American Gulf School, Sharjah | Fees, Address, Admission, Vacancies, Reviews & More

Amazing school with the best IT team deserves a positive review for their outstanding work. They have shown great dedication and expertise in handling various technological issues. Their ability to troubleshoot problems efficiently and effectively has been impressive. They are quick in handling queries and solving problems.

Mr. Chris conducted a super informative session for parents to help enhance digital security.

Excellent school. From the administrators to the supervisors, teachers, and support staff, everyone genuinely cares about the children. My son is in KG1, and I have not had a single reason to complain since he started. The teachers and supervisors are always attentive and ready to listen and offer advice.

This school is a relatively new school in Sharjah, so a SPEA report is not yet available. I am writing solely to provide information to prospective students and their parents.

My child spent exactly one year at this school. Though not every school is perfect, we encountered many problems while my child was attending. Thus, we have decided to transfer to another school. The following are some of the complaints we have.

The first problem is that the school does not really seem to have good safety measures and systems. For example, the school playground has many high and dangerous play structures for younger grades. The number of adults supervising children during recess does not seem sufficient. My child suffered serious injuries, breaking his arm twice in two weeks. No adult was properly observing him, leading to these serious incidents. Note that parents are not allowed to watch CCTV footage to check how serious incidents were and examine the situation. I explicitly asked for CCTV footage, but my request was simply declined. If I had not paid the full year’s tuition fees, I would have changed my child’s school right then.

Next, the staff/teacher turnover rate seems high. During my child’s first year at this school, we observed several teachers leaving, including my child’s lead teacher. One cannot simply ignore the importance of teachers staying with their students throughout the year to deliver a consistent learning environment.

Lastly, I question the school’s transparency in assessing students’ performance. There was a parent-teacher conference not long ago. I was told by my child’s lead teacher that he would receive an academic award due to his excellent academic performance. She confirmed that my child was the top-performing student in her class. She also showed my child his MAP test results and told him that he would get two awards at the end-of-year award ceremony. My child sincerely looked forward to them. However, he only received an attendance award. I do not know what happened, but according to my child, some higher-ups (I will not name them) objected to my child receiving the academic achievement award. This event clearly shows that a student who is well recognized by his/her main teacher cannot get what he/she deserves simply because of some reasons the school does not share with parents.

Now the academic year is over, and we are ready to leave this school. Of course, there were good things and memories we have from this school, but our overall impression is negative.

The school has the best learning environment and professional teachers. Ms. Leona in Grade 2 is a hard-working teacher, and her efforts have not gone unnoticed. We are so pleased to have her as our child’s teacher.

The way AGS teaches students is unique and innovative.

I am really glad and lucky that my child is in this school.

I highly recommend this school. The teachers know how to engage students in learning. The curriculum design is appropriate, encouraging learning through play. My son is very happy to go to school every day. He enjoys his time in school and learns something new every day. I also appreciate the continuous follow-up from teachers, who share updates on his achievements and behavior in a respectful manner.

We are new at the school but are very happy and satisfied. There is nothing that we don’t like about the school. A big shout-out to the admissions department for guiding us, making things simple and easy, and being very supportive.