Royal Grammar School (RGS), Guildford

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The Royal Grammar School, Guildford in Qatar (RGS) is an independent, British curriculum school for boys and girls, located in the quiet, convenient area of Um Salal Mohammed, close to IKEA and the new Festival City and enjoying close and convenient transport links to Qatar’s main areas, including The Pearl, Madinat Khalifa, Gharaffa, West Bay and surrounding areas. Whilst still relatively new to Doha (we opened in September 2016), our school is part of the prestigious Royal Grammar School, Guildford, and Lanesborough Preparatory School, located in Surrey, UK.

We are proud to bring over 500 years of academic excellence to Qatar. We provide an outstanding British curriculum education based upon traditional values of decency and respect, supported by exceptional pastoral care and a wide range of extra-curricular opportunities. Our facilities are first class and our plans for the future are ambitious, which will see pupils aged 3 to 18 receive an RGS education in Qatar.

The Royal Grammar School, Guildford in Qatar, an exceptional British School delivering a bespoke British curriculum to boys and girls. Whilst we are a young school in Doha we are a school steeped in the traditions of excellence, which has seen our home school, the Royal Grammar School, Guildford deliver an outstanding education to hundreds of young people over the past 500 years.

As part of the RGS Guildford family, our ethos maintains that a school must provide a superior, all-round education that prepares a child for the challenges of their life ahead. We strive to create an environment where our pupils will be happy learners, develop self-confidence, thrive academically, and make the most of opportunities that may arise. We celebrate the diversity of the whole community and are driven by the ethics of inclusion and equal opportunity for all.

Our principal aim is for all our pupils to leave the RGS as confident young adults, well equipped with the necessary skills to succeed in whatever career path they choose to follow. Whilst excellent academics are important, our primary concern for your children is their happiness and well-being. At The RGS Guildford in Qatar, we believe that happy children are better learners and the pastoral care of all the children is of the utmost importance.

Our British qualified teachers are passionate about the development of the pupils and understand that for a child to learn, they must feel safe, respected, and valued by the staff and by their peers. As such, our classrooms are joyful places where children learn traditional values of manners, respect, and tolerance. To help our pupils develop within the all-around education of which the RGS Guildford is so proud, we offer a British curriculum, tailored to the needs of our pupils, which is delivered in English. Whilst, in addition, we fully support the Islamic, Arabic, and Qatari History curriculums specified by the Ministry of Education.

To achieve the standards of academic excellence that the RGS Guildford schools are renowned for, we place the development of our pupils’ ability to learn as one of our highest priorities. We are a school that understands and can teach the art of learning we are a school that recognizes that learning may not come easily and we are a school that celebrates the pupils who have risen to that challenge.

Our comprehensive extra-curricular program includes music, sport, and the creative arts: such activities enable our pupils to explore their imaginations and expand their horizons, ensuring a positive development of the child. As a result, we believe that your child’s experience of life at The RGS Guildford in Qatar will be rich in opportunity and challenge. “Our philosophy is simple – ensuring our children are happy ensures excellent learning takes place that is what we do throughout all of our RGS family of schools”.

Our vision is to be a community that is internationally recognized for the quality of learning, where our pupils can excel and develop into caring and confident individuals who are well prepared for the challenges ahead. Our values are that:

• Everyone involved with the School embraces the challenge of learning.
• We have high expectations of all who are involved with the education of our students.
• Children should be happy at school and that happy children are better learners.
• An RGS Guildford in Qatar education should prepare students for life beyond school and all of its challenges.
• Service to the community should be a part of every student’s school life.
• Everyone in the School should be confident in expressing their opinions and respectful of others in turn.
• Every child participates in a broad and varied range of opportunities.
• The historic traditions of The Royal Grammar School, Guildford should inform and inspire the School.

Daily life at our school is based upon fostering a love of learning and encouraging all of our children to be curious, tenacious, independent, and above all else, happy, lifelong learners. Building upon the success of RGS Guildford in the UK, we ensure that all of our pupils in Qatar acquire the sixteen RGS Learning Habits, which are taught through our very own RGS Super Squad characters. Even our youngest children enjoy learning from the RGS Superheroes and strive to emulate their values and characteristics in their learning behaviors. These habits include the ability to learn with creativity, to work effectively with others, to be reflective, and to take responsibility for their learning and organization. The acquisition of these Learning Habits not only helps RGS pupils achieve the outstanding academic progress for which the School is renowned but also prepares them well for the challenges they will face beyond life at the RGS. They will have the know-how, the ability, social skills, and confidence to achieve their ambitions.

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