The Arbor School Dubai Named Top 10 Finalist in World’s Best School Prizes 2025

The Arbor School in Dubai has been shortlisted as a Top 10 Finalist for the prestigious World’s Best School Prize for Environmental Action 2025, celebrating its transformative curriculum and community-led sustainability efforts. Organised by global education platform T4 Education, this recognition honours schools making an exceptional impact on students, communities, and the planet.The Arbor School stands proudly as the only school representing the UAE in the Environmental Action category, placing it among the top environmental schools in the whole world.Founded on a mission of ecological justice, the Arbor School offers a unique inquiry-based curriculum that blends the National Curriculum for England with global environmental education frameworks including the SDGs, GreenComp, and Education for Sustainable Development. With a strong emphasis on real-world learning, the school equips students to address complex environmental challenges through ethics, science, and systems thinking.“As a school that is authentic and mission focused, to be recognised for the work that goes into ensuring our students can be a part of the solution to the issues the world is facing, demonstrates that we are committed to reshaping what education should be,” said Ms Gemma Thornley, Principal of The Arbor School.Ms Hannah Mainds, Assistant Headteacher – Purpose & Pedagogy, added: “We have crafted a curriculum that facilitates joined-up thinking. Our students will leave our care with a complex understanding of the world, combining knowledge, skills and dispositions to make a positive impact.”The school’s environmental work includes student-led initiatives in biodiversity mapping, sustainable agriculture, ocean conservation, and climate education, underpinned by the vision of ‘Enough for all, Forever”. These projects not only transform student learning, but also serve the wider community and model what purposeful education can achieve in the face of today’s most pressing global challenges.

Public voting opens June 18, 2025

Supporters from around the world are invited to vote for The Arbor School to help them win the World’s Best School Prize for Environmental Action.To vote, visit: www.worldsbestschool.org (Live from June 18)

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