Cambridge International School Dubai

With a little more than 2,513 understudies Cambridge International School Dubai, situated in Garhoud, is an entrenched GEMS school showing kids from KG to Year 13.

Right around 70 distinct nationalities are spoken to among the understudy populace, and as indicated by the school itself nobody nationality rules the understudy body. Be that as it may, the biggest single demographic is Indian.

Understudies are educated by 137 full-time educators in 88 classes – giving a normal classroom size of 29 or more (down from 34 or more a year ago – high for a GEMS UK educational programs school). The issue is not staffing – the instructor to student proportion is 1:19 – however space. Plans for another office to address the issue of class sizes were set up in the course of the last scholarly year.

Go here for the Which School Advisor Q&A with Cambridge International School.

Positioned "Great" by the KHDA for a long time consecutively, Cambridge International makes them remarkable components as per the instruction controller.

Fulfillment in English is remarkable at essential and optional, as is accomplishment at auxiliary in science. The school is appraised Good for maths no matter how you look at it. Territories of shortcoming incorporate Islamic training and Arabic where fulfillment and advancement is to a great extent satisfactory, and at essential where execution has debilitated in the course of the most recent 12 months now considered just worthy practically no matter how you look at it.

Cambridge has as of late presented Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC) level 2 and level 3 professional capability in a scope of subjects at auxiliary and post-16 stages separately. Consistently the school says it "hopes to promote build up the pathways that we have on offer to our understudies" – see the Q and A. Parental engagement is likewise said to be a quality of the school.

The National Curriculum for England is the school's main subjects. Understudies are entered for the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) and/or GCSE examinations toward the end of the optional stage and GCE Advanced level examinations toward the end of the post-16 stage. Pearls Education, the school's owber, no more discharges the exam aftereffects of any of its schools, so it is impractical to say how well or how severely the school tolls in outside examinations. All things considered, no matter how you look at it, its schools do sensibly well notwithstanding.

For proposals, the KHDA noted in 2012/13 the Primary stage expected to enhance instructing strategies. This is additionally pushed in its 2013/14 report, in spite of the fact that the KHDA notes it has seen a change in showing styles, prompting a change in student achievement. For 2015 the KHDA takes note of the need to enhance understudies' fulfillment and advancement in Islamic Education and Arabic; enhance understudies' achievement and advancement in English and science in the essential stage, by enhancing the quality and adequacy of the instructing; to Improve the exactness of recognizable proof of kids with unique instructive needs in the Foundation Stage and the nature of arrangement for them. It additionally highlights the need to audit and affirm the ideal number of understudies in the school to guarantee all have square with access to a fantastic educating and learning environment.

The school no more distributes the college destinations of its understudies. The last time it did was in 2012/13 and, maybe mirroring the blended nationality of its understudy body, the school's graduated class spread over the four corners of the world. The greatest single destination is the UAE, trailed by the United Kingdom, and understudies wind up in great quality 'Red Brick' schools (Manchester, UCL, Leeds) and in addition more professional previous Polytechnics (Portsmouth, Kingston, and so on).

In the 2011-2012 scholarly year 79% of understudies from Cambridge International School, Dubai accomplished A* – C (counting Math and English) in their IGCSE examinations. This was just about 20% higher than the UK National normal of 59.4% for that year. In the 2011 – 2012 scholarly year 27% of understudies from Cambridge International School, Dubai acquired A –A* in their A Level Examinations. This was around 2% higher than the UK National Average of 24.4% for that year. Results have not been distributed subsequent to.

There are a vast scope of offices accessible for understudies of any age to utilize. A substantial secured swimming pool, cricket nets and playing fields supplement the indoor games field and multi-reason lobby. A different, very much prepared, grassed playing zone is accessible for understudies from Kindergarten to Year 2.

The school has five ICT labs (with more than 180 PCs accessible for understudies), two workmanship studios, a music studio, two all around loaded libraries, a multi-reason sports lobby, and a standard measured football pitch with all climate AstroTurf.

Input from guardians to Which School Advisor has been blended. The school is as of now fell beneath normal as far as a general suggestion from guardians in the WSA School Survey. Fulfillment levels for scholastic execution are likewise underneath normal. The school has an above normal fulfillment level amongst guardians with youngsters at the school for good input on advancement, and school discipline.

