The School Show by WhichSchoolAdvisor.com

On this episode of The School Show podcast, we talk to four school leaders about the challenging process that is choosing a school. To make the advice from our guests even clearer, we’ve split the episode into two distinct segments. First, we look at choosing a primary school with Fiona McDermott, Assistant Head at Safa British School and Ben Rothwell, Deputy Head of Victory Heights Primary School. Later on, we look at what makes choosing a secondary school a different proposition with Giles Pruett, Executive Principal of Arcadia School and Matthew Tompkins, Principal-CEO of GEMS FirstPoint School.

The first episode of the new season of The School Show podcast sees our host, WhichSchoolAdvisor.com Senior Editor, Jenny Mollon meet two UAE school governors who share their experiences in the role.  Jenny also speaks with Fatma Belrehif, CEO of the Dubai Schools Inspection Bureau to find out why school governance is a top priority for those regulating schools in Dubai.

Exams have been cancelled right around the world for a second year running. For most students in the UAE, the word ‘exam’ has this year meant a gruelling combination of mock examinations and continual assessment. This week, The School Show podcast invited two school leaders into the studio to offer their very best advice to every student (and parent!) nervously awaiting exam results.

Giving your child a great start to their education is vitally important. But what really matters when it comes to early years education? What should (and shouldn’t!) our children be learning in their formative years at school? We invited Jennifer Dinari, Foundation Stage Teacher and Head of Inclusion at Kings’ School Nad Al Sheba, and Hannah Hepworth, Head of Foundation Stage at Victory Heights Primary School to share their expertise on the latest episode of The School Show podcast.

In the latest episode of The School Show podcast we look to the future with leaders of one of Dubai’s oldest schools and one of its very newest! Our Senior Editor, Jenny Mollon, speaks with the Headmaster of Dubai College and Founding Principal of the Royal Grammar School, Guildford Dubai about the education in 2030.

The School Show podcast returns for another episode and this time we are asking the all-important question, which curriculum? We speak to:

Karen Nyborg, Assistant Principal, GEMS World Academy

Rashmi Nandkeolyar, Principal, Delhi Private School, Dubai

Liam Cullinan, Head of Secondary, Nord Anglia International School, Dubai

The Covid19 pandemic has meant that in many schools, children have spent the past year focused mostly on core academic subjects. For this latest episode of The School Show podcast, we invited Lisa Scott Lee of the pop group STEPS and performing arts school DPA, along with international rugby player and coach Apollo Perelini of the Apollo Perelini Rugby Skills Academy to discuss why children need an education that is both broad and balanced to prime them for success.

This week on The School Show, WhichSchoolAdvisor.com’s, host Jenny Mollon and our guests take on the question the WhichSchoolAdvisor.com team are asked the most…How to Choose a School?

Applying to study medicine at university is a competitive process and that the chances of rejection are high. It’s even tougher for non-UK students applying to the UK, as the UK government require universities to cap the number of international students they shortlist and accept.

Around the world we are now in to a second year of disruptions for exam year students. For the latest episode of The School Show, The WhichSchoolAdvisor.com team decided to find out how UAE schools are helping their students through the challenges of exam cancellations and, more importantly, gaps in friendships and the impact of missing some of those rite of passage teenage moments.