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British School Muscat is Oman’s leading British school. A not-for-profit, British international day school that provides a comprehensive and balanced education to girls and boys aged 3-18. Their vision is to be one of the world\'s leading international schools, offering consistently innovative and inspiring teaching and a broad enrichment program that allows every pupil to pursue individual passions and interests in world-class facilities and a safe, stimulating multi-cultural environment.
Welcome to British School Muscat. I am proud to lead our dynamic, thriving, and successful school where visitors consistently comment on the relaxed and purposeful atmosphere around the site, our polite and motivated pupils, and our friendly, family atmosphere.
When you are a long way from home I think that it is even more important that your child and your family immediately feel safe, secure, and amongst friends with a supportive international community. This is the starting point for successful learning.
Over the last 3 years, we have transformed our school by creating exciting, impressive and inspiring facilities for all our pupils. We are seeing the results of this hard work with some excellent exam results last summer that placed us in the top 3 British international schools in the GCC and top 5% of UK independent and state schools.
Furthermore, in our recent British Schools Overseas Inspection (overseen by the Department of Education and Ofsted in England), our school is described as “Outstanding with exemplary features”.
Our GCSE results place BSM in the top 3 British International Schools in the Middle East and the top 5% of independent and state schools in the UK. BSM’s growing international reputation for excellence and innovation helps us to attract, retain and develop high-quality UK-trained teachers who are proud to work with our engaged, motivated, and high achieving pupils.
To prepare our pupils for the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead we value learning that focuses on high performance in public examinations, healthy living and well-being, character development, and global citizenship. We call this approach the BSM Learning Ethos and it underpins learning and teaching throughout our school.
With more than 300 activities to choose from, our Enrichment program provides our pupils with opportunities to pursue and explore their talents and interests through a wide range of competitive and recreational sports, performing and creative arts activities, and academic extension and support programs.
Our priority is to ensure that your child is a safe, happy, and confident learner. All our staff is trained to offer care and support to our pupils daily. Our dedicated team of assistants, teachers, counselors, and nurses, led by our Well Being Manager, can also offer specialized support and guidance to pupils when required.
British School Muscat is very proud to be named International School of the Year 2019 at this year's International School Awards in London for our Internship Programme.
We are immensely proud to win this award and delighted that the hard work that has gone into setting up our “Award Winning” internship program has been recognized. In recent years BSM has been going from strength to strength due to the dedication and commitment of our talented teaching team, supported by our parents, governors, and partners locally and further afield. It is wonderful for our whole school community, not least our amazing students, to see our progress validated with this prestigious award.
Muscat English Speaking School, as BSM was first known, opened in 1971 in the house of the B.P Manager in Riyam (near Muttrah), with three children and one qualified teacher. Shortly after it moved to the renovated old Consulate Club belonging to the British Embassy in Muscat, with five pupils. In 1972 the school moved again to a new site next to Hochtief/Six Construct (the company then constructing Muttrah Port) School in Darsait, with three classrooms and 33 children on roll. Fees were raised to 75 Omani Rials. Later that year, the school received its first visit from Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Schools to ensure it was developing in line with best British practice.
On 30 April 1973, the Subscribers, (firms in the business community whose assistance had made the foundation of the school possible - see below for a list), formally applied to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said for a Charter. His Majesty graciously granted the School a Royal Charter on 3 May 1973, and since then the school has welcomed young people from many different countries.
In 1974 the Muscat English Speaking School had an enrolment of 60 children, increasing rapidly to 190 pupils by 1975. In June 1975 the school was notified that its premises were required for development by the Ministry of Communication. The decision was made to build a school on the current site in Madinat Al Sultan Qaboos, on land generously made available by the Government of Oman.
The new buildings in Madinat Al Sultan Qaboos, including the buildings we now use as the nursery, the main hall, and the staffroom, were completed in 1978. One of the first projects of a newly formed Association of Parents and Friends was to assist with the coordination of the movement of furniture and equipment from Darsait to the new site.
Muscat English Speaking School occupied the new site in Madinat Al Sultan Qaboos on 1 April 1978 with 257 children in 14 classes. On the morning of 3 May 1978 Mr. CJ Treadwell, the British Ambassador and president of the school, officially opened the buildings and asked for the children to be given one day’s holiday to celebrate the occasion.
By the spring term of 1984, there was a total enrolment of 591 children in 21 classes at the main Primary school. In the Secondary school, then located in a separate villa, numbers had risen to 50 children in 4 classes. In August 1984, an enthusiastic cast of children and teachers from the Secondary school traveled to Edinburgh to perform in the fringe festival. So successful was this expedition that photographs and an article appeared on the front page of The Times Educational Supplement in Britain.
On 14 March 1987, following years of development discussions concerning the need for school expansion, the British Ambassador, Mr. R J Alston, Said the foundations for new buildings, to give space for the senior school to move onto the current site. At the beginning of the spring term, there was twenty-nine classrooms, two halls, two music rooms, three science laboratories, two video rooms, an art room, a library, a computer laboratory, and special needs center. The school also had a multi-purpose sports field with running track, football and rounder’s pitches, cricket practice nets, and two tennis/netball/volleyball courts.
1988 was the 15th anniversary year of the charter to the school by his Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said, as well as the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the school on its present site. Both anniversaries were celebrated on the morning of 20 March 1988 when his Highness Sayyid Thuwainy bin Shihab, Personal Representative of his Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said, officially opened the new building at a ceremony attended by all children and many parents and friends.
Since 1988 the site has continued to grow. The original swimming pool was built in 1991 (refurbished in 2016), Senior classrooms were added in 1993, the nurse’s room and nearby offices in 1994. The original sixth form center was converted from staff accommodation in 1998 and will be replaced with our brand new Sixth Form Centre in 2017. The sports hall was finished in 1999 our two additional sports halls & swimming pool will be complete later in 2017. To read more about our facilities, please see our campus & facilities page.


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