Sherborne Qatar Explained

Sherborne School
Established:2009
Head:Mary Robertson-Barnett
Lower Age:3
Upper Age: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]

History

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

The schools are members of the following organisations:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Outstanding Schools. Supreme Education Council of Qatar. 25 June 2015.
  2. Web site: May 2017 . Inspection Report Sherborne School Qatar . 6 June 2019 . Penta International.
  3. Web site: Sherborne Qatar adds more classes. The Peninsula Qatar. 10 June 2012. 26 June 2015.
  4. Web site: English schools abroad: Forever England. The Telegraph. 18 September 2009. Max Davidson. 26 June 2015.
  5. Web site: Farrow Partnership Shortlisted to Design Sherborne Qatar School. Farrow. 28 April 2011. 26 June 2015.
  6. Web site: Sherborne Qatar. We Are Realm. 26 June 2015.
  7. Web site: School Search . www.bsme.org.uk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140823180021/http://www.bsme.org.uk/search-for-school/school_details/52.html . 2014-08-23.
  8. Web site: Council of British International Schools (COBIS): Sherborne Qatar . www.cobis.org.uk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150414185456/http://www.cobis.org.uk/page.cfm?p=1056&start=1 . 2015-04-14.