Cransley School racing
Overview
Cransley School aims to build its engineering and motorsport extra-curricular opportunities, providing a brand new opportunity for girls and boys to learn new engineering skills, teamwork and organisation, complimenting the educational provision at the School.
The project to create and operate a Karting Racing team, building and running two machines in local competitions, will further develop our pupils’ love of Motorsport and will work alongside our recent success in the national F1 in Schools competition.
Pupils would learn and develop a role which suited them within a team - from Team principal to mechanic, marketing to logistics and operations. They might even drive.
Aims - Phase 1
to create a source start-up fund from parental sponsorship;
to build a key partnership with a local motor sport team;
to actively build interest in engineering and mechanics, amongst girls and boys and families, alongside the introduction of an engineering GCSE in September 2025;
to acquire an equipped, resourced and secure garage workshop area for the building and maintenance of the karts;
to purchase, build and race two intermediate (11-16) karts within one year;
AIMS - Phase 2
to train its staff, volunteers and pupils in the technical and logistic operation and running of a racing team within the National School Karting Association competition from September 2025;
to ensure all health and safety and pupil safeguarding requirements are met, with effective risk assessments in place.
to acquire means of regional and national transportation of team and resources.
to consider the purpose build creation of a garage on the School site.
AIMS - Continuing
to continue to build achievement and development within the F1 in Schools competition, having already achieved the Future Stars Award 2024 in the North West competition.
to foster an long-term passion and interest in engineering, leading to pupils studying higher education courses and taking engineering apprenticeships with the correct skills, problem solving and resilience required to achieve team and individual success.
To acquire the resources and technical equipment, including access to a F1 in Schools test track, to ensure maximum future success.
Partnerships
Cransley is proud to be in partnership with the brilliant Speedworks Motorsport Team - a team synonymous with motor racing since 2005 - with their HQ and factory based a mile up the road at Thellow Heath Park.
Speedworks are currently competing under Toyota Gazoo Racing UK title in the prestigious pinnacle of domestic motor racing, the British Touring Car Championship, as well as GT sprint and endurance racing across the world.
Christian Dick (Team Principal) and Amy Dick (COO) have long been associated with Cransley and Belmont Hall, after a fabulous Sports Presentation Evening in 2023 and have generously offered to support the school project in its start up with factory space at its HQ in Antrobus, as well as use of its mechanics and tools, and to provide a unique opportunity to see first-hand a professional Motorsport Team in operation.
Rix Motor Group Warrington
We are welcoming sponsorship from parents and local businesses and are delighted to have key partners supporting the Motorsport project as it gets off the ground, such as the RIX Motor Group.