Based on the community and family-oriented ethos of Cranleigh School, one of England’s leading independent schools founded in 1865, Cranleigh Abu Dhabi was opened on Saadiyat Island in September 2014. We seek to provide a truly transforming British international education for children from FS1 to Year 13, in which intellectual, artistic, sporting, spiritual and social development is at the heart.

In addition to the broad academic curriculum which puts emphasis on the individual, the daily routine offers a wealth of opportunities which allow students to explore their full range of talents in visual and performing arts, music and sport, as well as across a broad range of co-curricular activities.

We were named New British International School of the Year 2017 in the BIS Awards, and were shortlisted for International School of the Year in the Tes Independent Schools Awards 2018.