Sherborne Qatar
| Sherborne School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Information | |
| Established | 2009 |
| Head teacher | Mary Robertson-Barnett |
| Age | 3 to 18 |
| Houses | Ahmed Copeland Moza Cutler Hamad Cook |
| Website | https://sherborneqatar.org/ |
Sherborne Qatar consists of four English-speaking schools operated in Qatar by the UK-based Sherborne International. The four schools are Sherborne Qatar Senior School for pupils aged 11 to 18, Sherborne Qatar Prep School and Sherborne Qatar Junior School both for pupils aged 3 to 11 and Sherborne Qatar School for Girls for pupils aged 3 to18
Sherborne Qatar has been incorporated in the Ministry of Education's educational reform program, the 'Outstanding Schools Program'.[1] The school has been described as a "a good school with significant outstanding features, providing a high quality of education for all of its pupils and fully meets the standards" in British School Overseas inspection report.[2]
The school is based on the original in Sherborne, Dorset, United Kingdom.
History
[edit]Sherborne was established in Qatar in 2009 at the invitation of the Supreme Education Council.[3] A member of the ruling family, Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Thani, had recommended the school to the council.[4][5] It was the first Sherborne branch established outside the United Kingdom.[6] Colin Niven was the founding principal.[4]
In 2021, Sherborne Senior relocated from its site in Bani Hajer, to a new site by the mall of qatar in Al Rayyan, Doha. Starting from September 2024, the sherborne senior school will begin to accept students aged 4-18, within the same site, while the Sherborne Prep will become a new, boys-only school.
Memberships
[edit]The schools are members of the following organisations:
- QUESS (Qatar Unified English Speaking Schools)
- BSME (British Schools in the Middle East)[7]
- COBIS[8]
- IAPS
References
[edit]- ^ "Outstanding Schools". Supreme Education Council of Qatar. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ "Inspection Report Sherborne School Qatar" (PDF). Penta International. May 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
- ^ "Sherborne Qatar adds more classes". The Peninsula Qatar. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ^ a b Max Davidson (18 September 2009). "English schools abroad: Forever England". The Telegraph. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ^ "Farrow Partnership Shortlisted to Design Sherborne Qatar School". Farrow. 28 April 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ^ "Sherborne Qatar". We Are Realm. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ^ "School Search". www.bsme.org.uk. Archived from the original on 23 August 2014.
- ^ "Council of British International Schools (COBIS): Sherborne Qatar". www.cobis.org.uk. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015.