The Sultan's School, Sultanate of Oman
Address
PO Box 665, Seeb, 121, Sultanate of Oman
Tel: (+968) 536777
Fax: (+968) 536273
info@sultansschool.org
www.sultansschool.org
School Summary:
National, US, UK curricula.
GCE, IGCSE exams.
840 students, 3-18 yrs.
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The Sultan's School is a co-educational selective school, mainly for
Omani students, established in 1977. There are four sections: Kindergarten
(1 & 2); Elementary (Grades 1-6); Preparatory (Grades 7-9); Secondary
(Grades 10-12). Places are allocated on the basis of interviews and
tests. Priority is given to Omani nationals.
The programme at Sultan's School is bilingual. Arabic, Islamic
and social studies are taught in Arabic, following the Omani national
curriculum. English is the teaching language for English language
and literature, mathematics and science (biology, chemistry and
physics in Grades 9-12). Programmes lead to GCSE in Grade 11 and
the Omani Secondary Certificate in Grade 12. SAT and TOEFL are taken
by students proceeding to university in the USA.
Almost all teaching staff are university graduates. Nationalities
include Algerian (1), British (39), Jordanian (12), Lebanese (2),
Egyptian (2), US (2), Irish (1), Syrian (3), Omani (3), Canadian
(1), Australian (2) and Tunisia (2).
Ninety percent of students are Omanis; most others are Arab nationals.
The student roll is expanding; fewer than 2% transfer to other schools
each year. Virtually all graduating students go on to higher education,
mainly to Britain, the United States, or to Oman's own Sultan Qaboos
University.
The Sultan's School year extends to 36 working weeks between the
end of August and early June. School days are Saturday to Wednesday.
Hours of attendance are 08:00-14:45 or 15:45 for Grades 1-12 and
08:00-12:00 for Kindergarten.
The Sultan's School campus of 250,000 square metres contains 36
classrooms, a library, six science labs, three computer labs, a
cafeteria, purpose-built suites of rooms for art and music, a mosque,
a boarding department (for scholarship students aged 11-18+ only)
and staff accommodation. Sports facilities include football, netball,
volleyball, basketball, tennis and recent additions include a sports
hall (42m by 24m), a large gymnasium/auditorium, a heated/cooled
swimming pool, and a full size grass pitch and an athletics track
at the Sultan's School.
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