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Awards and Success
2025
MONTH
AWARDS & SUCCESS
November
- Bronze Medal at Gizmos Global STEM Competition Primary Category Team: Brainiacs – Project: Feel the Heat
- 3rd place in National Level and 2nd runner up in the International Level at KenKen Maths Puzzle Championship
- Qualified for the final round of Chevron Readers’ Cup
- 2nd runner up for the Flash Division and Grand Champion for the Abacus Category B
- Gold Award – Best Gizmos STEM High School Project at STEM MENA Conference 2025
- 10 Cambridge Outstanding Learner Awards including Top in the World, Top in UAE, High Achievement and Best Across Four.
- 1 Pearson Edexcel Highest Mark in the Middle East Award in Commerce
- Overall Champion-Video Category in Future Food Heroes Competition by Dubai Municipality
- 23 students received scholarships such as Academic Distinction, Honours List & Certified Entrants at the Immerse Education Global Essay Competition
- 1st place – titled ‘Grand Integrator in UAE 2025’ & 2nd place winners at Integration Bee UAE.
- Silver honour for International Computer Science Competition
- Champions Track winners at the 5th Annual College of Engineering STEM Programming with AI Competition at Abu Dhabi University
- Best Overall – High School Category, People’s Choice – High School Category and Best Overall – Middle School Category in the Bright Spark Invention Challenge
- PPS STEMfinity – Best STEM Club Award – STEM MENA Conference by TEACH Middle East
- Finalists at GESS Awards 2025 for Positive Change in Education – Educate & Elevate Program
- PPS STEMfinity – Best STEM Club Award – STEM MENA Conference by TEACH Middle East
- Finalists at GESS Awards 2025 for Positive Change in Education – Educate & Elevate Program
October
- League of Logic, Dubai – Achieving a 96 percentile in Computational thinking
- Champions at Interschool U18 Basketball hosted by DPS Sharjah
September
- 2nd place in the Climate Data Analysis Challenge at ICO (International Computing Olympiad – Qubits)
- Silver & Bronze Awards at the International Astronomy and Astrophysics Competition 2025.
JUNE
- Finalist representing Dubai, UAE at the Global TSL Debate
MAY
- 4 Finalists & 2 Honourable Mention Awards for Trust for Sustainable Living (TSL) Essay Writing Competition
- Best Overall, Best Design by Theme, 2 People Choice Awards at Bright
- Finalists at Game Changers Competition at the Dubai Esports and Games Festival 2025
- 2nd Runners-Up in EEG Public Speaking Competition
- Plan to Action – Year of Sustainability Award for School (Sustainability Seal)
- Winner’s Award at Azeb Al Tilawah Competition Primary
- Bronze Medal in Gizmos STEM MENA Global Competition – Category 1: Primary
APRIL
- 5 Butterfly Gold, Individual Medley Silver, Butterfly Bronze, Breaststroke Silver & Backstroke Silver Awards at the Dubai School Games Swimming Competition
- 1st & 2nd Prize winners at STOGOCOMP organised by E-Safe & Tachyon 360
- Runner-Up Award at All Girls Hackathon for Climate Change
- 3rd Prize in the NASA NSS Gerard K O’Neil Space Settlement Contest 2025
- Hailey Abrea – Bronze Medal 2nd Place Relay
- Gold Medal at Dubai School Games – Swimming Competition Primary
- Glendale Football Fest 2025 – U11 Runner Up, Tournament Top Scorer (Primary)
- 2nd Place in the Never Such Innocence International Competition
- 1st Place in Inter School Qir’at Competition – Boys
- 1st Place & 3rd Place Inter School Qir’at Competition – Girls
FEBRUARY
- 1st edition featuring Pristine Private School’s student body as their content writers for a range of sections – VoFG newsletter
- 1 gold medal, 3 silver medals and 3 bronze medals for Science Quiz and 3 silver medals and 3 bronze medals for English Quiz at Knowledge Nexus Global Quiz Challenge
- National Award Recipient for UAE and Gold Honour Certificate and Bronze Honour Certificate, student at the International Youth Math Challenge
- Scholarships received by 2 students for 20% and 15% each respectively for Immerse Education Essay Competition
- 16 students qualified in Band 3, 4 & 5 categories at the Challenge ME Maths Championship
- Secondary Literacy Club students won a video contest at the Emirates Literature Festival earning an exclusive author visit from Des Fitzgerald, author of The Living City
- Swift Accelerator Badge and Programme Graduation Certificates for 7 students in Secondary as part of Sandooq Al Watan’s iOS Design Challenge
MAY
- Painting Contest Winner:
- First Place (Watercolour)
- First Place (Mixed Media Lower Elementary Level)
- First Place (Mixed Media Upper Elementary Level) in MY HERO Visualize Heroism International Art Contest
