Arizona High School faculty and leadership at the school grounds, Eastleigh, Nairobi

Eastleigh . Nairobi . Est. Kenya

Arizona
High School.

A co-educational day school where students choose between, or combine, the British IGCSE Edexcel curriculum and the Kenyan national curriculum. Empowering every learner to excel.

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A school in the heart of Eastleigh.

Where every learner is empowered to excel in all they do.

Founded on the conviction that academic rigour and human dignity belong together, Arizona High School welcomes students from every faith and background, and prepares them, through integrity, knowledge, and growth, for whatever future they choose.

Curriculum

IGCSE Edexcel,
Kenyan CBC & 8-4-4

Type

Co-educational
Day school

Location

11th Street, Third Avenue
Eastleigh, Nairobi

Curriculum

Two paths.
One standard.

Families at Arizona choose the route that opens the right doors for their child. Both paths are taught with the same care, the same rigour, and the same expectation of excellence.

i.

The Kenyan Curriculum.

The full national programme recognised by the Ministry of Education, taught in both the Competency-Based Curriculum and the traditional 8-4-4 system. Students sit national assessments and progress to KCSE, the standard pathway to Kenyan universities and beyond.

A class in session at Arizona High School
Pathway CBC, 8-4-4, KCSE, Kenyan universities.

ii.

The British Curriculum.

Internationally recognised qualifications from Pearson Edexcel. Our IGCSE students work with the same official materials used in schools across the United Kingdom, opening doors to A-Levels and to universities across the UK and the wider world.

Arizona students with the official Pearson Edexcel English Language A textbook
Pathway IGCSE Edexcel, A-Levels, global universities.
Mohamed Ahmed Abikar, Director of Arizona High School

From the Director

“Our school is a community where every child, regardless of background or faith, is given the tools and the encouragement to reach their full potential. We do not aim to be the loudest school in Nairobi. We aim to be the one that takes its students seriously.”

Mohamed Ahmed Abikar
Director
Arizona High School leadership with a senior student

Leadership

A school led by people who know its students by name.

Director
Mohamed Ahmed Abikar
Founding director and steward of the school's mission, motto, and community.
Principal
John Wambua
Heads academics, faculty development, and day-to-day leadership of the school.

Programme of Study

Fourteen subjects.
One academic foundation.

Sciences

  • Mathematics
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Biology

Humanities

  • English
  • History
  • Geography

Commerce & Technology

  • Business Studies
  • Accounting
  • Information & Communication Technology

Languages

  • Kiswahili
  • Arabic

Faith & Character

  • Islamic Studies
  • Quran

Life at Arizona

Beyond the classroom.

Sport, debate, recognition, and the quieter moments of study. The pieces of school life that shape who our students become.

A student receiving an academic certificate at Arizona
i. Recognition
Arizona athletes holding medals and a championship trophy
ii. Athletics
Students at study tables at Arizona
iii. Community
Arizona students in uniform inside the school
iv. Pride in uniform
Arizona students in the school lobby beneath the school crest
v. Day to day

Community

At Arizona, students from every background, every faith, every story sit in the same classroom and learn from one another. That, more than any building or any banner, is the school we have set out to build.

Arizona faculty and staff at the school grounds
vi. Faculty & Staff, Eastleigh

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