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A FOCUS ON GEMS WORLD ACADEMY – DUBAI Operating since 2007, GEMS World Academy offers the International Baccalaureate curriculum to students ranging from KG1 to Grade 12 as well as top-of-the-range facilities. FACILITIES AND CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS
STUDENT AGES AND CURRICULUM
EMS World Academy — Dubai (GWA) is a world-class school, with a 70-seat planetarium, an Olympic-sized swimming pool, and an auditorium which can seat over 600 people. The school also hosts a highly technological music department, which includes a recording studio, a film editing suite and a green screen room, as well as advanced Design Technology labs. As the flagship among the GEMS Education schools, GWA represents the best of the best.
GWA offers the full continuum of the International Baccalaureate. The school offers the Primary Years Programme (PYP) for children aged three to 12, the Middle Years Programme (MYP) for children aged 11–16, the Diploma Programme (DP) for ages 16–19, and finally the CareerRelated Programme (CP) as an alternative for those aged 16–19. Over the last four years, the school has enjoyed some of the best university acceptance rates of any international school. Students have
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been accepted into 350 universities in over 30 countries, and the results speak for themselves, with the school's IBDP average sitting at 33.1, compared to the global average of 29.78.
SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM Stuart Walker is a highly experienced educator and school leader. Prior to taking up the post of Head of School/CEO at GWA he was the Principal of Garden International School in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Before that, he was the Senior Policy Advisor to the Minister of Education in Sydney,
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