School system: British
Current rating: Very Good
Enrollment grade: Nursery - Year13
Tuition fee: AED19,022–91,802
Address: Al Marabea' St - E44 - Dubai - United Arab Emirates
The curriculum system of the school is rooted in the National Curriculum of England (NCFE), combining theory with practice, guided by values, and integrating the diversity of cultures, backgrounds, abilities, and skills of students from over 80 different countries and regions. Through rich extracurricular activities and professional teaching plans, students can bring a broad perspective, achieve the best academic results, develop good study habits, have excellent learning abilities, and become lifelong learners. Can make independent decisions and effectively solve problems, actively communicate and integrate into the overall environment.
It is worth mentioning that GEMS Wellington Academy - Al Khail is a school rated as "very good" by the KHDA (Knowledge and Human Development Agency), which demonstrates the school's commitment to providing high-quality education and continuously improving its standards. This rating reflects the school's outstanding performance in teaching and learning, student achievement, and overall course quality.
GEMS Wellington Academy - Al Khail was founded in September 2013 and is a world-class school with an international perspective, committed to cultivating students' outstanding learning abilities and love for life. The school is based on the mature GEMS Wellington academic learning model, creating an inclusive and creative learning environment for children, providing rich learning activities and international cross-cultural learning opportunities, encouraging children to maintain curiosity, independent thinking, and proactive exploration, and cultivating their enthusiasm for learning.
The curriculum system of the school is rooted in the National Curriculum of England (NCFE), combining theory with practice, guided by values, and integrating the diversity of cultures, backgrounds, abilities, and skills of students from over 80 different countries and regions. Through rich extracurricular activities and professional teaching plans, students can bring a broad perspective, achieve the best academic results, develop good study habits, have excellent learning abilities, and become lifelong learners. Can make independent decisions and effectively solve problems, actively communicate and integrate into the overall environment.
Enlightenment stage
Children are the center of everything, and experienced teachers provide children with rich gaming experiences. Children can explore, create, solve problems, and express themselves in different ways. Adults are co learners of children's games and interactions with the world. Teachers adjust the environment and curriculum to meet the needs, strengths, next steps, and interests of each child, encouraging them to discover and follow their own interests and exploratory thinking.
The Reggio Emilia heuristic education environment in the school provides a child centered and comprehensive approach to early education. Schools use natural resources, natural light, and materials to create a place to cultivate a shared environment, making children feel confident and happy. The game area specially built by the school aims to provide a warm and comfortable "home outside of home" for your young children. The school environment is rich in language characteristics, and teachers receive training to promote early language development. Children are encouraged to express themselves in various ways throughout the day, including sports, drama, dance, painting, construction, and sculpture.
Schools attach great importance to cultivating children's sense of responsibility and respect, encouraging them to develop independence and confidence in interacting with others, and developing their unique personalities. The school has carefully designed indoor and outdoor learning spaces for children, allowing them to learn and play together, learn to interact, communicate, and cooperate with others.
In the early stages of education, schools strive to create a strong sense of community and value the interaction and connection between children, adults, and the environment. The school also pays attention to the continuity between different stages within the curriculum system, laying a foundation for children to enter higher grades and the English system in the future, and making good connections.
Fundamentals of Early Education
The courses in the basic stage of early education provide excellent early learning for children. When children are in FS1 and FS2, schools practice the early basic stage curriculum of English, targeting children under 5 years old, including those with special education needs and disabilities. There are a total of seven areas of learning and development, all of which are important and closely related, ensuring development and progress through planned and purposeful games as well as adult led and child initiated activities. Through games, children can learn to explore, think about problems, and build confidence when interacting with others.
There are four guiding principles for early childhood education centers:
Every child is unique, and through continuous learning, they can become resilient, capable, and confident; Through active interaction, children learn to be strong and independent; Under the guidance and support of teachers, children gradually establish a learning model, and their interests and needs are maximized in response. Home school cooperation is carried out to witness the growth of children together; Children develop and learn at different speeds.
The school adopts a small class teaching model, with the most advanced facilities and excellent teaching team, allowing every child to pursue, create, and surpass, providing a safe, valuable, healthy, and happy environment for children.
