Taking the global stage with Cranleigh Schools
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A proven model for successful international expansion
CRANLEIGH INTERNATIONAL
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Situated 38 miles south-west of London, Cranleigh School is proud of its heritage, from its roots as a community school founded in 1865, to its position as a leading 21st Century co-educational boarding school.
Where it began
Cranleigh School is proud of its heritage, from its roots as a community school founded in 1865, to its position as a leading 21st Century co-educational boarding school. Since 2013 Cranleigh has also become the hub of an outstanding international school group.
An exciting decade, 2013 - 2023
Now is the right time for us to build on this success. We have the expertise, commitment and experience to do so and have commenced a search for like-minded partners to join us as we take our vision for international education to new parts of the world.
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CRANLEIGH'S CULTURE
EX CULTU ROBUR FROM CULTURE COMES STRENGTH
With our school’s culture front and centre, our aim is the creation of a global family of Cranleigh Schools with an inner strength and shared soul and spirit which inspires our pupils, students and teachers to strive and to thrive."
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Taking on an international project as a partner UK school is not easy. Getting it right is still more difficult, even if you are an outstanding UK school like Cranleigh. Having such a global impact in so few years has exceeded even our expectations: our first overseas school, Cranleigh Abu Dhabi, which opened in 2014 was named the Best New International School of the Year in 2017 by the UK’s Times Educational Supplement (TES), and in 2020 it was promoted to the Spear’s 500 School Index as one of the best private schools in the world. In 2022 Cranleigh Abu Dhabi has once again been named as a ‘Top Flight’ School in the Middle East by Spear’s, which puts it on a par with the likes of Deerfield Academy in the US and Eton College in the UK.
“The soft power of culture – poetically charged words, images, music - exerts a force beyond the workaday stuff of politics. Culture can do this because it can connect with human habits, needs and intuitions.” Sir Simon Schama CBE FBA FRSL
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CRANLEIGH'S VISION
Our vision has always been to establish new schools of the highest quality.
"Having such a global impact in so few years has exceeded even our expectations: our first overseas school, Cranleigh Abu Dhabi, which opened in 2014 was named the Best New International School of the Year in 2017 by the UK’s Times Educational Supplement (TES), and in 2020 it was promoted to the Spear’s 500 School Index as one of the best private schools in the world. "In 2022 Cranleigh Abu Dhabi has once again been named as a ‘Top Flight’ School in the Middle East by Spear’s, which puts it on a par with the likes of Deerfield Academy in the US and Eton College in the UK." Simon Whitehouse, Chairman of Cranleigh Schools International
Recognition for our family of schools
INSPIRATIONAL SCHOOL LEADERS
Cranleigh International is ambitious and we are proud of what we, with our partners, have achieved to date: five schools on three continents, educating 3,500 students, employing 400 teachers and educational leaders, sending graduates to the world’s leading universities.”
For us ‘the right way’ means focusing on the needs of students, offering the rich learning ecosystem being developed at Cranleigh UK in schools where it can grow to transform the life chances of young people with partners who share our values.
What is the ‘right way’?
Cranleigh Abu Dhabi: 2021 Spears: Top Fifteen Schools in the Middle East
Cranleigh UK: 2022 LUXLife Best Independent Co-educational School
Cranleigh UK: 2021 Top 100 Boarding Schools based on academic outcomes
Cranleigh Abu Dhabi: 2022 Spears: Top 100 private schools in the world
Cranleigh Abu Dhabi: 2017 TES: Best New British School of the Year
Cranleigh China Changsha: 2021 National
Hurun Top 10 International schools in China Cranleigh UK: 2019 TES Boarding School of the Year (shortlisted finalist)
Cranleigh Abu Dhabi: 2019 TES: International School of the Year
Cranleigh China Changsha: 2021 BCoC British Schools Awards Finalist
Cranleigh UK: 2022 The Week: Best School in the UK for equestrian sports
Perhaps the most important task of the Cranleigh Governing Body is the appointment of the ‘Founding Head’ for each new international school. Every founding Headteacher takes up his or her post at least one academic year prior to the school opening. Time is spent recruiting the founding academic and support teams while building professional relationships with fellow Heads and colleagues from Cranleigh International and our partners. We look for experienced educators who are team builders and team players, who exude vision and humility and who share our ambition to establish one of the world’s greatest schools. Inspirational school leaders create inspirational schools!
