Construction of the Anglo-Moroccan School (AMS) in Tangier, Morocco was completed in August 2008. The AMS project created by Russell Edwards was started in 2005 with substantial assistance from the Moroccan authorities. The aim was to create a modern international style school that would help Tangier by providing education for the growing number of children of foreign nationals and Moroccan expatriates living in Tangier. The school, located in the city suburb of Ziaten, offers primary and secondary British international education to children and young people whatever their nationality. Building began in July 2007 and the school received its first group of students in the September 2008. The Anglo-Moroccan School is licensed by the

University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209 and granted a royal charter by Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the world's third oldest surviving university and one of its most pr ...

as an International Examinations Centre (MA008) and a registered Cambridge International Primary Programme school. In the Spring of 2009, the Anglo-Moroccan School was honoured to receive a visit from a member of the

Moroccan Royal Family The Alawi dynasty ( ar, سلالة العلويين الفيلاليين, translit=sulālat al-ʿalawiyyīn al-fīlāliyyīn) – also rendered in English as Alaouite, Alawid, or Alawite – is the current Moroccan royal family and reigning d ...

, Cherifa Lalla Oum Keltoum.

Studies

Students are prepared for the Cambridge Primary Achievement Award, Cambridge Checkpoint,

IGCSE The International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) is an English language based examination similar to GCSE and is recognised in the United Kingdom as being equivalent to the GCSE for the purposes of recognising prior attain ...

, A Level and the CIE English Language qualifications such YLEs, KET, PET and FCE. The teaching of Arabic and French languages is offered as a part of the programme.

References

External links

Anglo-Moroccan School Tangier
(archived 2016) Schools in Tangier

Tangier Tangier ( ; ; ar, طنجة, Ṭanja) is a city in northwestern Morocco. It is on the Moroccan coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel. The town is the capi ...

British international schools in Africa 2008 establishments in Morocco Educational institutions established in 2008 {{UK-school-stub