Cranbrook School A GSG School
- Cranbrook School
Waterloo Road
Cranbrook
Kent
TN17 3JD - Head: Mr David Clark
- T 01580 711804
- F 01580 711828
- E registrar@cranbrook.kent.sch.uk
- W www.cranbrookschool.co.uk
- A state school for boys and girls aged from 11 to 18.
- Read about the best schools in Kent
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Kent
- Pupils: 914; sixth formers: 306
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: Boarding £15,900 - £19,059 pa
- Open days: Check school website
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
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Ofsted:
- Latest Overall effectiveness Good 1
- 16-19 study programmes Good 1
- Outcomes for children and learners Good 1
- Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1
- Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1
- Effectiveness of leadership and management Good 1
- 1 Full inspection 22nd March 2022
- Previous Ofsted grade: Outstanding on 28th April 2015
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Not a school for cruisers, with a drive to raise the academic bar so that all pupils achieve excellent results and have high expectations of themselves. A school that adds real vibrancy to what would otherwise be a sleepy Kentish town. A ‘sporty school’ but with a new head of PE, there’s no chance of getting caught basking in past glory (although facilities enough to make most state schools weep!) Reminders that this is not an independent school come by way of ...
What the school says...
Situated in the heart of the Kent countryside, Cranbrook is blessed with superb facilities, a 75 acre campus and a truly dedicated teaching staff. As a selective grammar school they challenge the brightest boys and girls in the local area (along with boarders from further afield) to fulfil their true potential in the classroom and outside. Our academic results and outstanding Ofsted rating suggest that they are managing to meet that aim without betraying their roots. No other school blends the traditions of the State and Independent sectors so successfully. ...Read more
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School associations
State boarding school
State grammar school
What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
Since 2023, David Clark, previously head at Battle Abbey School for 10 years and before that, 17 years at Caterham, six of those as deputy. After studying history at Exeter, wanderlust landed him down-under. While there, in Cairns, he received a letter from his old head at St George’s Weybridge inviting him back to teach and so he left the surf for a PGCE at Cambridge followed by a master’s focusing on boys’ underachievement (but he didn’t return to his alma mater after all). Lives on site with his wife and three young boys - a ‘late bloomer', he laughs.
Says that within the first few weeks, he learned 320 names. ‘I suppose I’m an old-fashioned visible head,’ though he is ‘happy to delegate some of the admin stuff which grinds...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
School's own description of their SEN provision:
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Might cover/be referred to as;
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Aspergers, Autism, High functioning autism, Neurodivergent, Neurodiversity, Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), PDA , Social skills, Sensory processing disorder |
Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
Hearing Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment |
|
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Learning needs, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty |
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| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, Sensory processing |
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| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability
Might cover/be referred to as;
Downs Syndrome, Epilepsy, Genetic , OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, Tics, Tourettes |
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| PD - Physical Disability
Might cover/be referred to as;
PD - Physical Disability |
|
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Complex needs, Global delay, Global developmental delay, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty |
|
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
Might cover/be referred to as;
Anxiety , Complex needs, Emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA), Mental Health, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, Trauma |
|
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication
Might cover/be referred to as;
DLD - Developmental Language Disorder, Selective mutism, SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication |
|
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Complex needs, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, Cerebral Palsy (CP) |
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| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Auditory Processing, DCD, Developmental Co-ordination Difficulties (DCD), Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Handwriting, Other specific learning difficulty, SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) |
Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
Special facilities for Visually Impaired, VI - Visual Impairment |
Interpreting catchment maps
The maps show in colour where the pupils at a school came from*. Red = most pupils to Blue = fewest.
Where the map is not coloured we have no record in the previous three years of any pupils being admitted from that location based on the options chosen.
For help and explanation of our catchment maps see: Catchment maps explained
Further reading
If there are more applicants to a school than it has places for, who gets in is determined by which applicants best fulfil the admissions criteria.
Admissions criteria are often complicated, and may change from year to year. The best source of information is usually the relevant local authority website, but once you have set your sights on a school it is a good idea to ask them how they see things panning out for the year that you are interested in.
Many schools admit children based on distance from the school or a fixed catchment area. For such schools, the cut-off distance will vary from year to year, especially if the school give priority to siblings, and the pattern will be of a central core with outliers (who will mostly be siblings). Schools that admit on the basis of academic or religious selection will have a much more scattered pattern.
*The coloured areas outlined in black are Census Output Areas. These are made up of a group of neighbouring postcodes, which accounts for their odd shapes. These provide an indication, but not a precise map, of the school’s catchment: always refer to local authority and school websites for precise information.
The 'hotter' the colour the more children have been admitted.
Children get into the school from here:
regularly
most years
quite often
infrequently
sometimes, but not in this year
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holmewood House School | 2024 | 1 | ||
| Northbourne Park School | 2024 | 1 | ||
| Vinehall School | 2024 | 1 |
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