRST WHOLE YEAR WITHOUT A SCHOOL CLOSURE

NORTH HOUSE

MR ALEX FORSDIKE, HOUSEMASTER

It has been fantastic to be back to normal and was an excellent year for the North house boys. The term started with the arrival of a talented and enthusiastic new Fourth Form. Along with one new Lower Fifth and one Lower Sixth, the House was set for a great year ahead. All the new boys have given so much already to Cranleigh and North, and I can safely say they will continue to excel here.

The Michaelmas term started with a bang with North and West setting Speech Hall alight with wonderful singing and dancing. Whilst in many house events we did not get out of sec ond gear, it was lovely to see so many representing North in Fives, House Challenge, and House Rugby, to name just a few. The atmosphere and spirit of how the Sixth Form played Monday Night Football was great to see. The whole House maturely supported North.

The Lent term was one of the busiest, starting with a three-week rehearsal and production of the North/West play. Everyone involved — the directors, backstage crew, lighting, sound and, of course, the actors did the House proudly. While the acting may not have been to a West End standard, each evening was fun-packed. Covid-19 absences greatly impacted the team, yet they did not let this affect them. The juniors won House Water Polo and the Senior House Challenge. Pupils also represented the School in numerous teams, plays, concerts and competitions.

The Summer term is always filled with a mixture of fun and pressure. Exams dominated from week one until the penultimate week of term and, once again, the North boys rose to the challenges of both individual work and support for one another. The weather helped massively as the North boys spent many evenings outside on Marcon or the tennis courts playing all sorts of ball games. Many from the House represented North in athletics, tennis, golf, and cricket, to name a few sports, and of course, the new spelling bee competition. Whilst we were not quite at our best, the taking part and spirit of North remained consist ent. The last week of term saw a wonderful Charity walk in the Surrey Hills, raising funds for the Max Windle Trust.

On the final day of term, we celebrated the Leavers of 2022. A year group that has become close-knit whilst facing the challenges of a disrupted few years. At points across their Upper Fifth and Lower Sixth, they missed out on representing the School and House in sports, drama and music events. I can only thank these boys for all they have done these past five years, they leave us as true housemen, and I wish them all the very best for the future.

It would not be right to finish without saying ‘thank you’ to the staff in North. The year began with a new leadership team of Mr Humes, Mr Bradley, and Mr Laughton joining in the roles of Resident Deputy and Assistant Housemasters, respectively. They have sup ported the boys and me excellently over the year. Mr Laughton steps down as Assistant Housemaster to spend more time with his family, though he remains a Tutor in North. Mr Vaiani also leaves us to re-join Cubitt as Assistant Housemaster. I wish Mr Humes and the new North team the best for the year ahead. I know he will lead the House to bigger and greater things.

From myself, I want to finally say a big ‘thank you’ to all parents for the support you have given me over the previous seven years and this year in particular. Emma, Freddie, Eliza and myself will miss North, and it holds extremely fond and important memories for us as a family.

All the best for the future North!

ALL THE NEW BOYS HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH ALREADY TO CRANLEIGH AND NORTH

THE NORTH BOYS ROSE TO THE CHALLENGES OF BOTH INDIVIDUAL WORK AND SUPPORT FOR ONE ANOTHER

RHODES HOUSE

LÉA GRAHAM, HOUSE CAPTAIN

This year, along with the fresh-faced, enthusiastic Fourth Form, came our new Housemistress, Mrs Bukowska and together, with the rest of the House, they helped ensure that we had another fun-filled, busy year full of Rhodes spirit and smiles. Our values of excellence, service and value have continued to grow, seen through the support for each other in house events, musicals, Saturday matches, art exhibitions and everyday chats in Matron’s room. It’s these bonds which make saying goodbye so hard for those leaving.

Rhodes Fourth Form started their year in style, winning the much dreaded but inaugural Fourth Form House Cross Country. It was the determination from each and every one of them to cross the finish line which meant that, despite not having all of the fastest runners, the girls came out on top. As well as this they put in many hours of rehearsals for their House dance which was combined with the Loveday boys and choreographed by mem bers of the Upper Sixth. The much awaited House Performance (due to Covid-19 getting in the way of the 2020 competition), did not disappoint and it was an extremely memorable evening. Overall Rhodes-Loveday came second in House Performance, having won partsong with Arcade thanks to the amazing composition of harmonies by members of our Upper Sixth. It was great to have one of the biggest events on the calendar back in action!

The rest of Michaelmas term was, as always, packed with house events from bouldering to House Challenge and House Fives. Although many of the girls had never played Fives, we still came away with a victory in the senior competition and in the more academic House Challenge Fourth Form secured another win for Rhodes.

The term finished off with House Hockey where, armed with blankets, coats and a speaker playing Christmas hits, the Rhodies faced the cold to cheer for each other. Spirit was key in the Stonesett competition where it was lovely to see more experienced players giving some good tactical advice to their teammates and the inter-year connections, which have been developed through vertical tutor groups and families in house, strengthened.

I would like to take this opportunity to mention the sporting achievements of Annie Vitek who came 3rd in the European championship and Christina Vitek. Both sisters ride for the Czech Republic and have had many successes this past year. Our deputy next year, Rose Jovanoich, skis for the British Ski Academy and regularly attends competitions. As well as this, Rhodes has an outstanding hockey player in Pippi Spawforth who is in the England U21 team and in the GB U21 development squad. Their ability to navigate the business of life at Cranleigh alongside fulfilling their duties and standards as sportswomen never fails to amaze us and is something they do without a word of complaint.

The notoriously short Lent term saw no less chances for Rhodes girls to represent. In typi cal Cranleigh fashion it was crammed with house events, socials and entertainment. After prep, Monday Night Football (MNF) and open-mic nights provided us with much-needed time to relax and have a laugh. Although we were a bit disappointed with narrowly missing out on the finals of MNF, victories both on and off the sports field in Senior House Maths and Netball helped to maintain our pride. Dangerous Minds was another highlight, now a staple of the Lent term, with Naalini (our Cambridge offer holder) and Nimo lighting up the stage with powerful speeches. We also had three girls in Little Shop of Horrors, Cranleigh’s first-class musical, with Lucia playing Audrey in one of the performances.

The term was drawn to a close with one final effort from the girls in navy and orange domi nating House Cross Country coming 1st, 2nd and 4th with many crossing the line not far behind. All-in-all Rhodes girls embraced the Lent term with vigour and enthusiasm and a special mention must go to Molly Squire’s endless House Chess game, which had us on the edge of our seats for about an hour!

Rhodes moved into the Summer term with a blast of a barn dance as our charity event. It was great to see tutors, parents and the Rhodes girls ‘Do-si-do’ing in cowboy hats and chequered shirts, thank you Mrs Davison and the charity prefects for an amazing even ing. We continued to team with Loveday in friendly co-ed netball and rugby events and, in competitive house matches, we came second in the Senior Golf.

IT’S THESE BONDS WHICH MAKE SAYING GOODBYE SO HARD FOR THOSE LEAVING

RHODES HOUSE

Although we didn’t have much success in House Swimming it is safe to say that Rhodes support outshone other houses. It was a real testament to their characters and a demon stration of commitment to the House that so many girls stepped out of their comfort zone to become competitors, donning a swimming cap and giving it a go. The same is true of House Athletics, however the senior girls did win their cat egory which seems a fitting end to a year group which has always performed highly on the sports field.

Summer 2022 also saw the introduction of the spelling bee competition and I am pleased to announce that Rhodes and Loveday will be the first houses engraved on the trophy. In water polo, another new addition to the house events, we came second. Other Summer term highlights include rounders, cricket and tennis all getting us in the mood for summer!

The Summer term does come with exams and whilst enjoy ing all of the above Rhodes girls still found time to strive for success in the classroom and put hard work in towards their relative exams. It is admirable that, despite the month-long GCSEs and A Levels, which require such determination and motivation, Rhodes remained a place where we could and can genuinely feel at peace. This is in great part due to our amazing matrons Louise, who sadly left us at the end of Michaelmas term, Jay and Marion. They are always on hand for a hug and organise multiple weekly socials which allow us time to relax, recharge and enjoy the treats in cupboard 114 ranging from popcorn to prosecco! Some socials (Jay’s Bingo) can end up being quite competitive and lead to a lit tle too much excitement for the Sixth Form on duty trying to put the lower school to bed, that said it is always a good laugh.

The tireless dedication of our wonderful House staff Mrs Bukowska, Miss McConnell-Wood and Mrs Davison allows Rhodes to keep running smoothly. On behalf of the Upper Sixth leavers we want to thank them, as well as tutors, matrons and cleaners for everything that they have done for us in the past five years. We would also like to wish Miss McConnell-Wood all the best as she leaves Cranleigh. Rhodes will miss your smile, gentle ways and constant enthusiasm.

The past five years have been a transformation from awk ward teenagers to capable young adults and have been filled with laughter, memories and friendships that will last a lifetime. As the first year group to have gone all the way through Rhodes we feel that we have been part of the start of something extremely special. Thank you to all the Rhodes girls who have made this possible and good luck to Rose, Rosie and the future Upper Sixth who we are sure will do a wonderful job of leading Rhodes in the year to come.

THE PAST FIVE YEARS HAVE BEEN A TRANSFORMATION FROM AWKWARD TEENAGERS TO CAPABLE YOUNG ADULTS AND HAVE BEEN FILLED WITH LAUGHTER, MEMORIES AND FRIENDSHIPS THAT WILL LAST A LIFETIME

SOUTH HOUSE

KEIRA RIMMINGTON, HOUSE CAPTAIN AND ANNA WARHAM, DEPUTY HOUSE CAPTAIN

Rather like a hive, this year there has been a buzz to South, as the House has been busier, whilst we have said ‘goodbye’ to Covid-19 restrictions and ‘hello’ to more house competitions and social events.

In Michaelmas term we welcomed the lovely Miss Frude (now Mrs Allen) along with a bunch of friendly Fourth Form faces and Selina Huang (we are so proud of you for jumping straight back into Cranleigh life!).

The term kicked off with the famous House Performance where we achieved second place in both part-song and House Dance, our Upper Sixth (Millie Charnock and Scarlett Stehlik in par ticular) stepping up to the task of leading the lower years — well done especially to our amazing Fourth Form for giving it their all! We were so proud to win first place overall jointly with Cubitt!

As the term ran on, so did Southies, congratulations go to Eloise Dixon who did an amazing job and came third overall in House Cross Country!

Coordinated by Felicity Kamm and Jess Rowlands, the charity dinner was a huge success not only in being great fun, but also raising an impressive amount of money for the worthwhile causes of Centre Point and Rethink.

After Christmas, our very own Steven Spielberg (Evie Moore) did a smashing job at directing House Film, working really well with our younger years and members of Cubitt.

As of this year, Charlotte Barr is a national champion at Fives and was able to demonstrate her skill with Phoebe Gray in the House Fives competition where they won all their matches to gain first place. Michaelmas ended, however, with ‘goodbye’ to our lovely Martina Guavara-Correa who we wish the very best after her move to Chile.

In the new year, Bella Rowe, Emily Reed, Gina Evelyn and Jess Rowlands were the queens of the chess boards; as wise as bishops and strong as castles — a fantastic victory was won! Maybe we weren’t on the top of the ball in netball, but special shout outs to Eloise Dixon, Evie Anderson and Lara Ruhland in the Fourth Form and of course Sienna Rutherford, who goes above and beyond on the court.

Flora Charnock, Jess Rowlands, Lily Harding, Maisie Ramsay and Scarlett Stehlik made a perfect ending to the Lent term, impressing us all with their beautiful voices in House prayers.

Coming back from Easter we started with a bang, as we were able to congratulate Mrs Allen’s marriage. As Summer term rolled on, everyone was ready to enjoy some sunshine and of course our Upper Fifth and Upper Sixth entered the first exams since the start of Covid-19. House Swimming really showed just how strong our House spirit can be, as we cheered on all those who participated — a special mention to Eloise Dixon and Lily Harding who did swimmingly!

We’re excited to welcome Annabelle Billington and Bella Rowe as the new House Captains, sup ported by Lizzie Hauger, Lottie Smith and Maisie Ramsay as our prefects. We know they will do an amazing job and we wish them all the best in their new roles. However, as we welcome new positions, we are sad to say ‘goodbye’ to familiar faces; we wish Mr Drake all the best as he heads down under, moving with his family to Australia for new adventures.

As the Upper Sixth have their final ‘goodbyes’ as well, we want to say well done to Jessica Rowlands for winning the academic prize in classics and Maddie Bowen in art. A special mention to Eliza Wheeler, who not only scooped quite a few speech day prizes, but also showed outstand ing persistence and achievements in her hockey this last year as she won Bronze at the Euro Cup.

Moving forward into next year, we are delighted to have all our current Upper Fifth staying to rejoin us as Sixth Formers.

