Welcome to Forsan British School. My name is Dina Hasheesh and I lead the team of tutors that look after our students in Years FS1 & FS2, what we call Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)

In EYFS students are starting to become more independent as they are moving from playschool to another stage where they start to develop in different ways. All staff in EYFS aim to provide children with different resources that will develop and enrich their personalities, abilities & talents.  Subjects studied include English Language, Mathematics, Arabic, Art & Design, Physical Education, Music, PSHE & Drama. 

Each year group is divided into classes; each class has a maximum of twenty students. Classes are named after flowers: lilacs, sunflowers, tulips and violets!

The majority of lessons are taught by homeroom teachers.  Arabic, Music, Art and Physical Education are also taught by specialist teachers. Students have access to our library, gymnasium, music room, art room and cookery kitchen.

We have our own Foundation Stage playground area, with play equipment and covered areas; in addition, each classroom has access to its own dedicated outdoor space.

Welcome to Lower Primary, which consists of Years 1, 2 and 3 and is referred to in the UK curriculum as Key Stage 1.  My name is Hania Hafez and the team here and I build on the great work of the Foundation Stage team and start to introduce our students to what they might call ‘big school’ but at the heart of what we do is remembering that they are still young and we balance introducing them to the more formal routines and more recognisably academic environment with an age appropriate attitude to teaching and learning and pastoral care.  They move into the main building but remain within a corridor area and have break time as a key stage so they are given a certain degree of their own space whilst being introduced to the whole school community.

Please find below links to some of the websites we recommend for students and parents in this stage as well as some examples of our students’ work and achievements.

If you need to contact me, please do so via

• mail: hafez@forsan.edu.eg
• landline +20 3 3835380-1-2 (Ext 189)
• Ischool: https://forsan.ischooleg.com

Hello! My name is Mona Atwa and I am honoured to be the head of the Upper Primary section covering Years 4 through 6. A section in which students embark on a number of challenges ranging from new teachers, colleagues, system, extra-curricular activities and new academic expectations.

It is a transitional phase, as they approach the end of their primary education, that requires a team of qualified professionals who attend to behavioural and human relations just as much as subject and educational achievements.  Year 4, in particular, marks an exciting stage in their school career for our students as they are introduced to National Studies as well as being examined in the Ministry of Education examinations for Arabic, Religion and National Studies.

As they move through the primary section so we offer a wider and more challenging range of extracurricular activities on Thursday afternoon.  It is thought these activities that students can try out new things, work with students outside their form group and relate to teachers in a more adult way.  Here are examples of our Thursday activities:

• carpentry
• needlework
• maquette
• peinture
• photography
• WHO (we help others)
• trivia

Please find below links to some of the websites we recommend for students and parents in this stage as well as some examples of our students’ work and achievements.

• mail: atwa@forsan.edu.eg
• landline +20 3 3835380-1-2 (Ext 201)
• Ischool: https://forsan.ischooleg.com

I am Noha Anwar Salama the head of the Secondary Section of the school. Students join us in year 7 and stay till they move on to university.

Our mission is to help our students move into the world guided by an education, a set of ethics and experience that allow them to navigate through life overcoming whatever obstacles they might meet.

I confidently describe the education our students receive as outstanding: our teachers diligently and relentlessly attempt to update and upgrade their knowledge and methodology continuously, whenever a chance arises for teacher development, we welcome it as a way of further boosting our performance.

We are fortunate that our resources and facilities allow for an effective transition from primary to secondary so the students can respond to the challenge of starting on their path towards GCSE and A level with the security of surroundings, teachers they know well and dedicated professional staff and top-tier school assets.

In the April of Years 8 and 9 students sit the externally set Cambridge Checkpoint examinations and then move on to the Core GCSE examinations at the end of Year 9 before progressing to their IGCSE choices in Year 10. From Year 10 students start to work on a selection of subjects that will qualify them for their chosen university destinations.

Students are supported in their research the entry qualifications and grades needed for any subsequent courses they wish to study for at their chosen colleges or universities both nationally and internationally and, as well as a body of highly qualified and experienced staff we also use the BridgeU platform, from as early as Year 9, to introduce students to the world of university, home and abroad.

Our senior students have their own common room and are treated (and expected to behave) like the young adults they will soon become; we are especially proud of the active they role in supporting our charity mission and seeking out leadership opportunities within school.

Our students leave us as confident, articulate and upstanding young adults with excellent academic successes.  Recent leavers have gone on to university in Manchester, Dubai as well as in Alexandria to study in the fields of engineering and medicine.