We are delighted to have been recognised for our outstanding science teaching by The Week. We have been crowned Best Prep School for Science Teaching in their prestigious Schools Guide.
Cranleigh Prep School aims to inspire excitement around Science, by enabling pupils to explain the world around them and to understand exciting new discoveries. It’s a curriculum purposefully designed to build curiosity and enthusiasm for all three areas: Biology, Chemistry and Physics. Emphasis on the relevance of science to everyday life is a very important part of the learning process, and with specialist science teachers and a lab technician the school is well resourced to provide exciting, practical and interactive lessons.
At all ages, pupils undertake hands-on investigative work that allows them to develop the techniques and skills necessary to form and test hypotheses and draw their own conclusions. It’s vital to have personal engagement and enthusiasm for Science and Cranleigh Prep fosters this by involving pupils in Quiz Club Science competitions, SATRO STEM competitions, National Science Week and an annual themed Curriculum Collapse Day. This year the theme was Lights, Camera, Action!, with sessions on camera work, a talk from a stunt woman, and lessons in green screen technology and special effects make up.