So many wonderful memories have been shared this year in our House and we look forward to even more to come in the future!

THIS YEAR THERE HAS BEEN A BUZZ TO SOUTH

SO MANY WONDERFUL MEMORIES HAVE BEEN SHARED THIS YEAR IN OUR HOUSE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO EVEN MORE TO COME IN THE FUTURE!

WEST HOUSE

MRS ADELE WORSLEY, HOUSEMISTRESS

After the miserable years when Covid-19 dominated so much of School life, it has been wonderful to return to some sort of normality and West has enjoyed much in the way of enrichment, academic and sporting success, and fun!

In the first few weeks of Michaelmas term, the Fourth Form teamed up with North to do their House Dance, and the Sixth Form did the same for the part-song. It has been a hugely busy year for our West actresses and theatre crew. Emily and Tory directed a stunning, and very funny, West-North Play with Amy, Darcy, Flick, Olivia and Scarlett treading the boards. Later in the year, Ruby and Tory wowed us in the remarkable School musical Little Shop Of Horrors. Finally, Clemmie and Tia delighted us with their roles in the junior play Once upon a Myth. And of course, we must mention the West girls behind the scenes who make it all happen; Libby, Scarlett and Sophie have been instrumental in theatre tech, stage manage ment and costume design, under the superb guidance of Miss Williams.

Lily, Mia and Siena earned their stripes in their first few weeks at Cranleigh, competing in the House Bouldering competition. Amelia and Juliette, represented West in the House Challenge semi finals and did brilliantly. The entire Fourth Form were given the consider able task of running in the House Cross Country. All the girls were fantastic; particular mentions go to Martha R. and Eliza who came in 1st and 2nd securing an overall Silver Medal for West! Phoebe and Tia went through to the final of the Junior House Challenge answering questions on everything from Disney films, cycling and musical terminology. Cara, Evie, Flick, Katie and Scarlett represented us in House Fives; they all played so well (particularly given nobody understands the rules!) and were overwhelmed by the sup port from all the Westies dressed head to toe in Pink. The end of the Michaelmas term heralded the junior indoor House hockey tournament and the outdoor House hockey; both provided a festival of sporting excellence for the spectators with almost every West girl involved in one team or another.

House Chess took place in the Lent term with Maisie, Flick and Dasha earning the WestNorth team a place in the final. This year also saw the introduction of the Cranleigh Spelling Bee — what a treat! In the junior section, West made it to the finals, thanks to Flick’s genius. We won Senior House Debating thanks to Siena’s persuasive argument and excellent contributions from Maisie and Tia in the floor debate. Siena proved her worth again in the semi-final of the Senior House Challenge winning against East-Martlet with Sophie as her partner. House Maths showcased Juliette, Maisie and Mia’s quick and accurate mental maths. West Sixth Form limbered up for the Monday Night Football Final, where West took the win against South, becoming 2022 MNF Winners! To continue the run of success, Dasha and Sophie took part in the Senior House Challenge against Loveday-Rhodes and took home the trophy after a close competition!

Well done to Katie Coles who placed second in the Senior Girls category in House Cross Country. The House Netball boasted some stunning game play, coupled with steadfast, abundant support from the rest of the House. West went on to win the Junior House Netball with stand-out performances from Clemmie, Gabby, Jemima, Siena Keijsers and Tallulah. Summer term heralded the arrival of House Cricket! We put out a very strong team leading to a victory against Martlet. And with some equally skilled tennis players, we were delighted to land 2nd place in the House tennis after some closely fought matches. A firm favourite is House Rounders and this year was no exception. In particular the Upper Sixth loved their afternoon, creating happy memories. The final big House comps of the Summer term included House Swimming. Siena Reilly quickly gained hero status as she amazed us with her graceful and super quick movement through the water. And House Athletics — led by our phenomenal House Captain and fastest girl in the School, Katie Coles — provided an afternoon where new skills were put to the test and West came through in terms of their amazing House-spirit and hair braids (as well as achieving many medals).

Charity is such an important part of who we are in West and we continue to work hard to support Justice and Care and the Max Windle Memorial Trust. The heart-breaking declara tion of war on Ukraine has been particularly painful for us as we have supported Dasha

WEST HOUSE

MEMORIES

IN PARTICULAR THE UPPER SIXTH LOVED THEIR AFTERNOON, CREATING HAPPY

WEST HOUSE

(our Ukrainian student) through the fear and uncertainty she has faced daily. Dasha has been extraordinary in using her personal experience to highlight the horror and injustice being faced by those she loves.

All that remains for me to say is thank you and goodbye to our wonderful Upper Sixth. They have been superb leaders with Katie and Zoe at the helm. They hand over the House to be led by Ruby and Tory who will no doubt do a fabulous job. We will miss everyone and wish them well for the future. Lots of visits please #onceawes tiealwaysawestie.

A FESTIVAL OF SPORTING EXCELLENCE FOR THE SPECTATORS WITH ALMOST EVERY WEST GIRL INVOLVED IN ONE TEAM OR ANOTHER

ACTIVITIES

COMBINED CADET FORCE

MAJOR DAN REED, CONTINGENT COMMANDER

It has been another year of growth and firsts for the Contingent. With 176 cadets, we believe this is the largest since it became vol untary in the late 1960s. This makes it by far the most popular voluntary co-curricular activity at Cranleigh and it has a wider range of abilities and age groups than some sports. Post-Covid-19, it was fantastic to see all 176 cadets on parade for the first week of Michaelmas term. This saw the Senior Cadet, Ruari BarbourSmith, promoted to Cadet Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) — our first official RSM since the 60s. We were also able to pro mote a number of Senior boys and girls to the rank of Sergeant. The Senior girls have been fantastic in encouraging more girls to get involved with CCF and numbers are continuing to rise.

More than 100 cadets paraded through Cranleigh village on Remembrance Day. Major Julian Money plays a large part in organising the event and the day ran superbly well, all cadets were immaculately turned out and reflective. We were also the first school CCF to become affiliated to the Royal British Legion (RBL), the ceremony of affiliation was a hugely moving and proud experience for all involved.

We were able to get out onto the army training areas for our field days this year, with Exercise TIGER CUB and TIGERS FURY taking place in October and June respectively. One saw slightly better weather conditions than the other with a huge storm hitting camp overnight, really testing the ‘Basha’ tents the cadets constructed.

Easter Camp was another huge success, 26 cadets braved the unpredictable Easter weather for a week of adventurous train ing on Dartmoor. The 120-foot abseil really tested some of the cadet’s appetite for heights. We had to shorten the expedition as the temperature dropped to -7 degrees overnight, a little too cold for most of us, even the regular Army unit who were training at the same time.

Parachuting has become a favourite with the Lower Sixth cadets, five courageous individuals put their lives in the hands of six hours training and a piece of linen and threw themselves out of a perfectly good aeroplane. No-one hesitated and everyone landed safely. This is the second year this trip has been run and seems to be the most exhilarating experience for all involved.

For the first time we entered a CCF equestrian team in the Royal Windsor Horse Show, competing against regular Service units from around the world. The British Army, Navy, Air Force, Police and Fire Service form the UK and the Bahraini and Abu Dhabi Mounted police all travelled to compete. Cpl Tom Smith, LCpl Megan Tappin and Cadet Madeleine Robertson rode in front of crowds of over 5000 spectators with Megan selected to ride in the jump off, going clear to take team bronze in the Services Challenge cup.

Summer Camp has always been the pinnacle of the training year, as it shows us where we are compared to other contingents and how we have progressed. This year was by far the most success ful of my tenure, winning the ‘Best Contingent in the Field’, all passed the cadet shooting assessment with 18 cadets gaining ‘First Class’ badges. RSM Barbour-Smith won the top shooting award, scoring the HPS (Highest Possible Score) on the Cadet GP 5.56mm rifle.

I write this with great pride and a little sadness, after five years in command of the Contingent I will be stepping down, the con tingent is in a fantastic place and will be in safe hands next year when Major Money takes over command.

THE SENIOR GIRLS HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC IN ENCOURAGING MORE GIRLS TO GET INVOLVED WITH CCF AND NUMBERS ARE CONTINUING TO RISE

OUTDOOR EDUCATION

DR SIMON YOUNG, HEAD OF OUTDOOR EDUCATION

After a couple of seasons of understandable but nonetheless restrictive measures it was good to start the year with “nearlyback-to normal” plans in place.

The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award had a record uptake, with huge numbers participating at all levels. As ever, the award provided a wonderful impetus for pupils to get involved in a wide variety of sports, hobbies and volunteering opportunities, contributing not only to personal growth, but the School and the wider com munity. From an Outdoor Ed perspective, it was great to have our expedition programme up and running again. The other big news was that the time had eventually come to purchase a new set of tents which the Bronzes were able to christen, proving a very popular move, especially for the taller pupils.

In a slight break with tradition, the Bronze Practice Expedition was based in the School grounds, allowing a greater staff input into the training side of things, making up for lost time over the previ ous year. This proved to be a great success and the Qualifying trip (round the local Surrey Hills, as usual) consequently went very smoothly, with a minimal number of temporarily misplaced groups and unplanned detours!

The Silver Practice trip to Ashdown Forest was slightly smaller than hoped, due to a clash with a number of held-over sport ing fixtures, but the Qualifying trip to the New Forest went very smoothly, with perfect weather combining with confident map reading and navigation from all the participants to result in eve ryone passing. A catch-up expedition will be taking place in the autumn to ensure that everyone gets the chance to complete their award.

The Sixth Form Gold expeditions were a bit more complicated this year. Due to an unwelcome Covid-19 outbreak on the weeklong expedition last summer (2021), we had to curtail the trip soon after the conclusion of the practice phase (at least that was safely in the bag). This meant running an additional Qualifying Expedition in October, for which the participants chose to con tinue with their original planned traverse of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Shorter days and cooler weather made this a tough trip, but everyone rose to the challenge and completed with great fortitude and determination, if rather sore feet. The Lower Sixth had their practice over Easter, in the Black Mountains as usual. This proved to be a steep learning curve for several of the participants who had not previously done Silver and therefore found things particularly challenging. Finally, this summer saw the Lower Sixth (together with a couple from the year above who had not been able to make their re-run in October) complete

their Qualifying Expedition by crossing the Black Mountain and traversing the Brecon Beacons in fine style. Clearly a lot of skill and experience had been gained on the practice expeditions and all went very smoothly, with things being as close to enjoyable as possible.

We had lots of action on the School climbing wall with new recruits of all ages and the discovery of some upcoming rock-stars. The House bouldering competitions were keenly, and amicably, fought as ever, with South winning the girls, Loveday the boys and Loveday-Rhodes taking the affiliated title. In external competi tions we entered the Southern Schools Climbing Comp where Ruari Barbour-Smith came fourth overall and first on top rope; James McKenna came first in the Over 16s and Anna Lasova came third in the Over-16 girls

The Outdoor Ed round robin programme was in place for the Fourth Form on Thursday afternoons in the Lent and Summer terms, giving them a taste of all the activities we have on offer at Cranleigh. As usual the whole year had an opportunity to try: archery; air-rifle shooting; climbing; kayaking; first aid; bush craft; search and rescue; a grid reference treasure hunt round the School; improvised carries and stretchers; orienteering; a mini expedition; map-making; team-building; and tents. This cul minated in a two-day adventure in which everyone had a 20km navigation walk over to Farley Heath and back, as well as opt ing for a choice of: a survival scenario; a kayaking expedition at Loxwood; abseiling from an old railway bridge; orienteering up on Winterfold; natural art; birdwatching; or a CCF field exercise. All rounded off with barbequed brisket down on the South Field.

All in all, this was a most satisfying year with numerous pupils get ting out and about and enjoying the great outdoors. As ever these activities were only made possible by the dedication of the staff who so enthusiastically ran and supervised such a wide range of activities.

SUSTAINABILITY

MR PHIL LEAMON, HEAD OF SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

I am incredibly lucky to have been given the responsibility to lead Sustainability at Cranleigh and this year, the first since my role has been created officially, has been one of huge excitement, endeavour and experimentation — trying to learn how we can be as effective and empowered as possible, both as individuals and as a community, in addressing this most crucial of agendas in the face of the (admittedly awful) distrac tions of pandemics and invasions and economic turmoil. It is, however, the planet and its dwindling resources that underpin all of these challenges, though maybe this is harder to perceive sometimes in leafy and prosperous Cranleigh. Humans are good at dealing with a single, urgent problem right in front of us; not so good at responsibly mitigating and sacrificing our cosy customs to deal with something building on the horizon. The horizon, though, is not so far away as it might look.

