House System
Cranbourne students are members of one of our four Houses: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Austen, Thomson and White.
Each House has a Head of House and a designated Cranbourne Parent Partner (CPP) overseeing each student’s progress and pastoral care.
Students wear a tie in their house colour and each house is split into vertical tutor groups, with students from all year groups.
The tutor group is a welcoming place, with a Personal Tutor to guide students through their five years with us. Students meet with their tutors for half an hour at the beginning of each day for a Personal Development Learning (PDL) session.
Students will attend a themed assembly once a week within their Houses during PDL.
Cranbourne’s four Houses are named after local people, who have achieved amazing things by following their passions and interests. They are true role models for Cranbourne students.
Andrew Lloyd Webber
This House is dedicated to Performing and Expressive Arts and Andrew Lloyd Webber, internationally acclaimed composer.
Head of House: Mrs Simpson
Cranbourne Parent Partner: Miss Williams
House Ethos and Values
- Achieve regardless of background
- Follow your passions
- Be courageous and aspire to achieve great things
- Take all opportunities that are available to you
- House Value: Creativity
Who is Andrew Lloyd Webber?
- Andrew Lloyd Webber is the composer of some of the world’s best-known musicals including Cats, The Phantom of the Opera and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
- In 2017, Andrew became the only person to equal the record set in 1953 by Rodgers and Hammerstein with four Broadway shows running concurrently.
- In 1992 he opened the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation, the principle objectives are to promote the arts, culture and heritage for the public benefit.
Austen
This House is dedicated to Language and Literature. The House is named after Jane Austen, one of our most famous and most loved British novelists.
Head of House: Miss Alner
Cranbourne Parent Partner: Mrs Ball
House Ethos and Values
- Be passionate about the subjects and hobbies you enjoy
- Don’t let anything get in your way on your journey to success
- Be motivated to achieve your dreams
- Challenge stereotypes and those who promote them
- House Value: Challenge
Who Was Jane Austen?
- Jane Austen was an English novelist who is known for her iconic romantic literature.
- Born in Hampshire, England on the 16th December 1775, Jane Austen was educated through her childhood at home by her father and older siblings.
- She began writing in her teenage years.
- She died 18th July 1817 and was buried at Winchester Cathedral
Thomson
This House is dedicated to Humanities and The Thomson Family, all three boys attended Cranbourne and went on to lead successful careers.
Head of House: Mrs Vaughan
Cranbourne Parent Partner: Miss Skinner
House Ethos and Values
- Respect all cultures, ethnicities and religions
- Be open minded and not afraid to try new things
- Be committed to being the best you can
- Never be judgemental
- House Value: Community
Who are the Thomson Brothers?
Alex Thomson
Alex has internationally-acclaimed background (Emmy Award etc) in current affairs as a Channel 4 news chief correspondent, editor and has also published a number of books.
Chris Thomson
Chris read English and Art History at university and taught English at the University of Genoa, Italy, then in sixth form colleges in England. His last post was as principal of Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form School for 18 years.
Andrew Thomson
Andrew’s career, after achieving a first class honours degree at UEA in Environmental Studies, saw him become a teacher of geography, principal of two sixth form colleges and one FE College. He then ran the Quality Improvement Agency on behalf of the UK Government and provided consultancy in China on a government-sponsored initiative there.
White
This House is dedicated to Science, Maths, logic and Gilbert White, an eighteenth century naturalist.
Head of House: Miss S Miller
Cranbourne Parent Partner: Miss Wells
House Ethos and Values
- Support all members of the community
- Care for our environment and surroundings
- Challenge ourselves and others to be the best we can be in everything we do
- Show entrepreneurial spirit by questioning how to do things better, being optimistic and by decisively taking calculated risks.
- House Value: Care
Who Was Gilbert White?
- Gilbert White FRS (18 July 1720 – 26 June 1793) was a ‘parson-naturalist’; a pioneering English naturalist and ornithologist, and a reverend in his Church
- He is best known for his book the ‘Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne’