New English School (Kuwait)

The New English School, founded in 1969 by Tareq Rajab, is a co-educational British curriculum, English medium, public school in Jabriya, Kuwait, which caters for children between the ages of 3½ and 19. [1]

New English School
Location
Street 1, Block 12,
Jabriya

Kuwait
Information
TypeIndependent
MottoEx Oriente Lux (lit. 'The light from the East')
Established1969
FounderTareq S.Rajab
DirectorDr. Ziad T.S. Rajab
PrincipalRichard Marchant
Facultyc. 200
GradesKG, 1-13
Enrollment>2000
MascotDhow
Websiteneskt.com

Standards

Students at the New English School follow the assessment, grading and examinations of schools in the United Kingdom. This includes International GCSE, Cambridge University and GCE Advanced Levels. The New English School is a member of the European Council of International Schools (ECIS) and is accredited by British Schools in the Middle East (BSME). In 2011 the school also achieved British School Overseas status, approved by the UK Government Department for Education and monitored by Ofsted (the official body for inspecting schools). (A-Levels), London University, Edexcel.[2]

Facilities

The school is housed in purpose-built, centrally air-conditioned accommodation for two departments: Secondary and Primary (Junior, Infant and Kindergarten). The Secondary Department consists of 35 classrooms, 11 fully equipped laboratories for physics, chemistry and biology, a number of specialist geography rooms, 4 specialist computer centres, two specialist drama rooms, a specialist music suite, two gymnasiums, various audio-visual resources, a sixth form centre incorporating a study area with networked computers, common room and 2 specialist sixth form teaching rooms, a library containing 20,000 volumes and a Mousetrap Theatre. The Primary Department has 38 classrooms, a library and a specialist music room for each of the Infant and Junior sections and a fully equipped Computer Centre. The school has an all-purpose hall and a fully equipped armchair theatre.

Faculty

British teachers are recruited from the United Kingdom, Kuwait and other countries.

Relationship with other schools

Close ties are maintained with the U.K. and with other overseas British and International schools. The school holds memberships in the European Council of International Schools (ECIS) and British Schools in the Middle East (BSME).

Notable alumni

References
  1. Derek Bingham (September 2009). The ECIS International Schools Directory 2009/10. John Catt Educational Ltd. pp. 150–. ISBN 978-1-904724-67-4.
  2. Karen Exell (10 March 2016). Modernity and the Museum in the Arabian Peninsula. Taylor & Francis. pp. 161–. ISBN 978-1-317-27900-6.
  3. "Before they were royal: The life of Queen Rania of Jordan". Royal Central. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
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