At the start of the year, that horizon had already been set with the launch of the IPCC report just before the end of term warning that “global warming is likely to reach 1.5°C between 2030 and 2052 if it continues to increase at the current rate (high confidence),” and that “climate-related risks to health, livelihoods, food security, water supply, human security, and economic growth are projected to increase” unless “global CO2 emissions start to decline well before 2030 (high confidence).” How, then, to get the urgency of this across to our community without the accompanying feelings of helplessness that are ever more common amongst those trying to address climate change? For right or wrong, I have tried in the first instance to eschew calamity warnings, and opted for positive engagement, though it is hard to escape the threat of such reporting. Rather I have hoped to begin to instil a sense of personal and communal responsibility in our members, whilst empowering them with the knowledge and impetus to be the change that is needed. As Robert Swan said, “The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.”

We started with House Sustainability Strategies and a really strong push on waste and rubbish, whilst my intention is that every subject will begin to “green season” their curriculum to acknowledge climate change wherever possible. A great opportunity to contextualise this had also appeared on the horizon in the guise of COP26. An oppor tunity for the UK to make a commitment to making the world a more sustainable and equitable place. At Cranleigh, we marked this with a collaboration with all four Cranleigh Schools to explore the importance of COP and how we may rise to the challenges it sets.

Another way we prepared for COP26 was through the United Kingdom Schools Sustainability Network (UKSSN), of which Cranleigh is a member school and I am the staff lead for the Surrey Area. This remarkable organisation, which brings together stu dents from across the country to collaborate on sustainability issues, felt that we should have a presence at COP26 if we possibly could. Plans were devised and submissions sub mitted and these, eventually, turned into the projects we took to COP26. First, the UKSSN was offered a day at the Green Zone to exhibit, in conjunction with our partners, PPL PWR, and demonstrate the potential of low-carbon technology and also talk about climate anxiety. We were definitely going to COP26! As part of this, we created the wonderful Words and Pictures for our World creative anthology, in conjunction with Planetary (run by Bob Edwards, father of OC Jess Edwards). More than 300 students from across the country, including a substantial number from Cranleigh, submitted beautiful and powerful poetry, art and photography and this was transformed into a fantastic anthology of young people’s work, including UK and international students, that responds to the climate crisis with passion, perception and urgency. I would urge you to check out a copy of this fantastic anthology (available on Amazon) and I can

THE GREATEST THREAT TO OUR PLANET IS THE BELIEF THAT SOMEONE ELSE WILL SAVE IT

SUSTAINABILITY

only thank Bob from the bottom of my heart for all the energy and financial support he put in to this.

We took 20 students from around the country to COP26 and these excellent young people attended lectures, gave speeches, engaged with members of the public, made films, ran our exhibi tion, appeared on national news stations, visited primary schools, attended negotiations in the Blue Zone and met with both Alok Sharma and Nadim Zahawi. I am really proud to say that, as a result of our efforts at COP26 the UKSSN has been directly involved in the development of the DfE’s new Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy. Whilst no pupils from Cranleigh came with us to COP26, unfortunately, we charitably supported Kelo Uchendu, the amazing youth activist from Nigeria who came to deliver powerful speeches for the future of Nigeria’s youth, and plenty of our excellent Sustainability Council, led by Rosie Stokoe (Upper Sixth) and Kasim Shariff (Lower Sixth) did a huge amount of work enthusing and engaging both the School and the Surrey network. They also attended a fantastic mock COP debate in the Surrey County Council Chambers, organised by Zero Carbon Guildford. Zero is a remarkable social enterprise initiative set up for our area, which has now become one of our regular collabora tors. I would urge you all to go and visit their amazing store at the bottom of North Street in Guildford. A huge mention must go to our Cranleigh School artist Mark Weighton whose beautiful sculp ture ‘Burnt Wood’ featured at COP26 and is now coming ‘home’ to be displayed at Cranleigh in our Outdoor Learning areas, which are currently under development.

So what were the wins and losses of COP26? Well, you will hear many different answers to this and it is undoubtedly true that developed nations, some key players particularly, spectacularly endeavoured to fail to deliver, or water down, many key pledges, such as the phase out of coal debacle that filled much of the news regarding the final few days’ negotiations; the lack of pledges for financial aid by the richest nations for those in the global south already feeling the devastating effects of climate change; and, fun damentally, the lack of ambition in many countries’ goals to reach Net Zero by 2070, whilst still trying to talk about 1.5C. It should not be forgotten that if all countries kept their COP26 pledges, we would be on track for a temperature rise of 2.4C by 2100. However, there were some breakthrough agreements on fossil fuels; methane (23 times more devastating as a greenhouse gas) was targeted in an effective way and 110 world leaders — including Brazil and Indonesia, committing to ending and reversing defor estation by 2030. (Caveat — things like this have been promised before and not happened, so watch this space.)

Most importantly though, for us, the inspiring presence of indig enous voices from around the world who are finally being heard and the huge, undeniable influence of the youth voice means that those who are, and will be, most impacted by this mess are com ing together to work positively on action and mitigation; even if those in power are still dragging their heels. A survey of attitudes at Cranleigh from our COP26 PSHE session says that approxi mately 94%* of students think climate change is a significant world problem, with nearly 30% thinking it is the most significant problem the world currently faces. Equally 83% believe the School should be behaving sustainably and working towards targets like

Net Zero. However, about 72% only feel somewhat (and 5% of these, not at all) empowered to live their lives more sustainably themselves. Clearly, we as individuals, as a community and as a planet, have much to do.

After the mixed emotions of COP26, the Sustainability Council has been busy with a raft of initiatives to drive us forwards and re-engage us with the planet that sustains and supports us all. First, we moved from a Meat Free Monday to a Meat Free ‘One Day’ strategy with plant-based meals being spread over a week. The intention here is to reduce the one day ‘hit’ and to reflect the type of lifestyle that will be more common in the future. This is unfinished business: we ran a survey of food the pupils would like and hopefully we will move towards representing this more and more next year. We understand that meat-free diets are a conten tious issue for our pupils (even if only for three out of the standard 21 meals eaten on average a week): strongly-held beliefs about protein need and the right to personal choice are all frequently cited and that’s absolutely fair enough — we have to get this right. The fact remains, however, that meat — particularly beef — is the highest contributor to CO2e emissions, water use and land use in the food industry: take a look at this informative, interactive article via the QR code provided. We haven’t got this right yet but the council passionately believes that even a modest reduction in meat, combined with ethical, seasonal and locally sourced foods is good for your health and the health of the planet. Please stick with it — it’s not too big a sacrifice and we will work hard to get the food to how students want it.

The end of Lent term also heralded Eco Week which was, like its first instalment last year, an incredibly positive and busy event. We had a whole week of nature walks; star-gazing; environmentalthemed lessons; seed-planting; talks for guest speakers; creative

and essay competitions, PSHE sessions on the Sustainable Development Goals; eco film-screenings; Eco chapel; an air qual ity testing event with CPS; a fantastic UKSSN / SEAS meeting seminar on ‘Eco-Anxiety/Positivity’ featuring such eminent speak ers as Caroline Hickman; Helen Forester; Force of Nature and Dr Dan O’Hare from the British Psychological Society. This was an incredibly inspiring event, hosted by Rosie and Kasim, and you can watch it via the QR code provided. Please complete our short climate emotion survey (via the QR Code provided) and add to the data we are collecting. As popular as ever was the Second Hand Clothes Sale, which raised well over £1000 for the School’s Ukraine fund. This year we also featured a variety of local and external stalls too, including For Earth’s Sake. Thank you to all the staff and pupils who got involved, helped and donated.

Collaborations are at the heart of what we are trying to achieve and our recent new flexible plastic recycling scheme sees us at the start of a journey with all the schools in Cranleigh. After Christmas we started to offer ‘Terracycle’ recycling — various forms of flex ible plastic — in School. We have so far recycled a LOT of this — but it’s still not perfect. I feel duty bound to please ask pupils to keep being conscientious and put the right things in the right bin, or it goes straight to landfill. My incredibly selfless Sustainability Council have put gloves on and spent a lot of time sorting through rubbish that could have been put in the correct bin with a bit more thought. Nevertheless, we have widened this scheme out to other Cranleigh Schools now, hopefully linking up all the local schools with the Cranleigh Youth Council and potentially local businesses to take this recycling initiative one step further. We are looking at new bins around School as I write and, again, we are at the start of an exciting journey here in terms of reducing our consumption waste. Pleasingly, this also sees us beginning to work with Surrey County Council.

COLLABORATIONS ARE AT THE HEART OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE AND OUR RECENT NEW FLEXIBLE PLASTIC RECYCLING SCHEME SEES US AT THE START OF A JOURNEY WITH ALL THE SCHOOLS IN CRANLEIGH

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Another collaboration going strongly is the outdoor work we are doing in the commu nity — our vegetable garden in the Medical Centre Garden continues to thrive and be great fun but we also take pupils most weeks to our three, local community sites — Park Mead Junior School (we help maintain their outdoor learning space); the Queensway Community Orchard and Beryl’s Patch wild area, where we plant, tidy and maintain. Huge thanks to Miss Bartlett, Mr Kinnersley and Mr Weighton for their help here.

Finally, on the subject of outdoors, just last week we embarked upon our first ever Outdoor Curricular Learning Week. The Eco Council set out 20 different sites around the amazing resource that is Cranleigh’s outdoor space and asked teachers to take as many classes as they could outside to teach a curriculum lesson that otherwise would have been deliv ered in the classroom. I saw a huge range of lessons being taught, from mathematics calculating the fight of paper aeroplanes, to creative poetry classes, to geography surveys to art classes to music inspiration — it was incredibly inspiring. A special mention must go to our Assistant Head Co-curricular, Mr Boddington who I observed lead an incredibly inspiring A Level Economics lesson on Professor Kate Raworth’s Doughnut Economics — a radical and comprehensive new economic theory that challenges the issues associated with the drive for unending (and unsustainable) economic growth and boldly imagines a world configured to justly thrive instead. It was wonderful lesson and you can watch Kate Raworth’s recent talk to UKSSN students via the QR Code provided. What next for Outdoor Learning? Well a survey of the week’s lessons has recently gone out to participat ing staff and pupils and we will work to integrate this feedback effectively into the School’s academic pedagogy, whilst developing some of our spaces to be more usable as teach ing environments all year round. The positive effects on young people of engaging with nature and learning outside are clear and our grounds are too good a resource to not use.

Next year heralds a hopefully more strategic approach to Sustainability and Environmental Education after a frenetic year of experimenting and engagement. Amongst other things, we will be setting up a Sustainability Committee to draw on the experience, energy and knowledge of pupils, staff, governors, parents and OCs to consult on and shape strategy to help us achieve well-defined operational sustainability goals. Please look out for a letter about this in September. I would like to thank my amazing Eco Council: Rosie and Kasim, Amber, Ayaan, Jake, Jemima, Léa, Millie, Nimo, Ozzy, Robbie, Siena and Theo who have all been so committed and inspiring this year. A special ‘thank you’ must go to Rosie and Kasim for their exceptional leadership and I am pleased to announce that Millie Davis will be next year’s Sustainability Prefect, supported by Ozzy Larmer as her deputy. Both have been proactive and dynamic this year and sustainability at Cranleigh is in safe hands. We have much to do next year, and in the future, to ensure that the horizon in front of us is seen for exactly what it is — somewhere we will arrive at soon enough and something for which we must be ready.

CHAPEL

THE REVEREND JACOB HARRISON, CHAPLAIN

Cranleigh School, I was told at my interview, is a school that loves to sing. Chapel, Congo, and even school corridors are places of eupho nious voice — at least they were before a pandemic silenced all.

At the start of this year, as preparations for the 130 chapel services got underway, there was an understandable fear behind the ques tion my colleague asked me: “Will they sing? What if no one sings at all?”

As those of you who follow our School Instagram account will have witnessed, on Tuesday 7th September the answer was no longer in doubt: “SHINE JESUS SHINE” was belted out at the top of the pupils’ voices, one Fourth Former telling me later that week, “I can’t believe just how much everyone sings. It’s amazing!” The Chapel’s lungs took in a deep breath and they kept pumping away until the end of the final hymn of the Leavers’ Service on July 2nd.

Between those two memorable occasions, the chaplaincy year continued apace. Chapel Sermon Series have included A Playlist for Life, exploring the hidden depths of some contemporary songs; Friendship and An Exam Toolkit, both with practical advice for sur viving and thriving in a community; Jesus the Game Changer, con sidering how Jesus’ teaching on dignity, women, the outcast and forgiveness was the catalyst for much of what we seek to uphold in society today. Throughout this year we have had a special focus on the Gospel of Mark. I am indebted to colleagues for being willing to prepare and deliver many excellent chapel talks and to Dr Andrew Thomas and Mr Phil Scriven in enabling such fine congregational singing and choral excellence.

