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RAHA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL EMPOWERS
AND EQUIPS STUDENTS TO EXCEL
Students fully engaged in learning at RIS.
R
aha International School Abu
Dhabi (RIS), has been getting
quite a bit of attention lately
and rightly so. It is the only
International Baccalaureate school(IB) in
the emirate of Abu Dhabi, to have been
rated outstanding by the Department
of Education and Knowledge (ADEK)’s
Irtiqaa inspection. Since its opening
in 2006, Raha International School has
inspired students to grow, develop and
thrive as life-long learners.
RIS is a part of the Taaleem Group
of schools and it is definitely a bright
jewel in the group’s crown. The school
has been praised for its inclusive ethos
and the care, protection and guidance
it gives its students. But what makes
RIS stand out is the high quality of
teaching and learning taking place in
the school.
The school is committed to continual
enhancement and to supporting
its students and the community to
achieve at the very highest level. In
this feature we take a look at some of
the areas in which RIS has been making
outstanding progress over the years.
Diploma Programme
Raha is very proud of its high achieving
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students in the Diploma Programme
(DP). The school has one of the largest
cohorts of DP students in the UAE and,
again, this year it achieved well above
the global average across all fields
including pass rate and average total
points achieved. RIS also has one of
the largest number of DP courses on
offer in the UAE.
90% of its students were accepted
into their first choice of university, and
many of its students are now attending
some of the world’s most prestigious
institutions; such as Cambridge
University, Kings College London,
NYU, and Dartmouth College, to
name a few.
into the night sky, while the music
fades in the dance studio and the
lights go down for the actors on stage.
Nurturing the Active Enquirer
Inquiry is the main approach to
teaching and learning at RIS and
this means students are actively
involved in the learning process. One
way the school promotes this in the
Primary Years Programme (PYP) is by
incorporating students’ questions into
Curriculum enrichment
The campus never sleeps! There is a
wide-range of extracurricular activities
catering to the needs and interests
of up to 2000 students per week of
all ages and across a wide range of
fields, including sports, the arts and
technology.
The first practices start when the
footballers walk onto the pitch and the
swimmers and triathletes dive into the
pool at 6am and the action doesn’t
stop until the ballerinas, tip toe away
Class Time
Iain Colledge Principal RIS