Primary school stage
In primary school, the school sets annual curriculum standards, and teachers inspire and inspire children to learn through planning and engaging activities, providing personalized learning for each child, supporting and developing their unique abilities. Children integrate the connection between disciplines, theory and practice, complete open-ended tasks, continuously explore, exercise thinking abilities, and acquire problem-solving abilities.
The primary school curriculum is divided into core subjects, Projects 4 Change courses, and additional professional courses. Children will work hard according to the annual curriculum standards to prepare for a smooth transition to the next grade and the secondary school department. The core courses include English, Mathematics, Science, Arabic A, Arabic B, Islam, Social Ethics, and Cultural Studies. And the basic subjects are conducted through our Projects 4 Change course, each of which provides opportunities to deepen students' understanding of the subject area, ensuring a balance between thematic and discrete teaching, while emphasizing knowledge and skills, mainly including geography, history, design and technology, art and design, computing and robotics, and Grovell Happiness class. In addition, students also have a large number of additional professional courses, including Arabic, Islamic culture, sports, music, French, and Spanish, all taught by expert teachers. In addition, the school also offers a variety of extracurricular activities, tours, theme exploration activities, campus activities, performance competitions, speeches and dramas, student unions, private vocal and instrumental courses, ESM after-school clubs, and more. To enhance the classroom learning experience of students, as a supplement to teacher teaching, students in third grade and above in schools carry iPads and use many educational applications, such as CENTURY, Seesaw, Purple Mash, Times Tables Rock Stars, NumBot, etc., allowing children to access a wide range of cutting-edge digital resources and personalize their learning experience.
Middle school stage
In secondary school, students need to prepare for the GCSE or ASDAN exams at the end of 11th grade, and also prepare for and connect with continuing A Level or BTEC education beyond the age of 16. The expert team attaches great importance to the important connection between ideals, motivation, and independent learning, and has developed a consistent teaching method that can cultivate thinking ability and collaborative learning, and encourages students to participate in various formal and informal courses. At this stage, students focus on cultivating their leadership, sense of responsibility, and positive behavior management abilities. The school also strives to cooperate with parents and encourages them to meet with teachers regularly to discuss learning progress and the next steps, without letting any children fall behind.
Grades 7-9 attach great importance to curriculum balance and cultivating children's interest in learning, cultivating an academic culture, encouraging students to become independent explorers and thinkers, and learners who engage in extensive reading, challenge, and questioning. The subjects in this stage mainly include English, mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics, Arabic, Islamic studies, morality, social and cultural studies, society and enterprise, geography, history, French, Spanish, drama, music, sports, art, design technology, and computation. After 9th grade, students are required to take compulsory courses and choose four elective subjects to study GCSE, IGCSE, and BTEC level courses. The compulsory courses include English language, British literature, mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics, morality, social and cultural studies, physical education (non examination), Islamic studies (only for Muslim students), Arabic as the first language (only for Arab passport holders), Arabic as the second language (non Arabic students up to 10th grade). The elective courses include geography, business research, enterprise, psychology, history, French, Spanish, media research, computer science, sports, art, 3D design, dance, drama, music, design technology - product design, design technology - textiles, design technology - Technology - Food Preparation and Nutrition, Economics, Photography, ASDAN International Awards, BTEC Level 2 Sport, BTEC Secondary Creative Media. In addition, there are also rich on campus and off campus activities to promote the comprehensive development of students' physical and mental health.
After the age of 16
The curriculum of the college is different from that of other schools in the United Arab Emirates. Starting from the 12th grade, students learn a wider range of A-Level and BTEC courses. The school establishes a personalized personal support system centered on the comprehensive development of children, providing them with the best learning platform. In 12th grade, students begin college education and life skills programs to cultivate life skills and abilities, face special situations with more confidence, improve academic performance, and promote social, moral, cultural, and spiritual development for all of us students, preparing for college life.
2024-2025
Year Group Approved Annual Fee
*Nursery from 19,022
FS 1 46,436
FS 2-Year 6 58,488
Year 7-Year 9 80,645
Year 10-Year 11 90,746
Year 12-Year 13 91,802