English School Fahaheel Kuwait


The English School Fahaheel Kuwait is a co-educational day school located in Mangaf, Kuwait, that was founded in 1968. The school is open to students from 4 to 18 years of age. Apart from a school opened by the Kuwait Oil Company for the children of its employees, it was the first school in South Kuwait to provide English education. The chairman of the school is Ibrahim Shuhaiber and the current principal is Russell Dunlop.

History

In 1968, expatriates founded the school in South Kuwait. Following the closure of the only other English school in South Kuwait in 1970 the school built an extra block of classrooms and an assembly hall to accommodate the displaced students. In 1990, following the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait, the school premises were used as a command center by the Iraqi army and most of the school property was either destroyed or looted. After the liberation of Kuwait in 1991, the school was rebuilt with help from the British Army. In 2005 the school was moved to a newly built building in Mangaf, both larger and better equipped than the original.

Qualifications

IGCSE

examinations lead to the award of one of eight grades in each subject. The highest grade is A*, which matches A* in British GCSE examinations. Grades A, B and C are equivalent to the corresponding grades in the international GCE Ordinary Level and the British GCSE examinations.
IGCSE certificates list results in all subjects in which the student earned a Grade G or better. Candidates who fail to achieve the minimum satisfactory standard of work in a subject receive no grade in that subject. In most subjects, candidates have a choice of sitting examinations at one of two levels: Core or Extended. The Extended examination is more challenging and is designed for candidates seeking a Grade C or above. The Core paper is structured to allow students the chance of being awarded a Grade C, even though they expected a lower grade.
The examination certificate does not indicate which examination the student took.

A Level

Almost all universities, especially in the Faculties of Medicine and Engineering, look for applications from students who have completed examinations at a level higher than IGCSE. The standard of the syllabus contents in A/S Level program of study is the same educationally as that of the Advanced Level examination in England. However, the course content is not as large as a full ‘A’ level, and so can be completed in one year. It is credited as a half A Level in universities and colleges worldwide. Students who started their ’A’ Level studies in Year 11 would normally finish them in Year 12. Alternatively, students may wish to finish Year 11 before commencing their ‘A’ Level studies, in Year 12.