The informal side of chapel life has been gradually re-established, building from that central place of communal worship, reflection and thunderous singing in chapel. The Lenten Addresses team, led by The Reverend David Reid and Mrs Frankie Knight, explored the theme of ‘Known’ through three evening addresses: ‘How can I know God?’, ‘How can I know God is good?’, and ‘Does God

want to know me?’ House teas went down well — both literally and metaphorically — when the wider team visited all the Houses each afternoon. Mr Sam Cooke helped restart the weekly ‘Explore’ meetings and an exciting Confirmation class culminated with a visit from the Bishop of Dorking.

This year, Miss Taya Sellers, Teacher of Geography and Lay Assistant Chaplain, has been an integral part of the chaplaincy team, assisting with preparing Confirmation candidates, running ‘Explore’, leading Bible studies, speaking in chapel and rehearsing readers before chapel. In September we look forward to welcom ing Mr Billy Backhouse as our new Chaplain’s Assistant alongside his role teaching Economics.

As I reflect on this year, there is much which gives cause to rejoice and sing (though in my case not too loudly given my limited ability — Mrs H. regularly cautions me!) Whatever this year has brought for you, I hope that you too may be renewed and uplifted by the gentle and kind Good Shepherd, the one who gives us hope irre spective of circumstances and a reason to rejoice that transcends all that might silence us.

I CAN’T BELIEVE JUST HOW MUCH EVERYONE SINGS. IT’S AMAZING!

THE CRANLEIGH FOUNDATION

MR MARTIN READER, HEADMASTER

The date was finally set, 4th June 2022, for the much awaited Roaring 20s Ball. In fact, two years of waiting. A crowd of 650 Old Cranleighans, former parents, par ents and staff gathered together for fun, fine dining, music and dance in a spectacularly decorated marquee. It was a great event, per haps even more enjoyed due to the absence of parties for those two years.

The children of many had left years ago, yet they still came. Several of the amazingly dedicated organising committee had stuck with it for four years and their children had graduated. Why would they do that?

Quite simply because of the warmth of feeling for the Cranleigh Foundation. Founded in 2014 to provide full bursaries for chil dren whose start in life has been affected by trauma. It may be bereavement, siblings who are seriously ill, children who are in care through challenging family circumstances; children whose stories have begun painfully that could be written more hopefully within a life-changing boarding school.

Thanks to all those who organised the ball, who came, who donated auction prizes, who purchased auction prizes; the ball raised a fabulous £100k. Add in the £15k raised by the Christmas Fayre, this provides the equivalent funding for almost three Foundationers for a year. Brilliant!

At present, our aim however is to grow the Foundation to raise an endowment of £10 million to provide an income that will support 10 Foundationers in perpetuity. We are well on the way as the endowment now stands at £3 million.

From its outset, the governors were eager to make a difference from the Foundation’s inception and the Foundationers who are in the School are supported by the bursary programme. The pri vacy of their stories is maintained until they choose to tell them, and for the first time at the ball, a recent leaver, Jesse Dunbar, gave a glimpse of his story and the difference his schooling had made to him. Those of course who knew Jesse, now at drama school, will testify as to how he also made a massive difference to the School and his friends. That of course, is the point.

Throughout the year, our aim has been to raise awareness about the Foundation and during the Lent term, Head of Cranleigh Giving, Mrs Susie Schofield, organised our first Foundation Week, collecting together blogs, videos and social media posts that tell and sell the story of the Foundation, and can be seen on the relevant pages of the School website.

Mrs Schofield did a fabulous job holding things together, pro moting philanthropy and raising awareness when fundraising was going to be tough. She left us in April to take up a post at the University of Surrey and we thank her now for her excellent contribution.

We also pay tribute to the work of Mrs Claire Lock, former Housemistress of South, who was the School’s Foundation Officer, responsible for finding potential pupils and supporting them within the School. Under Claire’s guidance, our collabora tion with charities and organisations with similar aims deepened. The Royal National Springboard Foundation and Surrey Virtual School, which looks after all those children in care or on the edge of care in Surrey, are now essential valued partners as together we offer life-changing opportunity. We now introduce Mrs Sarah Greenwood as the new Foundation Officer.

With the endowment growing and our experience of support ing Foundationers in School and with partners developing, the Foundation is in an exciting space. An enormous thank you to everyone who has given and to those who will be inspired to give in the future.

The Foundation Trustees would like to thank all those who con tributed so much through their contributions to the Foundation Ball Organising Committee:

Belinda Graham-Rack (Chair), Dodie Cripp, Clare Evelyn, Nicola Fewings, Rosie Glaister, Marie-Claire Isted, Phillippa Livesey, Clare Mould, Elaine Patient, Natasha Roberts, Victoria Ruddell, Belinda Wilkinson

CHARITY

MR STUART RAYER, HEAD OF CHARITY COMMITTEE

Charity is prevalent throughout our community. Whilst the Houses have continued their longstanding tradition of House charity events, raising great sums for various organisations, we decided to try to implement a whole School charitable ethos.

A Charity Committee was formed with representatives from each House. Its goals were to raise awareness for various causes, create an atmosphere of giving up time to help others and to raise money.

Sewa day was introduced to Cranleigh. Sewa, in Hinduism and Sikhism, is the concept of selfless service that is performed without any expectation of reward. It is an international day of volunteer ing where people put others first. Eight willing students spent the whole day doing random acts of kindness for others, something they all agreed at the end of the day was exhausting to maintain!

Breast Cancer Awareness during October was also a main focal point. Raising money for this cause, which has touched so many families, was complemented by a guest speaker talking to the Sixth Form girls about the importance of regular self-checking, a message that was hopefully taken home as well.

Beyond Ourselves, with which Cranleigh has had a great relationship for many years, was again supported with the Sixth Form students putting on a fantastic mixed netball event alongside many items for sale to raise both awareness of the good work Beyond Ourselves do and funds for them.

The committee sprang into action again with an appeal to the Cranleigh community for goods to help the Ukraine refugees. The response was simply overwhelming, with people going above and beyond with their generosity in giving donations. The items completely filled a very large lorry that was driven down to Southampton and passed onto the Polish Club who were coordinating the delivery of the goods.

We plan to continue the whole School approach next year and hopefully grow the charitable ethos that was so clearly evident this year

VOLUNTARY ACTION

MRS REBECCA BARKER, HEAD OF VOLUNTARY ACTION

Voluntary Action is an area of Cranleigh School life unlike any other. Whether on site or away from the School campus, students experience something different in their week, taking time to look beyond themselves and give selflessly, sometimes never even meet ing the people they are serving. We believe strongly that it’s the right thing to do to use our time and talents to the benefit of others and we know that the pupils gain so much in return.

Whilst we haven’t been able to enjoy the relationship with St Joseph’s School through Interact this year, owing to the ongoing challenges of Covid-19, we very much hope to reestablish that soon. Nevertheless, there have been other exciting opportunities for our students to get involved in. A group of hardy gardeners, ably led by Mr Leamon and Miss Bartlett, amongst other teachers, has cleared, dug, sown, reaped and generally tried to tame the wilder side of nature at Beryl’s Patch in Snoxhall, in the Cranleigh Community Orchard, visiting Park Mead School as well as tending the gardens at Cranleigh School.

Other students have visited the residents at both Knowle Park Care Home and Elmbridge Retirement Village. Whether it has been engaging in stimulating conversation, sharing their School experiences as well as listening to the stories from the residents that bring so much colour, whether playing scrabble or sharing expertise, it has always been the aim to form relationships that enhance everyone’s day.

Some pupils have visited Jigsaw School in Dunsfold each week, to work with the pupils there, whilst there has been a new venture with Cranleigh C of E School where Cranleigh students have risen to the challenge of putting on a sports-based after-school club for their young pupils. And we mustn’t forget our friends just across the road who have enjoyed the Senior School students coming to help with their reading, art, swimming, music or IT.

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We have taken part in fundraising in the form of selling unwanted items on Depop in order to invest profits in Kawama School in Zambia, as well as putting together shoe boxes that are sent out to Romania at Christmas. Watch out — we shall be asking for kind donations next year as we look to improve upon our giving in that way.

As if that wasn’t enough, there have been many bakes which have been mightily well received at Number Five Project Homeless Shelter in Guildford as well as by some nurses looking after children and teenagers on one of the wards at the Royal Surrey Hospital. The knitters have also taught themselves a new skill and have made blankets to send to Ukraine and we have written, via PostPals to children with chronic illnesses.

A lot has been achieved this year but we are always ambitious to do more. Please do get in touch by emailing rlb@cranleigh.org. if you have any ideas on the different ways we can bless our local (or not-so-local) community. Finally, a big thank you to the staff without whom the activities could not run and all the local partners who have shown faith in us and allowed us to get involved in what they are doing.

EXPERIENCE SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN THEIR WEEK, TAKING TIME TO LOOK BEYOND THEMSELVES AND GIVE SELFLESSLY

CRANLEIGH PREPARATORY SCHOOL

MR NEIL BROOKS, HEADMASTER

This year has been one of great change at Cranleigh Prep. Primarily the phoenix has risen from the ashes; not that we truly reached a state of being in ashes but the School has emerged successfully from the pandemic. Indeed, the Summer term of 2022 has seen the same array of activities and opportunities as in 2019. After enforced sporadic absences, pupils, parents and staff have emotionally reaffiliated with their School and it is in fine fettle.

There have been significant physical changes at the School. Our perimeter has become more secure with new gates and fencing to help members of the public to keep to designated footpaths and allow children to play in greater safety. A huge investment has been put into boarding. Girls and boys now board in the main building; each group having its own floor with newly refurbished and modern dormitories. The Learning Support Department has relocated to the Couper block so that it sits in the heart of the academic action. And after many years of delays, the roof of the Wyatt Hall is being replaced. Indeed, the hall itself is undergo

ing something of a facelift with new seating, flooring and wall panels. It will be a much better space for performing arts in the coming academic year.

There are more pupils boarding now than in recent years. A vibrant, flexible system allows a gentle introduction before they move on to a fuller boarding regime at their senior schools. Consequently, the numbers of boarders moving from Cranleigh Prep to Cranleigh School is set to increase.

The staff team, bursarial and teaching, continue to be the most influential force behind the School’s continuing success. They are hardworking and the very manifesta tion of one of the School’s aims: service. We lose a few of them at the end of this year as retirement removes a layer of experience. However, from their departure comes opportunity for others to step into their large shoes.

The Prep School continues to be a dynamic environ ment, changing with the needs of the children and staff, providing contemporary, leading education.

AFTER ENFORCED SPORADIC ABSENCES, PUPILS, PARENTS AND STAFF HAVE EMOTIONALLY REAFFILIATED WITH THEIR SCHOOL AND IT IS IN FINE FETTLE

CRANLEIGH ABU DHABI

MR MICHAEL WILSON, PRINCIPAL, CRANLEIGH ABU DHABI

Educational establishments of the future are encouraged to be incubators of entrepreneurship, innovation, and sustainability but also internationalism and global awareness. The Cranleigh family of schools by their very nature foster environments for global citizenship to flourish.

With schools in three countries, we are very much a global fam ily of schools, all sharing the same Cranleigh ethos but now with the space to develop thriving international connections. Among the myriad benefits that come with our Cranleigh global family is the chance to inspire others with our unique societies, languages, ideas, cultures, and traditions. Offering endless opportunities, global exposure and exchange of knowledge, pupils attending any Cranleigh school can benefit from a future shaped and strength ened by a brilliantly diverse and international community.

With this expansion of schools comes a fantastic opportunity. Each one of our Cranleigh campuses is buzzing with its own unique energy, each having the capacity to run on a full battery. What we need to do now is develop a Cranleigh ecosystem or series of “batteries” around the world which are available to draw current from when needed.

If Covid-19 has taught us anything, it is that when we experi ence hard times, it is human nature to often make the mistake of waiting until this period is over before adjusting or reinvent ing, instead of acting in the now and forward planning. At this

moment, it is crucial to not only reflect on how best to return to growth but also, how to return better so that we can improve outcomes for our students and communities. These priorities are essential for progress and preparing the youth with the skills, knowledge and technologies needed for tomorrow’s world.

At Cranleigh Abu Dhabi, we have focused intently on this revival phase, taking stock, reskilling, and initiating upskilling pro grammes, investing in the latest digital capabilities, and rethinking curricula. At the start of the academic year, we also transitioned from stricter Covid-19 sanctions into a more normal pattern. Class bubbles, masks, and social distancing remained but we were permitted to resume sport and co-curricular activities within our bubbles, and most importantly, pupils were in School. As the year progressed, the regulations loosened further and we were able to mix more freely and resume inter-school sports fixtures.

It has been fascinating seeing the effect the pandemic has had on learning; children returning to Nursery classes who have not socialised with anyone outside the family and early teenagers who have gone from children to young adults without being able to meet up with their friends. Prioritising and developing our Wellbeing and Pastoral Care structure before Covid-19 has ensured a robust, supportive platform for the whole School com munity. In the classrooms, we adjusted our Junior School curric ulum to adapt to teaching phonics with masks on and introduced a more scaffolded maths curriculum.

