Cranleigh Abu Dhabi

We are a British international school that seeks to provide a truly transforming experience in which intellectual, artistic, sporting, spiritual and social development is at the heart.   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.   With a pupil population of over 1,100, we are proud to have been named New British International School of the Year 2017 in the BIS Awards, as well as the leading school in Abu Dhabi and UAE runner-up in SchoolsCompared.com’s UAE Top Schools Awards 2017. We were also shortlisted for International School of the Year in the Tes Independent Schools Awards 2018.