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KINGS’ SCHOOL DUBAI CELEBRATING 11 YEARS
OF OUTSTANDING INSPECTION RESULTS
BY LEISA GRACE WILSON
The Library
Kings' School Dubai
N
ot many schools can lay claim
on being an outstanding
school, in fact the number
of schools being rated
outstanding by the Dubai Schools
Inspection Bureau (DSIB) has been
on the decline. Schools in Dubai are
inspected on an annual basis and there
is quite a lot riding on the inspection
results. Private schools in Dubai are
predominately for profit institutions,
and their ability to recruit students
and raise their fees, hinges on the
results they obtain in the annual DSIB
inspections. With this in mind, it is no
wonder that schools in Dubai take this
inspection process so seriously.
Schools wait eagerly every year for
the results to be published and there
is a heightened sense of anticipation
and even trepidation in the air around
the third term of the academic
year when the results are normally
released. Schools have been known to
restructure or even close their doors
following the release of the inspection
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results, but one school reigns supreme,
having been rated outstanding since
schools inspections in Dubai began,
eleven years ago, Kings’ School Dubai
is definitely a cut above the rest. We
spoke to Alan Williamson, CEO of the
Teacher and student at Kings' School Dubai
Class Time
Kings’ group of schools to find out
what is driving the sustained success
of the Kings’ School Dubai over such
a long period of time. Read on to find
out what he says are the keys to their
long-term success.