Al Yasmina British Academy Background
Aldar’s Al Yasmina British Academy is celebrating the best A Level and EPQ performance in the history of the school this year, quite an achievement from a school that is consistently ranked “Outstanding” by ADEK, the Abu Dhabi school regulator, in all six of its performance standards – and is an accredited British Schools Overseas [BSO] Outstanding School. Founded in 2008, Yasmina ranks as one of the capital’s most established English National curriculum schools, offering students the complete British education from EYFS through GCSE and gold standard A levels at Sixth Form.
A Level options include Art &Design, Mathematics, Further Mathematics, English Language, English Literature, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, French, Arabic, Spanish, History, Geography, DT Product Design, Computer Science, ICT, Business Studies, Economics, Music, Drama, Physical Education, Psychology, Sociology, Photography and Media Studies. ECA provision we rank outstanding and the school offers both the Extended Project Qualification [EPQ] as well as community initiatives within the capital and overseas.
Facilities include two football fields, two swimming pools and a beginners’ pool, outdoor and indoor basketball and netball courts, 300m and 100m running tracks, well – equipped library, two shaded outdoor play areas, three indoor sports halls, cricket field, dance studio, canteen with full kitchen and two (fabulous) libraries. Investment is significant and ongoing with the launch of the new purpose built Al Yasmina British Academy Campus coming in stream in phases over the next three years (see below).
2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |||
Grade A* – C | Grade A* – B | Grade A* – C | Grade A* – B | Grade A* – C | Grade A* – B |
93% | 66% | 92% | 76% | 91% | 78% |
Jennie Kellett, Head of Secondary at Aldar’s Al Yasmina British Academy, told SchoolsCompared.com:
“We are very proud of our A-Level students this year as we celebrate the best results Al Yasmina has ever seen.
This cohort are particularly unique as this is the first external examination series since the pandemic began; with their GCSEs cancelled and centre assessed grades being awarded.
Their passion for learning and pure grit and determination have produced an outstanding set of results that have exceeded expectations across the board – and with notable performances across Science, Further Mathematics, Economics, Psychology, The Arts, Languages, and the Extended Project Qualification.
We are delighted to see students travelling all over the world to study at their first choice universities.”
Highest performing students
Name | Nationality | Results |
Saif Al Ali | UAE | A A B |
Youmna Al Maghribi | Morocco | A* A A A* |
Hessa Al Mousawi | UAE | A B A B |
Sama Al-Shawa | Canada | A* A* A* B |
Sanjana Arulmurugan | India | A A A A |
Sanjana Ashok | India | A* A* A* |
Moeed Hafeez | UK | A* A* A* A* |
Sulieman Ibsais | Canada | A A A A |
Jaydev Nair | India | A * A A* A |
Emily Robson | UK | A* A* A* |
Taha Saad | USA | B A* A* A |
Leena Safareeni | St. Kitts & Nevis | A* A A* |
Armaan Syed | India | A A* A B A* |
Mohamad Zuhair Taraboulsi | Syria | A A A A |
Lucy Turner | UK | A* A* A B |
Projected university destinations and degree study for graduating students
Universities | Courses |
Abu Dhabi University | Information Technology |
Imperial College London | Biomedical Engineering |
Imperial College London | Aeronautical Engineering |
King’s College London | Psychology |
Liverpool Hope University | Criminology & Psychology |
London School of Economics & Political Science | Finance |
New York University Abu Dhabi | International Relations |
New York University Abu Dhabi | Social Science |
Newcastle University | Fine Art |
Oxford Brookes University | Accounting & Finance |
PENN State University | Medicine |
Royal College Surgeons, Cork | Medicine |
The University of British Columbia | Data Science |
University College Cork | Medicine |
University College London | Astrophysics |
University of Bristol | Biochemistry |
University of Edinburgh | Politics |
University of Exeter | Medicine |
University of Glasgow | Marine Biology |
University of Manchester | Aeronautical Engineering |
University of Twente | Computer Science & Engineering |
University of Washington | Engineering |
Al Yasmina British Academy A Level Results in full
A* | A* – A | A* – B | A* – C | A* – D | A* – E | A* – U |
23% | 57% | 78% | 91% | 97% | 100% | 100% |
23% of the 69 A Level students At Al Yasmina received A* grades, whilst 57% were awarded A* – A and 91% of students achieved A* – C. The overall pass rate at A*-E was 100%.
Further information
Read about the extraordinary new Al Yasmina campus coming soon
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