Welcome to Sherborne Qatar

Sherborne Qatar is a co-educational preparatory school for children from Reception to Year 8. We teach the National Curriculum of England and Wales to Year 6 and then follow the Common Entrance Syllabus of the Independent Schools Examination Board (ISEB). The school provides a wide and interesting curriculum and believes not only in high academic achievements but also in creating an atmosphere of honesty, respect and responsibility.

In September 2011 our Senior School will open enabling pupils who have joined the preparatory school to continue their education at Sherborne Qatar until Year 13. Our curriculum is delivered in English: therefore to enjoy it all of our pupils must have a high level of written and spoken English. This is the primary aim of our entrance assessments. We also test mathematics and non-verbal reasoning.

We employ highly qualified teachers, mainly from the UK and mostly with prep school experience. Exciting resources and modern technology are obviously important to us, but nothing beats an enthusiastic and motivated teaching staff. At Sherborne Qatar we encourage our teachers to teach and our children to learn by presenting the curriculum in a stimulating environment with a wide range of extra-curricular activities. We aim to produce happy children who are independent thinkers, with the ability to adapt and improve and who are prepared to take risks in their learning. We wish them to become good communicators, not just through email and texting, but by speaking to each other and enjoying each other's company. We aim to make all Sherborne Qatar pupils lifelong learners who will be able to adapt to the amazing advances and changes that are certain to happen in their lifetimes.

Sherborne Qatar is helped and enhanced by its mother School in Dorset, England. Founded in 1550, Sherborne UK provides half of our governing body as well as our academic and pastoral ethos and standards. Regular visits by the Sherborne UK team help ensure that Sherborne Qatar greatly broadens the educational options available in the exciting international environment of Qatar. I hope you find the information contained in this website useful. Please do not hesitate to contact us should you wish to find out more. We look forward to welcoming you to Sherborne Qatar.

Nick Prowse
Headmaster