EXCEPTIONAL TEACHING, OUTSTANDING LEARNING
Our teachers will nurture your child's personal growth, ignite their imagination, and ensure they flourish academically.
OUR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCEAges 5 to 1 1
PRIMARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM AT BIS ABU DHABI
Our broad and balanced British primary curriculum lays the foundations for your child’s success, combining outstanding subject teaching with amazing activities, trips, and hands-on projects. Our teachers will nurture your child’s growth, helping them to become confident, curious, and creative learners.
OUR BRITISH PRIMARY CURRICULUM
At BIS Abu Dhabi, our Primary children follow the English National Curriculum.
Their learning progresses through two stages, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2, which develop our students’ skills and knowledge in core subjects like maths, science, and English, as well as across the broader curriculum. This lays the foundations for success at secondary and beyond.
Their learning progresses through two stages, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2, which develop our students’ skills and knowledge in core subjects like maths, science, and English, as well as across the broader curriculum. This lays the foundations for success at secondary and beyond.
AGES 5 TO 7
KEY STAGE 1
Our Key Stage 1 curriculum builds on the foundations laid by our early years programme. Specialist core subject teaching develops vital reading, writing and maths skills, while exciting trips, projects, themed weeks, and outdoor adventures will cultivate your child’s creative, social, and physical skills.
Through our phonics-based reading and writing approach, students learn to recognise and read sounds, and then blend them together to form words. We teach maths in a purposeful, practical way, using play and exploration. Hands-on activities – both in the classroom and outdoors – engage our children in a wide range of subjects.
Your child’s physical development is important, too. Both in and beyond the curriculum, they'll swim, dance, enjoy gymnastics, and play team games.
AGES 7 TO 11
KEY STAGE 2
At Key Stage 2, your child will focus more on specialist subject areas, including English, maths, science, ICT, music, drama, humanities, art, languages, and PE. These are delivered in different and exciting ways, including fully immersive educational experiences. Your child might spend the day as a Roman or an Egyptian, learn about the experiences of a refugee, or cook up a delicious meal.
Our young scientists use state-of-the-art equipment in our specialist labs, while our mathematicians enter local and international competitions. As part of our exclusive collaboration with The Juilliard School, artists, musicians, and performers nurture our students’ creative growth.
Learning takes place in a supportive environment where our children are challenged to try new things and take risks, which builds their confidence and resilience.
Primary Parent Guide
Primary Parent Guide 2026-27 academic year.pdf (2 MB)
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A TYPICAL DAY AT BIS ABU DHABI
Your child will love coming into school every day. This is thanks to our exceptional teachers, extraordinary learning experiences, and incredible variety of activities.
ready for the day
Learning in different ways
taking a trip
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in the spotlight
connecting cultures
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Enriching activities
HOW WE TEACH
NURTURING YOUR CHILD'S DEVELOPMENT
Our teachers deliver life-changing learning experiences that will nurture your child’s personal and academic growth. Gifted, passionate, and highly qualified, they create a warm and supportive environment where every student thrives.
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OUR FACILITIES
SPACES TO THRIVE
Our purpose-built campus has some of the best school facilities in Abu Dhabi. Every day, everywhere, outstanding sports facilities, creative spaces, and technology-filled classrooms, labs, and libraries play host to an array of extraordinary opportunities.
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