Message from the Head
It is a tremendous privilege to have been appointed to head up the Senior School at Repton Dubai. The prospect of setting up a new School, but backed by over 450 years of the traditions and excellence of Repton, UK behind us is hugely exciting for all of us who will be working in the Senior School.
We join an outstanding team of Junior School staff who have shown the way for us in doing such a superb job in getting the School up and running. As more and more of the impressively planned facilities come on board and teachers and students get settled, I am convinced we will see the emergence of an unparalleled international school.
For our part, in the Senior School, we are confident we have synthesized the best of British academic excellence into a first rate Senior School Curriculum. This will see the students progress through the Cambridge International Examinations Lower Secondary Programme, with Checkpoint diagnostic tests at age 14 in English, Maths and Science. Following on from this students will sit for between 9 and 11 IGCSEs and in the Sixth Form (Years 12 and 13) students will progress to the International Baccalaureate Diploma.
The Repton Senior School offers 45 different subjects, thus ensuring tremendous diversity in Repton academic life. Beyond the classroom we are developing unparalleled facilities that will ensure our students can develop as much in sport, music, drama, arts and crafts, outdoor pursuits and other co-curricular areas as they will be able to in their academic subjects. We are extremely ambitious in all these areas and I would encourage you to come in and see the plans we have for our co-curricular facilities.
Amidst all these fantastic educational experiences, we will never lose sight of the fact that we are preparing our students for the vagaries of the world beyond School, both for university and working life. To this end we will be offering cutting edge leadership training, work experience and university and careers advice.
This will be as integral to our co-curricular programme as are sport and cultural pursuits. Finally, I would welcome you to come to visit us at our site in Nad al Sheba. I would be very happy to meet you and your children and hope that you will join us in this groundbreaking educational journey.
Robin Silk
Head of Senior School