Educational cost charges for the school are extremely reasonable for a school taking after a UK educational programs, extending from 16,400 AED per annum for KG evaluations, to 22300 AED for quite a long time 12-13. There are various different expenses paid every year that spread medicinal, PCs, and so on which add another 1000 or more AED to the school charge. In a general sense however CIS must be positioned as one of the best esteem, great quality UK based schools in Dubai.

The WSA Inspection: Cambridge International School (CIS), Dubai

10 am, Wednesday 27th January, 2016

A 35 year old veteran of the Dubai school scene, Cambridge International is a pearl. Without a moment's delay comfortable and cordial, its staff and students emit a dynamic and eager vibe. Driven by a congenial and open chief CIS is scholastically eager additionally inviting of differences.

CIS is arranged on an entrenched site in the Garhoud zone. It has a 5 foot high divider right around the grounds so you can see into the school yet there is bright bougainvillea with high trees and steel fencing for security. The conventional white school structures with their dim red rooves have a particularly little scale feel.

The school is 35 years of age – in spite of the fact that was initially arranged in Karama, so this is not the first building. It is near the Metro and numerous understudies go that approach to class, including a few understudies who wander from to the extent Emirates Hills – a sign that CIS is both something exceptional, additionally has a solid graduated class of understudies who now have offspring of their own.

The security staff that welcomed us were agreeable and we were requested that give picture IDs to enter. In the passage there's a bureau stuffed with mugs and trophies. The school has an inviting vibe. At the passage is a guardian/educator bistro where easygoing gatherings occur. On the left through a substantial glass window is a library where tables of understudies were discreetly beavering ceaselessly at their school work.

While we sat tight for the Head three little understudies with clipboards were being driven around by their instructor and they inquired as to whether was grumpy or neighborly, an overview the trio were clearly directing around the school.

One individual who unmistakably is not irritable is the excited superintendent, who welcomed us with a lot of warmth before welcoming us to his office to examine the school. Craig Lamshed is from Australia and has been head for three and a half years. He was to a great degree energetic about his part and the foundation asserting it was an "extraordinary school" with the youngsters and the school group being boss qualities. He included that the understudy body is "driven and aspiring" and that the guardians and in addition staff give "dynamism".

Mr Lamshed was quick to clarify that the school is continually looking for approaches to make strides. For instance it is adding International Baccalaureate to its educational modules (it at present instructs A Level and BTEC).

Mr Lamshed was likewise anxious to push that at CIS, understudies give the administration. Somewhere in the range of 185 youngsters have initiative parts he told  with a Head Boy and Girl with around 70 Prefects.

A case of ground breaking, imaginative choices made by understudies is in the utilization of Snapchat to get data to understudies, guardians and instructors. This was a solicitation made by understudies, that has demonstrated strikingly successful.

On the staffing side there are six senior individuals from the authority group, and five center pioneers (heads of years and divisions). Understudies talk exceedingly of staff, portraying them (to WSA) as "extremely encountered", some having instructed for 15 to 20 years at the school.

That quality is brought through to Special Needs arrangement. Mr Lamshed told WSA that the school has "a solid spotlight on SEN" and that it has set up an accomplished group to manage Special Needs prerequisites through the school.

The school has a hostile to tormenting effort and arrangement, and Mr Lamshed portrayed the air at CIS as "glad and happy".

The school is said to have not very many behavioral or wellbeing issues.

This powers the school's scholarly triumphs which, says Lamshed are "astounding… surpassing some other surely understood and considerably more costly schools in Dubai." Lamshed we accept was alluding to this WSA article. The school has been honored numerous top Cambridge examination grants. One understudy a year ago came top on the planet inside the framework.

Accordingly understudies from CIS go to some top colleges around the globe, going to the UK, Canada, Australia and in addition learning at UAE colleges.

On our visit we met with understudy pioneers including the Head Boy and Girl. We asked them for what reason Cambridge was one of a kind, "what made it unique?" One understudy raved about its "inviting climate", another new to the school this year let us know how rapidly he felt acknowledged and part of the schoo