Junior School

Repton School in Dubai was established to promote education in an international setting of the same level as an independent school in the UK. We offer a curriculum modelled on both the traditional excellence established in our sister school Repton UK and its prep school Foremarke Hall as well as the New National Curriculum of England and Wales. In addition we take into account the requirements of an international cohort and the needs of all pupils.

In keeping with traditions, at the heart of our curriculum are the three ‘R’s’ – Reading, Writing and Arithmetic. These are the pillars of our curriculum and help to underpin all other areas of learning. Through highly motivated and enthusiastic teaching we develop 21st Century Learners, whom have a thirst for knowledge with questioning and enquiring minds.

Our curriculum however, is broad. We spend time developing enquiring minds through the study of the sciences and ensure that children are equipped to engage the advances of this modern technological world, without losing key skills. We explore the world through carefully planned geography lessons and study the varied history of the world. Ensuring that the curriculum is focused on a multicultural group. This allows all children to share ideas and opinions giving all pupils a truly international flavour to each topic.

As an international school languages feature strongly in our curriculum. All our pupils are exposed to two languages in the Junior School: Arabic and French. These subjects are taught by specialist teachers with the expectation that all pupils should be developing secure conversational skills in both subject by the time they leave the Junior School.

Music and the performing arts are a vital component of any school and the development of a fully rounded child. The children enjoy specialist music lessons with dedicated teachers with a passion and flair for the subject. Regular opportunities are created for pupils to perform, and develop their own confidence, to both their peers and a wider audience, through regular assemblies and shows.

Throughout the school is displayed art work of a high level for pupils in all age ranges. Through dedicated specialist leadership the art has flourished within the school. Pupils are taught to create in a variety of media as well as being given specific guidance on technique.

Sport has long been at the heart of quality UK independent schools and this is no different at Repton. From Early Years through to Year Six pupils are taught by specialist PE teachers, all of whom have a passion for their sport and developing sporting stars of the future. The children participate in games and swimming during their normal timetable and are able to access a wealth of choice in our comprehensive after school activity programme. We believe in the benefits of playing competitive sport and Repton teams compete at all age levels in most of the major sports, achieving a high level of success.

As a school with its roots firmly established in the excellence of independent school we also believe in teaching the ‘hidden curriculum’. By this we mean the skills that children need to be pleasant, successful and socially competent. At the heart of the school are the Repton Ten Values and through the promotion of these to the children we develop good manners, social skills, leadership, compassion and consideration for others.

Through a dedicated and motivated team we work to ensure pupils are ready for the Senior School and leave us with a passion and enthusiasm for learning.

Senior School

Education at Repton is a continual process of discovering, learning and maturing, as pupils supported by their teachers and their parents, progress through the various key stages of their school life. Probably our greatest challenge as a school is to develop in our pupils the capacity for independent thought and action, and then combine this with rational and responsible decision-making.

In all its many and varied aspects the Senior School presents pupils with a new set of challenges: they must adopt new techniques of study, and learn to work predominantly on their own. Pupils are encouraged to develop their intellectual curiosity and to use their academic initiative thus instilling a sense of individual responsibility for their own futures and actions.

In the Senior School, we follow a combined British independent school curriculum and one common to international schools around the globe. This curriculum incorporates elements of the English National Curriculum but also allows highly skilled teachers to develop an appropriate curriculum for an independent school in an international environment. The whole course of study through the school is designed to develop pupils as independent and lifelong learners as well as encouraging a spirit of intellectual curiosity and the pursuit of knowledge both in and out of the classroom. This is achieved not only by what is studied in lessons but by formal prep time and links between academic and co-curricular opportunities.

The direct medium of instruction is English, but the study of Arabic, in addition to fluency in other languages, alongside an appreciation of related social and cultural issues, is a key element in the Repton academic programmes.

Year 9 provides a foundation course covering a large number of subjects, enabling our pupils to become familiar with new subjects, while preparing them to make their IGCSE choices.

In Years 10 and 11 pupils study for IGCSE in a wide variety of subjects. These are divided into core and option subjects giving pupils between nine and twelve IGCSE subjects to study during the two year course. In the Sixth Form, (Years 12 and 13), all pupils take the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, recognised world-wide for its integrity and universal quality standard.