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Event Detalis: It gives us great pleasure to announce that NCBIS has been awarded the status of a Council of British International Schools Training School for the next three years. This means that NCBIS will be used as a centre for the professional development of teachers and school staff in the Middle East and North Africa. This will allow our staff to access top-level training as well as to meet and share ideas with staff from other quality international schools from around the world. COBIS: ‘The quality of applications was very high, and those who reviewed the applications were impressed with the calibre and diversity of approaches to CPD and professional learning in COBIS schools; It was a solid application for a school that is committed to investing in their staff. Appears to demonstrate growing commitment to Initial Teacher Training (ITT). As a school, the use of external provision is clearly identified with a good breadth of offer, including training for Governors; SENCO; support for administration staff attending COBIS training, etc... https://www.cobis.org.uk/cobis-news/

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Event Detalis: As our Patron, Sir Geoffrey will use his considerable experience and influence as a way of supporting the school, he will also be invited and attend certain NCBIS functions each year. As a non-member of the Board of Directors, he will not make decisions on behalf of the school or carry any responsibilities or liabilities. Sir Geoffrey Adams has been British Ambassador to Egypt since September 2018. He was educated at Eton College and Oxford University, where he studied Arabic and Islamic History before taking his degree (BA Hons.) in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. Sir Geoffrey joined the Diplomatic Service in 1979, and spent his early career on postings to Saudi Arabia, France and South Africa, and at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in London. He was posted to Cairo in 1998-2001 as Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission. Thereafter he was Consul General in Jerusalem, Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary, and Ambassador to Iran. Sir Geoffrey then served as Political Director General at the FCO (2009-12), and subsequently as Ambassador to the Netherlands (2013-17). We welcome Sir Geoffrey to the NCBIS family.