Amman Baptist School, Amman | International Schools Guide

A bilingual Christian school in Al-Rabieh founded in 1974, with around 1,350 students from preschool to grade 12. IGCSE and IB Diploma alongside the Jordanian programme.

Rooted in Christian values but open to Muslim students, who attend Islamic religion classes in parallel. Mission language leans on character, faith and pastoral care, and that shows up in how alumni and current parents describe the place. The school has been authorised for the IB Diploma since 2016 and runs Cambridge IGCSE alongside the national curriculum.

Fees are not published in the international directories and the intake is overwhelmingly Jordanian, so this is a local Christian school rather than an expat option. Families who choose it tend to stay across siblings and generations, and the school carries strong loyalty in its community.

A long-standing Al-Rabieh school running since 1974, with a Baptist Christian heritage and a mixed Christian-Muslim student body. The character of the place, named teachers, a strong sense of belonging, and the bilingual Arabic-English track are what alumni and parents return to. Curriculum breadth has widened over the past few years to include IGCSE, A Level and the IB Diploma alongside the Jordanian Tawjihi.

Positives

Character and community. Families describe a tight, family-feel environment where teachers know students and parents by name. The phrase "second home" comes up often in alumni and parent write-ups, and the school's stated emphasis on character, discipline and pastoral care lands as more than marketing.
Mixed Christian-Muslim intake. Around 60% Christian and 40% Muslim, with even gender balance and Islamic religion classes alongside the Christian formation track. The mix is part of why local families across faiths send children here.
Bilingual academics and pathways. Arabic and English run in parallel through primary into secondary, with the Cambridge route (IGCSE, A Level) and an IB Diploma authorisation sitting alongside the national Tawjihi. That gives families a route to overseas universities without dropping the Tawjihi option.
Long tenure and consistency. More than fifty years in the same neighbourhood, with multi-generational families enrolling siblings and then their own children. The continuity reads through in how staff and alumni talk about the place.

Public review volume. Independent commentary outside the school's own channels is light. What does exist is consistently positive, but the pool is small enough that a single strong voice carries more weight than it would at a larger international school.

Fees and transparency. Headline fee bands for the current year are not posted publicly, and prospective families typically have to request a schedule. The school sits in the local-school price tier rather than the international-school tier, which is part of the appeal and part of the reason figures are not openly listed.