PRIORITISING AND DEVELOPING OUR WELLBEING AND PASTORAL CARE STRUCTURE BEFORE COVID-19 HAS

The Senior School Core Curriculum presented in 2020, has slimmed down the GCSE examination menu to include more project-based qualifications, whilst introducing a vocational route in Sixth Form. Philosophy, Global Awareness, Careers & Futures, the HPQ/ EPQ, Work Experience and Moral Education have all been embedded in the new curriculum and play a vital role in stimulating an international outlook.

Whole School highlights include setting up a new orchestra for Abu Dhabi schools; representing the UAE through music at the COP 26 Conference in Glasgow; numerous EXPO 2020 Awards and most recently a successful ISI (UK) Inspection.

In March 2022 Cranleigh and Aldar (our parent company), signed an agreement to expand our Cranleigh family even further by opening other schools in the GCC area. We will add dining facilities and an Astroturf Sports Complex to our existing campus here on Saadiyat Island in time for the start of the new academic year. Work has also begun on a purpose-built new PrePrep, housing 750 children, close to the existing site. This will open in September 2023.

Our early A Level Modules in January 2022 in Economics, History, Geography and Business indicate that this year’s cohort is on track for excellent results, with 90% of the papers receiving the top grade possible. We said an emotional goodbye to our Sixth Form at graduation (the first face-to-face for three years) at the end of term.

We end the year looking forward and embracing the new. Mr Tim McConnell-Wood (former Deputy Head at Cranleigh, UK) will take over the day-to-day running of Cranleigh Abu Dhabi in September 2022, as I move into the role of Executive Principal to head up the new expansion project. It has never been a more exciting time to be part of the Cranleigh global family and a fitting way to mark the 50th Year of the UAE.

ENSURED A ROBUST, SUPPORTIVE PLATFORM FOR THE WHOLE SCHOOL COMMUNITY

CRANLEIGH CHINA CHANGSHA

MR ADAM McROY, HEADMASTER

The inaugural Cranleigh China School in Changsha witnessed some major successes and milestones during 2021-22. The School was authorised as an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School in record time, completing the rigorous accreditation process almost a year earlier than it takes the aver age international school, which is testament to the dedication of the whole team in Changsha. The British Schools Awards, organised by the British Chamber of Commerce in China, awarded the School a nomina tion in the Students for Sustainability category, the only newly established school to be nominated for any award. Our first cohort of IGCSE students achieved an outstanding set of results, which compared favour ably to Cranleigh Schools in the UK and Abu Dhabi; even more remarkably, three students ranked inside the global top 10 for individual Cambridge IGCSE subjects.

Success has also been a regular feature of our cocurricular life in 2021-22, including a National Debate Championship, National Spelling Bee title, and a remarkable unbeaten season for our U18 Boys’ bas ketball team, who finished as regional champions and

qualified for the national finals. I could easily go on and list further achievements from Cranleigh China students in 2021-22, but I am keen for the focus of this article to address something more meaningful to Cranleighans.

In last year’s edition of The Cranleighan, Mr. James Dale-Adcock mentioned being questioned on the ethical concerns of establishing schools in China. I remember quite clearly the words of his reply, which emphasised that the best way to bring about posi tive change in the world and foster genuine mutual understanding between nations is through education, and that our students in China are embracing key ele ments of the Cranleigh ethos. I’m sure many of you reading last year agreed with this sentiment but were perhaps a little sceptical of how that would work in reality. However, I am extremely happy to report that the Cranleigh ethos is alive and well here at Cranleigh Changsha. Students, parents, staff, and a whole host of other stakeholders, including the wider community surrounding the School, are all very much aware of the three core tenets of a Cranleigh education: Cranleigh Being, Cranleigh Giving and Cranleigh Thinking.

Although Cranleigh Being and Cranleigh Thinking are equally prevalent on campus, one of the most pleasing aspects of my Headship thus far has been just how much the stu dents at the School have embraced the idea of Cranleigh Giving. As an IB school, service is already one of the key themes of our co-curriculum, but with additional support and encouragement from Cranleigh in the UK and Abu Dhabi, our students in China have truly exceeded expectations in their endeavours in this important area. Here are just a few examples of what Cranleigh Giving looked like in China in 2021-22:

Primary School students established an annual book donation drive for children in rural areas.

The School hosted an autism awareness week on campus for a local children’s charity; several of the Middle School students later interned for the charity during their winter holiday and started a fundraising campaign on campus.

Middle School students organised a sponsored sleep-out activity to draw attention to the millions of people experiencing homelessness and displacement around the world; the money raised was donated to a local homelessness charity.

The School held a Children’s Day carnival with all the proceeds from bake sales and games run by the parents going to local children’s charities, including a Sino-British charity that funds life-changing surgeries for children in Chinese orphanages.

High School students used money raised from their International Women’s Day event to buy sanitary products for a charity seeking to end period poverty in China.

As a result of such charitable endeavours, Cranleigh China students have made regular appearances in the Cranleigh Giving newsletter, which makes those featured feel part of the wider Cranleigh community and serves as a reminder to those of you in the UK that Cranleigh China strives to fully exemplify the Cranleigh ethos.

On a final note, 2022-23 will see the first graduating class from Cranleigh Changsha, so as we send our first cohort of Chinese Cranleighans out into the world, rest assured that they share the same values as Cranleighans elsewhere and possess a genuine desire to shape the future culture of the world through lives of service and leadership.

THEY SHARE THE SAME VALUES AS CRANLEIGHANS ELSEWHERE AND POSSESS A GENUINE DESIRE TO SHAPE THE FUTURE CULTURE OF THE WORLD THROUGH LIVES OF SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP

BEYOND OURSELVES

MRS AMANDA READER, HEAD OF CRANLEIGH FUTURES

We are delighted to announce that after three years we will be taking a group of 19 pupils and four staff out to Zambia to meet the Beyond Ourselves team in October Long Leave next academic year. We are looking forward to seeing first-hand how they have managed to sustain their community projects during the pandemic.

Beyond Ourselves currently has two significant projects that aim to improve education and outcomes for children in Zambia. Beyond Ourselves is passionate about improving literacy, is currently employing the only accredited Jolly Phonics trainers in Zambia, and is facilitating pilots of this English Literacy programme in multiple schools across all 10 districts of the Copperbelt. This project has already trained 1,266 teachers and impacted over 65,000 children to help them learn to read more effectively. The project is having significant success. Beyond Ourselves also run a Community Impact Fund which allows schools to apply for funding for specific projects, such as building new classrooms.

Throughout the year we have been busy raising awareness and much needed funds for Beyond Ourselves through a number of fundraising events. Mr Stuart Rayer (Head of Charity) and the charity team ran the very first netball fundraising tournament where food items including soft drinks and donuts as well as patterned ties and jewellery gifted by Beyond Ourselves were on sale to encourage spectators to support the projects. The event was a huge success and more than £1400 was raised!

Members of the team travelling to Zambia this October have also been busily raising funds and have already raised almost £35,00 through individual endeavours. Special mention goes to Eddie Adams, Ozzy Larmer and Sophie Stewart for all their efforts with this. The team will have a busy schedule when they reach Zambia, visiting Kawama Community School and projects run by Beyond Ourselves and other NGOs. The focus of the trip is educational and the students will be encouraged to explore issues of poverty, aid and development in real depth.

Dan and Melissa Witcombe who head up Beyond Ourselves in Zambia managed a much-needed holiday in July. We had hoped to host them at School for a couple of days but, yet again, Covid-19 stood in the way.

They have worked tirelessly to support, inspire, train and encourage the Zambian community. It has been tremendously exciting to see how the literacy phonics project has really taken off, providing essential teacher training resulting in increased literacy levels across the country.

We wait with baited breath to see what exciting initiatives are next in store.

OLD CRANLEIGHAN SOCIETY

MR MARTIN WILLIAMSON, CHAIR

After two disrupted years, Old Cranleighan activity returned to normal in 2021-22. Two of the most popular events — OC Day and the Over 70s reunion — were once again held and both were well attended. Other reunions, both at home and abroad, also took place and the vari ous OC societies and sporting clubs were able to pick up where they left off.

The OC Society completed the purchase of a nine-acre site which adjoins the existing OC Club at Thames Ditton. This was formerly a corporate sports ground, but in recent years had become increasingly run down. We initially acquired a short-term lease on the land, but become aware developers were showing interest in what would be a prime location for housing. When the opportunity came to buy it at a preferential rate, we took it. As a longer-term investment, the decision made financial sense, but the main reason was to allow the expansion of the existing OC clubs and, hopefully, the creation of new ones.

Both the OC Hockey Club and OCRFC run vibrant junior sections, which provide sport for almost 1400 children every weekend. With other schemes to encourage adults back into sport as well as plans to make the facilities more available for free to local state schools, our aim to put back into the community is taking shape.

Future plans include the construction of a second all-weather hockey pitch with — finances permitting — additional netball and five-a-side facilities, and talks are ongoing about the construction of a padel tennis club which will be available to all members of the OC Society. All of this will be self-financing.

The Cranleigh Network goes from strength to strength, offering career support to leavers, those at university and those looking to change career. It has helped find internships and put OCs in touch with mentors, and continues to work closely with the OC societies which exist for those with shared business interests in fields such as property, shipping and the media. In the seven years it has been operational the Network has quickly become one of the key services we offer.

Individual Old Cranleighans have continued to make a mark in sport. The success of Ollie Pope (Loveday 2016) in the England cricket side has been well documented, and two recent leavers — Tom Lawes (Cubitt 2021) and Yousef Majid (North 2022) — made their Surrey debuts this summer. In hockey, Izzy Petter (South 2018) added a Commonwealth Gold to her Olympic Bronze as part of the England side, while Will Calnan (Cubitt 2014) col lected Bronze for England at the same event. Jonny Haynes (Cubitt 2006) was England’s top scorer as they won the Over-35 World Cup in August. Jamie Barden (Cubitt 2018) and Hayden Hyde (East 2019) were in the England Rugby Sevens squad for the Commonwealth Games. In wheelchair tennis, Greg Slade (Cubitt 2020) won the quad singles title at the Sirius Open in Zagreb in May.

MRS SARAH BAUMANN

Sarah Baumann started as a Teacher of Design at Cranleigh in September 2010. Some of the songs in the top 20 at that time were Dynamite which obviously applies to Sarah and Wonderful Life which is of course, what she was looking forward to in her new post at Cranleigh.

Throughout her time in the department, her huge experience in all disciplines has been of such great value. Sarah is a genuine ‘all-rounder’, achieving strong results from students both in written examinations and coursework. This she achieves with expert subject knowledge, high expecta tions of her students and occasionally getting a bit grumpy with them.

Shakespeare’s famous line ‘though she be but little she is fierce’ certainly does apply to Sarah. Many Cranleighans will confirm the truth of this, when they’ve needed some honest yet con structive feedback on their work. The standard of her students’ work is incredibly important to Sarah and she won’t accept anything but their best. However, her being little but fierce also means she needs some steps to reach the main power button in the design workshop!

Sarah has also held the crucial role of Examinations Officer, to which she brought some key attributes: attention to detail, first-class administration, coping with early mornings, with huge pressure and dealing sensitively with students and parents. This is an incredibly challenging role and one that Sarah undertook superbly well.

Family life is so very important to Sarah — she’s married to Steve and has two beautiful children, Tommy and Phoebe, that we very much hope cause her all sorts of trouble! Boggitt boot-camp is available, but frankly, I don’t think it will be as tough as Baumann boot-camp anyway!

THE STANDARD OF HER STUDENTS’ WORK IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO SARAH AND SHE WON’T ACCEPT ANYTHING BUT THEIR BEST

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So, she departs Cranleigh to teach at Davison High School for girls, much more local to where her family is based. The commuting has been tough — 45 minutes to an hour each way — and anyone who has had to do this for a sustained period of time knows how draining this is.

Sarah is a real people person, someone it’s impossible not to get along with and Davison High School has made a great signing. We wish her the very best, we thank her for her commitment to Cranleigh and we know she’ll be a huge success in her new role.

MR DAVID BOGGITT

MR BEN BELLAK

Ben Bellak joined Cranleigh from City of London School in 2017 and immediately made a con siderable impact on the department. He possesses an unshakeable belief in the humanising qualities of good literature and would frequently refer to the “books that any educated person should have read”. These comprised in large part canonical dystopian texts by the likes of Orwell, Atwood and Huxley and it was with great glee that he named his new classroom Atwood when the department moved into the van Hasselt Centre in 2019. His energy and enthusiasm when dis cussing such novels was striking and clearly enthused his students; although their enthusiasm might have been exacerbated by marking which could, at times, be Pickwickian in its generosity, they ultimately achieved public exam grades that were consistently very impressive.

