Secondary School

 

From Autumn 2025, our Grade 8-12 secondary students will continue to be based on the third floor as our Senior school. We aim to provide a rigorous, supportive academic environment for our students to excel as they approach external examinations balanced with a strong layer of pastoral support to ensure that our students enjoy school and will achieve their potential. As our Senior school continues to grow, we aim to widen the current options choices that is available to students.

Grades: 8 – 10

Subjects offered:

  • Arabic
  • Islamic
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Physics
  • Music
  • Art
  • Information Technology
  • Physical Education

Recognise our cultural diversity and utilise the UAE’s distinctive geography and rich history as a resource for learning through the UAE Social Studies programme.

To allow students to acquire and develop skills in speaking, listening, literacy and numeracy.  Incorporate regular assessment and reporting.

To facilitate Secondary students to apply and to join universities of their choosing in a wide range of countries and to provide guidance to assist the process.

Providing exam qualifications provision through CIE and Edexcel examinations.

Grades: 11 and 12

WSF covers the National Curriculum for England in KS5.

International Advanced Levels

Grades 11 and 12 cover the International Advanced Level (IAL) syllabus of study. This consists of two years. Year 1 is called the Advanced Subsidiary (AS). At the end of Grade 11 students take their AS examinations and continue with the final year of the courses which is called the Advanced 2 (A2). The AS and the A2 years combine to form the International Advanced Level qualification.
Students continue with their Ministry of Education studies alongside their chosen Advanced Level studies. Students choose 3 subjects to take for their IALs

Subjects offered are:

• English
• Mathematics
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Physics

Our examinations are run through Pearson Edexcel for all subjects.

Entry Requirements:

Students wishing to carry on into Grade 11 or join from other schools should first have reached the required standard of High School Equivalency, if studying here in the UAE. For students studying the British Curriculum, the following minimum criteria applies (as per Ministerial Decree No. (199):

• Passing Islamic Education subject (for Arab Muslims and Non-Arab Muslims) and the Arabic language subject (for Arab students) in Grades 10.
• The student must have passed at least 5 IGCSE/ GCSE’s subjects awarded at grades A*, A, B, C, D, E or grades 3-9 if using the new grading system.
• Islamic Education is not approved to form any of the 5 IGCSE subjects.
• Arabic language is not approved to form any part of the 5 IGCSE subjects.

University Applications

Running the British Curriculum, we have particular knowledge about the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) in the United Kingdom. We are also able to offer careers guidance on global university destinations. We have links with local universities in Fujairah and run events where students can learn about their possible destinations and the requirements for different countries and courses.

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