Glenelg School of Abu Dhabi is Proud to Announce the Addition of its New Primary School, K1/K2 to Grade 5

GSAD has expanded rapidly in its 3rd year from 215 students in 2008-2009, to 450 student in 2009-2010, and approaching 1500 students for the 2010-2011 school year. Our new elementary school is already at maxium capacity in its opening year with 700+ students and more than 100 new staff recruited for this school. We are looking forward to the new year with its challenges and rewards and are happy to move forward into the new academic year with our new students, parents, and staff.

With many years experience as a leader in Elementary Education in the UAE, we are also happy to add Mrs. Paula Musson to the senior management team at GSAD as principal of GSAD's new elementary school (3rd from right, next to Mrs. Rashida Nachef, Head of GSAD).

For Parents

Please note admissions is now closed for GSAD's Abu Dhabi elementary school. GSAD is no longer accepting applications for KG1, KG2, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, and Grade 5 for the GSAD Abu Dhabi Main Campus. Ruwais Campus admissions are still open. Parents should also note that the Madinat Zayed Campus will not be opening for September, 2010. We are planning to open this campus for the 2011-2012 school year.

Read the following tutorial to understand your child’s PSAT/NMSQT® Score Report on reading, mathematics and writing skills.

Parent Tutorial: Understanding PSAT/NMSQT Results [PDF]

Prospective Students

If interested in applying for school admissions, please click on the admissions tab on this website to view the requirements for applications and download all the admissions forms. If you have any questions regarding the admission requirements and process please contact Angela Fink, Director of Admissions and Public Relations at 02 5992002.

The Glenelg School of Abu Dhabi opened September 2009 with Grades 7-11 and will graduate its first class in 2010. For the 2009-2010 school year, GSAD offers programs in Middle School, from Grade 6 to Grade 8 and High School, from Grade 9 to Grade 12. The mission of the school is to create and conduct a challenging and rigorous secondary academic curriculum for Emirati and other nationalities, as well as offer artistic and athletic extracurricular offerings. A two-campus, college preparatory school based upon an American curriculum, Glenelg aims to prepare boys and girls for leading universities located around the world, as well as local universities.

The school seeks to develop in its students:

Oct 4, 2009

"The UAE oil industry is wrestling with a serious challenge: how to find the talent to address a desperate shortage of home-grown engineers."

The following article showcases pupils at the Glenelg School of Abu Dhabi. Please click on the links below for a full story.

Here is a link to the full article in the National .

Here is a link to a PDF file of the article .

Here is a link to an image file of the article . 

Dec 15, 2008

The inauguration of the the PI Annual Math League Tournament took place on December 15th, 2008, and was hosted at the Petroleum Institute. The event was a great success, and everybody enjoyed themselves. Taking part were forty-four students from the Glenelg School in Abu Dhabi. Twenty-one female students contested for prizes at the Arzanah campus, whilst simultaneously, twenty-three male contestants entered into mathematical combat at the PI’s male campus.

Initially, the participants competed as individuals in a one hour event, applying their math talents to solving 25 written problems. The contestants then split up into competing groups to tackle a further set of challenging problems. This second part of the tournament proved to be exciting for both students and the competition’s audience! All the questions posed in the tournament were specifically designed to stretch the mathematical insight of the contestants, and required a high level of ingenuity. At the close of the contest, the participants commented that they found the tasks challenging, but interesting at the same time.

Nov 13, 2008

“The Delicious Food is Served”

On Thursday 13th November 2008, student members of the French Club organized a French Café where they served some of the most famous and delicious French dishes and delicacies. All dishes were cooked by the students personally. 

The French Club served both teachers and students who were all gathered together in the Female Campus. The French atmosphere was great and everyone had a wonderful time.

It was fun!

Dear Glenelg School of Abu Dhabi Parents and Students:

I am very proud to welcome all of you by saying that there is no greater cause in this world than the advancement of education and knowledge. Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. I welcome you to The Glenelg School of Abu Dhabi, on behalf of our caring and committed faculty, staff, and administration to a community that is committed to personal integrity and promoting a balanced international education while fostering a passion for life-long learning.

I have a strong personal and professional commitment to the success of The Glenelg School of Abu Dhabi. I believe the school can become a model in this region and beyond and I am confident that I can help establish it as such. My vision is to help make the school the foremost of its kind, through the maintenance of high standards and the promotion of academic excellence.