BIS Abu Dhabi Times: Term 1, 2021/22

BIS Abu Dhabi students showcased talent, teamwork, and resilience, winning over 30 medals at the Nord Anglia Middle East Games.

For Wadeed, Year 12, a quiet confidence and love for Business Studies have led to something extraordinary. This year, he achieved the highest grade in the world for the 2025 IGCSE Business Studies exam, scoring an incredible 149 out of 160. But behind the headline is a story of growth, resilience, and the power of great teaching.

Discover how BIS Abu Dhabi is empowering students to become independent, reflective learners through metacognitive strategies and innovative teaching practices, in collaboration with Harvard Project Zero and Nord Anglia Education.

This summer, we watched our children experience something extraordinary. Not from the sidelines of a sports field or the back row of a school assembly, but from across the world, in the halls of a 100-year-old palace, among more than 30 teams from across Europe. They travelled to Iași, Romania, to represent BIS Abu Dhabi at the 3rd International School Chess Festival 2025. When they returned home, they came back not just as players, but as global citizens: wiser, stronger, and deeply transformed by the experience. Read on to discover how this journey shaped their resilience, teamwork, and perspective, both on and beyond the chessboard.