Ellesmere College opens Muscat branch in Oman, Middle East

The school has opened Ellesmere Muscat in the capital city of Oman catering for local and international students.

Like its British counterpart, the Muscat campus will be an International Baccalaureate World School, a globally acknowledged quality standard in education.

Headmaster Brendan Wignall said: “We are pleased to be able to replicate the Ellesmere model in our first overseas school in Muscat.

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“It is a natural extension of the College’s long established commitment to developing a global perspective to learning and educating students from diverse international and cultural backgrounds around the world.

“In creating and developing these international locations, we are able to share our unique and award winning High Performance Learning model of education, but also develop our own creativity to learning in an increasingly global world, to the benefit of students, staff and society at large.

Ellesmere Muscat headmaster Neil Tomalin with school staff and officials (Image: Ellesmere College)

“The provision at Ellesmere Muscat is tailored to reflect the cultural context of the city the school is based in but has the same end goal - to help students achieve their full potential, wherever their talents may lie, and prepare them to be life ready.”

The ‘Life:Ready’ model was a fundamental part of developing the Ellesmere model into the Middle East.

The ethos that every student is, and should be treated as, an individual is a principle that drive the learning, co-curricular and pastoral programmes to enable each student to flourish, grow and be successful on both academic and personal platforms.

Ellesmere College will work in close partnership with EC Muscat but the Oman campus will operate as an independent institution, with its own management teams and governing bodies.

Ellesmere Muscat has highly qualified and experienced teachers which promote the love of continuous learning and skills development.

Neil Tomalin is the Principal of Ellesmere College Muscat and said: “Through Ellesmere Muscat, students will embark on a transformative educational journey, equipped with the skills needed to thrive in an ever-evolving world.”

Ellesmere College is now in discussion with several other partners looking to expand the Ellesmere College family of schools into other territories around the world.