International Schools

The New English School, founded in 1969 by Tareq Sayed Rajab, is a co-educational British curriculum, English medium school which caters for children between the ages of 3½ and 18. The school is housed in purpose-built, centrally air-conditioned accommodation and provides up-to-date facilities for two departments, Secondary and Primary (Junior, Infant and Kindergarten). There are 1,800 students on roll. The school intends to stabilise at this level of enrolment. The Secondary Department at New English School consists of 35 classrooms, three fully-equipped laboratories for each of physics, chemistry and biology, two specialist geography rooms, two specialist computer centres, a specialist music suite, two gymnasia, an audio-visual resource centre and a library containing 20,000 volumes. The school is a centre for International GCSE (Cambridge University) and GCE 'A' Levels (London University). The Primary Department has 32 classrooms, a library and a specialist music room for each of the Infant and Junior sections, and a fully equipped Computer Centre. The whole school of New English School has access to an all-purpose hall and a fully-equipped armchair theatre. It operates a comprehensive programme of extra-curricular activities and has established strong traditions and high standards in sport, music and the dramatic arts. Most teachers are recruited from Britain on overseas contracts. A few British teachers are recruited locally as are all teachers of Arabic and Islamic Studies. The New English School's alumni attend prestigious universities worldwide. The first school ever to stage a performance at the Edinburgh Festival, drama and music are recognized by both school and community to be of the highest level.