Jumeirah English Speaking School is a British

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located in

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. Its original campus on

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is a primary school; A second campus at Arabian Ranches has students from primary, secondary, and high school. As of December 2016, JESS had 2000 students enrolled. The students in secondary school (Years 7 to 11) follow the British curriculum, with year 11 students undertaking GCSE examinations. After the completion of GCSE, year 12 and 13 students follow the

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Curriculum, taking part in the

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History

JESS Jumeirah

The original JESS school in

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was founded in 1975 and celebrated its 40th birthday in 2015. The school was founded as a result of demand for institutions tailored to suit the needs of British families. At the time, the only other available school was the

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(DESS), which was over-subscribed. First opened in an apartment near the Dubai Clock Tower, JESS only had 17 pupils in 2 classes. In 1976, due to the influx of students, the school relocated to the villa of the school's headteacher, Miss Blue. In 1977, His Highness

Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum ( ar, ٱلـشَّـيْـخ رَاشِـد بِـن سَـعِـيْـد آل مَـكْـتُـوْم, Ash-Shaykh Rāshid bin Sa`īd Āl Maktūm; 11 June 1912 – 7 October 1990) was the vice president ...

granted the school land in the

district of

, which is where the school is located.

JESS Arabian Ranches

In 2000s, the Emirates experienced an influx of expats, and as a result, the demand for education grew, leading to the opening of JESS Arabian Ranches in 2005. It was the first school in Dubai to be built as a part of a significant planned housing development ( Arabian Ranches). JESS Arabian Ranches opened in September 2005 with 573 pupils - a primary school, with Years 7 and 8 offered in secondary. A sixth form was opened in 2009, offering the International Baccalaureate

, due to the increasing demand for the program in Dubai. After 2009, the school started offering all years, from KG1 to Year 13.

Campus

Both campuses are open air, with limited indoor corridors. The main campus at Arabian ranches features a purpose built cafeteria, exhibition/exam hall, art workshop, Design/Technology workshop along with both of the school's campuses containing swimming pools (2 for each campus), library, a PE hall, netball courts and multi-purpose sports fields. The Arabian Ranches site also contains a music centre, a lecture theater and an

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. The sixth form building (added in 2009) contains a common room, a study hall, a dining area, and a locker room.

Curriculum

Jumeirah English Speaking School incorporates the National Curriculum of England and the IB

in its courses. Elementary students will start with the National Curriculum of England, with the secondary school students moving in to study the GCSE course. Following the completion of the course, students then study either the International Baccalaureate

or the IB Courses Programme in Years 12 and 13. The IBDP programme is very different to the Courses programme. During

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, students have to study 6 subjects, 3 taken at Standard Level (SL) and 3 taken at the Higher Level (HL). As well as that, students have to complete the "DP Core" consisting of

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, Community and Service and the Extended Essay. During the Courses programme, students can study 5 or 6 subjects, all of which may be taken at standard level. Community and Service is also mandatory. BTEC Extended level 3 courses in Art, Business and Sport were introduced in 2017, as an alternative to the IB.

Extracurricular activities

General extracurricular activities

The extracurricular activities offered change each term, based on decisions made by staff. Some of the extracurricular activities as of December 2016 are

Pottery Pottery is the process and the products of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other ceramic materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard and durable form. Major types include earthenware, stoneware and ...

, School Productions, JESS newsletter,

skiing Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow. Variations of purpose include basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport. Many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee ( ...

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, instrumental lessons,

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...

drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has b ...

club,

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club, book club, film club,

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, art club, the history society,

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, dance club, cooking club, trampoline club, gymnastics, and

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Sports

Just like the general activities, the sports offered are subject to change every term. As of December 2016, some of the sports offered include

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, football,

swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

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, and

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players p ...

KHDA Inspection Report

The

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(KHDA) is an educational quality assurance authority based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It undertakes early learning, school and higher learning institution management and rates them, based on the performance of both the teachers and the students, with ratings ranging from "Unsatisfactory" to "Outstanding". Below is a summary of the inspection ratings for the Jumeirah English Speaking School.

References

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* {{Coord, 25.1799, N, 55.2430, E, display=title British international schools in Dubai Educational institutions established in 1975 1975 establishments in the United Arab Emirates