Doha Academy Emphasis On The Development Of Personal Learning And Thinking Skills Of Students

Doha Academy includes a group of nationally and internationally accredited co-educational schools situated in Doha, Qatar. It warmly welcomes all Kindergarten (aged 3) to Year 13 (aged 18) students and offers a blended curriculum comprised of the“National Curriculum in England”, Cambridge International Curriculum, and Qatar's National Curriculum. The school very successfully prepares students for UK-assessed IGCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education) examinations in Year 11 and Advanced Level examinations in Year 12 or 13.
Doha Academy was founded by Dr. Sheikha Aisha Bint Faleh Al Thani in September 2000. It now comprises three schools – DA Al Waab, DA Salwa, and Doha International Kindergarten – educating over 2500 students representing on average 55 nationalities. Male and female students are taught in separate classrooms from Year 6 upwards. In addition to an emphasis upon literacy and numeracy development, Doha Academy also promotes inclusion through differentiated practice and provision. Embedded in all of its practices is the promotion of Islamic teachings and principles.
The group is part of Al Faleh Educational Holding Q.P.S.C., which is committed to nurturing young people to become citizens who are socially responsible and who have a strong sense of national identity. Al Faleh Educational Holding also includes“AFG College with the University of Aberdeen”, which combined with Doha Academy enables an outstanding KG to Master's degree-level education.
As of November 2022, Doha Academy Al Waab and Salwa Branches were fully internationally accredited by the New England Association of Schools & Colleges (NEASC), having already been awarded Qatar National Schools Accreditation (QNSA) earlier in 2022. In addition to meeting NEASC's five exacting“Foundation Standards” covering Learning & Teaching, Leadership & Governance, Human Resources, Finance & Facilities, and Health & Safety, the schools were also placed on NEASC's highest accreditation pathway“ACE Learning”. The ACE Learning framework is recommended to schools demonstrating the highest capability, capacity, conceptual understanding, and commitment to continuing improvement.
Vision
To be a global leader in proving an accessible, outstanding, an all-inclusive education that reflects the principles and teachings of Islam.

Mission
Doha Academy schools offer boys and girls an education for life. We believe that schools should be happy, purposeful communities where children are encouraged to achieve their best spiritually, morally, socially, intellectually, and physically.

Learning for tomorrow
We live in a rapidly changing world, where must prepare our students for life in a society where they will work in jobs that do not currently exist, employing technologies that have not yet been invented. Through our blended curriculum at Doha Academy, we place significant emphasis on the development of personal learning and thinking skills that develop our young people into flexible and adaptive thinkers, able to navigate changing circumstances without fear of inhibition, and empowering them to meet the demands of the 21st century.

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