Teach Middle East Magazine May-June 2019 Issue 5 Volume 6 | Page 27

Featured School standard of teaching and learning, we deliver on the inclusion agenda. Each teacher in Kings’ understands that it is their responsibility to deliver positive outcomes for all of the students in their classes. The Kings’ values are consistently referred to and delivered on throughout the schools. Mr Bede Higgins, the fantastic Principal at Kings’ School Dubai places a huge emphasis on the importance of developing a ‘culture of kindness’ which is self-evident across the school. Kings’ has always been an inclusive school brand and was one of the first schools in Dubai to have a ‘Life Skills’ provision for students. There is a ‘health & wellbeing’ agenda at Kings’ Dubai. Positive education and developing growth mindset, are fostered in daily interactions and in the dedicated curriculum time for moral education. The leaders of inclusion, Governors, and senior leaders are all committed to the inclusion agenda and are cognisant of the new Dubai Inclusion Framework. Kings’ School Dubai has been highly praised in each of its inspection reports for its commitment to the National Agenda and delivering outcomes for all students in relation to the vision set out by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum. The Kings’ School Dubai is increasingly improving outcomes for students in Arabic and Islamic Education. Kings’ School Dubai are enthusiastic members of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Scholarship Scheme. A focus on Continuous Improvement at Kings’ School Dubai Kings’ have a strong governance system based on the KHDA ‘Gift of Good Governance’ which Kings’ group were involved in setting up. At every level of governance, from our Chairman through to the governing body of the school, the expectation placed on the leadership of the school, is to deliver an ‘Outstanding’ level of education with the best possible outcomes for all students, not only in terms of academic attainment but also in relation to wider achievement and happiness. School improvement is very often determined by high-quality leadership and Kings’ School Dubai have fantastic leaders at all levels. Bede Higgins Principal of Kings’ School Dubai and Sarah Reynolds as Deputy Headteacher are driven to maintain an outstanding school with positive outcomes. The Kings’ group operate a rigorous and coherent system of quality assurance and self-evaluation. The leaders at all levels set an ambitious but achievable improvement agenda for each area of the school. Class Time | | May - Jun 2019 | 27