We recognise and celebrate the contribution of all our students, staff and parents to our OUTSTANDING ratings in the ADEK Inspection, the British Schools Overseas and the award for Best British School in the UAE.
In 2023, BSAK was rated OUTSTANDING by the Department Of Education And Knowledge (2023-2024 Report).
The report highlights that despite the longer-term impact of the recent pandemic on students’ learning, the school has sustained its record of high academic performance, particularly evident in students’ attainment at the end of Years 11 and 13. In 2022, students’ outcomes at the end of Year 11 were outstanding in 27 of the 29 courses on offer and students continue to gain places at prestigious universities and further educational institutions across the world. The report praises the broad, rich curriculum, with its wide-ranging extra-curricular program, including extensive high-quality provision for music and the creative and performing arts. It also commends the existing suite of BTEC courses, offering vocational courses in Business, Sport and Engineering, and additional single courses now on offer.
BSAK has been named among the World’s Best Schools To Work, earning Platinum Certification (the highest level) for outstanding leadership, working environment and school culture.
The Best School to Work programme is the gold standard of school culture. Developed by T4 Education in collaboration with its community of over 200,000 teachers and school leaders, it is an independent, evidence-based mechanism to certify schools for their working environment.
All staff at BSAK were invited to participate in an extensive, anonymous survey conducted by T4 to gain insight into how they feel about their employment. Assessed under the pillars of Leadership, Collaboration, School Environment and Professional Wellness, staff reported that BSAK has an exceptional working environment with strong leadership. In summary, 82% of staff chose to participate with an overall satisfaction score of over 84%, with 95% of staff stating they were proud to work at BSAK. This is a world-class set of results that will help us to identify areas to improve our employment experience further.
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BSO 2023 Report - British School Al Khubairat Abu Dhabi UAE
Commissioned by the Department of Education, the BSO inspection compares standards of education and compatibility with leading independent schools in the UK.
‘Collectively the senior management team are uncompromising in their desire and drive to improve attainment, maintain the highest levels of achievement, for all students irrespective of their ability.’
In November 2023 we received the incredible news that BSAK had been awarded 5 SchoolsCompared.com, Top School Awards for Overall Best School in the UAE, Best British Curriculum, Best School for Sport, Best Fine Art and Best Principal. We were extremely humbled by this announcement and at the same time overwhelmed with gratitude for the immense contribution that is made daily by everyone in this community. We really are Team BSAK.
We were also nominated finalists in 9 other categories:
BSAK is extremely proud and honoured to have scooped the gold standard Mental Health Award, from the Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health in Schools, for its outstanding mental health and wellbeing provision.
This award recognises that we are excelling across all eight competencies of the School Mental Health Award and that we have continuously built on our wellbeing structures, strategies and practices since our first validation, two years ago.
Across the whole School, BSAK provides a wide range of activities to enhance the wellbeing of students and staff. These include a Counselling Service, an embedded range of preventative measures and activities, a wellbeing group for staff, and working with students’ parents to develop their wellbeing practice at home. The Primary curriculum is run by the Assistant Headteacher for Wellbeing, and a MELS programme is run by a Secondary Deputy Head Teacher. Mindfulness, mental health and wellbeing lessons, restorative justice and the use of social media platforms to signpost support and information via Twitter and Facebook are just some of the initiatives.
