Emirates Falcon International Private SchoolPrincipal & Leadership Team

Principal Antwanat Mohawish Al Nassrallaha leads Emirates Falcon International Private School with a clarity of vision that the 2024–25 Irtiqaa inspection explicitly recognised as a driving force behind the school's improvement. The inspection rated leadership effectiveness as Very Good, noting that the principal's direction — supported by the leadership team and governing body — has produced measurable gains in student achievement, particularly in KG and the senior phase. Governance is also rated Very Good, and parent partnerships share that same rating, signalling a school where accountability structures and community relationships are functioning well together.

The school's overall trajectory is one of genuine upward momentum. Rated Good in 2021–22, Emirates Falcon earned a Very Good rating in 2024–25 — a meaningful step up that places it among only 1 of 42 American curriculum schools in the Abu Dhabi and Al Ain private sector to hold this rating at the time of inspection. That improvement has been delivered against the backdrop of significant organisational pressure: the school has grown from 881 students in 2021–22 to 1,451 students in 2024–25, with over half now concentrated in the senior phase and nearly half of those having transferred in during the current academic year alone.

With 114 teachers serving 1,451 students, the school operates at a 1:13 student-to-teacher ratio, marginally better than the Abu Dhabi and Al Ain city average of 1:13.6 across all private schools. Only 3 teaching assistants are in post — a figure the inspection implicitly flags as a constraint, given the school's growing inclusion responsibilities and the 16 enrolled students of determination. Staff qualifications and individual teacher backgrounds are [MISSING: no data on qualification levels provided in inspection or school sources].

The inspection does, however, raise a candid concern about staff retention. One of the four key recommendations explicitly calls on the school to increase retention levels of existing teaching staff, and notes that a large number of new teachers are currently in post — a direct consequence of rapid enrolment growth. The school is advised to prioritise more regular professional development, particularly for newer staff, and to revisit its enrolment policy to ensure staffing keeps pace with the diversity of incoming learners. These are real operational challenges that parents should weigh alongside the school's otherwise positive leadership picture.

On the community side, the school demonstrates strong engagement structures: parent meetings run from Pre-KG through Grade 5, a parent links portal is available on the school website, and the Edunation platform provides ongoing access for families. The inspection's Very Good rating for parent partnerships reflects a leadership team that treats family engagement as a genuine priority rather than a compliance exercise. For a school serving a predominantly Emirati community — 1,229 of 1,451 students hold UAE nationality — that cultural alignment between school leadership and parent community is a meaningful asset.