Arab Unity School

Arab Unity School is located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The school educates about 3000 in Kindergarten to Grade 13, to the IGCSE curriculum and for A levels.[1] The school's vice-principal and founder is Arwa Taher.[2] Arab Unity was founded in 1974.[3]

Arab Unity School
Location
Al Rashidiya Dubai

UAE
Coordinates25°14′11″N 55°25′48″E
Information
TypePrivate
Established1974
DirectorArwa Taher
PrincipalNigel McQuoid
GenderBoys and Girls (Different sections)
LanguageEnglish
Websitearabunityschool.com

Academic standards

In 2002, this became the first school to in the Middle East to obtain the 'Fellowship Centre' status from Cambridge International Examinations.[2]

The school pioneered the introduction of ICT skills tests into the school curriculum.[4]

KHDA inspection report

The Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA), an educational quality assurance authority in Dubai, has published the following the inspection ratings for Arab Unity School.

School name2010-20112009-20102008-2009Curriculum
Arab Unity SchoolAcceptableAcceptableUnsatisfactoryUK

The 2009 rating of "Unsatisfactory" was an all-time low for the school. The main reason given for the rating was poor management and a very poor standard of teaching and a dirty environment. In 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 the school received the rating of "Acceptable".

Sport

Arab Unity specialises in cricket, basketball, and football. In 2006, the school won the under-18 Pepsi inter-school cricket championship.[5] Student Adil Khalil won the cricket 'Best All-rounder' award at under-15 inter-school level for 2008-09.[6] Arab Unity School also won the inter-school cricket championship in 2015.

Notes
  1. "Arab Unity School", JustLanded.com, accessed 19 January 2009.
  2. "Cambridge body gives 'fellowship status' to school", Gulf News, 2 October 2002.
  3. "Baniyas Square - a testimony to early glory", Gulf News, 29 March 2003.
  4. "Arab Unity School" Archived 7 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine, University Of Cambridge International Examinations, accessed 19 January 2009.
  5. "arab unity shine in pepsi inter-school cricket final", Al Bawaba, 22 February 2007.
  6. "Shyam Bhatia awards: Javed steals show with all-round effort", Xpress, 15 January 2009.

References


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