
Al Bayan National School - Branch Al Hazana, Sharjah
Principal & Leadership Team
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Leadership & Governance
Al Bayan National School - Branch Al Hazana is governed by a Board of Trustees chaired by Sheikh Faisal Al Qasimi, providing institutional oversight for this MoE-curriculum school founded in 2014. Day-to-day leadership is held by School Director (Principal) Fatina Mamdouh Al-Bitar, who was noted in the 2023 SPEA inspection as having established a clear vision and sound strategic direction in a short time since her appointment. She is supported by Deputy Principal Mouna Abdallah, who also serves as Arabic Language Department Coordinator. The school's website lists additional leadership figures including a Head of Junior School, Head of Kindergarten, and Head of Administration — indicating a structured, if recently reconfigured, middle leadership layer.
The 2023 SPEA inspection rated overall school leadership and management Acceptable, consistent with the school's unchanged whole-school rating since the 2019 inspection. Inspectors acknowledged the principal's role as a key strength, specifically crediting her with maintaining educational standards despite a staff turnover rate of 50% — a significant operational challenge. That turnover figure is a material concern for parents: with 40 teachers on staff, a 50% annual churn means roughly half the teaching team is replaced each year, creating continuity risks in classroom delivery and student-teacher relationships. The predominant teacher nationality is Egyptian, and the school employs only 2 teaching assistants across the full school population of 589 students.
One area flagged explicitly for improvement is the need to clarify the roles and responsibilities of the newly appointed senior and middle leadership teams. This signals that while the principal's personal leadership is recognised, the broader leadership infrastructure is still bedding in — a factor worth monitoring in subsequent inspection cycles. Among 17 MoE-curriculum schools in Sharjah, 10 hold an Acceptable rating and only 7 have reached Good, meaning Al Bayan sits within the majority band for its curriculum type, though clearly with room to progress.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio stands at 1:14, marginally above the Sharjah-wide average of 1:13.6 across all private schools — a broadly comparable figure that does not indicate overcrowding. Parent engagement is facilitated through surveys conducted as part of the SPEA inspection process and meetings held during inspection visits, though no independent parent satisfaction data or community awards are available in the inspection record. Staff qualification levels and retention rates beyond the 50% turnover figure are not disclosed in available sources. No notable awards or external accreditations beyond MOE registration are recorded for this school.