📌 Overview

A very warm welcome to our truly remarkable school where Students are placed firmly at the centre. We are an exciting, diverse and progressive learning community that annually produces some of the very best IGCSE and A Level results in the UAE. We are twice rated 'Outstanding' by ADEK! Our globally recognised and admired curriculum, dedicated and passionate practitioners and outstanding teaching and learning, sets us apart from other schools and makes Yasmina British Academy a very special place to be. Our Core Aim is firmly based on the premise that all students ‘thrive’. Positive moral values, an appreciation of cultural diversity and a shared respect for others and the environment, permeates through the actions of all students at Yasmina British Academy. Our students leave us as ethically informed global citizens, and future leaders of the world. We are an Academy that invests the time and energy to build critical relationships, develop cross-cultural competence and understand the needs of our community. We secure more than just the involvement and support of our parents and community but enable them to participate through ‘real’ decision making, planning and reviewing. The are as much part of the Academy as we are. Yasmina British Academy offers our students experiences beyond the ordinary, where their personal ambitions are nurtured by inspirational teachers and challenged by exceptional learning opportunities. Our students excel and in challenging external examinations, consistently achieve well beyond expectations and seeing them study at some of the most selective and high performing colleges and universities from around the world. Our leadership culture values creativity, high-performance and trust. With a dynamic learning environment, progressive pedagogy and collaboration with world leading organisations, we motivate learners to be confident critical thinkers with independent skills for enquiry, innovation and problem solving. Our students have the knowledge but also the ambition to transform this knowledge into real world action. Yasmina British Academy is recognised as a centre of excellence for performing arts. Through the study of music, dance and drama, we unlock children’s imagination and transform the boundaries of their education. All our students have the opportunity and platform to showcase their unique interests and talents and our work with world leading experts and performing arts organisations provides them with outstanding opportunities and experiences. Lastly, we lead and inspire all students at Yasmina British Academy to integrate sports as part of their healthy physical and mental development. Our world class facilities, elite coaching development and high-quality collaborations with professional sporting organisations, supports outstanding sporting pathways for our students. Their sporting performances regularly redefine our boundaries of expectation. Facilities: Auditorium, two football fields, two swimming pools, extensive music, drama and art facilities, three indoor sport halls, two libraries, two outdoor shade play areas, multimedia suites, canteen with full kitchen. Summary of ADEK Inspection · The quality of teaching and assessment is outstanding overall. The outstanding progress made by students, particularly in the areas of English and the sciences. · The students’ personal and social development, their relationships with their peers and teachers and their attitudes to learning is outstanding. · The very effective use of comprehensive and rigorous assessment processes which drive improvement throughout the school. The outcomes of these assessments are used to promote students’ progress, which is outstanding. · The expertly planned and delivered curriculum which meets the needs of all groups of students. Students have individualized targets and are independent learners, being supported at all stages of their education. · The protection, care, guidance and support of students is outstanding. · The leadership at all levels of the school is outstanding.  Overall, school leaders at all levels demonstrate an outstanding capacity to continue to innovate and improve the school over time. School’s strengths · Students’ high academic standards and rates of progress · The cohesive community working closely as a whole school · Students’ impressive personal development nurtured by highly effective · procedures for protection, care, guidance and support · The use of assessment to inform the high quality of teaching · The high quality of curriculum planning, adaptation and implementation · The high quality educational leadership, and ambitious strategic guidance committed to inclusion and innovation.... more