As an Old Etonian, Ben is both intimately familiar with and deeply suspicious of how public schools work. An iconoclast by nature, with a sharp eye for the absurd, he was never, throughout his time at Cranleigh, averse to expressing some waspishly satirical views. These were invariably delivered with the wit, the charm and the idiosyncratic perspectives that characterise Ben. These qualities made him a popular Tutor in Loveday, where he demonstrated a very genuine concern for the welfare and the future prospects of the tutees in his charge.

Ben and I share a love of cricket and, on a personal level, I will miss his wide-eyed and wide-armed updates on what was happening in a test match. He is also, I think, the most nervous watcher of a cricket match that I have ever encountered. Whether in the capacity of a coach or a parent, Ben prowls the boundary in an endless torment of well-dressed agitation. I know that, in his final term at Cranleigh, he thoroughly enjoyed working with Mr Pete Bradnock with the Under 14Bs, having coached the 3rd XI for the previous few years. He also, during his time at Cranleigh, coached rugby and hockey at lower levels. Indeed, he memorably coached the U14F XI to an unbeaten hockey season in the Lent term of 2020, bedecked in a camel coat that brought to mind the sheepskins of 1970s football managers — although I believe Don Revie, manager of Ben’s beloved Leeds United, opted for more sober garb.

His last year at Cranleigh was a difficult one for Ben, for a variety of personal reasons. Within the department, however, he maintained a kind and affable demeanour at all times. We will miss him within the English department — we shall not see his like again! And we wish he and his family every success as he embarks upon a new adventure as the only male teacher in Guildford High School’s English department.

MR GORDON NEILL

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AN ICONOCLAST BY NATURE, WITH A SHARP EYE FOR THE ABSURD, HE WAS NEVER, THROUGHOUT HIS TIME AT CRANLEIGH, AVERSE TO EXPRESSING SOME WASPISHLY SATIRICAL VIEWS

MRS ANNE COOKE

I am honoured to have been asked to write about Anne, although I do feel guilty that I can only focus on the wonderful time I have shared with her, and I appreciate her time at Cranleigh far surpasses this. What I can state with great confidence is Anne’s unwavering commitment to the pupils she works with, and to the department.

Anne speaks passionately about the importance of a multisensory and differentiated teaching experience, and I know many of our colleagues, myself included, have benefitted from her wise words, incredible knowledge and unfailing ability to put the student at the very heart of all she does.

Each and every pupil under her care has benefitted from her unbelievable skill to turn every chal lenge faced into a learning experience and so many students now have the strategies and skills to develop their independence within their studies here and beyond Cranleigh. Likewise, she has been a valued sounding board to our parents and I speak on behalf of our parent body too, when I say she really will be very sorely missed.

Anne has supported and positively challenged me as Head of Department, always encouraging me to think wider and deeper, and she continues to be one of my biggest supporters — for this I thank her beyond words. Learning Support Teachers need to work independently, have the ability to come together when needed, share good practice, seek support and advice and always be there for one other. All qualities that Anne has in buckets, and I know many of our teaching colleagues have valued their time learning from Anne and, like me, have always seen her as a confidante; a go-to person for support, guidance and understanding.

Our parents, pupils and colleagues all owe you a huge debt of gratitude and will miss you greatly. I will always be immensely grateful for the time we have worked together and wish you and your wonderful family all the very best at Charterhouse.

MRS KRYSTLE FLACK

ANNE SPEAKS PASSIONATELY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF A MULTISENSORY AND DIFFERENTIATED TEACHING EXPERIENCE

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MR SAM COOKE

Sam and the whole Cooke family joined Cranleigh 15 years ago in September 2007. Initially he was a Tutor in Loveday and a teacher in the RS department. He quickly established himself as a fantastic classroom practitioner who built good relationships with the students and knew his stuff. Who can ask for more from a new CR recruit?

As is Cranleigh’s tradition, very quickly he was dragged off into many different areas of School life and has taken on many roles over the years. Sam has been Head of the RS Department and Head of Critical (a Department which he successfully shut down!). A deeply committed Christian, he took on the role of Assistant Chaplain and then Chaplain for a year as well too. He’s been Head of PSHE, a difficult and wide-ranging role, and he then was appointed to Deputy Housemaster of Cubitt.

Sam did many of those roles at the same time and has always been very active in all parts of School life. He loves his rugby and cricket — coaching and playing — and an enjoyment of sport is hard wired into him. In 2016 he took over Cubitt as Housemaster, a job that he has carried out with energy, enthusiasm and great skill. As we know being a Housemaster at Cranleigh is a role that you cannot do by half measures … which is lucky as Sam does very little by half measures! If you have ever stood near him in chapel, you will be able to testify to that. What he lacks in musi cal ability, he makes up for with volume. He gave himself a C for attainment and 1 for effort at the recent Leavers’ Service.

Over the last seven years in Cubitt, the boys have valued his patience, time and wisdom and he has done a great job in some often-difficult circumstances helping so many boys through tough pastoral situations and setting a culture that sets them up for life. He’s had a fun approach with pizza oven nights, fire pits, trips all over the place and a blow-up dinosaur called the ‘forgivosau rus’. He’s taken a strategic view on both the House and the School, writing papers on where we should be going next or the way forward on particular issues. Cubitt became the lockdown House during Covid-19, as Sam took the lead on looking after the students who couldn’t make it home during both lockdowns. He also had what must be one of the longest terms on record, when over Christmas 2020, he followed straight from the end of Michaelmas into running a 4-week holiday camp and straight into Lent.

If you ever sit down and chat to him, it very quickly becomes clear that to Sam this School is very much about the people. It’s about the community. He’s given so much to Cranleigh and its students over the years and even when we mock him for being slightly rogue (which he is), I know that he is always doing what’s right for the people he is looking after. Sam and Anne have been great friends and colleagues to lots of us. We have shared some fantastically happy times but also many sad ones too — but one thing is for sure, they are always there when you need them, supporting those around them with love and kindness. The community feel that what the Cookes bring is so important, and Cranleigh will certainly be poorer in this respect without them here.

As an example of his community kindess: if you have been here for a while you will know that, at just the point when people are flagging in Lent, we get an email from the Easter bunny with some cracking puns in it and then some packets of mini-eggs appear in pigeonholes: that is all Sam’s doing. He’s guarded that secret well for many years but I feel it is only right to un-mask him as he leaves.

Sam and the family are off to Charterhouse as he starts an Assistant Head role in September. We’ll only just about forgive him but we will certainly miss him, and Anne and the whole family. Thank you for all that you’ve done over the years and good luck.

MR ROB LANE

SAM DOES VERY LITTLE BY HALF MEASURES! IF YOU HAVE EVER STOOD NEAR HIM IN CHAPEL, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TESTIFY TO THAT

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MR NICK DRAKE

As I started to write, I did what everyone would do: madly Google anything linked to the word Drake and where it comes from. Like the man, it has many facets. Drake is also the name of a county in New South Wales, which is appropriate given that he is heading over to that part of Australia with his wonderful family.

At Cranleigh, Nick started out as a language assistant, moving to be a teacher of Spanish and ably covering the Head of Department role when the situation required. He has been a dedicated hockey coach, football coach and tennis coach. After being a highly effective Tutor in East house, Mrs Claire Lock saw just how much Nick had to offer and appointed him Assistant Housemaster of South house. This saw him help organise and support countless House events, often behind the scenes, working with little fuss or fanfare, selflessly giving of his time. In that role he employed his calm and measured character to great effect. Nick Drake has an ability to see people, I mean really see them, he notices them and makes us all feel valued.

Nick talks a lot about character, about integrity, and he had a vision for Cranleigh where students would be contributors, leaders, organisers, listeners, thinkers, questioners. One of the out-work ings of that, was his instigation of the Ivy House Award. As Senior Tutor in charge of delivering PSHE to the Sixth Form he set out to make the Sixth Form experience the best it can be for all Cranleigh pupils — to encourage pupils to think for themselves and beyond themselves. Nick most certainly practices what he preaches. He is a true leader in that sense. He gently questions, he listens to what people say, he has contributed so much to the life of the School and we are so grateful for it.

NICK DRAKE HAS AN ABILITY TO SEE PEOPLE, I MEAN REALLY SEE THEM, HE NOTICES THEM AND MAKES US ALL FEEL VALUED

So I’m not just paying tribute to his organisational skills (though they are impressive); or that he works incredibly long hours (though he does); or to all the great speakers he has invited into School to enrich the students’ lives (though he has); or the hundreds of sports practises and matches he has attended; or the thousands of lessons he has prepared and taught; or the conversations he has held to challenge, encourage, advise, and provoke all the students he has taught. It is all of those things that Nick Drake has done but also how he works that is key to who he is.

Nick is a hugely compassionate person, thoughtful and insightful. He has all the qualities one would want in a true friend. The South girls declared that, amongst many other praisewor thy things, he is “kind, thoughtful, forgiving, patient, helpful, clever, wise, generous, dedicated, approachable” and I cannot disagree. Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts for sharing your life with us Nick. We love you for it. Gracias y adiós.

MRS REBECCA BARKER

DR SUE KEMP

Sue joined Cranleigh in 2007 and I remember the start of the appointment process quite dis tinctly; her impressive CV featured a PhD, a considerable stint in industry, followed by leaving that successful career behind in order to study for a PGCE. It takes guts to change career, particularly to go into teaching. Having done the same thing in my late 20s, I can attest to the fact that it is a scary thing to do — I can only imagine that it is 10 times more daunting when one has a family to support. She was the stand out candidate on paper; to my mind it was a simple case of checking she could stand in front of a class and talk with children to warrant offering her the job! Which she absolutely could, of course!

Before I knew it, Sue was an integral part of our department at a time where modular A Levels played to our department and our pupils’ strengths, and we had a number of happy, successful years together. I look back on that time with great fondness, because we were a team all pulling in the same direction.

I have witnessed first-hand how Sue has continued to foster a ‘we are all in this together’ atmos phere in the department. I know that her team has been looked after unbelievably well during her nine years as Head of Department. She has guided, challenged and supported them and they care deeply about her. She has built a culture of teamwork, respect and care for one another, and her legacy will live on in the department in the years to come. Despite the fact that I am in the department sporadically at best, Sue has continued to look after me too, and I am incredibly grateful for the time and care she has given me when I have needed her support. Thank you so much.

Sue is one of the most reflective teachers I have come across in my time here. She is not happy with the status quo, and continually challenges herself to improve — to put that in context, in Sue’s last sixth months at Cranleigh, she revamped all of the revision materials for our Upper Fifth, at a time when she should have simply been enjoying her last few weeks. That, however, is not how Sue approaches life.

Sue inspires loyalty in people; she is straight with people, she says what she means and she shows her care often and without limits. Her tutees in West knew that they were very well looked after, and all of her Chemistry pupils knew exactly where they stood, exactly what to expect in her lessons, exactly where the line was when it came to behaviour.

I am not certain whether Sue knew this but back in 2015, she taught a group of girls who were in West and chatted to me quite a bit about Chemistry. They loved being taught by Sue.

Looking back at all Sue has achieved in her time here, I hope she is very proud … whether it has been in Chemistry, as a Tutor in West, as a Head of Department, even, as a reluctant netball coach, she has given her all, put the pupils first and conducted herself with complete profes sionalism at all times. Sue has been an inspirational leader and led our department through lockdowns, distance learning, and all of the trials associated with it, with great care and attention, though I think the experience may have been a contributing factor in Sue’s decision to move on to new pastures.

With both her children now settled, and grandchildren to help look after, it is fitting that the time has come to hang up her lab-coat, and instead of looking after all of us, to spend her time with family and even more importantly on herself.

DR ANDREA SAXEL

SHE HAS GIVEN HER ALL, PUT THE PUPILS FIRST AND CONDUCTED HERSELF WITH COMPLETE PROFESSIONALISM AT ALL TIMES. SUE HAS BEEN AN INSPIRATIONAL LEADER

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MRS CLAIRE LOCK

We know Claire under various names — Claire/Mrs Lock/Locky, Biology teacher, Housemistress, Admissions Lead, Foundation Director, colleague, friend, mentor, and a sounding board for many of us. An excellent sports coach, even if she doesn’t think she is, Claire has turned her hand to everything from hockey to netball and athletics. We have missed a trick, she would have been a real asset to SMT — lucky Bedales.

Claire was the first person I met, now my dear friend, and a major reason I wanted to join Cranleigh, as working with her was exciting and inspiring. She touched the hearts of the pupils and was always ‘no nonsense’. We could all do with being a bit more Locky at times. We would have happily run South and Martlet as one big House together instead of splitting, as we loved working together.

What did others say? I asked the South girls and I heard so many lovely things, no silly or slightly edgy, back-handed comments; just recognition for her and how much she is loved. She gave an air of calm with a considered approach and the girls fed off that. They liked her firm but fair nature and how fun she is.

