The Compass International School Doha classroom is a unique learning space. World class teachers provide lessons that are tailored to the individual learning needs of students. CISD’s layering approach ensures that specific knowledge is targeted and continually re-emphasised. Small class sizes means that teachers and students have a close relationship, further strengthened by pastoral care. Finally, curriculum, teachers and families combine to make the school truly international.

Within the classroom, lessons begin with an outline of learning targets and the criteria by which students will know if they have been successful or not. Units begin with a knowledge harvest and set questions to be answered which are revisited at the end of the unit to see if all questions have been answered. Lessons end with a discussion about learning that has just taken place and next lesson in subject begins with brief recap and link to current and future learning.