– Simon Whitehouse, Chairman of Cranleigh Schools International
CRANLEIGH'S AWARDS
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“Having such a global impact in so few years has exceeded even our expectations: our first overseas school, Cranleigh Abu Dhabi, which opened in 2014 was named the Best New International School of the Year in 2017 and Best International School in 2019 by the UK’s Times Educational Supplement (TES). In 2020 it was promoted to the Spear’s 500 School Index as one of the best private schools in the world. In 2022 Cranleigh Abu Dhabi has once again been named as a ‘Top Flight’ School in the Middle East by Spear’s, which puts the school on a par with the likes of Deerfield Academy in the US and Eton College in the UK."
Hurun Report 2022 “International Schools Future Stars”
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2022 LUXLife awards Best UK Independent Co-educational School
2019 TES awards UK Boarding School of the Year shortlisted finalist
TES Best International School of the Year 2019 (Performing Arts Category)
2021 British Chamber of Commerce British Schools Awards Finalist
2021 Spear's 500 Top 15 Schools in the Middle East
2019-20 SchoolsCompared.com - Best school in the UAE for Performance Arts
2022 The Week Awards Best School in the UK for equestrian sports
2020 National Children’s Bureau Wellbeing Award for Schools
2022 UK Excellence in Pupil Development Award accredited by Optimus Education
2021 International Baccalaureate Authorised as an IB World School for the Diploma Programme
2021 British Schools Awards Nominated for the Students for Sustainability Award
Recognition for our schools
"Having such a global impact in so few years has exceeded even our expectations: our first international school, Cranleigh Abu Dhabi, which opened in 2014 was named the Best New International School of the Year in 2017 and Best International School in 2019 by the UK’s Times Educational Supplement (TES). "In 2020 it was promoted to the Spear’s 500 School Index as one of the best private schools in the world. In 2022 Cranleigh Abu Dhabi was once again named as a ‘Top Flight’ School in the Middle East by Spear’s, which puts the school on a par with the likes of Deerfield Academy in the US and Eton College in the UK."
Simon Whitehouse, Chair of Cranleigh International
TES Best New International School of the Year 2017
CRANLEIGH'S PARTNERS
Our partnership with Aldar Education, the leading education group in Abu Dhabi has been an outstanding success. As the group’s flagship school, Cranleigh Abu Dhabi has grown impressively: in September 2022 ground was broken at a new site on Saadiyat Island for the construction of our new pre - prep school, which will enable us to take the school population to more than 2,000 students. Cranleigh Abu Dhabi Principal, Mike Wilson, has now also joined the Board of Aldar Education as Executive Principal of Cranleigh Abu Dhabi, with a brief to start new Cranleigh Schools in GCC (Gulf Cooperation Councils) territories.
“Cranleigh was exactly the right partner for Cogdel. Their International team support and their focus both on academic standards and student needs is spot on” – Adam McRoy, Principal, Cogdel Cranleigh International School, Changsha, China.
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"Our students are growing up in a fast-changing, hyper-connected and complex world which is experiencing a new era of political power dynamics. More than ever, we need to equip our young people with the skills to engage with other cultures. "Our partnerships with Aldar Education and the Cogdel Education Group enable them to do just that”
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The flexibility of the Cranleigh model can be seen in the recent agreement with Cogdel Education, one of the most successful operators of international sections in Chinese curriculum schools. Having considered a number of UK schools with which to partner, Cogdel found what they needed in Cranleigh. We not only had the right academic credentials, but also put ‘the whole child’ at the centre of our approach to education, which is exactly what they and their parents wanted. The first Cogdel Cranleigh International School opened in Changsha in 2020, and the second in Wuhan in 2022.
