The School has been affiliated with the IB since the year 1990, as a Diploma Programme (DP) provider. The first group of students sat for the IBDP examinations in May 1992. The IBDP results of our students are among the best on the island.
We welcome you to our website that aims to introduce you to the school’s philosophy and practices.
IKNS is a non-profit self-supporting institution that is dedicated to providing Bahraini and non-Bahraini students with a high quality internationally recognised education.
The school is coeducational from KG1 to Grade 12. It offers a bilingual program of study for the students throughout their years at IKNS. We are very proud of our students who can access both Arabic and English with ease and lucidity from an early stage of their lives.
IKNS first opened its doors in 1983. The first group of students to walk up the graduation stage was in June 1992. Since then, the IKNS Alumni are the pride of the school and the gems of Bahrain.
IKNS is authorized to offer three of the International Baccalaureate (IB) educational programmes from KG1 to Grade 12. Hence, IKNS is an IB Continuum School.
The School has been affiliated with the IB since the year 1990, as a Diploma Programme (DP) provider. The first group of students sat for the IBDP examinations in May 1992. The IBDP results of our students are among the best on the island.
In 2020, IKNS was authorized by the International Baccalaureate to offer the IB Primary Years Program (PYP) and in 2022, it was authorized to offer the IB Middle Years Program (MYP).
The school also offers the American High School Diploma Programme in Grades 11 and 12 as a parallel programme to the IBDP.
The School was accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (MSA) in the year 1994, and it continues to be in good standing with the association. The accredited status of the school affirms that it provides “the level of quality in its educational programs, services, activities, and/or resources expected by its community of stakeholders and endorsed by the education world".
The Directorate of Private Schools & Kindergartens Reviews, which is a part of the Bahrain Education & Training Quality Authority (BQA), recognised IKNS as an “Outstanding” School in its First and Second Review Cycles that were conducted in 2013 and 2017. In 2020, as a reaction to the covid-19 pandemic, BQA developed the Framework for Evaluating School Practices During Exceptional Circumstances and IKNS was recognised as a “Category A” school.
