International School of Creative Science, Nad Al Sheba
Dubai, UAE · PrivateThe International School of Creative Science in Nad Al Sheba is the Dubai campus of the ISCS network, managed by BEAM, a division of the Bukhatir Group; besides it the network has three schools in Sharjah and one in Bahrain. The curriculum is a double one: the National Curriculum of England plus the UAE Ministry of Education syllabus, with Arabic, Islamic education, social studies and moral education running as a separate strand. The campus has no domain of its own - it lives as a section of the network's shared site - and gives no fee figures, no year of foundation and no pupil numbers there.
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Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
BSO · accreditationBukhatir Education Advancement & Management · school is part of the networkWhat stands behind each entry
A scheme of the UK Department for Education: a school abroad is inspected against the standards for independent schools in England, including safeguarding and the standards for boarding. The inspections are done by independent inspectorates approved by the department, and the inspectorates themselves are monitored annually by Ofsted. The reports are published in full on the government website.
What the badge means for this school. The school has been through this organisation's accreditation. It was judged as a whole: governance, safeguarding, staff, premises, teaching. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →BEAM is Bukhatir Education Advancement and Management, a school group based in Sharjah. The site claims «20 Years of Inspiring Leaders with Faith, Knowledge & Innovation«, implying a start around 2004; no exact founding year is stated. It shows six campuses under two brands: International School of Creative Science (ISCS) in Sharjah (Muwaileh), Dubai (Nad Al Sheba) and Bahrain (Al Riffa), and American School of Creative Science (ASCS) in Sharjah (Maliha Road and Al Layyah) and Dubai (Nad Al Sheba). The site gives a total of about 13,717 students. It says nothing explicit about ownership versus management.
What this means for this school. The network owns or operates the school. Its accreditation and programme authorisation the school obtains separately, in its own name.