We are a two-form entry school with an intake of 60 children each year. The main building is spacious with large attractive classrooms and two halls. We have two class-size computer suites, a children’s kitchen and small rooms for music lessons and group work. The library is housed in a separate purpose built building. We have very extensive grounds which incorporate four playgrounds, large grassed areas, an allotment, many mature trees and landscaped areas, including a sensory garden, with an outdoor classroom. 

We have a range of climbing and imaginative play apparatus, such as fitness trails, pirate ships and a music cabin, which the children can access either during playtimes or PE lessons. Our “secret garden” is a fantastic resource for environmental education. The school field is large enough for several football pitches, rounders pitches and running tracks, depending upon the season. There are picnic benches and quiet areas all around the grounds. 

We are enormously proud of the learning culture at Cranbourne. This is a school where children become confident learners, able to challenge and push themselves, while learning carefully planned knowledge and skills. Our curriculum is the means by which we ensure our children receive their share of the rich cultural inheritance our nation and world holds. We aim to equip children to become interested and interesting adults, able to contribute positively to the well-being of their community and to wider society. 

From their first days in our Ofsted Outstanding rated early years department, to the time they leave us in year 6, children will experience a broad curriculum covering the full range of primary school subjects. We never narrow our curriculum to focus on test results; we believe children deserve more than this. We have a strong focus on reading, starting with secure phonics knowledge, as this underpins future learning well beyond the primary years. We hope to foster a lifelong love of books. 

For those children who have additional needs we have a non-class based Special Educational Needs Coordinator, and an assistant SENCo who get to know children and families really well, and support them on their educational and personal journey. 

The Trust is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.