Cognita Center East (Cognita ME), the regional hub of the worldwide faculties group, has introduced a significant growth by getting into into strategic partnerships with 5 faculties and increasing its footprint into three new Center Jap markets – Saudi Arabia, Oman and Qatar. This milestone strengthens Cognita’s presence within the area and reaffirms its dedication to educational excellence and holistic training.
The companion faculties embody Downe Home Riyadh, King’s Faculty Riyadh, Downe Home Muscat, Cheltenham Muscat, and King’s Faculty Doha. Cognita ME will now function 14 faculties throughout the Center East, constructing on its current portfolio of 9 faculties within the UAE and Kuwait, which embody Royal Grammar College Guildford Dubai, the Repton Household of Faculties, Horizon Worldwide College, Horizon English College, Ranches Main College, Al Ain English Talking College and Dasman Bilingual College. Because of this partnership, Cognita ME’s scholar numbers within the area will develop to nearly 22,000, whereas its employees will enhance to 4,000.
As one of many world’s main faculties teams, Cognita has a world community of over 100 faculties throughout 20 nations, supporting greater than 100,000 college students and 22,000 employees. Educators profit from state-of-the-art skilled growth programmes, together with bespoke staff and management programs in partnership with the world-renowned IOE – School of Schooling and Society at College Faculty London. In the meantime, college students be part of a various group of learners the place social, emotional, bodily and cognitive studying are blended. This strategy results in sturdy educational outcomes, in addition to constructing company, an adaptive mindset, and constructive attitudes, and enabling them to thrive in a quickly evolving world.
Commenting on the growth, David Baldwin, Chief Government Officer of Cognita Center East, stated: “This growth marks an thrilling new chapter for Cognita, strengthening our presence within the Center East and constructing on the foundations we’ve established within the UAE and Kuwait. As we develop into Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Qatar, our focus stays on delivering an distinctive training that meets the wants of every group. Each Cognita faculty has its personal distinctive id, ethos, and curriculum, formed by its college students and households. We’re dedicated to preserving the individuality of every faculty whereas sharing a collective ambition – to create inspiring studying environments that construct confidence and assist each scholar realise their full potential.”
In Saudi Arabia, Cognita ME has partnered with Downe Home Riyadh and King’s Faculty Riyadh, each of which had been opened below the Royal Fee for Riyadh Metropolis’s flagship Worldwide Faculties Attraction Programme. Established in 2022, Downe Home Riyadh is the primary top-ranked premium British women’ faculty to open in Saudi Arabia and has a robust give attention to educational excellence and scholar well-being. Bringing over a century of instructing expertise from its UK sister faculty, the varsity delivers a first-class training for girls and boys aged two to 9 and an all-girls training from age 10 to 18. In the meantime, King’s Faculty Riyadh, the primary British non-public faculty to be established in Saudi Arabia, brings 140 years of experience from King’s Faculty, UK, and offers a world-class British training for youngsters aged three to 11.
In Oman, Cognita ME has partnered with two faculties, Downe Home Muscat and Cheltenham Muscat. Opened in 2022, Downe Home Muscat, the primary British worldwide women’ faculty in Oman, brings over a century of educational excellence to Oman from its sister faculty within the UK. In 2024, its excellent instructing was mirrored in distinctive GCSE outcomes the place 41% of scholars achieved grades 9–7 (A*–A), whereas 78% secured grades 9–4 (A*–C).
Cheltenham Muscat, Oman’s first premium co-educational British worldwide faculty opened in 2021 for ages three to 18. Based on the traditions of Cheltenham Faculty, which boasts 180 years of instructional excellence within the UK, it delivers an impressive British worldwide curriculum from Early Years to IGCSE. In 2024, Cheltenham Muscat college students excelled within the Pearson Learner Awards, attaining the very best mark in Oman for GCSE Spanish and Science.
This partnership additionally marks Cognita ME’s entry into Qatar with King’s Faculty Doha, a distinguished British curriculum faculty for ages three to 18, affiliated with Kings Faculty, UK. In 2024, its excellent instructing was mirrored in distinctive GCSE outcomes, the place 51% of scholars achieved grades 9–7 (A*–A), whereas 97% secured grades 9–4 (A*–C), with 1 / 4 of the cohort recognised as excellent achievers. As well as, 100% of King’s Doha A-Degree college students secured locations at UK universities.
By this growth into new markets, Cognita goals to construct on its confirmed success within the Center East. With a portfolio of colleges famend for delivering high-quality training, nurturing college students’ private growth, and empowering them to thrive each academically and personally, Cognita ME will leverage its world and regional experience, sources, and insights from over 100 faculties worldwide to speed up progress and help the success and prosperity of its new faculty communities.