People that worked with her in South, and the girls in Martlet, noted that both she and I do one thing the same. We are not sure if it is her or me that started it, but ‘Welcome to call over/welcome to Wednesday’ will always be here, even when she has gone.

Something we all need to realise is you can’t have four daughters, sell drugs in the medical industry, run a B&B and have a major brain, run a top boarding house and not have experienced/ seen almost everything, but a fun fact you may or may not know is her love for nits! A boarding school treat. Ask her about it, she knows so much and loves chatting to the girls about them! She is an insanely good cook and has so many friends far and wide — she leaves here with many more.

Claire has a great love for walking. If you haven’t walked with her, she is like a mountain goat. She also has the superpower of remembering every parents’ name and their job, and she loves a big idea! Staff and friends love that she never finishes a sentence and uses made-up words but because she says them with such confidence, you just think they are real words. She was never flustered when times were challenging. So many girls have gone on to be better humans and always happier and more stable because of her.

MRS REBECCA SCOTT

WE COULD ALL DO WITH BEING A BIT MORE LOCKY AT TIMES

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MRS SUE LEE

Sue’s 22 years associated with Cranleigh has actually spanned 36 years! This is because before she was appointed as Bursar’s Secretary in May 2000, her husband had worked for the School in advance, having been appointed in 1986. Over the last two decades, Sue has been a font of knowledge and unwavering support to two Bursars, one Director of Finance and one Director of Operations. She has been involved with the mechanics of recruitment and induction of countless Governors, and reproduced and circulated more Governing Body papers than she cares to remember.

During her time, Sue has dealt with the licensing law changes of 2005, the introduction of CRB (now DBS) checks and has — twice — had to come with the dreaded ‘census’ requirements which places an additional burden on schools when it comes around once a decade. More recently, she has been involved not only in Reception, greeting people as they first come through the doors, but also in managing the ever increasing demands and complications of utilities on site; something that we know she is not going to miss!

But it is probably not the mechanics of Sue’s roles for which she will or should be remembered — it is the warmth and sensitivity that she has brought to every single aspect of them which will be most fondly missed. She has been committed to Cranleigh in its broadest sense throughout her time with us, through stable periods and times of major expansion and change. Her memory of ‘Cranleigh’ people of yesteryear is amazing, and her ability to find seemingly trivial pieces of information from the Governing Body archives should be legendary, but isn’t, only because of the quiet, unassuming and discrete way she has worked during her time with us.

To those who have had the pleasure of working most closely with her, the impact of her role here has not been underestimated, and the size of the hole she will leave in her departure should not be either. We wish her and Tony every happiness as they embark on their retirement adventures together in their faithful caravan.

MR PAUL DUNN

IT IS THE WARMTH AND SENSITIVITY THAT SHE HAS BROUGHT TO EVERY SINGLE ASPECT OF THEM WHICH WILL BE MOST FONDLY MISSED

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MISS OLIVIA McCONNELL- WOOD

It is rare for anyone — be they staff, pupil or parent — to mention Olivia McConnell-Wood and not be met with some variation of the phrase, ‘she is amazing’ or ‘she is simply the best!’ Since joining Cranleigh in January 2018, she has earned herself a reputation as an incredibly hard-working, dedicated and inspirational teacher, and pastoral carer. In the words of one of last year’s UVI leavers: ‘When I grow up, I want to be like Miss McConnell-Wood.’

Olivia originally joined the Classics department at Cranleigh in January 2018. In her short time in the department (Jan 2018 - July 2019) she inspired the pupils with her genuine love of the ancient world and in particular captivated the minds of her Fourth Form pupils — many of whom went on to complete the GCSE course. The Classics department was sad to lose her in September 2019 as she moved to teach full time in the Geography and History departments. From 2020 to 2022 she completed her PGCE and ECT years in the History department, showing admirable commitment and dedication to delivering the very best to her pupils. Olivia is the sort of person that is never satisfied with anything being just okay, but strives to always be better. It is this that marks her out as a very special teacher indeed.

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As if finding her feet in three different subjects was not enough, Olivia has been heavily involved in the Duke of Edinburgh award and CCF. The Head of DofE commented that she has always been super helpful and happy to lend a hand on the DofE expeditions, giving freely of her weekends and evenings. In CCF she has quite literally gone the extra mile helping out with Target Sprints and even parachuting with the CCF pupils. CCF has been a huge part of Olivia’s time at Cranleigh and I know she will be hugely missed by the staff and pupils in the programme. On top of this, Olivia has coached hockey, netball, athletics and even some croquet throughout her time at Cranleigh. Bringing her ‘can-do’ attitude to every training session and ensuring that every girl feels seen and supported on the sports pitches.

If not in the classroom or out on South Lawn with the CCF, your best chance of finding Olivia has been her office in Rhodes. Although, it’s worth mentioning that you might have to wait in line as her sage advice and calming reassurances have been in high demand by the Rhodes girls. Olivia, who has served dutifully as Residential Assistant Housemistress of Rhodes for the last two years, will certainly be missed by the Rhodes girls and House team. Her warmth and approachability mark her out as a natural pastoral carer. As in everything she does, she has gone above and beyond for the girls in her care, a real cheerleader for each and every one of them. In the girls’ own words: she is kind, gentle, approachable, made the best winning squeaks in bingo, shares in our excitement when we do well, supportive and beautiful inside and out. She has led by example and her care and dedication has not only made Rhodes a lovely place to be but has helped equip the girls to deal with the ups and downs of School life and even beyond. She leaves an impressive legacy of kindness and dedication, ‘the McConnell-Wood way’, if you will.

As she moves on to a new adventure at St Dunstan’s, we wish her all the best and every success. Long may she be remembered as the ‘lovely Miss McConnell-Wood’.

MRS CHARLOTTE ALLEN

HER WARMTH

APPROACHABILITY MARK HER OUT AS A NATURAL PASTORAL CARER

MR IAN ROSSITER

Ian Rossiter, or Rossi as most know him, arrived here as potential Assistant Chaplain via a connection with Mr Sam Cooke who invited him for an informal conversation and look around the School before informing him on his arrival, that the day entailed six interviews. Rossi obviously nailed the interviews; son of two teachers and a Canford alumnus, he understands how a school like Cranleigh works and so, having applied to be Assistant Chaplain was not surprised to start the new year teaching Physics.

I got to know him as his mentor for his PGCE. He’s an impressive teacher. In a pass/fail course it is easy to aim for good enough — not with Rossi. It’s not just that he devoured all the course notes and completed his essays to the highest standard; he aced the course. His file was so good his Tutor asked to keep it as an example to future trainees; she gushed about his planning, gushed about his lessons and gushed about his classroom manner — it was really rather sickening. Not sure how much he learned from my mentoring, but I like to think it was reasonably effective, as a few months later we both applied for the Cubitt Deputy job and rightly, Rossi got it.

After having served an apprenticeship in High Upfold, Rossi joined Cubitt in December 2019, and immediately settled in to boarding life. His meticulously nature, deep thought and care for each individual boy, made him an immediate hit. He struck the balance between good humoured encouragement, and the occasional laying down of the law. It is fair to say he is a boarding man through and through, and despite his departure to a day school, I have no doubt that he will return to boarding at a future point.

The 1st XI hockey girls have loved his coaching. He has guided them to work as a team rather than a group of individuals and instilled in them the notion of winning or losing graciously. The girls have flourished under his leadership and they presented him with a signed 1st team shirt and a golden whistle.

I snuck a look at Carolyn’s card to Rossi in which she described him using what I think is the highest accolade you can award a teacher in a school like this — a genuine Schoolmaster. Yes, an expert in and an enthusiast for your subject; yes, an amazing sports coach; yes, an accomplished Deputy in Cubitt (and an outstanding HM if you ever take that route); but it’s the intangible that makes a Schoolmaster.

It essentially boils down to a caring, interested and interesting human who likes people, sees their strengths, brings correction when it is needed and who constantly encourages. For both Rossi, and his wife Anna, the source of their character is their strong faith and Christian commitment. It is the very essence of who they are and we so appreciate the outworking of it. Rossi brings life when he leads in chapel, be it with guitar, cahon or occasional Notts Forest reference. That same energy has been evident in the many Bible Studies and Exchange sessions he has run. He has directly and indirectly shaped us collectively as a School community through his integrity in practising what he preaches.

Rossi, we want to say thank you and to wish you every blessing as you move down the road to ‘The RGS’. We are grateful for all you have done, for who you are and we are confident in who you will be.

MR ANDREW BARKER

HE STRUCK THE BALANCE BETWEEN GOOD HUMOURED ENCOURAGEMENT, AND THE OCCASIONAL LAYING DOWN OF THE LAW

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MR ROB VERDON

Rob joined Cranleigh in 2014 from a career as a Management Consultant with a focus on customer experience and business strategy. Rob had spent the previous eight years in Australia — as an Australian national now, he never loses an Ashes match. Of course, Cranleigh was not new to him — he was a pupil in Cubitt and is Cranleigh born and bred. Rob joined the History and Politics department and, from day one, established himself as an innovator and first-class teacher. It was clear that he would make an even more significant impact as a teacher than he did as a pupil.

In the classroom, he will be remembered for his energetic approach to teaching and his tremendous commitment. He always found new ways to teach topics and pupils have loved his lessons. Whatever it was, ‘The Other Place’ was somewhere pupils wanted to be taught. His classroom layout and life-size politicians reflected his teaching style and fun approach to the classroom. In 2018 he took over as Head of Politics, and the department has gone from strengthto-strength under his leadership.

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CRANLEIGH PUPILS HAVE BEEN SO LUCKY TO HAVE A TEACHER KEEN TO GIVE THEM FURTHER OPPORTUNITIES — HE GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND

Rob’s commitment to pupils (and staff) understanding more about UK politics led to him introducing pupil blogs and podcasts on current affairs and political issues. He ran numerous school elections and hosted general elections hustings. Cranleigh pupils have been so lucky to have a teacher keen to give them further opportunities — he goes above and beyond. His passion for his subject is infectious and Rob is one of those teachers who truly does inspire. He introduced the van Hasselt Award for journalistic writing and, of course, the popular and unique Dangerous Minds public speaking competition. Rob has raised the bar at Cranleigh and we will continue to benefit from the initiatives he has put in place. In 2020 Rob won an award as Outstanding Teacher of Politics from the Political Studies Association. The award was recognition of both his classroom skills and his numerous extra-curricular initiatives.

Rob has also had a massive impact outside of the classroom. He has been a committed member of the CCF, and an excellent rugby, hockey, and cricket coach. He has coached A team hockey sides and been part of county success and national campaigns. Over the years, he has taken the 3rd XV for both cricket and rugby — his humour and fun have meant that he has always got boys wanting to play for him and the team. Rob was a founding staff member of the ski team, and organiser of numerous UK and overseas trips. His commitment to Cranleigh has been clear through him regularly giving up his free time to do all of this. Furthermore, he has also managed the staff cricket team Platypods; and his off-spin and right-hand batting will be remembered for years to come.

As a Tutor and deputy in East, he really connected with the pupils in his care and showed great compassion. While he will be remembered at Cranleigh for his academic and co-curricular achievements, his real passion and strengths lie in the field of pastoral care. Reigate Grammar School are very lucky to be welcoming him in September in his new role as Head of Sixth Form. We have no doubt he will be a great success and make an impact there like he has here.

On a personal note, Rob has been a great colleague and I know I will not be the only one who will miss his level-headed approach and calm presence. Rob is an outstanding role model for both pupils and staff and we are all thankful for his efforts and contributions to Cranleigh over the past eight years.

Whilst Cranleigh School will miss Rob, we are happy that he and the family, Lizzie, Gus and Jonah, continue to live in the village and will continue to see the special friends they have made throughout the school community.

