Our experienced
educators have
over 900 years
combined IB
experience
2
Our alumni have
gone on to study
at 20 Russell
Group
Universities
3
Our students
maintain our roof
top garden and
sell the vegetables they grow to
the community
as part of our
Entrepreneurship
Programme
4
8th United
Nations
Secretary
General, Ban
Ki-moon is our
official GWAMUN
ambassador
5
Our Elite Athlete
Programme
supports
students to
excel in both
their studies and
sports outside
of the Academy
6
We have received
the EcoSchools
Green Flag in 2015
7
Our onsite
Careers and
Counselling Hub
is available to
students from
Grade 7 onwards
8
We have the
largest mother
tongue language
programme of
any school in the
UAE
9
We are the only
school in Dubai to
have a 3D
planetarium
10
Our nursery students
and teachers
collaborated
to design our
new outdoor and corridor play
and learning
areas
11
We are the only school to offer onsite student
entrepreneurship incubator
and accelerator programmes
12
We embed
entrepreneurship
into the
curriculum
from Grade 3
to Grade 12
13
We are one
of just three
schools in the
UAE to have a
50m Olympic-sized pool
14
Our 100% IBDP pass
rate is higher
than the UAE and
world averages
15
Our IBDP average
score for 2022 is 34.2
16
Our student body
is made up of
over 92 different
nationalities
17
We have
over 160 enrichment opportunities
18
GWAPA is our
dedicated
community
created by our
parents
19
Our entrepreneurship
partners include
Middle East startup
giant WAMDA who
offer mentorship to
our students
20
Every student
is assigned to
an Academy house – Zuhr, Razi, Sina
or Battuta – with inter-house competitions taking place each term
21
Our Strings
Programme is
available to all
students Grade
2-6 as part of the
curriculum
22
Week Without
Walls is our yearly
experiential
education
programme for all students
23
We offer BTEC Business as part of the IB Careers Related Programme
24
Our Music
Department offers 14 upright pianos, four grand pianos including a Steinway & Sons Model D Concert Grand,
a recording studio
and a digital editing
suite
25
Our Athletic
Department
includes a 400m
weatherproof,
rubberised
running track
26
Our multipurpose
sports hall includes an 8m
rock climbing wall
27
We are the only
school in Dubai to
be a signatory of
the UN's ‘School
Commitment to
the Sustainable
Development
Goals’
28
We have a
‘Very Good’
rating with
KHDA
29
We are truly
international with
no nationality
representing
above 10% of the
student body
30
We have a sister
Academy in Chicago allowing us to share
best practice,
exchange
programmes and
sports competitions
31
Our EAL and SEND
departments are
consistently rated
“Outstanding”
when inspected
by KHDA
32
Every April we offer an
IB Bridging
Programme, to help
transition students
who have studied
other curricula into the IB Diploma
33
Our Academy was
opened by Bill
Clinton in
September 2008
34
We have a teaching assistant
and class teacher in
every class throughout PYP until
Grade 5
35
Over 60% of our
graduates have
gone on to study at
a top 50 QS World
University including;
Cambridge, Yale,
Princeton and
Oxford
36
Our Auditorium
can seat over
600 students
or guests
37
We are the UAE's first Centre of Excellence for Track and Field Athletics
38
We have a fully
equipped green
screen room
within our
Performing Arts
Department
39
Each year GEMS World Academy – Dubai
is involved in over
500 competitive
sports fixtures
40
In 2022, two of
our students scored
44 points
in the IBDP
41
Our teachers come
from 27 different
countries, with the
majority from the
UK, US, Ireland, South Africa and Egypt
42
95% of students have secured acceptance into their first choice university at high ranking global destinations in 2022
43
Over 130 of our
students are
involved in the
Entrepreneurship
Club
44
All students from
Pre-KG onwards
have the
opportunity to
learn French or Spanish
within the
curriculum
45
The Entrepreneurship Fund
was established to invest
in students'
entrepreneurial
ideas in partnership
with Samsung
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