Cranleigh Abu Dhabi
Kelly Gallagher is an experienced professional in the field of performing arts, currently serving as the Director of Performing Arts, Head of Dance, and Director of Dance and Drama at Cranleigh Abu Dhabi since August 2021. Previously, Kelly worked at Tuxford Academy from September 2013 to August 2021, holding roles as Head of Dance, College Progress Leader, and Drama and Dance Teacher. Kelly holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Education in Drama with music/dance from the Devon Secondary School Teacher Training Group and a degree in Drama and Performance, Visual and Performing Arts from the University of Wolverhampton, completed in 2012.
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Cranleigh Abu Dhabi
We draw on 150 years’ worth of Cranleigh UK experience and have infused it with Middle Eastern culture to create something truly unique to the region. Based on the community and family-oriented ethos of Cranleigh School, we opened Cranleigh Abu Dhabi on Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi in September 2014. We seek to provide a truly transforming British international education for children from FS1 Nursery to Year 13, in which intellectual, artistic, sporting, wellbeing 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. Our school were rated outstanding across all six performance standards by Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge. We were named New British International School of the Year 2017 in the BIS Awards, and TES International School of the Year 2019. In September 2020 Spear's Global Schools Index, ranked Cranleigh Abu Dhabi in the Top 5 Schools in the Middle East.