- 1st Position in SOD category Poetry for All award
- Gold Medal, Certificate of Excellence, and Championship Memento in Kenken Maths Puzzle Championship (National Level – Primary)
- 2 National Level Top 10 Gold Medal and 1 Bronze Medal at the KENKEN International Championship (Secondary)
- Top 10 High Performing Schools in Dubai for Environmental Awareness in TIMSS 2023
- Top 20 High Performing Schools in Dubai in TIMSS 2023
2024
MONTH
AWARDS & SUCCESS
JUNE
- 1st & 2nd Place in Never Such Innocence competition
- Finalists at the International Astronomy and Astrophysics Competition
- Gold and Silver Medal Winners at the World Scholars Cup Regional Round
- Formula Ethara UAE National Final Professional category
MAY
- 3rd place in the Inter-School Qirat Competition at Al Sadiq Islamic School
- 1st place winner for QUIZTERNET 2.0
- 1st, 2nd & 3rd place winners for STOGOFEST Awards 2023–2024 – Still Model Category and 1st place winners for Presentation Category
- ESafe Child Online Protection Award 2023 by Emirates Safer Internet Society & Tachyon 360
- Best Overall in High School Category and Most Thematic – All Levels at the Bright Spark Graphic Design Challenge by Bridge Innovate
- Honourable Mention for UNESCO Youth Multimedia Competitions
- Winners for iOS Design Challenge 2023–24
- National Silver Award for 2 students at the World Economics Cup
- 2nd place at World Economics Cup with Certificate of Excellence
- 1st place in ADHS Arabic Song Competition
APRIL
- Interschool Qirat Competition Primary Category 1st Place
- 4th place globally @Codementum1 – Hour of Code competition
MARCH
- 1st place winners at Game Combat Championship organised by STEM Lab
- 1st Place in Primary and 2nd place in Secondary at the Annual Inter-School Qirat Competition hosted by Pristine Private School
- Top 12 amongst 100+ teams and 3rd place winners at the 11th National Math Contest by Abu Dhabi University
- Pristine Private School bags The Wellbeing Award for Schools by Optimus Education
FEBRUARY
- 3rd place winners in U19 Inter-School Basketball Tournament hosted by The Winchester School, Jebel Ali
- National Top 20 Honours – Gold, Silver & Bronze medals for students at the KENKEN International Championship
- Poem writing and selection at the SGI Gulf’s Poetry Symposium – Poetic Heart
- 2nd place winners in U19 Inter-School Basketball Tournament hosted by NIMS Sharjah
- 1st place winners in U19 Football Tournament hosted by Al Diyafah High School
- 3rd Place winners at the Yas in Schools Challenge by RIT University Dubai
- 1st place winners at the Quizzards Inter-School Quiz Competition hosted by Al Diyafah High School
- Chevron Readers’ Cup Trophy 1st Place in Emirates Literature Festival Competition 2024
- 4th place globally @Codementum1 – Hour of Code competition
- 1st Place winner in the MY HERO Visualize Heroism Art Contest 2024
- Best Model Award – First Lego League
- Best Challenge Solution Award – First Lego League
JANUARY
- Gold Award at the School Enterprise Challenge: Teach a Man to Fish
- 1st place winners at Al Diyafah High School Online Inter-School Advertisement Competition
2023
MONTH
AWARDS & SUCCESS
JUNE
- 1st position holders in Year 5 & 6 Category – Ignited Mental Maths Competition
- Honourable Mention Award at the 51st International Children’s Exhibition of Fine Arts Lidice 2023
- Pristine Private School amongst the Top 3 performing schools in the region at the World Economics Cup
MAY
- Special Mention – The Flag Project
- IOS Design Challenge Winner amongst Top 200 Winners in UAE organised by Sandooq Al Watan and Apply Distinguished
- Honourable Mention Delegate Award at the Youth Global Solutions Summit organised by Delhi Private School, Sharjah
- Best Delegate and Best Action Plan Awards at the inter-school Youth for Sustainability Summit organised by MSB Private School, Dubai
- Best Overall winner in the Elementary and Middle School category of the 2023 Graphic Design Challenge – theme “Power Of We”
- 1st place in Poetry Out Loud Interschool competition
MARCH
- Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medal in KenKen World’s Largest Math Puzzle Championship
- Gold and Silver medal winners for Team Debate, Scholar’s Challenge, and Collaborative Writing at the World Scholars Cup Regional Dubai Round
FEBRUARY
- Top 5 stories selected for the VoFG Gifted Writers Programme in 1500 words Story Writing Competition based on SDGs
- Best Chair certificate awarded for the UN Women Committee at the Al Salam Community School Model United Nations (ASCS)
JANUARY
- Jane Goodall’s Roots and Shoots School Award
