Are you looking for an international school in Oman? You can find a list of selected schools at the bottom of this page. Use the search filters to select only girls' or boys' schools, prep schools, senior schools or sixth forms; or you can search for schools that offer a particular curriculum, such as the International Baccalaureate, the UK or US national curriculum or the International Primary Curriculum.
Oman had a very high score of 0.834 in the 2019 global Human Development Index compiled by the United Nations Development Programme, reflecting rapid growth in its education sector over recent decades.
Private institutions take part in all stages of the education system and the historic kingdom at the mouth of the Persian Gulf is home to a thriving international school sector, centred on the capital Muscat and coastal city of Sohar.
As well as schools offering the curriculums of the International Baccalaureate Organisation, the UK, the US, France, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, there are bilingual schools that follow both Omani and international qualifications. Coeducational day schooling is the norm.
Oman has seven IB World Schools, of which four teach in English and three in Arabic and English. A total of five schools are authorised to offer the IB Diploma and four of these follow all three stages of the IB curriculum.
International schools groups operating in Oman include Inspired, which owns Knowledge Gate International School, and SABIS, which runs the International School of Choueifat – Muscat. Both schools offer IGCSEs and A-levels, while KGIS, which teaches in English and Arabic, also offers Oman’s Bilingual General Education Diploma.
Parents are advised to check that schools are accredited by a recognised body such as the Council of International Schools or British Schools in the Middle East.
Public schools are free but education is not compulsory. In 2019, net enrolment was 87 per cent at primary level and 96 per cent at secondary level, while gross tertiary enrolment was 40 per cent. Oman has one public university and several private ones.
Way 2947, Al Marafah Street,
Al Hail,
Muscat,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
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PO Box 372,
Medinat Al Sultan Qaboos, Post Code 115,
Muscat,
115,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
P.O. Box 2111, P.C. 133,
Al Khuwair,
Muscat,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
House No: 592, Way No: 3052,
Shatti Al Qurum,
Muscat,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Sheikh Salim Al Hashimy Al Seeb Al Khoud Street Building,
Number 381,
Muscat,
Oman
Co-educational, Day.
Al Salam Street,
Opposite Al Khoudh Police Station,
Seeb,
Oman
Co-educational, Day.
PO Box 372, PC 115,
Madinat Qaboos,
Muscat,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Preparatory, Senior.
P.O. Box 2598,
Al Bahia Street, Al Seeb,
130 Muscat,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
PO Box 27,
Al Khoudh,
Muscat,
132,
Oman
Co-educational, , Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
PO Box 32,
Bareeq Al Shatti Mall,
Muscat,
103,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Building No 305,
Way No 3605,
18 November Street, Al Ghubrah (North),
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Preparatory, Senior.
P.O. Box 1907,
Al Nadhayer Street,
112 Muscat,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Al Rakha Street,
Way 33023, Building 44,
214 Salalah,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
PO Box 888,
Sur,
411,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.
Oman PO BOX 888,
PC 411 Sur,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
PO Box 412,
Muscat,
116,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Preparatory, Senior.
PO Box 1031,
Postal Code 112,
Ruwi,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Al Hail South, Al Seeb, Al Huda Street,
Way # 2933, Building # 3344,
Muscat,
Oman
Co-educational, Day.
Al-Inshirah Street, Building No. 205,
Plot No. 95, Block No. 221,
Muscat, 111,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.
Kauther St,
PO Box 81 Muscat,
Postal Code 100,
Oman
Co-educational, , Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.
PO Box 584,
Azaiba Postal Code 130,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
PO Box 1887,
CPO Seeb, Postal Code 111,
Muscat,
111,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
P.O. Box 1104,
Postal Code 111 C.P.O,
Muscat,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
PO Box 665,
Seeb,
121,
Oman
Co-educational, Boarding, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.