Yes

Yes. We provide a comprehensive English and Arabic as additional languages programme and our ambition is for pupils to become bilingual

Arabic, French

20 - 24

20

Yes

Interactive whiteboards are present in all classrooms. Pupils benefit from dedicated computer laboratories and specialist computing teachers. Tablets and laptops are also used in the classroom to support and enhance learning.

Yes. Online video direct with teachers and live from our UK parent school. We also provide pupils and parents access to a Virtual Learning Environment and Parent Portal via an online login.

Our school offers Islamic Studies from Pre-School to Year 13.

Non-Muslim students will have alternative curriculum provisions. We are a fully inclusive school and welcome pupils and families from all religions and countries.

IGCSEs and A Levels

As a new school in Riyadh, we have not yet had a graduating cohort. However, our parent school, Downe House UK, is in the top 5 UK independent schools for academic results.

Yes

Children spend more time at school than most others so that they can complete a full extra curricular programme and much of their homework. We also encourage independent learning at home which increases as children get older and closer to major public examinations.

As a new school in Riyadh, we have not yet had a graduating cohort. However, at our parent school, Downe House UK, 94% of pupils attend their first-choice university.

Yes

Our school has a Learning Support Department which supports pupils with mild to moderate learning needs.

Our school offers a rigorous academic curriculum with enrichment opportunities to stretch and challenge pupils. Individual talents are identified and fostered through our dedicated teaching team.

Yes, we believe student mental health is an important part of successful development.

Yes

Younger pupils will complete an assessment around numeracy, literacy and social skills. Older pupils will complete an interview, computerised assessment and writing task.

Yes, in certain year groups.

Applications are accepted all year round, for year groups with places still available.

Yes, if places are still available.

8am

2.45pm (Pre-School and Reception) 4.15pm (Year 1-Year 13)

Yes, we offer breakfast club and after school care, and a range of paid for academy activities.

No

Yes, hot and cold school lunches can be purchased. Our food is of high quality and served for a healthy balanced diet.

Yes, Halal and vegetarian options are available.

Yes

We offer a broad range of co-curricular activities in sport, music and creative arts.

Our school offers a wide range of sports, including swimming. Downe House Riyadh is one of the few schools to offer its own indoor swimming pool.

Yes, all ages will take part in team sports and have a wide choice of provision.

560-seat lecture theatre, drama hall, music studios, dedicated libraries, specialist science, and IT labs. For younger children Downe House Riyadh offers indoor play equipment.

An indoor Swimming pool, mixed use sports hall, dance studios, gym facilities, squash courts, boxing room, karate room and basketball/football courts.

Downe House Riyadh offers a co-educational (boys and girls) setting from Pre School to Year 4. Years 5 - 13 offers a 'girls only' environment, mirroring our parent school, Downe House UK.
For over 100 years, Downe House has nurtured pupils from young children, through their teenage years and into adulthood. Our spectacular school in Riyadh harnesses that heritage by offering pupils a tailored education that combines the best of British with the tradition of and respect for Arabic culture.
Our faculty preserves traditional values and provides a safe, nurturing environment for pupils between the ages of 3 and 18.
The Downe House DNA embraces and develops children through the core values of – Collaboration, Resilience, Creativity, Aspiration, Compassion, Communication and being Outward-Looking and Digital Ready.
We give our pupils every opportunity to develop important skills and characteristics through all aspects of life at Downe House Riyadh. In the classroom, sports hall, on stage and everywhere in between, these core values are the hope, aim and challenge for every pupil. With the very best facilities of any school in Riyadh, our children flourish, grow in confidence and thrive in a happy, caring community.

Academic excellence lies at the heart of what we do at Downe House Riyadh. Our culture fosters ambition, ignites a love of learning, and is underpinned by a nurturing and supportive community.

We are committed to ensuring that pupils leave Downe House with a lifelong intellectual curiosity, the self-belief to embrace the challenges of higher education and the world of work, and the knowledge that they are part of a passionate and dynamic school community.

At Downe House we give every pupil the time and space to discover and pursue unique talents by offering an impressively broad curriculum and outstanding specialist teaching.

Our state-of-the-art facilities and passion for 21st century learning enable a new kind of creativity and collaboration in the classroom and beyond. The consistently outstanding academic results of Downe House UK offer a glimpse into the quality of our academic curriculum.