• Hi, I am a new Catholic European Expat in Bahrain, and I am struggling to choose the right vs. best school for my 2 kids (6 and 10 years old).
    My first choice is the Sacred Heart School (SHS) because we are Christians.
    Strangely, all expatriates (all nationalities including Indians that are “wealthier”) that I told my intention to put my kids there and asked advice had vigorously rejected the idea; also going on the premises of the school, it strikes me how only one community was represented at about 90% of all students were Indians.

    Looking at all the records and articles regarding all the inter-schools competitions and including the last event who was the Australian international examination (ACER); A student from the SHS came first worldwide in Math and English beating any other school in Bahrain such as St Chris, British school, Bayan etc.
    That’s must count for something right? The SHS seems to have very high academic standard…
    So why almost (I saw one or two non-Indian kids there) no expacts from other country than Indian/Asia would not put their kids there?

    Also, if you had to rank the British curriculum schools in Bahrain; what would it be (from the best to the worst and why?

    For what I heart, St Chris is the number 1… why?
    What about The British school of Bahrain?
    How about International school of Choueifat?
    And why not SHS?


    I would like to hear from parents of these schools
    Thank you in advance for helping me to make the best choice for my kids.
    A worried expat

    I created a discussion group on Yahoo, please come and exchange on Bahrain schools or else: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ISIB/ 
    Clara
    14 Apr 2008, 06:13

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  • SHS
    Clara most Brits are not Catholics, strictly Church of England so you won't find many of us there. In additional, with British state schools being in such a dire state most Brits would choose a good private school over a faith school anyday. St. Chris's seems to be the one everyone aims for regardless of the apparent problems it one hears about. Never heard anything bad about BSB. Look at all of them and go with your gut instinct as to where you think your child will thrive and get the best deucation regardless of the nationalities that do or don't attend.
    A Friend
    08 May 2008, 03:22 - Report

  • Bayan deff. it's the best school in bahrain
    Sarah
    26 May 2008, 03:30 - Report

  • the best schooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
    ahmed shafiee
    02 Jun 2008, 03:06 - Report

  • the best school in bahrain is ibn khaulddon national school my kids r enjoying it alott
    Noor
    02 Aug 2008, 09:23 - Report

  • ibn khuldoon is number 1 st chris is number 3
    british school is number 6
    Noor
    02 Aug 2008, 09:25 - Report

  • 232
    i sware ikns is the best school in bahrain i sware
    Noor
    02 Aug 2008, 09:30 - Report

  • ibn ill khuldoon is the bitichest school all of them are gays



    ISB and BSB and st.chris... are the best three i sawre i have a list i got it because my father is working at the ministry
    walaa
    26 Sep 2008, 06:41 - Report

  • I think for my kids the best school is Asian school
    kanchana
    15 Oct 2008, 02:31 - Report

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    Mrs. Joy Coleman
    19 Nov 2008, 12:46 - Report

  • The best school is asian schoollllllllll.
    kanchana
    24 Nov 2008, 03:38 - Report

  • british school is the best im not there but i see its most popular
    the teacher's explain very well
    most talented school in the world
    my friends are there there having alot of fun
    they bring psp laptop they can chat with other classes in the school by MSN
    they can also bring mobiles the enphants,juniors and seniors have 3 brakes
    first they have 1st brake then they have math then second brake then P.E then third brake then P.E then snack then they have freetime to play laptops or in their phones or psp boardgames or anything finally they go home they never get homeworks but all of this is year 5 i dont know about other classes the only homework is reading 10 to 20 pages and when they have easy exams they revise for like 30 minutes.
    ahmed shafiee
    15 Dec 2008, 01:24 - Report

  • dilmun school is the werst school in the world

    it has 30 min brake
    10 min P.E
    no activities all math no concerts sometmes P.E cancelad sometimes the brake
    10 min art most of the times we dont go to art
    they have nomufty day or anything
    ***** *******
    15 Dec 2008, 01:30 - Report

  • werst than ever
    narjes
    15 Dec 2008, 01:31 - Report

  • yes dilmun is the werst school in the world

    to narjes
    mohammed
    15 Dec 2008, 01:36 - Report

  • bin 5ildoon oo bss wilbagi 5ass
    ikns student
    19 Dec 2008, 09:37 - Report

  • Dear Clara,

    Welcome to Bahrain! Hope your stay here is an enjoyable and fruitful one. Please do ignore the comments from the peanut gallery (not that you really need that forewarning).

    SHS was really good to me. I started there in J.K. and went all the way through to my Ordinary Levels. It was an enriching experience. There were many students enrolled from many walks of life, but we all got along.

