• Members of our Senior Management Team (SMT), are dedicated edcationalists who are carefully selected. They have experience in administering UK and international schools.
• SMT conducts regular self-evaluation (SEF), of the school's strengths and weaknesses using OFSTED (UK) and DSIB quality framework.   The SEF underpins our School Development Plan (SDP), which drives the school forward.
• We beleive, our children and parents should have opportunities to provide feedback to the school and staff performance via surveys.

• Internal and inspection indicators show that nearly all our lessons are "good or better" when judged against UK criteria. 
• Our lesson delivery is standardised to include: review of learning; detailed planning; learning focuses; cross-curricular links; and target-setting.  
• Staff are observed regularly and frequently. Specific individual feedback and regular training is given to staff so that quality of teaching and learning is constantly improving.
• We believe andTeaching staff members willingly participate in student and parental surveys rating their own performance management.
• We encourage children throughout the school to work cooperatively and collaboratively. 
• We encourage children to think critically and to apply their learning in other settings. 

• Our pastoral care is reported as being "good" by the DSIB inspection team.   
• We track our children's behaviour thoroughly and motivate them through a system based around rewards.
• Staff hold regular meetings where an individual child's concerns can be raised, and preventative strategies are shared.
• We look after our children from the moment they get on our school bus (or are dropped off), until the moment they arrive home (or are collected).
• RIS is a safe school - we aim to keep parents informed at all stages. 

• We work in partnership with parents and provide a wide spectrum of activities and support for our children and their parents.
• Our elected body of parent representatives, actively participate in campus life. They promote greater parental involvment in their children's education.
• Parents are also involved as partners in setting targets for children.

 Pledge 5:  Quality of Academic Rigour

• All students are regularly assessed formatively and summatively. We track and assess our children against National Curriculum (UK) criteria.
• We report assessments results to parents a minimum of 3 times per year.
• We track assessment data. Our data analysis informs our future teaching.
• Our curriculum model is innovative and detailed.  It reflects recent educational developments, such as APP, AFL and other strategies.
• Our curriculum is regularly reviewed and reported to parents.
• Targets are prominently displayed.  We use self and peer assessment strategies for children to evaluate their work and enhance their learning.