CRANLEIGH COGDEL CHANGSHA, PRC
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For me, the purpose of education is to encourage human flourishing. Our students are growing up in a fast-changing, hyper-connected and complex global economy which is experiencing a new era of political power dynamics. More than ever, we need to equip our young people with the skills to engage with other cultures. Connect with students in our overseas schools is a very useful first stepping stone in this process." – MARTIN READER, HEADMASTER, CRANLEIGH UK
"I am fortunate to be at Cranleigh Abu Dhabi from the inception of the senior school and one of the things that was core to us at the start was building and developing an experience that puts the students first." DAMIAN WARD: HEAD Of SENIOR SCHOOL, CRANLEIGH ABU DHABI
Aldar Education Abu Dhabi
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The leading education group in Abu Dhabi, Aldar Education is responsible for the education of some 14,000 students in three school groups with Cranleigh Abu Dhabi as Aldar Education's flagship.
Cogdel Education Group
Founded in 1997, The Cogdel Group has been providing international
high school education in China for two decades. Partnering with Cranleigh in 2018, Cogdel has now opened two Cogdel Cranleigh schools in Changsha and Wuhan.
CRANLEIGH'S EXPERIENCE
You learn about starting a new school from experience. We have the experience."
OUR KNOWLEDGE
"There is a wealth of expertise in the Cranleigh family to assist our international partners. Many are eminent in their field. Dr. John Taylor our Director of Learning , Teaching and Innovation, is one of the principal designers of the UK’s newest pre-university qualifications, the EPQ."
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Director of Studies at Cranleigh UK, Dr. John Taylor has led one of the most important recent British developments in formal assessment as the architect of the EPQ (Extended Project Qualification) now used by British-style schools around the world.
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"As a project takes shape, our international office provides robust feasibility and business planning services built on a deep knowledge of international realities. "With a project master plan in place, the Cranleigh brand then plays a key marketing role as the communications team at the new school is appointed and the admissions office opens. "We work with the UK’s leading recruitment companies to appoint an outstanding Headteacher one year before the school opens." James Dale-Adcock, International Development Director
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CRANLEIGH'S COMMITMENT
"Our style of partnership places a strong emphasis on quality assurance and authentic connection at all levels. "This is achieved through active governance in collaboration with our partners, supported by our executive international office. "Our global family of schools also has a wealth of recognised ‘leaders in their field’ all on hand to advise and help a new school grow.” Simon Whitehouse Chair of Cranleigh International
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Learning at our schools is about “Cranleigh Thinking” which is built on the development of
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We design our schools from the inside out; the intellectual, physical and social needs of our students come above all else."
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OUR APPROACH TO SCHOOL DESIGN
OUR TEACHERS STAY WITH US
CRANLEIGH'S TEACHERS
"The teachers’ confidence in the Cranleigh name is one of the fundamental reasons for our success. An average annual staff turnover at Cranleigh Abu Dhabi of 10% is less than half the average rate across the UAE." Mike Wilson, Executive Principal, Cranleigh Abu Dhabi.
Teaching at Cranleigh not only prepares or our students for university, but also for life.
The retention and training of great teachers is one of the keys to the success of our young international schools. We help teachers settle quickly, enabling them to give of their very best to their students from day one.
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New teachers have a great opportunity to develop a career pathway with Cranleigh – not only at the school they join, but across our family of schools. We support, challenge, and value our staff, both international and locally hired.
