Established 1967 Headteacher Mrs Betty Elkins Ofsted Reports Founded 1967 Staff 70 | Type Community school DfE URN 116432 Tables Phone +44 1256 868600 Gender Mixed-sex education | |
Location Wessex Close
Basingstoke
Hampshire
RG21 3NP
England Address Wessex Cl, Basingstoke RG21 3NP, UK Motto It is our business to succeed Similar Aldworth School, Brighton Hill Communi, Bishop Challoner Catholic, The Costello School, Fort Hill Community School Profiles | ||
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Cranbourne Business and Enterprise College is a large co-educational secondary school in Basingstoke, northern Hampshire, England. The school serves Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 students between the ages of 11 and 16. The school follows the National Curriculum but has a specialist focus on business and enterprise.
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History
Cranbourne was founded as the Cranbourne Bi-Lateral School in 1967 as a bilateral school for 11- to 18-year-olds, on the site of a former nursery. It became a comprehensive school in 1972 following the establishment of Queen Mary's Sixth Form College, and then as Cranbourne Business and Enterprise College in September 2004. Cranbourne (or CBEC) became the first of two Business and Enterprise Colleges in Hampshire in 2004 and features scola architecture refurbished in 2006. CBEC is separated into 9 blocks and features a small swimming pool and a 3-story Science block (C block).
At the end of the 2015-2016 academic year, Headmistress Betty Elkins resigned and the school is still without a headteacher. There are plans to merge the students of Fort Hill Community School with CBEC's due to low numbers at Fort Hill. This plan has not been greenlit, but is due to take place at the end of the 2016-2017 school year.
2009 Fire Incident
On 11 June 2009, a fire broke out after school hours in the upper floor of G block (Art and Textiles block), damaging three classrooms including the main Art classroom. Nobody was hurt in the incident After investigation, it was found that the fire started by sunlight reflecting off a mirror in a storage cupboard. The block re-opened in November 2009.