Sherborne Qatar

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Sherborne secondary school
Sherborne School
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Established2009
Head teacherMary Robertson-Barnett
Age3to 18
Houses  Ahmed
  Copeland
  Moza
  Cutler
  Hamad
  Cook
Website https://sherborneqatar.org/

Sherborne Qatar consists of four English-speaking schools operated in Qatar by the UK-based Sherborne International. The four schools are Sherborne Qatar Senior School for pupils aged 11 to 18, Sherborne Qatar Prep School and Sherborne Qatar Junior School both for pupils aged 3 to 11 and Sherborne Qatar School for Girls for pupils aged 3 to18

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Sherborne Qatar has been incorporated in the Ministry of Education's educational reform program, the 'Outstanding Schools Program'. [1] The school has been described as a "a good school with significant outstanding features, providing a high quality of education for all of its pupils and fully meets the standards" in British School Overseas inspection report. [2]

The school is based on the original in Sherborne, Dorset, United Kingdom.

History

Sherborne was established in Qatar in 2009 at the invitation of the Supreme Education Council. [3] A member of the ruling family, Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Thani, had recommended the school to the council. [4] [5] It was the first Sherborne branch established outside the United Kingdom. [6] Colin Niven was the founding principal. [4]

In 2021, Sherborne Senior relocated from its site in Bani Hajer, to a new site by the mall of qatar in Al Rayyan, Doha. Starting from September 2024, the sherborne senior school will begin to accept students aged 4-18, within the same site, while the Sherborne Prep will become a new, boys-only school.

Memberships

The schools are members of the following organisations:

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