Ras Al Khaimah English Speaking School

Founded in 1975 and established under the royal patronage of His Highness Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, we are one of the oldest and largest international schools in the country. However we remain firmly focused upon the individual progress and happiness of each and every one of our students. This is our constant aim: to include, to challenge and to promote the success of all our children at RAKESS within a friendly and purposeful learning environment

VISION:

To continue as a leading co-educational International School in the UAE, providing an academic and balanced education for our students.

MISSION:

To place life-long learning and global-citizenship at the heart of this learning community.

BELIEFS:

• The school community will strive to be principled, risk-takers, knowledgeable, balanced, communicators, reflective, caring, thinkers, open-minded, inquirers.
• Students have a fundamental right to a quality education in a safe, stimulating and positive learning environment.
• Every individual is to be respected for their inherent worth.
• Students have primary responsibility for their own learning.
• Education equips learners to function in a rapidly changing world by giving them the skills to access, sort, analyse, process, and use information.
• Education is a shared responsibility between parents, students, staff, administration, the Board of Governors and the broader community.
• The many cultures that enrich our international community are to be equally valued.
• The education program includes community service, environmental care and after-school activities as part of the extended curriculum.
• Learning is a life-long process.