A small country located in the Arabian Peninsula, Qatar is, regardless, one of the richest countries in the world. With a population of approximately 2.6 million, Qatari nationals comprise only a small percentage at around 12%.
Using its vast oil and natural gas reserves, Qatar has transformed itself from a poor British colony, into one of the richest, and fastest growing economies in the world.
With its per capita income being on par with many of the richest nations in Europe, Qatar has seen an influx of foreign workers looking to take up the many jobs that are available there.
This need for foreign workers is the reason that native Qataris make up such a small percentage of the population, with Indians being the majority. The availability of jobs, and the high standard of living enjoyed by those living in Qatar, has drawn people from many parts of the world, all of whom require schools for their children.
Due to the diverse nature of the people in the country, Qatar has also attracted many international schools from all over the world, who seek to provide education to the many expatriates living there.
Among these are many British schools, with the British IGCSE curriculum being extremely popular in Qatar, and in the home countries of the aforementioned expatriates. To help you choose the best British school for your child, we’ve put together a list of the best British schools currently operating in Qatar.
A part of the Nord Anglia international family of premium schools, Compass International provides only the best British, and international, curriculum and has done so for the past 15 years.
The school offers the International Primary Curriculum, the English National Curriculum, IGCSE, and the International Baccalaureate diploma, providing a truly international learning experience, and plenty of choice when it comes to choosing the best program for your child.
Their latest campus in Themaid, opened in 2019, is a state of the art learning facility, offering well equipped laboratories, a theatre, a 25 metre swimming pool, and specialist areas for design, art, and music.
The campus is open to students of all ages, and offers the International Primary Curriculum, the English National Curriculum, and the IGCSE curriculum.
The school is built on quality teaching and recruits only the best teachers from around the world, dedicated to providing an exceptional education for every child. The result is students that achieve excellent results, and emerge as confident, ambitious and accomplished learners.
Besides their excellent academic offerings, the school also offers a variety of extracurricular activities, including music, arts and culture, drama, robotics, zumba, crafts, basketball, tennis, sailing and even an ukelele club.
Opened in 1980 to meet the growing demand for a British style education, Doha College now boasts a total of over 1900 students, and over 75 different nationalities.
Operating as a non-profit, in 2019 students of the school “best in the world”, “best in the Middle East”, and “best in Qatar” in the IGCSE examinations. With a broad choice of courses to choose from, the school offers over 25 A-Level subjects, and a BTEC diploma in sports coaching.
The college prides itself on their inclusive approach to education, consulting students at every stage of their education, working with them to shape the way they learn and are taught to achieve the best outcomes.
They use a holistic approach, aiming to engage every student, and stimulate their interests. Possessing an exceptional teaching team, the school maintains this exceptionalism by being very particular about the qualities and skills required, in order to recruit the very best people.
A Doha College education reaches far beyond the curriculum. Students develop a balanced understanding of the world around them, learning to be considerate of others, nurturing the abilities to listen, to consider other perspectives, to form opinions and to have the confidence to stand up and be heard. The school aims to nurture their students into truly responsible, global citizens, capable of making real changes in the world.
With a philosophy of “Learning Comes First”, the Qatar international school strives to be the best international school in the region, by providing only the best for their students, both in and outside the classroom.
The school seeks to allow its teachers to provide the best teaching they possibly can, by creating a safe and secure environment, which also allows students to be at their very best, academically. Alongside academic achievement, the school also seeks to promote and celebrate creativity and diversity.
The motto of the school is “Aspiring to Excellence; Building Futures; Celebrating Diversity”, underpins all the work done at the school. To achieve this, in 2001 the school moved to its current, purpose built campus in the diplomatic quarter of Dafna.
Here the school continues to thrive, expanding and developing its excellent specialist facilities, which include science laboratories, ICT suites, a swimming pool, playing field, and 2 large sports halls.
Children are taught from early eears and KS1 through to KS5, with examinations taken in GCSE, IGCSE and A Levels using UK examination boards.
