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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P.O. Box 372,
Madinat Qaboos,
115 Muscat,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
P.O. Box 32,
Bareeq Al Shatti Mall,
103 Muscat,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
P.O. Box 193,
Muweilah,
321 Sohar,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
P.O. Box 2111,
133 Al Khuwair,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Building No. 592, Way No. 3052,
Shatti Al Qurum,
Muscat,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
P.O. Box 938,
Al Azaibah,
130 Muscat,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
P.O. Box 2598,
Al Bahia Street, Al Seeb,
130 Muscat,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
P.O. Box 27,
Al Khoudh,
132 Muscat,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
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.
Al Salam Street, Opposite Al Khoudh Police Station,
Seeb,
Muscat,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
P.O. Box 888,
411 Sur,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior.
P.O. Box 388,
512 Al Buraimi,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
P.O. Box 1887,
Seeb,
111 Muscat,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
P.O Box 2470,
Ruwi,
112 Muscat,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
P.O. Box 475,
318 Rustaq,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
P.O. Box 105,
222 Thumrait,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
P.O. Box 412,
116 Muscat,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Muscat Expressway,
Qurum,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Al Hail South, Al Seeb, Al Huda Street,
Way No. 2933, Building No. 3344,
Muscat,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Al-Inshirah Street, Building No. 205,
Plot No. 95, Block No. 221,
111 Muscat,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior.
P.O. Box 987,
Ruwi,
112 Muscat,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
P.O. Box 81,
Kauther Street,
100 Muscat,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.
P.O. Box 301,
111 Muscat,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.
P.O. Box 584,
130 Azaiba,
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.
P.O. Box 2433,
112 Ruwi,
Oman
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
P.O. Box 665,
Seeb,
121 Muscat,
Oman
Co-educational, Boarding, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.