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ADMISSIONS POLICIES & PROCEDURES

General Guidelines

BBS will start receiving admissions applications for the school year 2026-2027 as per the following registration deadlines:

Division Registration Period
• Priority Applicants: (Siblings, Alumni Children, and Staff Children)
January 8 - 22
nd
th
KG1 & KG2
• Non-Priority Applicants: February 1 st
until the application quota is reached, dependent upon the space availability.

• Priority Applicants: (Siblings, Alumni Children, and Staff Children)
January 8 - 22
th
nd
Grades 1 to 12
• Non-Priority Applicants: February 1 st
until the end of the School Year; dependent upon the availability of seats.

• Applications submitted before or after the registration period will not be accepted. Application Process
Grade Level Age by
• Evaluations are usually conducted starting the month of February. Birth Year Eligibility Dec. 31, 2026
The following procedures have been
• Students entering the KG1 level must be 4 years of age by December 31 of that same academic year, 5 years for KG2, 2022 KG1 4
6 years for Gr1 and so on. Consequently, the children’s ages may vary slightly in any given grade. Students may be adopted for prospective students for
admissions to BBS:
older than the minimum age required, however, they may not be younger. Students who do not attain the minimum 2021 KG2 5
age for entrance may apply for admissions the following year, or for a lower grade level.
2020 Gr. 1 6 1. Admissions applications must be filled online

Acceptance Criteria 2019 Gr. 2 7 through the BBS website (www.bbs.edu.kw) under
“Admissions” menu >>” New Student Application”.

2018 Gr. 3 8 2. Applications must be submitted along with all the
• BBS’s admissions procedures ensure we only admit students to whom we can provide an education. required documents within the set registration
• Students entering BBS must have sufficient skills in English and Arabic in order to meet the instructional demands of 2017 Gr. 4 9 period starting from January each year. Applications
the grade level in which they apply. This is due to the fact that the school does not offer Arabic as a Second Language submitted before or after the set period will not be
or English as a Second Language. In addition, they need to demonstrate the potential to contribute positively to our 2016 Gr. 5 10 accepted.
academic & social environment. 3. Applicants who meet the criteria for age, academic
2015 Gr. 6 11 and behavior records will then be invited to take an
• Academic and social development are important considerations for enrollment. Within these general criteria,
priority for available vacancies is given to siblings of current students, children of alumni, staff members’ children entrance interview/evaluation and complete the
and then to children of new families. 2014 Gr. 7 12 assessment payment, depending on the admissions
priority and seat availability.
• In line with Al-Bayan’s nondiscriminatory policy, admissions is conditional upon successful entrance evaluations 2013 Gr. 8 13
results and the availability of places; regardless of gender, nationality, religion, or race. 4. If evaluation results are satisfactory and places are
available, according to admissions priorities, parents
• When the capacity of each class is reached, students meeting the acceptance criteria, but not admitted, will be 2012 Gr. 9 14 will be invited to register their children. Otherwise,
placed on a waiting list in case an opening occurs. The relevant family will then be contacted. applicants will remain on the waiting list until a place
2011 Gr. 10 15 arises.
• Applications to be considered for the following school year must be resubmitted during the next registration period
in order for the student to be re-evaluated. 2010 Gr. 11 16 5. Registration is only complete once all the required
documents are submitted, including health records,

2009 Gr. 12 17 previous school transcripts, and a non-refundable/
non-transferable deposit of KD100.

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