Cities / Riyadh / Sands International School
Sands International School
Reviews
- 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.
Location
MMXW+69J, Shuraih Ibn Al Arith, As Sulimaniyah, Riyadh 12223, Saudi Arabia