British School Muscat (BSM) is a not-for-profit,

co-educational Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to ...

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international day school in

Muscat Muscat (, ) is the capital and most populous city in Oman. It is the seat of the Governorate of Muscat. According to the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI), the population of the Muscat Governorate in 2022 was 1.72 million. ...

Oman Oman, officially the Sultanate of Oman, is a country located on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in West Asia and the Middle East. It shares land borders with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Oman’s coastline ...

, that provides a comprehensive

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-speaking expatriate pupils aged 3–18. The school follows an enhanced version of the English

National curriculum A national curriculum is a common programme of study in schools that is designed to ensure nationwide uniformity of content and standards in education. It is usually legislated by the national government, possibly in consultation with state or othe ...

. British School Muscat was established in 1971 when it was granted a

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by Sultan

Qaboos bin Said Qaboos bin Said Al Said (, ; 18 November 1940 – 10 January 2020) was Sultan of Oman from 23 July 1970 until his death in 2020. A fifteenth-generation descendant of the founder of the Al Bu Said dynasty, he was the longest-serving leader in t ...

. The school is included in

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as one of the 150 best private schools in the world and among top 15 schools in the Middle East.

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Oman Tribune ''Oman Tribune'' was a popular English-language newspaper in Oman, based in Muscat. It was the most popular English newspaper among high income, policy-making Omani, and in the diplomatic community. It offered both local and international conten ...

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