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

Sherborne secondary school
Sherborne School
Location

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Established2009
Head teacherMary Robertson-Barnett
Age3 to 18
Houses  Ahmed
  Copeland
  Moza
  Cutler
  Hamad
  Cook
Websitehttps://sherborneqatar.org/

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

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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

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The schools are members of the following organisations:

References

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  1. ^ "Outstanding Schools". Supreme Education Council of Qatar. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Inspection Report Sherborne School Qatar" (PDF). Penta International. May 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Sherborne Qatar adds more classes". The Peninsula Qatar. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  4. ^ a b Max Davidson (18 September 2009). "English schools abroad: Forever England". The Telegraph. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Farrow Partnership Shortlisted to Design Sherborne Qatar School". Farrow. 28 April 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  6. ^ "Sherborne Qatar". We Are Realm. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  7. ^ "School Search". www.bsme.org.uk. Archived from the original on 23 August 2014.
  8. ^ "Council of British International Schools (COBIS): Sherborne Qatar". www.cobis.org.uk. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015.