British International School Riyadh Reviews (19)

Average Ratings

Overall 3.21
Facilities 2.07
Academics 2.50
Teachers 2.50
Sports 2.86
Music & Arts 1.79
Science & Tech 2.21

Reviewer Nationalities

Danish (1) Canadian (1) British (8) American (1) Zimbabwean (1) Saudi (1) Australian (1)

How would you rate British International School Riyadh?

Anonymous, 09/05/2023 @ 12:17:07
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The security guard keep shouting at everyone for not parking in the right spots, they get annoyed even when they don’t tell us. Computer facility: The facilities are alright but The computer labs need an upgrade, they need better mice and keyboards. Sport facilities: They teach a wide range of sports such as football, volleyball, basketball, rugby, and swimming which is quite helpful but you don’t really learn from them, since it’s the same thing over and over throughout the years. Academics and Opportunities: The academics are amazing, they teach you the things you need to know to be successful and the opportunities are endless. Music and Arts Departments : The music and arts departments are alright, the reason the score is low is due to the music department with the annoying and rude teachers in my opinion, they get mad at the littlest thing and criticize you all the way. Science Department: The science department is probably the best department, fun experiments and topics although most of the teachers are really strict and get mad easily. School trips: The amount of school trips are amazing, you could go Switzerland,USA,China,Tokyo, Farm, Zoo, it’s endless, and they’re usually full of fun. Overall: It’s a good school in terms of facilities and academics, but the only thing they need to improve on is becoming stricter as well as having better teachers. I would give the school a 4 star but it there is room for improvement.

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Abbie Senn, 2 months ago


The school is really good. The teachers are really friendly and very fun. Lovely classes and a great experience for me. Excited to come back and see my friends.

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Abbie Senn, 2 months ago


The school is really good. The teachers are really friendly and very fun. Lovely classes and a great experience for me. Excited to come back and see my friends.

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Hamza Shekhani, a month ago


My best 10 years spent in this school

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Alex, 4 months ago


From years R-8, this school is fine. But after that, it's time to take your qualifications seriously and move your final years of education elsewhere. In the nine years that I was here, the education superseded the schools in England. Some teachers lack interpersonal skills and act like machines. I still remember all of their names and the dumb things they did, like give me a detention for mistakes they've made but were unwilling to admit it. However, returning to England made me realise how much worse it is there. I was in all the middle sets at BISR, but when I returned home I was suddenly the smartest kid in the year. This school takes bullying a lot more seriously than other schools, except when the teachers do it themselves. From my experience, they handled bullying. But false accusations are also taken seriously, some students in my time picked up on it and would do this to others. There's also students and teachers who shouldn't be here; a handful of lowlives from around the world attend this school; British, Arabic, Australian, whatever. You're forced to take part in sports days and swimming galas. Waste of a school day, why shouldn't I be absent from these? I'd have been more productive staying at home.

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Steve Milicent, 6 months ago


My son got beaten up on the third day of school by a few bullies, he says he didn’t do anything to them. He also complained about the teachers being late and sometimes not even attending lessons. When I tried addressing the issues with the principal, he kept on making excuses like I am not available because of this or that etc. As soon as the first semester ended, I moved him to AIS-R. My son says he is much more happy there.

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