Why VISS

The future of our society rests with the students of today. This is why the Victoria International School of Sharjah is committed to developing, not only leaders who aspire to change the world, but also lifelong learners who continue to challenge it.

It is our aim to ensure your children receive the education that will give them the skills to be the leaders of tomorrow. The school is fully co-educational (with some exceptions such as swimming from Grade 6) and offers a wide range of activities and subjects to ensure a well-rounded, balanced education. In our commitment to offer a more personalized learning approach, we ensure that class sizes are between 20-25 students, with even smaller numbers in senior years.

Teaching Staff

From the executive principal to the classroom assistants, all our staff are highly qualified teaching faculty consists of professionals who are predominantly from Australia and carefully chosen to ensure the students of VISS receive the best of all-round education.

All teachers have been carefully selected, ensuring their commitment to providing quality, innovative education and based on their qualifications and in accordance with the UAE Ministry of Education requirements.

Superb Facilities

At VISS, we believe every detail counts, our unique an innovative and specially designed campus is home to three independent schools located on the same site to allow for the three phases of learning. These include and Early Learning Centre, a Primary school and a Secondary school all with spacious well equipped modern classrooms and latest technologies. Beyond the classroom we have many shared facilities across the school that support and facilitate our learning programmes.

VISS Curriculum

Adapting the best of Australian and international education, our innovative and engaging syllabus is based on core frameworks taught in Australia as well as the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program.

The curriculum content is delivered by challenging and stimulating learning methods that are especially tailored to develop lifelong learners and global citizens.

Innovation

In 2018 VISS officially opened the first “VISS innovation centre”. This centre is a dedicated learning space for Innovation education. We have also opened a STEM lab in our Primary school.

VISS is widely recognised in the Northern Emirates and indeed the region as a school that is dedicated and leading in education innovation. Our students enjoy innovation as part of their classroom learning, with many students choosing to study as an extracurricular activity in senior years.

    Community

    All students at VISS participate in the local and wider community through various opportunities, such as supporting the Student representative council (SRC) n charity fundraising, working with our partner charity organisation “the Big Heart” in UAE and “The Fred Hollows Foundation from Australia”.

    The school hosts annual events such as National Day, Pink Day, Flag Day, Australia day. Book character day, music and dance concerts, plus more bi-annually we celebrate Diversity with our “VISS international Day”.