About Kuwait English School

Kuwait English School is a large co-educational British-style international school in Kuwait. There are over 2000 students in the school, drawn from over 60 nationalities. The school caters for children aged 3-18, both local and expatriate.

We study a wide variety of subjects. As well as English, Mathematics, Geography, History, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Art, DT and IT, we also study Arabic and French, Social Studies (the region's history and culture), Music (we have several bands that you can join), PE (we have a swimming pool in our basement at school and careers.

At 16 we take IGCSE exams in the subjects e study, and then at 18 we take A Level exams to help with university entrance. Students from KES go on to study in the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, Egypt, Lebanon and Kuwait University too.

The students taking part in this project are in Year 9. We are from several different countries including England, Egypt, India, Italy, South Arfica, South Korea and Wales. In Year 9 we take exams teice a year. In the winter and in the summer. Our winter exams were delayed this year because of the death of the Emir.

Kuwait is a hot, desert country with a number of modern buildings. There is a lot of building going on all over the country! The country has 10-15% of the world's oil reserves trapped beneath the sands. In the summer it gets very hot. And it can get very dusty.