Raffles International School, South Campus

RIS is proud to be part of the Innoventures Education group of schools and nurseries which provides high quality international education to almost 8,000 young learners across five schools and eleven nurseries.

In 2010, Innoventures Education took on the management of Raffles International School and since that time, has extended RIS Secondary to include a vibrant Sixth Form offering ‘A’ Level and BTEC pathways to further education, along with Duke of Edinburgh awards and opportunities for local and international work experience to ensure school leavers have every opportunity for further success.

While the school has always enjoyed strong links with our local Emirati community, RIS also has strong international connections and currently has learners from 86 different countries worldwide, speaking more than 30 different languages. English is the language of instruction and alongside a strong Arabic programme, French, Mandarin and for 2021, Spanish MFL options from Year 3 compliment mother tongue programmes in Hindi, Russian, French and Spanish for native speakers. Summer 2020, 87% of Year 11 students achieved A*-C IGCSE grades across all subjects, with 75% of Year 12 achieving A or B grades at ‘AS’ Level English Language or Literature.

Our youngest learners attend Raffles Umm Sequeim Nursery for children from 6 months to 2 years of age. These children follow the EYFS ‘Development Matters’ curriculum.

Key Stage 1 children attend Foundation Stage and continue with EYFs and continuous provision.

Primary pupils follow the National Curriculum in England and Wales, culmination in SATS in Year 6 and our transition programme into Secondary School.

Secondary School in Years 7-11 culminates in IGCSE examinations and an enriched BTEC option, leading into

Sixth Form with AS and A Level or BTEC options as pre-university or college qualifications.

In addition to our academic programmes (and local protocols permitting), the school offers a comprehensive range of Co-curricular activities free of charge and an extensive and competitive inter-school sports programme with particular strength in football, volleyball and swimming.

Raffles International School welcomes families from almost 100 different countries to our Nursery through to Year 13 programme. Our youngest pre-school learners are accommodated in our nursery and follow individualized learning pathways based upon ‘Development Matters’ - the earliest stage of EYFS, depending on their language background and personal development. This seamlessly leads into the National Curriculum for England and Wales, right through to IGCSE, A Level and BTEC options for our pre-university 6th Form. While English is our main language of instruction, language support for students developing their English language skills is provided and all teachers ensure language is no barrier to learning.

With this website, we would like to share some of the amazing academic, social, sporting and cultural opportunities RIS provides our students and we welcome the opportunity to share this with you through our school tours or open days.

Our organisation was founded in 2004 with the objective of providing 'world class' education. Since our inception we have been proud of our 'parent centric' vision that ensures that we place the interests of our students at the core of all decisions.

The outcomes can be seen in the form of the excellent results in the final examinations of the graduating classes as well as university placements in premier institutions of the world. It is our constant endeavour to empower our students with a holistic, rigorous and international education for success in an ever changing world. After all, their success is our success.

With 7,750+ students from more than 100 nationalities in our schools and nurseries, we are a culturally rich, international community. There is unity in our diversity with collaboration between students, parents and staff towards enhancing the educational experience of our students based on our core values of Achievement, Collaboration, Integrity, Respect and Responsibility at all levels.