For the past 5 years I have held senior leadership positions in schools in both Dubai and Abu Dhabi. In that time, I have led a change in approach to how we view the curriculum in our school, what we are preparing our students for in the future, where that may lead to and how our students will get there. This blend of the academic and the vocational, the core and the enriched has been positively received across the school community with a refreshed approach to our programmes at Key Stage 4 and 5.