A teaching staff of 17 enables classes to be small. Mr and Mrs Keppie live with their own family in the school and, with the help of the boarding master, his assistant and Matron, are much concerned with the health and happiness of the boys. A great source of strength is the close partnership with Cranleigh School 'across the road'. Prep School boys are able to use all the Senior School's facilities eg indoor swimming.
The boys are prepared for Common Entrance and many Scholarships are won. Through these exams about two-thirds of the boys move on to Cranleigh School and the remaining one-third to a wide variety of other independent senior schools.
The curriculum is broad and balanced and the class and setting system allows for advance at different speeds. The School teaches computing, and technological problem-solving is encouraged. Art (including design and various craft skills) and Music are included in the curriculum at all levels and individual instrumental lessons are available. There are three choirs, an orchestra, a band and several ensembles. All boys are given every incentive to develop spare-time interests.
The school's indoor and outdoor facilities, including a fine modern chapel, are extensive and now largely modern. Under the continuing building programme the construction of a large sports and drama hall, two new laboratories and a new music school has recently been completed. A new classroom, computing and changing block has just opened.
Rugger, football, hockey, cricket, athletics, tennis, swimming, golf, shooting, squash, badminton, fencing and Eton Fives are pursued, and the school's results are excellent.
Many boarders' families are posted overseas and the school has well established arrangements for meeting their special needs. These include escorting boys to and from nearby Gatwick and Heathrow, and ensuring that they spend the several short weekend 'exeats' happily with relatives or families of school friends.
