About us - Charter Schools
WE PUT OUR STUDENTS FIRST TO MAKE SURE THEY’RE READY FOR ANYTHING THE FUTURE HOLDS
At Charter Schools, our student-centric approach places the individual needs, abilities and ambitions of our students at its core.
We seek to maximize each student’s individual potential and make sure they are equipped with the 21st century skills they need to thrive in a complex and changing world.
With American-based curricula, innovative teaching methodologies and dynamic learning models that follow common core standards and recognize the individual strengths and abilities of each student, our schools provide the structure, skills and support to shape the minds of Abu Dhabi’s next generation of global thinkers and leaders.
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THE JOURNEY OF ABU DHABI
CHARTER SCHOOLS
2018
3,120
Seats
1,925
Students
1
School
2019
17,400
Seats
13,708
Students
13
Schools
2020
21,750
Seats
19,597
Students
15
Schools
2021
34,500
Seats
29,179
Students
22
Schools
2022
46,770
Seats
42,186
Students
31
Schools
2023
55,555
Seats
50,413
Students
38
Schools
2018
54,990
Seats
49,706
Students
37
Schools
2018/19
2019/20
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
2024/25
OUR MISSION
Charter Schools are a high-quality network of publicly funded and privately operated schools across the Emirate, providing research-based education to a dynamic and growing community of UAE National students.
WE WORK EACH DAY TO:
Improve the quality of our educational services and the performance of our students.
Create a sustainable Charter Schools model that is constantly raising educational standards.
Enhance efficiency by partnering with exceptional private school operators and holding them accountable.
Our Charter Schools are proud to welcome students of determination to foster an inclusive and holistic learning system.
3 THINGS THAT MAKE CHARTER SCHOOLS UNIQUE
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Publicly funded & privately operated - Student-centric third education model
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- Agile curriculum based on students’ needs
- Innovative teaching practices
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- Realizes that every student has potential
- Focuses on students’ academic, social & personal growth
- Embraces national identity and cultural values
- Shapes future generations of independent, lifelong learners and critical thinkers
- Empowers students to build on their interests
- Measures success by student outcomes & performance
- Ensures students are future ready
- Patriotic & proud
- Creators & innovators
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- Inquisitive & passionate learners
- Empowered & confident
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Sabah Al Marzooqi - Parent
Al Riyadh Charter School
I enrolled my daughter in Al Riyadh Charter School this academic year. The teachers are very caring, provide a safe and encouraging environment, and motivate students to learn. As a result, my daughter’s academic performance has greatly improved.
DEDICATED SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS
– A PERFECT MATCH!
No Charter School is the same.
But they are all unique.
Charter Schools provide a third educational model built on performance-based partnerships between the Abu Dhabi Government and the top private school operators in the Emirate.
Each school operator – carefully selected based on their people, performance and potential – has a high degree of autonomy in how it designs and develops its curriculum, model, methodologies and school operations, with close oversight, measurement and accountability to ADEK.
This fosters a high level of competition and innovation, as schools continuously adapt and adopt the latest learning methodologies, technologies and trends to create the best possible learning environments and outcomes for our students across the Emirate.
No student is the same.
But they are all special.
Our student-centered approach starts with the premise that no two students are alike. Our entire community – students and parents, administrators and teachers, operators and partners – all come together as one to support the individual learning journeys of our amazing students.
We share a passion and commitment to ensuring that each student reaches their full potential, applying innovative teaching practices to stimulate academic, social and personal growth.
Whether through our Rize enrichment program, our commitment to personalized learning or our extra-curricular activities. Charter Schools go above and beyond to develop well-rounded critical thinkers with the knowledge, skills and will to meaningfully contribute to building a better tomorrow.
RIZE ENRICHMENT PROGRAM
The Rize Enrichment Program helps our students to ‘Go Next Level’ by making sure the skills needed for tomorrow are learned today!
Rize is a unique, year-long after-school program that helps students reach their potential and prepare for the future by teaching cutting-edge STEAM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics) that fall under three themes:
