Company Profile
King's Academy
Company Overview
King’s Academy is a private, not-for-profit, co-educational boarding and day school (grades 7 to 12) that opened in August 2007 in Madaba, Jordan. The school, which integrates the New England boarding school experience in the historical and intellectual context of the Middle East, follows an English-language, Advanced Placement curriculum. The curriculum includes an integrated co-curricular program of athletics, activities and community service, and students live in a nurturing residential environment that allows them to flourish personally and intellectually. In 2019-2020, King’s students numbered 630 and hailed from 36 countries.
Company History
King’s Academy is the inspiration of HM King Abdullah II of Jordan. Reflecting on the role his own boarding school education at Deerfield Academy in New England played in developing his character, values and abilities, King Abdullah decided to bring the quality and ethos of that education to the region by founding a school modeled on Deerfield in Jordan.
King Abdullah envisioned King’s Academy as a boarding school that would set a new standard for secondary education in the Middle East, bringing together an unprecedented combination of hallmarks: academic excellence and progressive pedagogy, emphasis on community and personal values, and state-of-the-art facilities.