GEMS Founders School Al Waha Review
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The story so far...
For a brand new school, there is rather more of a back story to the opening of GEMS Founders School Al Waha than would ordinarily be expected! That is because this is the third school to be planned for Al Waha, which lies behind Sustainable City and inland from the Al Waha and Layyan housing developments.
Back in 2017, GEMS announced the opening of GEMS Vertus School, which was expected to open in September 2019. Prior to this, the GEMS School of Digital Futures had also been announced and was slated to open in September 2018, and then subsequently delayed until September 2019. Both were expected to open in Al Waha, although it was not clear if this was to be on the same site.
It would seem with GEMS Founders Al Waha, that it may well be third time lucky.
We at WhichSchoolAdvisor.com understand that the opening arrangements for the new Founders School are being led by Matthew Burfield, who led the highly successful opening of the first Founders School in Al Barsha South. Staff are actively being recruited and we expect it is only a matter of time (and regulatory approvals), before the launch goes ahead in time for the school to open, initially from FS1 to Year 8, in September 2020.
The new location will be handy for anyone travelling on the Emirates Road and inbound towards Arabian Ranches and will clearly help meet the demand for another affordable school along the same lines as GEMS Founders Al Barsha and the newer sister school, GEMS Founders Al Mizhar.
In line with the other Founders branches, GEMS Founders Al Waha is expected to offer the UK National Curriculum and to offer affordable fees. Fees at the Al Barsha branch range from AED 22,455 in FS1 to AED 33,683 in Year 13. Fees at the Al Mizhar branch are AED 23,000 to AED 30,000 (for Year 9, the highest year group currently).
This review will be updated as more information becomes available.
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