Al Mutanabi School

G 9 - G 12

Boys

Baniyas,Abu Dhabi

02 301 6002

Info.ami@charterschools.ae

We Enable Potential

By Offering the Highest Educational Standards

At Al Mutanabi Charter School, we strive to educate all students to the highest level of academic achievement. We enable them to reach and expand their potential, preparing them to become productive, responsible, ethical, creative, and compassionate members of society. Our highly trained staff engage in ongoing continuous professional development and we partner with parents to help our students and our community to be their best.

  • At Al Mutanabi Charter School, our teaching program combines best practices with flexibility around how material is taught and assessed. It offers room for exploration and builds stronger teacher-student relationships, while prioritizing creativity.  

    Our approach provides students with a one-of-a-kind experience where they have the opportunity to choose certain subjects to study.  

    We offer a strong foundation with rigorous standards for completing each grade. At the same time, teachers collaborate to create units of work that are centered around students, in ways that encourage them to think out of the box for solutions. 

  • At Al Mutanabi Charter School, we are proud of our state-of-the-art facilities, which include a robotics laboratory, as well as swimming and performance areas.   

    Our facilities support our children to learn, develop and grow not only their knowledge, but also a set of skills they can take into their working lives to become the UAE’s managers and leaders of tomorrow.

  • Mon-Thu: 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM

    Friday: 7:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Heba Al Hashmi

School Principal - Al Mutanabi School

Heba Abdulader Abdullah AlHashmi is a skilled Emirati education leader with over twenty years of service in the UAE’s national education sector. She specializes in school leadership, curriculum innovation, safeguarding, and school improvement. Guided by the UAE’s vision for excellence in education, she aims to improve high-quality learning experience. Her goal is to equip students with the knowledge, character, and skills needed to contribute positively to the nation’s future. 

She holds a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership from Zayed University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Family Science; specialized in Child, Family and Social Services. She is a Licensed Educational Leader and a Designated Safeguarding Lead. Her professional achievements include completing the Early Childhood Fellowship with the Shaikha Salama Bint Hamdan Foundation in partnership with Yale University. She is also certified as a Licensed Coaching Clinic Facilitator and recognized as a Certified Aspiring Educational Leader through Vanderbilt University.  

Throughout her career, Heba has stayed connected to the UAE’s commitment to innovation, wellbeing, and lifelong learning. She continues to improve her leadership skills by participating in international education forums and advanced professional training in strategic planning, project management, data analytics, and health and safety. She is widely recognized for her collaborative leadership style, ethical professionalism, and dedication to nurturing inspired, responsible, and future-ready learners who uphold the values of the United Arab Emirates. 

Phoebe Ayoub

Director of School improvement 

Al Mutanabi School

Is a senior educational leader with over 22 years of experience shaping transformative learning environments across the UAE. She has a proven record of leading large-scale academic change, advancing curriculum innovation, and building sustainable systems for professional growth. Her expertise spans policy development, instructional design, quality assurance, and leadership capacity-building, with a strong focus on creating scalable models that drive measurable improvement in teaching and learning.
She has successfully led initiatives that raised academic standards across multiple campuses, embedded project-based learning and critical thinking into curricula and established rigorous systems for quality assurance and professional development. Her leadership in technology integration helped schools earn recognition as Apple Distinguished Schools, while her work in cross-curricular innovation has ensured that teaching and assessment practices remain future-focused and aligned with national priorities.
Her leadership is defined by empowering educators, raising expectations, and fostering student-centered environments that improve outcomes and prepare learners for future challenges. She is currently pursuing a doctorate in Strategic Educational Leadership with a focus on building interconnected systems that sustain meaningful improvements in learning.