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ADMISSIONS POLICIES & PROCEDURES

General Guidelines

BBS will start receiving admissions applications for the school year 2023-2024 as per the following registration deadlines:

Division Registration Period
• Priorit y Applicants: (Siblings, Alumni Children, and Staff Children)
January 8 – 26
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Pre-K, KG1 & KG2
• Non-Priority Applicants: February 1 -
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until the application quota is reached, dependent upon the space availability.
• Priority Applicants: (Siblings, Alumni children, and Staff children)
January 8 – 26
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Grades 1 to 12
• Non-Priority Applicants: February 1 -
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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
• Evaluations are usually conducted starting the month of February. Birth Year Grade Level Age by
Eligibility Dec. 31, 2023
• Students entering the Pre-K level must be 3 years of age by December 31 of that same academic year, 4 years for The following procedures have been
KG1, 5 years for KG2 and so on. Consequently, the children’s ages may vary slightly in any given grade. Students 2020 Pre-K 3 adopted for prospective students for
may be older than the minimum age required, however, they may not be younger. Students who do not attain the 2019 KG1 4 admissions to BBS:
minimum age for entrance may apply for admissions the following year, or for a lower grade level.
2018 KG2 5 1. Admissions applications must be filled online

Acceptance Criteria 2017 Gr. 1 6 through the BBS website (www.bbs.edu.kw) under
“Admissions” menu>>”New Student Application”.

2016 Gr. 2 7 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 2015 Gr. 3 8 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 2014 Gr. 4 9 considered. Incomplete applications will not be
academic & social environment. 2013 Gr. 5 10 accepted.

• Academic and social development are important considerations for enrollment. Within these general criteria, 3. Applicants who meet the criteria for age, academic
priority for available vacancies is given to siblings of current students, children of alumni, staff members’ children 2012 Gr. 6 11 and behavior records will then be invited to take an
and then to children of new families. entrance interview / evaluation and complete the
2011 Gr. 7 12 assessment payment.
• In line with Al-Bayan’s nondiscriminatory policy, admissions is conditional upon successful entrance evaluations
results and the availability of places; regardless of gender, nationality, religion, or race. 2010 Gr. 8 13 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 2009 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

• Applications to be considered for the following school year must be resubmitted during the next registration period 2008 Gr. 10 15 arises.
in order for the student to be re-evaluated. 5. Registration is only complete once all the required
2007 Gr. 11 16
documents are submitted, including health records,
previous school transcripts, and a non-refundable/
2006 Gr. 12 17
non-transferable deposit of KD100.

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