Daisy Turnbull, Director of Coeducation and Academy

Dear Parents and Carers, 

With less than 18 months until coeducation commences at Cranbrook, I wanted to update you on the enrolment processes for our coeducational cohorts and the orientation activities we are running. 

For Year 7 2026 we have enrolled our first coeducational cohort. We continue to run a long orientation for our Year 7 2026 students with activities each term to give our current students and incoming boys and girls the opportunity to get to know each other and engage in activities together. A similar programme will commence with Year 7 2027 next year. We will endeavour to run this long orientation for incoming Year 7 groups until the School is fully coeducational. 

For Year 11 2026, we are interviewing girls who are looking to join Cranbrook as the inaugural senior coeducational cohort and have been very impressed with the interest and calibre of the young women enrolling. We understand that the decision to change schools is not one that is made lightly, nor early, which is why the enrolment process for Year 11 begins halfway through Year 9. 

At the start of 2025 we will start holding orientation activities for current Year 10 students and incoming students that give students the opportunity to interact with each other, and the incoming students a chance to get to know Cranbrook better. Many of these opportunities will be based around our Year 10 academic events including the IB seminar, subject selection fair, and engaging with external providers on wellbeing topics. 

The 2026 scholarship process will commence at the end of this year for both Year 7 and 11 cohorts. Students who do not currently have an application on file, or have not yet completed admissions activities, as well as those who have accepted a position for 2026 are welcome to sit for our suite of scholarships. 

The Year 7 2027 enrolment processes have also begun for boys and girls. Next year we will commence the enrolment for Year 11 2027, and Year 7, 2028. 

Daisy Turnbull
Director of Coeducation and Academy