Know exactly where your child stands for Cranleigh School
Thousands of practice questions and up to 6 mock papers, all in the exact Cranleigh School 11+ format, on one simple plan. It starts with a free diagnostic.
Thousands of practice questions and up to 6 mock papers, all in the exact Cranleigh School 11+ format, on one simple plan. It starts with a free diagnostic.
Cranleigh School
Cranleigh Prep School is an independent, co-educational day and boarding school in Surrey that offers Year 7 entry at 11+. The admissions process is a single-stage assessment using the ISEB Pretest, followed by an interview stage. Successful applicants can join as day pupils or boarders before transitioning to the senior school at age 13.
Cranleigh Prep suits a child who likes room to run about and wants to try everything before deciding what they are good at. It is an independent, co-educational prep school for boys and girls aged 7 to 13, taking day pupils and boarders, with full, weekly and flexi boarding. It sits on 40 acres of Surrey countryside on Horseshoe Lane, just outside Cranleigh village, under an hour from London. The distinction worth being clear about: this is the prep school, and its main external entry point is 11+ into Year 7, with a smaller intake at 7+. Cranleigh School, the senior school, stands across the road and takes pupils at 13+, so a child joining at 11 has two years here before moving up.
The prep opened in September 1913 with around twenty boys, on land bought opposite the senior school, which dates from 1865; girls arrived in 2000. An apple orchard was planted in 1947 on ground cleared of wartime Anderson shelters, and when it was replanted in 2013 several of the original planters came back to help. The chapel followed in 1962. Clubs run from the expected sport and music to stonemasonry and darts, and phones are not permitted in school.
The Good Schools Guide writes of children able to 'fully embrace an idyllic childhood, try everything, build fantastic friendships', and of a school looking for 'every pupil's superpower'. The head calls prep 'the most important six years of a child's education'. It suits a child who would rather be outdoors, who will sing, play and try something new without needing to be best at it straight away, and who settles more easily knowing the next school is already across the road.
Key facts
Annual fees
Cranleigh Prep School 2026/27 annual fees, inclusive of VAT: Years 7 and 8 Boarding £36,795; Years 7 and 8 Day £30,480. (Year 6 Day £28,155; Year 5 £25,815; Year 4 £23,490; Year 3 £20,580.) Flexi-boarding per term, paid in advance: 1 night £620, 2 nights £1,215, 3 nights £1,770, 4 nights £2,065. Registration fee £240; £2,000 deposit payable on accepting a place.
Admissions
Admissions contact
admissions@cranleigh.org
Admissions phone
01483 542058
Registration form
Sibling policy
What this school tests
ISEB Common Pre-Test
English
- Grammar
- Punctuation
- Reading Comprehension - Comparison
- Reading Comprehension - Evaluation
- Reading Comprehension - Grammar and punctuation
- Reading Comprehension - Inference and Deduction
- Reading Comprehension - Information Retrieval
- Reading Comprehension - Language Techniques and Imagery
- Reading Comprehension - Sentence-level Comprehension
- Reading Comprehension - Sequencing
- Reading Comprehension - Structure, Form, Voice and Tone
- Reading Comprehension - Summarising
- Reading Comprehension - Text Classification and Purpose
- Reading Comprehension - Types of Words and Phrases
- Reading Comprehension - Word Meaning / Choice
- Spelling
- Vocabulary
Maths
- Algebra
- Angles and Degrees
- BIDMAS
- Coordinate Grids
- Estimation and Rounding
- Factors and Multiples
- Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
- Measurement
- Money
- Number and Place Value
- Operations
- Perimeter, Area and Volume
- Position and Direction
- Properties of Shapes
- Ratio and Proportion
- Reflection, Rotation and Symmetry
- Sequences
- Special Numbers
- Speed, Distance and Time
- Statistics
- Time
Non-verbal Reasoning
- Figure Analogies
- Figure Series
- Grid Matrices
- Horizontal Codes
- Most Like Three Figures
- Most Like Two Figures
- Odd Figure Out
- Star Matrices
- Triangle Matrices
- Triangle Series
- Vertical Codes
Verbal Reasoning
- Compound Words
- Embedded Words
- Form a Word
- Insert a Letter
- Move 1 / 2 Letters
- Odd Word Out
- Shuffled Sentences
- Synonyms
- Verbal Classification
- Word Analogies
- Word Completion
- Word Match
- Word Opposites
- Word Pairs
Spatial Reasoning
- 2D Rotations
- 2D View of 3D Shape
- 3D Rotations
- Block Counting
- Building Blocks
- Combining Shapes
- Fold and Punch
- Folding Cubes
- Hidden Shapes
- Missing Face of Cube
- Nets - Opposite Face
- Shape Completion
- Vertical/Horizontal Reflections
Catchment area
Selection review and safety net
Previous exam results
GCSE results
A-level results
Frequently asked questions
What exam board does Cranleigh Prep School use for the 11+?
Cranleigh Prep School uses the ISEB Pretest for its 11+ entrance assessment.
Is there an interview stage for Cranleigh Prep 11+ admissions?
Yes, there is an interview stage as part of the 11+ admissions process at Cranleigh Prep.
Is Cranleigh Prep School co-educational or single-sex?
Cranleigh Prep School is a co-educational school for both boys and girls.
What are the annual fees for Year 7 at Cranleigh Prep School?
For the 2026/27 academic year, the annual fees for Years 7 and 8 are £30,480 for day pupils and £36,795 for boarders, inclusive of VAT.
What is the website for Cranleigh Prep admissions?
You can find more details on the school's official admissions page at https://www.cranleigh.org/prep/admissions-how-to-join.
Location
https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d2502.7277395543692!2d-0.4934441!3d51.1503716!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x4875c546bab5d8cd%3A0xb7d64940cdeedaad!2sCranleigh%20School!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sph!4v1787305936381!5m2!1sen!2sph