    The curricula has served me in good stead. I'm 32 now, and live in Toronto, Canada - scarcely a day goes by that I don't thank my lucky stars my folks enrolled me in good ol' SHS.

    All the best to you and yours.

    Sincerely,

    Nash
    Nash
    02 Jan 2009, 07:22 - Report

  • mks
    mks and saint chris and bahrain school are the best schools in bahrain if u want to choose school you better chose one of this school
    amanda
    02 Jan 2009, 02:46 - Report

  • well you r all wrong dilmun is the best well thats all because of the great prinipal mrs.robinson if u doont believe me go and try although it is small it is a very great and i was there from when i was 3 till 11 and now im in ********* school and its so bad but all the teachers say that im the cleverist because of my old school im the best in all subjects ur all do dum u dont now wat school is better clara takke ur children to dilmun an ur all do dum caz dilmun is a very high standered school and narjes and ahmed shafiee now u guyes and i cant believe u say these stuff about ur school
    j i
    02 Jan 2009, 09:14 - Report

  • ahmed shafiee i now ur very bad in school u were bullying a kid ur so awful
    j i
    02 Jan 2009, 09:20 - Report

  • Real education happens only in MKS (US curriculum; international with IB program)in Juffair. You fail the admission exam, NO ENTRY. Others? Well, pass or fail, they have to get you in for schools in Bahrain are treated as purely BUSINESS!!! No or less students, no or less profit. Ibn Khuldoon, Bayan and Bahrain schools could be good choices. Check out the non-profit Al Rajah School. It is American, and the teachers really care.
    Carpe Diem
    06 Jan 2009, 07:19 - Report

  • CAN ANY ONE LET ME KNOW WHEN IS THE ADMISSION FOR ASIAN SCHOOL AT BAHRAIN FOR KIDS. MY eMAIL ID=
    C.JAMBUKESWARAN
    02 Feb 2009, 10:25 - Report

  • Clara,
    I think I have the same problem as you had last april. Me and my wife are being offered to work in bahrain and we are also contemplating as to which school we are to send our daughter. One friend (a catholic) of ours suggested SHS but some of our friends do not agree with this idea. Some recommended st. chris or the british international school. I would like to assume that by now, you have already made up your mind or maybe your children have already started schooling. If it is not too much of a trouble on your part, I would gladly appreciate it if you could share with me your final decision (as to which school) and as to why you have made such a decision. Thank you very much.



    by the way, we are also catholics
    kjvcvgh@yahoo.com
    04 Feb 2009, 01:12 - Report

  • "Asian school bahrain"is the werst school in
    the Bahrain
    paul.k
    15 Feb 2009, 05:27 - Report

  • I Deff. Think That St.Chris Is Probably The Best British School in Bahrain. I Also Recommend: Abdulrahman Kanoo International School, Bayan School and Ibn Khuldoon! But I Do Not Recommend AMA.

    Hope I Helped,,
    Saraah
    19 Feb 2009, 02:49 - Report

  • IKNSSS ROOKSSS
    ikns student
    19 Feb 2009, 03:10 - Report

  • j i
    hey j i who r u
    ahmed shafiee
    23 Feb 2009, 02:42 - Report

  • infant school is the best. i love it alot i love my teacher mrs veigas she is so kind
    ayat
    24 Feb 2009, 04:48 - Report

  • dilmun school is the best school because there is all english people and teachers and i have many friends and just choose dilmun school cuz its the best than ever and because mrs.robinsonis english. it is so cool. although it is small but it is cool and u'll see. the principal mrs.Robinson every year she gives us half term holiday.i like it it means i like it and u'll like it too plzz come and join us
    alaa
    24 Feb 2009, 04:54 - Report

  • infant school is the best,sorry for the rest
    ayoota
    24 Feb 2009, 04:57 - Report

  • infant school is the best school.my kids are enjoying it alot
    sheela
    24 Feb 2009, 05:03 - Report

  • british school is the wrest scool ok crazy school
    alaao
    25 Feb 2009, 07:19 - Report

  • i love my scool it is nice and good they teach well and properly join us pllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
    fofo
    01 Mar 2009, 02:07 - Report

  • actually bin khaldoon is the best scholl in bahrain it's just perfect but its very expansive and its muslims school too
    second place bayan school which is not so cheap either.. but its really really really good school
    naseem is in the 3rd place .. and it's a great one too

    now Sacred Heart School is cheap in evey way you chould thinnk of
    FORGET ABOUT IT!! brithish skol is shitty and there's alot of bullying going around! students there are extremely mean and rude ..
    st. chris is a good choice
    and modern knlodge too!

