The 17th Century Barn of the old Farm

Cranleigh School was founded in 1865 and the OC Society in 1897. Its distinguished President is Vivian Cox (1&4 South, 1929-34). The decision-making body is the OC Executive Committee (Excom), whose present Chairman is Nick Meyer (2&3 South, 1958-62). Apart from the Annual Dinner, there is an annual Luncheon for OCs in the South-West, there is an OC Lodge, an OC Livery Association, an OC Surveyors’ Club, an OC City Society, and a Ling-Cow Luncheon Club.

The OC Sports Club (previously the OC Club) was created in 1946 to link together individual Clubs like the Association Football (1886-1914 & 1998- ), Rugby (1919), Rifle (1922-27 & 1937- ), Cricket (1890 - reformed in 1927 and 1958), Hockey (1928), Golf (1937) and, more recently, the Clay-Pigeon, Tennis and Netball Clubs. Its Chairman is Anthony Fey (1 North, 1960-65). Martin Williamson (2&3S, 1975-80) runs its excellent website – see links. The Rugby and Hockey Clubs are fortunate to have fine facilities at the OC Sports Ground at Thames Ditton (ours since 1928), with its large clubhouse, its new astroturf pitch, and its fine stand. The Ladies’ Hockey and Netball teams are particularly successful.

Find Martin Williamson's Sports Clubs site at:  www.oldcranleighan.com

In 2007, all grade results were the best ever.   A grades:  48.01%.   A/B grades:  82.57%.
A/B/C grades:  95.72%.   A/B/C/D grades:  99.70%.

1863 Foundation Stone laid

1865 School opened, as 'Surrey County School'. On the south side of the Quad: the original Headmaster's house, classrooms (two of which were used as dining room and chapel), a small gym (now the chapel corridor), and above them the 'South' dormitories. On the east side were classrooms and above them the 'East' dormitories

By 1869 The Chapel was built, and the present Dining Hall, above which were the 'West' dormitories. On the first floor of the north side were the 'North' dormitories

1870 Clock Tower built

1876 Gas arrived (hot water in 1902, and electricity in 1929)

1880 Preparatory House opened (now 'The Old House', a boarding house for the Preparatory School). It became a separate entity from the Senior School in 1913

1884 School Mission began in London

1887 Officially now 'Cranleigh School', though in fact called this many years earlier

1897 OC Society founded

1911 Present Preparatory School building purchased

1916 Rugby started

1919 Hockey started

1919 Golf course laid out for Common Room - boys allowed to play from 1936

1920 'Old' Common Room in hut

1921 First World War Memorial unveiled at the top of the main drive; removed when the Reading Room Memorial to the dead of both wars was opened in 1949

1924 Jubilee Pavilion built as OC Memorial to the 133 OCs killed in World War 1

1929 Connaught Building and Headmaster's House opened

1929 Williams Library and Reading Room opened

1947 Purchase of High Upfold Farm

1951 Quad grassed - the end of punishment drill on its paving!

1959 Golf course reopened after 20 years' disuse - hay grown for the war effort

1959 New Swimming Bath opened (the present open-air one) as OC Memorial to the 136 OCs killed in World War 2

1961 Sanatorium converted into Cubitt House. Present 'Medical Centre' is in Horseshoe Lane

1963 Daily compulsory Chapel abolished

1964 First girl pupil, not resident, studying for Oxbridge

1965 New 1 North House opened

1966 School Mission in London transferred locally to become Social Service

1972 Farm became Sixth Form Centre

1972 First girl for 2 years' A Level

1974 'Edgefield' converted for girls

1980 Loveday House opened

1985 New Common Room opened

1991 Indoor Swimming Pool opened

1996 First OC Liaison Officer appointed (Mike Payne) 

1998 Extensions to 1 North and Cubitt

2001 Renaming of some Houses. Now four boys' Houses (East, North, Cubitt and Loveday) and two girls' Houses (South and West), each with Housemasters and Assistant Housemasters living adjacently

2002 Trevor Abbott Sports Centre opened

2002 North Extension opened.

2006 New Housemaster's House and Boarding Extension for Cubitt