As part of the regular inspections by KHDA of all the schools in Dubai, Repton School was awarded an Outstanding rating following its inspection in March 2015

Dubai, 13th May 2015 - The "outstanding quality of education" provided at Repton has been emphatically highlighted in the KHDA report published on 10th May. Students across the school were praised for their "excellent work ethic" and for "developing outstanding learning skills across the curriculum." The whole school community of staff, parents and students were found to share the "aspirational vision for the delivery of a high quality British education in Dubai." 

Repton's students reflected the levels of skill and dedication demonstrated by one student achieving 'Best in the World' while six others achieving 'Best in the UAE' in the Cambridge IGCSE earlier this year. The inspection team highlighted how Repton's students "in all phases enjoyed learning and demonstrated mature attitudes willingly taking responsibility for their learning." They were reported to make "outstanding progress in the development of their understanding of the world." They had a "strong understanding of their own cultures, demonstrated respect, appreciation and understanding of Emirati traditions and a good awareness of other global cultures." The school's strong sense of community was picked out for particular praise. Inspectors found that "relationships between staff and students were outstanding" and that "students across all phases demonstrated outstanding personal, community and environmental responsibilities."

Repton's teachers were also praised for the excellent standard of their work. "Teachers' expectations were high. Tasks and activities were designed to support and challenge students to do their best." The school's emphasis on inspiring students to achieve high standards and to "think beyond what was expected" was rooted in the work of "highly skilled teachers who enable pupils to think deeply and to instill a desire to find out more."

"After six years of tireless hard work, since the KHDA inspections commenced, we are delighted to have achieved an 'Outstanding' rating. This is a splendid reflection of the dedication of our pupils, teachers and all our support team over a number of years. We are really grateful to our supportive parents and we look forward to further developing the Repton School community," commented Jonathan Hughes-D'Aeth, Headmaster at Repton School.

"It's wonderful to see Repton getting the recognition it deserves. Repton has been outstanding to us over the past three years. This is a well deserved confirmation of all the hard work done by the school," commented Ethel Ngoma who is a parent at Repton School with three children in FS1, Year 1 and Year 7.
 
This report highlights Repton School's status as an international school with an excellent academic performance and one of the most exciting educational communities in the world. With a vibrant and multi-cultural community, Repton School is epitomised by its philosophy of 'the best for every child'.

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Out of 143 schools inspected by the KHDA only 14 received the 'Outstanding' rating. The KHDA rates the school in different areas such as the overall performance, student progress and social development, quality of teaching, effectiveness of the curriculum and leadership and management of the school.

In the International Baccalaureate examination, the average GPA for IB students at Repton is 33 for the academic year 2013/14. This average is not only significantly ahead of the world average of 29 but also an increase from the average of 31 achieved by the school in the academic year 2012/13 which marks the school's continuous progress. Last year students attended the worlds top universities including Oxford and UCLA with our top student scoring 43 out of 45 points in his IB Diploma.

Repton School is ranking among the world's best in a range of sports and extra-curricular activities including fencing and polo as well as high achievements in Rugby, Netball and athletics.  The F1 in Schools team are the current UAE Champions and have teamed with Doha College to attend the World Finals in Singapore this year.

For more information visit www.reptondubai.org or call 04 - 4269393 for enquiries.

About Repton School
With links to a 450 year tradition with Repton UK, Repton School in Dubai offers the very best in British education, within the context of an international community, and epitomised by the school's philosophy of 'the best for every child'. Repton has state of the art facilities and amenities and is situated on a spacious campus of 1.3million sqft, making it the largest school in the region.

Pupils aged between three and eighteen years benefit from an international curriculum based on the British independent and national curricula. Repton's clear aim and purpose is to provide the best teaching and learning environment in which their pupils will achieve their very best academically, physically and socially. 

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