British School Muscat

The campus in Madinat Al Sultan Qaboos has a theatre and auditorium, a large floodlit all-weather pitch with a grandstand, three multi-purpose halls, two sports halls and a dance studio. There are three swimming pools (an eight-lane and a four-lane 25 m pool plus a learner pool), large outdoor playgrounds, shaded lunch areas, two libraries and ten science laboratories, together with specialist rooms for art, design technology, drama, music, media and computing. A health centre is staffed by professional nurses.

Pupils who speak other languages are supported in class and, when needed, in separate specialist lessons so they can access a curriculum taught in English. The Learning Support team works on speech and communication, cognition and learning, emotional and behavioural needs, and sensory and physical needs, and collaborates with speech therapists, educational psychologists and occupational therapists in Oman and abroad. The school cannot currently provide full-time one-to-one support, so applications from children with additional needs are assessed individually with the family.

Clubs run every afternoon after school, and families can choose from a large programme each term such as boxing, sailing, yoga, dance, chess and board games, Lego construction, computing and touch typing, design technology, photography, music, science, languages, arts and crafts, speed stacking, Model United Nations and the World Scholars Cup. Swimming is a highlight: besides lessons during the school day, the BSM Marlins programme offers a swim school and competitive squads, and school teams compete across Oman and the wider Middle East.