Paul Wood

Oct 21, 2024 | schoolmanagementplus.com | Paul Wood |Irena Barker |Tom Arrand |Adam Beeson

Al Ain British Academy is small by UAE standards, with 1,000 pupils, including just 300 in the secondary school. Just under 70 per cent of the population are Emirati, with a healthy minority of expats from a wide range of countries. Prior to the pandemic, the school, which was much smaller then, had not run any international visits. So one of my aims, on arriving at the school in 2021, was to harness the developmental power of school trips. The challenges of starting a trips programme were numerous.