    I used to teach in all those schools so i really do know!! xpt the last one
    R.
    13 Mar 2009, 11:13 - Report

  • r.
    you used 2 be a teacher????????? my 2 year old bro can write better than u
    nowhere man
    23 Mar 2009, 03:46 - Report

  • british school is the best ... i recomanded u to got there. my sister is there and she knows more english words than i do
    so the best school is (BSB) BRITISH SCHOOL!!!
    ZAINAB
    01 Apr 2009, 11:54 - Report

  • Hi
    The best school for the indians is the New Horizon School.If you look at other Indian schools New millenium school show partiality,Indian school is overcrowded,Asian School too much studies and no activities.For me new horizon school is the best.
    Abilash
    02 Apr 2009, 10:19 - Report

  • It was fascinating to read all of your thoughts on so many schools in Bahrain!
    If anyone of you parents, students, teachers wish to hear more about a curriculum team-challenge, which takes you inside the real world of F1, go to www.f1inschools.ae and see more. We can also be contacted to perform a school assembly for you and your fellow students, with a view to having more Bahraini-based students accessing this exciting, new, educational initiative.
    Regards,
    F1 in Schools Team
    F1 in Schools Technology Challenge
    15 Apr 2009, 08:49 - Report

  • hi
    the british school is the best school and there is no such thing as bullying and i study there and every religion is accepted
    lola
    17 Apr 2009, 07:41 - Report

  • some they will pretend st chist i sthe top in bahrain, cose the pourcentage for the bac. is 99 % ..but my kids are in the french school and it was logic for me to let them to join the french school.
    im a french teacher and my husband bahraini business man but we like in the next future to let our kids join saint christopher school.

    thanks
    laura
    27 Apr 2009, 04:58 - Report

  • shgs is the greatest in bahrain
    mai
    11 May 2009, 06:01 - Report

  • The best school?
    Well the latest 'Mathletics Challenge' had most of the International Schools taking part. There were 2 Bahrain Schools in the top 10 Middle East Schools. At number 9 was British School Bahrain and number 10 was Ibn Khuldoon school.
    Strange that ST Chris', seemingly the 'best' Brit school only came 17th.
    The facts say a lot really.
    Brit Mum
    04 Jun 2009, 08:39 - Report

  • the worst believe us, go to the ibin khildoon scool much better
    jane
    17 Jun 2009, 09:52 - Report

  • THATS NOT TRUE IT HAS CONCERTS . ART 45 MIN P.E 45 MINUTES AND BREAK 30 MIN CUZ THEY FINISH AT 1.00
    ********
    28 Jun 2009, 07:05 - Report

  • it the best skool in bahrain then comes ikns then bahrain bayan skool then mks
    ahis
    30 Jun 2009, 02:39 - Report

  • my favourite school is dilmun i was there from nursery and i think that some of u here dont know how to spell words even
    noor 6a
    01 Jul 2009, 03:32 - Report

  • mks
    mks stands for most kachra school
    **********************
    01 Jul 2009, 03:36 - Report

  • Hey Dima!

    Well I have some advice since I have been to many schools in Bahrain.

    My first school was The New Indian School- It was quite rigorous and gave me a good foundation.

    Modern Knowledge School- No discipline, no education NOTHING. My friends who remain there are at such low educational levels. DEFINITELY A NO.

    St. Christopher's School- I went there for a year, to be honest the Arabic wasn't THAT good but the school was AMAZING in terms of education and personal development. I was enrolled in clubs every day of the week. I am an overweight boy and still enrolled for gymnastics and the coaches there were very encouraging. I really respect this school. But you will probably be put on a waiting list.

    Naseem- This is the school I graduated from. Honestly I didn't learn anything at all in this school except when I enrolled in the IB (International Baccaleurate) program, which is only for grade 11 and 12. This is a quality educational program and our class was the only class with brains in the whole school. Besides that it is HORRIBLE. No good activities what so ever.

    Hope this helps!
    This is my experience as a student in these schools. Just so you have a little background, I just graduated from the American University in Cairo with high honors and the top of my major.
    M.
    14 Jul 2009, 10:33 - Report

  • Anybody has any experience with Al-Wisam School, Bahrain. Need some reviews on the school before I enrol my son.
    Joe
    21 Jul 2009, 10:28 - Report

  • I just wanted to know if the iman school is good and if anybody has any information about it. Also what is a good islamic school in bahrain?
    haleemah
    22 Jul 2009, 07:14 - Report

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