The Winchester School () is a British

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situated in the

Jebel Ali Jebel Ali () is a port town south-west of Dubai. The Jebel Ali Port is located there. Al Maktoum International Airport has been constructed just outside the port area. Jebel Ali is connected to Dubai via the UAE Exchange (formerly Jebel Al ...

area of

Dubai Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...

in the

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. The Winchester School is a registered

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from FS-1 (age 3–4) to Year 13 (age 18) and has over 3,800 enrolled. It was founded in 2003. The school is part of GEMS, an international school business. The school is located on the southwest edge of The Gardens neighbourhood and close to Jebel Ali Village. It is close to the Dubai branch of the Delhi Private School. In 2019, a teacher at the school, Shalini Rajan, was '' BTEC Teacher of the Year'', quoted to be "empowering her students by embracing modern teaching and learning strategies". The school is regularly mentioned in national UAE newspapers. For example, in 2016, the school was reported by ''

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'' to be the best UAE school for girls'

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. In 2019, it was reported that the Winchester School raised over Dh130,000 to support education programmes for children in

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. The

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results in 2020 were reported as being 72% at grades 5–9, with one pupil achieving nine A* results (grades 8–9). The school's facilities are widespread, such as multiple sporting fields, an auditorium, BTEC, Physics, Biology and Science labs as well as enhanced education centres.

References

External links

The Winchester School website
* 2003 establishments in the United Arab Emirates Educational institutions established in 2003 Private schools in the United Arab Emirates British international schools in Dubai GEMS schools {{UnitedArabEmirates-school-stub