MR ALEX FORSDIKE

COMMON ROOM 2021 – 2022

GOVERNING BODY

Mr A. J. Lajtha Esq MA FCIB CHAIRMAN

Mrs M. M. S Fisher MA DEPUTY CHAIRMAN

Mrs S. E. Bayliss MA PGCE

Col J. W. Boyd OBE MA

Mrs J. A. Brown MA

Dr R. Chesser MA MB BChir MRCP

Mrs F. N. Farrant BA

Mr P. S. P. Going Esq BSc MRICS

Mr S. Gunapala Esq BEng MEng FCA

Miss K. J. S. Kerr BA Hons MCIPD

Mr J. Khurshid Esq QC

Mr J. A. M. Knight Esq BA

Mrs A. J. Lye BA

Mr J. P. Maskery Esq

Mr C. H. Severs Esq LLB (Hons)

Mrs E. Stanton BSC ACA

Mr J. J. D. C. Tate Esq BA (Hons) DipArch MArch ARB

RIBA FRSA

Mr P. M. Wells Esq BEd (Hons)

Mr D. G. Westcott Esq BA BCL QC

Mr S. J. Whitehouse Esq BA (Cantab)

Prof R. J. Wilkins MA DPhil

Mr D. A. E. Williams Esq BA FCA

Mrs M. J. Williamson

NEW STAFF LIST

Mr S. Brown Bsc, PGCE, Business Studies and Economics

Mr R. P. Cootes Classics Graduate Assistant

Miss M. Dellarossa Ratti BA, Modern Foreign Languages Teaching Assistant

Mrs E. H. Glass Bsc, Learning Support

Mrs A. L. J. Robinson BA, MFA Photography, Art (Photography)

Mr C. Scott BSc, Biology

Miss T. Sellers Bsc, MSc, Geography Graduate Assistant

Mr T. M. Wilson Bsc, Geography Graduate Assistant

Miss J. Wise BA, MPhil Classical Civilisation and Latin

SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM

Headmaster

Mr M.S. Reader, MA, MPhil, MBA, QTS

Deputy Head

Mr S.D. Bird, BA, Med, QTS (French, Spanish)

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Deputy Head (Pastoral)

Dr A.P. Saxel, BSc. PhD (Chemistry)

Designated Safeguarding Lead

Deputy Head (Academic)

Mr D.R. Boggitt, BEng, PGCE, Med (Maths)

Assistant Head (Liaison)

Mr S.J. Batchelor

Assistant Head (Co-curricular)

Mr C.H.D. Boddington, BA, PGCE, Med (Economics

Director of External Relations

Mrs J.R Cooksley BA, MA

Strategic Development Director

Mr J. D. R. Dale-Adcock, BA, PGCE

Director of Operations

Mr P.A. Dunn, BA

Assistant Head (Digital Strategy)

Mr D.J. Futcher, BSc, QTS (ICT, Music Technology)

Director of Finance

Miss J. A. Underdown, BA, CIMA

Assistant Head (Learning, Teaching and Innovation)

Dr J.L. Taylor, BA BPhil PGCE DPhil (Physics)

Headmaster’s PA

Mrs C.L. Brightman

COMMON ROOM

MRS C.E. ALLEN BA. PGCE Classical Civilisation, Greek, Latin; Resident Deputy Housemistress, South

MS M. BAFFOU, MA, French Language Assistant; Tutor, Rhodes

MR A.K. BARKER, BSc, PGCE, Maths; Tutor, South

MRS R.L. BARKER, BSc, PGCE, Biology; Housemistress, South

MR J. BARTLETT, BA Economics & Business Studies; i/c Tennis; Tutor, East

MISS A.M.L. BARTLETT, BA, English; Tutor, Martlet

MISS S.E. BAUMANN, BA, PGCE, Design Engineering; Tutor, Rhodes

MR R.R.B. BELLAK, BA, PGCE, English; Tutor, Loveday

MRS P.M. BIGG, Spanish Language Assistant

MISS A.M. BILLSON, MTheo, MDiv, Religion and Philosophy; Tutor, Martlet

MR E.J.P. BRADNOCK, BA, PGCE, English; Housemaster, East

MRS S.R. BROAD, BA, PGCE, Netball Coach; Tutor, Rhodes

MR B.W. BROWNE, BSc, PGCE, Maths; i/c Football; Tutor, Cubitt

MR S. BROWN, BA, PGCE, Business Studies, Economics; Tutor, Cubitt

MRS G.L. BUKOWSKA MSc. PGCE Biology; Housemistress, Rhodes

MRS O. BURT, BA, MA Librarian; Russian; Tutor, South

MR E.J. CARSON, BSc, Maths, Physics; Tutor, Rhodes

MRS H.K. CARSON BSc, PGCE, Head of Economics & Business Studies; Tutor, Rhodes

MR W.E. CHADWICK, BA, PGCE, Assistant Head of French; Tutor, Cubitt

MISS D.F. CHAPMAN, BA, MA, Drama, English; Tutor, Rhodes

MRS C.L. CONSTABLE, MA, PGCE History, Politics; Tutor, Martlet

MR S.T. COOKE, MA (Oxon), MEd, PGCE, Religion and Philosophy; Housemaster, Cubitt

MRS C.E. COOPER, BA, French Language Assistant

MR. R.P. COOTES, Classics Graduate Assistant; Tutor Loveday

MISS K.G. CUMMINS, MA, PGCE, Learning Support; Tutor, Rhodes

MRS N.J.R. DAVISON, BA, IPGCE, English; Non-resident Deputy Housemistress, Rhodes MISS M. DELLAROSA RATTI, BA, Modern Foreign Languages Teaching Assistant; Tutor, South

MRS E.G.M. DELLIERE, BA, Business Studies; Tutor, Rhodes

MR N. DRAKE, BA, PGDip, PGCE, Spanish; Senior Tutor; Head of Sixth Form PSHE; Non-resident Deputy Housemaster, South

MRS V.C. DUTTON. BA, MSc, PGCE Physics; Tutor, Martlet

MR D.M. EAGLESTONE, BSc, PGDip, Head of Brass and Woodwind; Tutor, Loveday

MR M.P.D. EMLEY, BA, PGCE, Geography; Joint Head of Lower School PSHE; Non-resident Assistant Housemaster, East

MRS K.J. FLACK, BA, HND, Head of Learning Support; Tutor, West

MR T.R. FEARN, BSc, PGCE, Physics; Head of Academic Administration; Tutor, Cubitt

MR A.P. FORSDIKE, MA, PGCE, History; i/c Cricket; Housemaster, North MRS C.W. GANGEMI, BSc, PGCE , Assistant Head of Mathematics; Tutor, Rhodes

MS R.S. GIBSON, BTh, MA, QTS, Religion and Philosophy; Tutor, West

MISS S.L. GREENWOOD, BA, Maths, Head of PE; Chair of CR; Non-executive member of SMT; i/c Golf; Tutor, Martlet

MR A.J. GUPPY, BA, History; Tutor, Loveday

MISS C.R. HALL, BA, PGCE, Spanish, French; Resident Deputy Housemistress, Martlet

MR R.M. HARDY, BSc, PGCE, Head of Physics; Non-resident Assistant Housemaster, Martlet

THE REVD J.A.N. HARRISON, BA, Religion and Philosophy; Chaplain, Tutor

MS L.A. HELLBERG, BA, PGCE, Art (Printmaking); Tutor, West

MISS P.E. HENDERSON, BA, PGCE, Head of Modern Foreign Languages; Tutor, Rhodes

MR A.G.C. HILLEN, BA, MA, PGCE, English; Tutor, East

DR D.A.W. HOGG, MA, MSt, DPhil, PGCE, Head of Classics; Tutor, South

MR B.P. HOPCROFT, MA, Head of Religion and Philosophy; Tutor, North

MS S. HOUGHTON, BA, BSc, Director of Netball; Tutor, South

MR A.R. HOUSTON, BSc, GTP, Director of Sport; PE; Tutor, East

MR R.A.C. HUMES, BSc, PGCE, Physics; Resident Deputy Housemaster, North

MISS A.E. JOHNSON, MA, PGCE, Geography; Tutor, Loveday

MISS C.M. JOHNSON MVetPhys, Biology; Tutor, West

MR R.C.E.K. KEFFORD, BSc, PGCE Chemistry; i/c Hockey Coaching, Tutor, Loveday

DR S.L. KEMP, BSc, PhD, PGCE, Chemistry; Tutor, West

MR C.W. KINNERSLY, MA, GTP, Art (3-d Studies); Tutor, East

MR J.H. LADD GIBBON, BSc, Business Studies, Economics, PE; Resident Deputy Housemaster, High Upfold

MR R.G. LANE, MEng, PGCE, MEd, Physics; Housemaster, Loveday

MR F.P.A. LAUGHTON, BSc, PGCE, Head of Biology; Non-resident Assistant Housemaster, North MRS J.O. LAWTON BSc Maths; North Tutor MR P.M. LEAMON, BA, PGCE, Assistant Head of English; Head of Sustainability; Tutor, North MR T.G. LEEKE, BSc, History, Politics; Tutor, North MRS C.J. LOCK, BSc, PGCE, PGDIPP Biology; Academic Admissions Liaison; Foundation Officer; Tutor, East

MISS O.R. MCCONNELL-WOOD, BA, Classics, History; Resident Assistant Housemistress, Rhodes MRS E.R. MCGHEE, BA, PGCE, Drama; Tutor, South MR G.L. MCMILLAN, BSc, PGCE, Design Engineering; i/c Skiing; Non-resident Assistant Housemaster, Cubitt (paternity cover) MR N.G.A. MILLER, BA, GTP, QTS, French, Spanish; Non-resident Assistant Housemaster, Cubitt; Assistant Head of UCAS and Careers

MR J.P. NAIRNE, BFA, PGCE, Director of Art; Tutor, Loveday MR G.J.N. NEILL, BA, PGCE, MA, Head of English; Head of University Admissions; Tutor, Cubitt MISS C.E. NICHOLLS, MA, PGCE, Maths; Head of Co-curricular administration; i/c Squash; i/c Hockey administration; Tutor, South MR R.J. ORGAN, Director of Hockey

MR E.J.E. PEERLESS, BSc, PGCE, Head of Chemistry, Maths; i/c Sailing; Tutor, North MR G.V. PRITCHARD, BSc, PGCE, Chemistry; Resident Deputy Housemaster, Cubitt MR S.G. QUINN, BSc, PD, PGCE, Head of Mathematics; Tutor, East MR S.P. RAYER, BSc, QTS, Design Engineering; Tutor, East MRS A.E. READER, BA, PGCE, Head of Careers; PE; Tutor, West

MR D.C. REED, BA, MSc, Design Engineering; i/c Elite Skiing; Contingent Commander CCF; Resident Deputy Housemaster, Loveday MR A.D. ROBINSON, MA, PGCE, Head of French; Tutor, North MRS A.L.J ROBINSON BA, MFA Photography, Art (Photography); Tutor, Cubitt MR A.S.J. ROTHWELL, MA, MPhil, PGCE, Head of History; Master of the Scholars; Oxbridge Co-ordinator; Tutor, Loveday MR G.C. ROYALL, BSc Head of Contemporary Music; Music Technology; Resident Deputy Housemaster, East MR R.J. SAXEL, BA Dip.RAM, LRAM, ARAM, Director of Music; Tutor, Rhodes MR A.N.J. SCARISBRICK, BSc, Head of Psychology; Tutor, North MR J.H. SCHOFIELD-NEWTON, BA, MA, Classical Civilisation, Latin; Non-resident Assistant Housemaster, East MR C.R. SCOTT, BSc, Biology; Tutor, Cubitt MR J. SCOTT, BA, PGCE, MBA, Director of Drama; Tutor, Martlet MRS R.J.C. SCOTT, BA, QTS, PE; Housemistress, Martlet MR P.N. SCRIVEN, LRAM, BA, MA, MM, Organist in Residence MISS T.L. SELLERS, BSc, MSc, Geography Graduate Assistant; Tutor, South MRS A.C. SMUTS, BSc, GTP, PE; i/c Athletics; Resident Deputy Housemistress, West MISS M.L.N. SUMMERS, BSc, MSc, PGCE, Psychology; Tutor, Martlet MR J.J. TAYLOR, BA, QTS, Head of Design Engineering; Tutor, North DR A.L. THOMAS, BMus, MPhil, PhD Head of Choral Music & Vocal Studies; Tutor, North DR B.R. TYRRELL, MChem, DPhil, Chemistry; Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead; Tutor, Cubitt MR D.N. VAIANI, BA, History; Tutor, North MR R.J.O. VENABLES, MA, PGCE, Maths; Non-resident Assistant Housemaster, Loveday MR R.H. VERDON, BA, MBA, PGCE Head of Politics, History; Tutor, East DR M.E. WARD, BA, LGSM, MMus, Dip.RCM, ARCM, PhD, Head of Piano; Tutor, Martlet MR K.D. WEAVER, MA, PGDip, LRAM, Head of Academic Music; Head of Strings; Tutor, Cubitt MR M.J. WEIGHTON, BA, PGCE, DipAD, Art; Outreach; Tutor, Cubitt MR S.D. WELCH, Director of Cricket; Minibus Maintenance; Tutor, North MISS M.K. C. WILLIAMS, BA, English; Non-Resident Assistant Housemistress, West MR R.A.C. WILLIAMS, BSc, PGCE, MA, Head of Geography; Tutor, East MR T.M. WILSON, BSc, Geography Graduate Assistant; Tutor, Loveday MISS J. WISE, BA, MPhil, Classical Civilisation, Latin MRS A.W. WORSLEY, BSc, PGCE, Maths; Housemistress, West MR M.A. WORSLEY, LL.B, Business Studies, Economics; Tutor, West MRS U.C. YARDLEY, BA, PGCE Head of German; i/c Badminton; Tutor, West DR S.A.H. YOUNG, PhD, MSc, BSc, PGCE, Biology, Geology; Head of Outdoor Education; Tutor, West