OUR TEACHERS GROW WITH US
CRANLEIGH'S GRADUATES
Our careers advisory, college counselling and university placement services are exceptionally advanced and forward-thinking. The result . . . placement of our graduates in many of the world’s leading universities, including Oxford, Cambridge, the Russell Group of universities in the UK and Ivy League schools in the USA. In addition, our international graduates are able to take advantage of a huge global network of Cranleighan mentors, who support our young people at the outset of their careers.
“It’s not just the results, but it’s the way that our young people achieve these results – by learning to question, think and to give generously of themselves while getting the most out of life. "It’s now a joy to see this happening in our international schools”
AMBITION & UNIVERSITY OFFERS
24% of all grades a 9
70% of all grades a 9-7
76% of all English/Maths grades a 9-7
25% of A Level grades a A*
85% of students achieved all AI Level grades A*-B
70% of students achieved all A Level grades A*-B
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UNIVERSITY DESTINATIONS 2023:
University of Oxford (UK)
Goldsmiths, University of London (UK)
University of Westminster (UK)
University of York (UK)
University of Surrey (UK)
Cardiff University (UK)
SOAS University of London (UK)
King's College, London (UK)
Loughborough University (UK)
University College London (UK)
University of Liverpool (UK)
Swansea University (UK)
University of Aberdeen (UK)
Manchester Metropolitan University (UK)
University of Bristol (UK)
The University of Bath (UK)
Newcastle University (UK)
Oxford Brookes (UK)
The Royal College of Music (UK)
Imperial College, London (UK)
The University of Edinburgh (UK)
University of Exeter (UK)
Durham University (UK)
University of Cambridge (UK)
The George Washington University (USA)
Colgate University (USA)
University of California, Santa Barbara (USA)
Harvard University (USA)
Dartmouth College (USA)
Cornell University (USA)
Columbia University (USA)
Brown University (USA)
Istanbul Bilgi University (Turkey)
University of Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Uppsala University (Sweden)
Copenhagen School of Design & Technology (Denmark)
Queen Mary University of London (UK)
Royal Agricultural University (UK)
University of St. Andrews (UK)
London School of Musical Theatre (UK)
University of the Arts, London (UK)
Ewha Womans University, Seoul (Korea)
Khalifa University Abu Dhabi (UAE)
Heriot-Watt University, Dubai (UAE)
New York University, Abu Dhabi (UAE)
McGill University (Canada)
Drexel University (USA)
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
The University of Southern California (USA)
University of San Francisco (USA)
University of Michigan (USA)
Miami University (USA)
Haverford College (USA)
University of Toronto (Canada)
The University of British Colombia (Canada)
Partner with Cranleigh
Our search for new partners with whom to share our vision for international education is under way. When we find the right partner, our promise will be to use our expertise, experience and energy to establish another world-class school. If you are as excited by this prospect as we are, we would welcome a conversation with you. Our time is now. Thank you.
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CRANLEIGH'S PROMISE
A World-Class School
In 2014 we opened our first international school in Abu Dhabi. Cranleigh Abu Dhabi was listed within the top 100 schools in the world by the highly respected Spear's School Index in 2022.
Cranleigh Abu Dhabi is Aldar Education's flagship school.
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OUR EPQ STUDENTS & THEIR UNIVERSITY DESTINATIONS
Across our family of schools, the Cranleigh Careers and Futures Curriculum ensures holistically educated, highly skilled individuals who are well prepared to embrace their next challenge.
Piecing together the future for Senior School Students
Rory Gallagher is the Head of the EPQ at Cranleigh Abu Dhabi and believes the strength of the programme helps to foster future-ready students. He said, ” The EPQ enables young people the opportunity to explore a field they are passionate about and engage with the issues that surround them. Our students’ success is a testament to their resilience during a challenging year, and to their enormous potential as they look ahead to their studies at top universities around the world.
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UNIVERSITY DESTINATIONS
Going international
How it started
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“We have now achieved something really special in the field of international education. We know there is more to come” Martin Reader, Headmaster, Cranleigh UK
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