Nadeen School

Our School

Nadeen School opened in 1978 in converted villas with a philosophy to educate the whole child to be creative and imaginative learners, connected to the community and to our environment. Just over a year ago, we moved into a brand new building with state-of-the-art facilities situated in Dilmunia. We weren’t able to bring the chickens with us but plans are afoot to develop eco-responsibility and to bring additional opportunities to connect with nature and the local environment in a sustainable way.

Our Philosophy

Fostering creative thinking and enterprising learning is essential to empowering individuals to grow and thrive, academically, socially and environmentally, in an ever-changing world. By encouraging curiosity, risk-taking, and problem-solving, we cultivate a mindset that embraces innovation and adapts to new challenges. Supporting learners in this journey involves creating environments where exploration is encouraged, diverse perspectives are valued, and failure is seen as a step towards academic success. As we inspire the next generation of mavericks, we equip them with the skills and resilience needed to pursue their passions with purpose, helping them not only excel academically but also contribute meaningfully to society with a cause that drives them. By nurturing their potential, we unlock a future where creativity, entrepreneurship and environmental responsibility become catalysts for positive change.

Our Vision

To be a place where minds can rise and soar,

Where learners dream and seek for more.

Where progress blends with roots held tight,

Guiding confidently towards what's right.

Inspiring a community, where learners embrace their individuality: rooted in values that prepare them to disrupt positively and shape the world with purpose.

Work Learn Flourish - WOLF

Our school mascot is the Nadeen Wolf.

In the artwork, you can see these three components which all come together to form our Nadeen Wolf. In the centre of our mascot is the Nadeen School flower which has been part of the school since 1978, a representation of our community and history. Surrounding the flower is Arabic calligraphy which represents our place in Bahrain and honors the rich heritage of the country and region in which we all live. Written in that calligraphy is the message of our wolf – a quote from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling.

“…the strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack.”

At Nadeen, we all, children, adults and our community, learn to WoLF - work, learn, and flourish together.

Our School Structure and Community

We currently have well over 800 learners in the school and we are growing. We currently have learners from age 2 in the nursery through to year 10 and will continue to expand in full in the secondary school.

We are a fully inclusive school with a passion for ensuring that every learner is able to succeed regardless of their starting points. Building on the principle we have opened a Thrive provision this year for a small number of learners with complex needs.

Our learning community is made up of around a third of Bahraini learners with the rest being drawn from the wide-ranging expatriate community in Bahrain with learners coming from around 60 plus different countries and cultures. The curriculum is based on the National Curriculum for England (NCfE) and all teaching is in English.

Our learners are enthusiastic, articulate and motivated young people who want to do well and engage in active enquiry-based lessons where you as the teacher facilitate their learning experiences in creative ways that stretch their thinking and engage them in innovative and enterprising learning opportunities.

Quality of Education

"This is an Outstanding School".

- PENTA Inspection Report 2022.

The Directorate of Private Schools & Kindergartens Reviews (DPS), which is a part of the Education & Training Quality Authority (BQA), conducted this special review in accordance with the review procedures of schools with ’outstanding’ performance in the last review cycle over one day by a team of seven reviewers.

– BQA Inspection Report 2019.

We are proud of our Awards and Accreditations as we are rated as outstanding by the Bahrain Quality Authority (BQA) as well as by the British Schools Overseas (BSO) and the British Schools of the Middle East (BSME.).  Nadeen School is a COBIS Accredited School.  We are the first school in Bahrain to be a High Performance Learning school and the first to be a Google for Education Reference school.