Cranbourne School

Cranbourne was founded as the Cranbourne Bi-Lateral School in 1967 as a bilateral school for 11- to 18-year-olds, on the site of a former nursery. It became a comprehensive school in 1972 following the establishment of Queen Mary's Sixth Form College,[1] and then as Cranbourne Business and Enterprise College in September 2004.[2] Cranbourne (or CBEC) became the first of two Business and Enterprise Colleges in Hampshire in 2004 and features scola architecture refurbished in 2006.[3] CBEC is separated into 9 blocks and features a small swimming pool and a 3-story Science block (C block). The School changed its name to Cranbourne (from CBEC) in September 2018 introducing a new Logo and Uniform.[4]

Cranbourne introduced a new House System and Vertical Tutor Groups in September 2018. Cranbourne students are members of one of our four Houses. Each House has House Captains, Sports Captains and House Mentors to encourage and support every student. Each House has a Head of House and a Cranbourne Parent Partner (CPP) overseeing each student’s progress and pastoral care. Cranbourne’s four Houses are dedicated to local people, who have achieved amazing things by following their passions and interests. They are true role models for Cranbourne students.[5]

The Resourced Provision offers Specialist teaching for students with Dyslexia and has places for 16 students across the five year groups. Whilst we work primarily with children who have been assessed as having specific learning difficulties and who meet the county criteria, The Resourced Provision is an integral part of the school and liaises with every department to ensure that dyslexia friendly practice is evident in every classroom experience. Students are fully integrated into the mainstream for the greater proportion of their time, with withdrawal to The Resourced Provision arranged according to individual need.

Cranbourne Students with Head of Resourced Provision Mrs Hockley

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Cranbourne+ is for students with High Learning Potential; a programme of teaching traditional academic subjects in greater breadth and depth. The programme prepares students for very high exam results and introduces them to university life early in their secondary school career.

High Learning Potential means either: Above average Key Stage 2 scores and/or a very good work ethic and determination to succeed academically. Students with specific learning difficulties are not exempt for applying for Cranbourne +. [7]

At the end of the 2015-2016 academic year, Headmistress Betty Elkins resigned and Jane Aplin took over as Head. There are plans to merge the students of Fort Hill Community School with CBEC's due to low numbers at Fort Hill. At the county councils decision in June 2017, it was recommended and approved that Fort Hill will close on 31 August 2017. All Fort Hill pupils will start at Cranbourne in September 2017. Parents who received a place at Fort Hill for their child have been automatically given a place at Cranbourne.

On 11 June 2009, a fire broke out after school hours in the upper floor of G block (Art and Textiles block), damaging three classrooms including the main Art classroom. Nobody was hurt in the incident After investigation, it was found that the fire started by sunlight reflecting off a mirror in a storage cupboard. The block re-opened in November 2009.

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