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Al Ain, UAE · Private
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Liwa International School - Al Qattara is the fourth school of the Liwa Education group, and it stands in the historic Al Qattara district of Al Ain. It is a small school and has not yet grown as far as a graduating class: it has a nursery, KG1 and KG2, a primary school from grade 1 to grade 5 and a middle school of grades 6 and 7, so it has no senior stage and no leaving certificate of its own. There are 548 pupils and 85 qualified staff, and the school states the ratio plainly: one teacher to twelve children in the kindergarten and one to thirteen in the primary school. The programme is American - Common Core to California state standards - with Arabic and Islamic studies following the UAE Ministry of Education programme, with an emphasis on moral education and tolerance. For a school of this size the campus is well provided: a computer lab, STEM labs, a library, music and art rooms, an indoor gymnasium, swimming pools, a sports field, a playground, a cafeteria, a prayer room, medical clinics and learning corners; every classroom has an interactive whiteboard and the children have individual devices. Medical provision is an experienced emergency nurse and a clinic with a doctor available full-time.
Key facts
Programmes
American programme
Languages of instruction
English
Stages and year groups Grades nursery, KG1 - grade 7. The stages are: the Teddy Bear nursery, KG1 and KG2, a primary school from grade 1 to grade 5, and a middle school of grades 6 and 7. The school has no senior stage: it does not yet have a graduating class or a leaving certificate of its own.
Address Al Qattara
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
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CogniaCognia, formerly AdvancED
The widest-reaching American accreditation: some forty thousand schools in over a hundred countries. It accredits both individual schools and whole school systems. It also sells a paid membership with no inspection behind it, and that membership is often passed off as accreditation.
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.
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The American school programme, with the High School Diploma at the end. It usually comes together with AP courses, which the College Board stands behind, and with an American accreditation - MSA, NEASC or Cognia.
What this means for this school. The diploma is written out by the school itself: the American programme has no common leaving exam, and the content of the senior years is set by the school. Outside checking therefore rests on two things here - the accreditation of the school, and the AP exams if the school runs them.
Exams and destinations from the school's official website
The school publishes nothing about where its leavers go: no share going on to university, no exam results, no list of universities.
Facilities from the school's official website
✓Swimming pool
✓Sports hall
✓Laboratories
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Art studio · Playground
Campus: A computer lab, STEM labs, a library, music and art rooms, an indoor gymnasium, swimming pools, a sports field, a playground, a cafeteria, a prayer room, medical clinics and learning corners. Every classroom has an interactive whiteboard and the pupils have individual devices.
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
548 pupils and 85 qualified staff. The school states the pupil-teacher ratio by stage: one to twelve in the kindergarten and one to thirteen in the primary school. In the kindergarten the school states twelve pupils per teacher, and in the primary school thirteen.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
·CCTVnot stated on the website
·Security staffnot stated on the website
·Access controlnot stated on the website
✓Nurse or medical room
·Counsellornot stated on the website
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
An experienced emergency nurse and a clinic with a doctor available full-time; the medical staff take professional development through the Ministry of Health.
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)72 Community rating (16%)no dataparent reviews are needed: the criterion switches on at the fifth verified one Exams and destinations (12%) scored on disclosed data55 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data60 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data85 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data55 Value for money (6%) scored at the median82 "Scored on disclosed data" stands where we count only what the school has written about itself on its own site: exams and destinations, safety and wellbeing, teaching staff, facilities, clubs and activities. A low score here means the school does not write about this, not that the school does not have it: a school with good security and a sparse site will score low. A school can fill in its profile, and the score will be counted again.
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