Education for a Better World

Facts about GEMS World Academy - Dubai

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Our school was opened by Bill Clinton in September 2008

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8th United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon is our official GWAMUN ambassador

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Our experienced educators have over 900 years of combined IB experience

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We offer BTEC business as part of the careers related IB programme

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Our Inclusion department has been consistently commended by the KHDA and we are proud to be a fully Inclusive school

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We have a ‘very good’ rating with KHDA

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We have received the Ecoschools green flag for the past 8 years

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We are the first school in Dubai to be a signatory of the ‘school commitment to the sustainable development goals’

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We are the only school in Dubai to have a 3D planetarium

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We have a fully equipped green screen room within our performing arts department

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Our auditorium can seat over 600 students or guests

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Our music department includes over 20 pianos, a recording studio and digital editing suite

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Week Without Walls is our annual experiential education programme for students grade 5 to grade 12

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We have over 160 enrichment clubs

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Every student is assigned to a school house; Zuhr, Razi, Sina or Battuta with competitions each term

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We are one of just three schools in the UAE to have a 50m Olympic sized pool

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Our elite athlete programme supports students to excel in both their studies and sports outside of school

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Our multipurpose sports hall includes an 8m rock climbing wall

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Our strings programme is available to all students Grades 2-5 as part of the curriculum

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Our athletic department includes a 400m weatherproof running track

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We have had 5 students attend university on sports scholarships

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100% of our graduates have gone on to study at their first-choice universiities.

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Our alumni have gone on to study at all 20 Russell group universities

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Each year our students represent over 90 different sports teams that compete in DASSA

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Each year GWA is involved in over 500 competitive sports fixtures

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In 2021, two GWA students achieved a perfect IBDP score of 45 points

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Seven of our IBDP students received Oxbridge offers

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Our IBDP average score has been significantly higher than the world average for the past six years

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Our IBDP pass rate is higher than the UAE and world averages at 100%

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We embed entrepreneurship into the curriculum from Grade 1 to Grade 12

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We are truly international with no nationality representing above 11% of the student body

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Our teachers come from 37 different countries.

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In April each year, GWA offers an IB bridging programme, to help transition students who have studied other curriculums into an IB diploma

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A partnership has been established with CAFU to invest in student sustainability ideas

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Students in grade 6-12 are involved in entrepreneurial themed clubs

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Our IBDP students maintain our roof top garden and sell the vegetables that they grow to the community as part of our entrepreneurship programme

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We are the GEMS Centre of Excellence for Entrepreneurship and the only academy to have an in-school entrepreneurship incubator and accelerator programmes

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All students from pre-k onwards have the opportunity to learn either French or Spanish within the curriculum

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We have the largest mother tongue language programme of any school in the UAE

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We are one of the first schools in the UAE that is an accredited dele (diploma español como lengua extranjera) examination centre

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Our entrepreneurship partners include 'Cafu', ‘She is Arab’ and ‘Young Arab Leaders’ who offer access to entrepreneurs, mentorship and speakers.

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Our onsite careers and counselling hub is available to students from grade 6 onwards

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GWAPA is our dedicated community created by our GWA parents

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We have a parent community of business owners or CEOs who offer mentorship to our students

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Our student leadership team is made up of 16 senior students leading a team of 75 student leaders throughout the school

More To Explore

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    Read the message from our Chief Education Officer, GEMS Education and CEO/Principal, GEMS World Academy – Dubai, Dr Saima Rana

  • A Note From The Founder

    ‘Education is the most important issue in the world today because of the effect education can have in reducing conflict, prejudice, poverty and intolerance..'

  • The Hub
    Local Advisory Board

    The aim of GEMS World Academy - Dubai has always been to make the Academy a centre of educational excellence.

  • Mission, Vision and Ethos

    GEMS World Academy - Dubai develops inquiring, reflective and caring learners

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