ABOUT US

The Aquila School opened in September 2018 to serve the growing educational needs of the surrounding communities in Dubailand, and across Dubai. We offer a high-quality English curriculum enriched to meet the needs of our culturally diverse community. We cater for children from FS1 to Year 10, and in September 2023 we will expand to offer Year 11.

We’re proud to announce that we were awarded the Best Design Education Project of the Year at the Design Middle East Awards 2018, a testament to the quality and design of The Aquila School’s campus and facilities.

We are delighted to have received a ‘Good’ rating from the Dubai Schools Inspection Bureau in our  recent school inspection, with many features being highlighted as Very good. We have also received two ‘Outstanding’ British School Overseas inspections – a true testament to our school’s offering.

We are dedicated to delivering amazing learning, to ensure your child makes as much progress as possible. To do this, we are committed to:

• Placing children at the heart of everything we do
• Empowering children to make decisions about their own learning
• Providing an amazing curriculum in English and Arabic
• Employing the very best British trained and qualified teachers
• Ensuring every child makes as much progress as possible

The Aquila School is the flagship school of the International Schools Partnership (ISP) group, a global network of 50 schools across 15 countries, which ensures outstanding international learning connections, quality assurance and excellent governance. The Aquila School offers GCSEs in Years 10 and 11, and a decision will be announced in November 2023 with regards to the Year 12 and 13 curriculum. 

Truly international, The Aquila School is a family of diverse individuals whose collective aim is to build a better world through amazing learning. The power of The Aquila School learning community is achieved by recognising, valuing and connecting the different contributions and talents of all its members. Through an uncompromising balance of individualism and unity we inspire children to find their own unique paths to make a difference.

HAPPY SAFE LEARNING – The Aquila School is a happy community school with amazing learning at its heart where pupils are empowered to make choices, engage in meaningful learning experiences and make exceptional progress.

Did you know? Aquila means flight, constellation and learning, hence our logo incorporates a bird in flight.