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Glebelands School

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Glebelands School is a county-funded and charity-supported secondary school in Cranleigh, Surrey, England. It is co-educational and takes students aged 11-16; it does not have a sixth form.

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Glebelands School
Parsonage Road, Waverley Cranleigh

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Glebelands School

Parsonage Road
GU6 7AN Waverley, Cranleigh
England, United Kingdom
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glebelands.surrey.sch.uk

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