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Sands International School



  • Parent reviews on Edarabia describe an attentive, family-feeling school with engaged teachers and an environment in which children are made to feel known.
  • Older critical reviews point to teacher turnover and ageing facilities, with one student reportedly experiencing five science teachers and four maths teachers in a single semester and another describing extended periods without maths and science staff.
  • Reviewers buildings were not originally purpose-built as a school, and some flag the campus as dated.
  • The school sits in As Sulimaniyah, Riyadh, on an American curriculum from age 3 to 18, founded around 2001. No substantive Reddit or expat-forum discussion surfaces.
  • The pool is small. Recent feedback skews positive; structural complaints (turnover, building age) sit in earlier reviews and are not contradicted in later ones.

Positives

  • Caring, family-feel community. Parents describe dedicated teachers, attentive administration and a sense that staff treat students as their own children.

Considerations

  • Teacher turnover. Older reviews flag heavy turnover in maths and science, including one student citing nine teacher changes across the two subjects in a single semester.
  • Ageing facilities. Reviewers describe the campus as old and not originally designed as a school, with maintenance concerns.

MMXW+69J, Shuraih Ibn Al Arith, As Sulimaniyah, Riyadh 12223, Saudi Arabia