British School of Bahrain

What the school is

Ownership and inspection evidence

The May 2024 British Schools Overseas report describes the quality of education as excellent and records 2,772 pupils: 1,453 boys and 1,319 girls. The BQA annual report for 2020 records an Outstanding judgement. These are separate inspections from different years.

BSB belongs to Inspired Education, a for-profit school group founded in 2013. Group membership may offer shared programmes and staff development; ask which programmes operate at BSB, what they cost and how local decisions are made.

Admissions and cost

2026–27 tuition, joining charges and discounts

Published 2026–27 tuition is BHD 3,342 for Nursery, BHD 4,419 for Reception–Year 2, BHD 5,052–5,319 across Years 3–6, BHD 6,342–6,744 across Years 7–9, BHD 7,092 for Years 10–11 and BHD 8,991–9,081 for Years 12–13. GCSE and A-level examination fees are additional. An annual BHD 40 EdTech charge applies from Year 3.

A secondary fee guide lists a BHD 50 application charge and registration charges ranging from BHD 100 in early years to BHD 250 in senior school. It also reports tuition discounts of 10% for the third enrolled child and 25% for the fourth and fifth, without saying how children are ordered for discount purposes.

Ask admissions about current availability, assessment and offer deadlines for your child’s year group; general reports of Year 1 and Year 7 waiting lists are not current. The school day varies by phase, and a Bahrain-wide transport estimate is not a BSB bus quotation.

The family experience

Hamala, the west-side commute and the group network

The published address is Building 1080, Road 1425, Block 1014, Hamala. Drop-off and collection times, pick-up points and arrangements after activities matter more than distance alone.