American International School in Riyadh

A school where your child is seen, challenged, and prepared for life.

Westminster is an American International School following the American Curriculum, where every child is known fully, held to high standards, and guided with care.

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Trust & Heritage

Trust & Heritage

A new school in Riyadh. Backed by educational leadership since 2011.

Westminster is powered by EMEP, an educational organization developing and operating schools and educational institutions across Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

2011

EMEP Foundation

El Maaly for Educational Projects was established in 2011.

Founding Families

Founding Families

Founding Families save 30%

Families joining Westminster from the beginning receive a 30% discount on Tuition Fees – Secured Until Graduation. You’re a partner not just a parent.

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Our Staff

Our Staff

Meet the people shaping Westminster.

Experienced educational leaders working together to build a school culture where students and staff can thrive.

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Westminster Principal

Principal's Message

A school shaped by conviction.

Westminster was not assembled from existing parts. It was designed from conviction. Every policy, every lesson plan, every promise we make to families begins with one honest question: what does this child deserve?

Why Westminster

Why Westminster

Why families choose Westminster.

Choosing a school means choosing the environment in which a child will discover who they are, what they believe, and what they are capable of becoming.

Seen fully

Known as a person

Care begins with understanding each child’s strengths, needs, character, and story.

Challenged deeply

Ambition with support

High expectations are paired with guidance, feedback, and the confidence to keep growing.

Prepared for life

Ready to contribute

Graduates leave with knowledge, judgment, resilience, and responsibility.

Learning that feels personal.

Learning that feels personal.

A calm, ambitious environment where care and challenge work together.

Character.
Competence.
Conscience.

These are the standards that shape every classroom, every conversation, and every decision across the school.

We envision graduates who are deeply good — honest, humble, compassionate, and courageous. Moral character is not a course we teach. It is the air we breathe.

We envision graduates who are academically excellent, globally literate, and equipped with the skills — critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, communication — to thrive in any context.

We envision graduates who feel a responsibility to the world around them — to their families, their communities, their country, and their Creator — and who act on that responsibility with courage.

American Curriculum

American Curriculum

The American Curriculum, chosen with care.

Westminster follows the American Curriculum through recognized programs, international publishers, and full digital resources for teachers and students.

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Family Partnership

Belonging starts before the first day.

Here, Families are partners.

Westminster is not a school that children simply attend. It is a community that children and families belong to, and parent partnership is treated as essential, not optional.

  • 3 parent-teacher conferences per year.
  • Annual family satisfaction survey.
  • Formal parent council representation.
  • Open-door communication with response within one school day.
  • Family orientation before a child starts.
Values & Identity

Values & Identity

A values-driven education for a complex world.

Westminster is rooted in deep moral conviction and proud of its Islamic heritage, while opening its doors to families of all faiths and backgrounds. Its values – integrity, compassion, justice, humility, and service – are presented as timeless human virtues that shape both culture and conduct.

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The right school

The right school shapes more than results.

Westminster exists to make formation thoughtful, ambitious, and deeply human.