- First position holder in the Primary category in Mathletics Maths Competition
- First position holder across UAE – Practiced for 86 hours and 18 mins, with the maximum number of hours in Mathletics Maths Competition
- First Place SDG Hero Poster Competition
- Bronze Medal winner for Web Designing Competition – University of West London
- RIT Dubai – YAS in School Competition 2023:
- 2nd and 3rd Place Winners
- Best Performance on the terrain
- Best verbal presentation
- Winner and cash prize awardee for Enterprise Adventure Challenge
- Runner Up in Juniors Category at Al Diyafah Interschool Online Advertisement Competition
2022
MONTH
AWARDS & SUCCESS
DECEMBER
- A new record holder of 5 new UAE records for 10 years old Emirates International Swimming Championship
- 1st position – Junior Colonel Group & Senior Colonel Group (Year 6 to 10) CodeNova 2022
- Senior Category Winners at Code Nova Hackathon by icodejr
- Gold & Silver Medalist – Economics Aggregate Award, Global 1st and 13th Place – Fundamentals and Global 5th Place – Deep Comprehension at the World Economics Cup
NOVEMBER
- First Place winner for Minecraft Challenge DS Venturist hosted by Dubai Scholars Pvt School
- First and third place winners for REVAS Inter-school Business Simulation Competition hosted by Pristine Private School, Dubai
- First and second place winners for RIT Cyber Security Challenge
- Second place winner for Robotics Autonomous Emerson Challenge
- First Place winners at Learning Market held by GEMS Winchester School, Jebel Ali
- First Place winners for ACCA Quiz Competition at Manipal University, Dubai
- Second Place winners for Expressions – Speech Choir Event at Apple International School
- 6 students nominated under Top 10 for the 2022 Invention Challenge
- 8 Finalists in My Hero SDG Poster Contest (partnership with Art Miles and United Nations Association)
OCTOBER
- DigiInventors – UAE Country Finalists
- 1st place winner in the Senior Category and 2nd place winner in the Junior Category in the Inter School Qira’at Competition hosted by Al Diyafah High School
- Best debater and most knowledgeable award in the Seniors Category and best debater award in the Junior Category at the Dubai Nigeria Debate Championship
SEPTEMBER
- Recognition as a Microsoft Showcase School
- First position Gold Medallist in the White Belt Category, Jiu Jitsu Club – Mother of the Nature Kids Festival
- Story published in the VoFG anthology of short stories by children awarded as “The Most Harmonious Inclusion of a Theme” by HH Sheikha Hissa bint Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum
- 1st place in the 50 meters Butterfly Swimming Competition held by Hamilton Aquatics
AUGUST
- School of Excellence Award in the International Astronomy & Astrophysics Competition
JUNE
- Four Teams of Year 9 won prizes for the Art of Recycle Workshop facilitated by Art Dubai
- 3rd place at F1 in Schools Test Driver Challenge 2022
- First place in the Simply Bottles Rethink Plastic Art Challenge 2021–22 “Green Dream Garden”
- Best International Entry for “Young Coders 2022” meeting required standards of British Science Association Crest Award
- Runner Up position in the Final Round in the Badminton Tournament in Dubai School Games 2021–2022 organised by Dubai Sports Council
- First place across UAE in the Ignited Mental Math Competition organised by Ignited Mind Lab
- Third place in the Team Eagle Racers at the F1 in Schools Test Driver Challenge 2022
- Four teams won prizes for the Art of Recycle Workshop facilitated by Art Dubai
MAY
- 1st place winners for “Lobotomy” – a Psychology Quiz as part of PsychED Conference organised at the Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Dubai
- Honourable Mention Award at the 49th International Children’s Exhibition of Fine Arts, Lidice – Czech Republic
APRIL
- Third place and Honourable Mention in the speech competition category held by Never Such Innocence
- Third place winners for the public speaking competition held at Emirates Environmental Group (EEG)
- First place in Music Category – Viewer’s Choice – Gulf Medical University MASE
MARCH
- FWW Model United Nation awarded Five awards for Best Delegate Award, Diplomacy Award, Honourable Mention
- Best Global Business Plan awarded as part of the School Enterprise Challenge (UK)
- Three Gold Medals and one Silver Medal in the Individual Challenge at The Professor’s Academic Challenge – Mathematics Challenge
- First, Second and Third place winners in the Annual Inter School Qirat Competition held by Cambridge International School
- First and Second place winners in the Annual Inter School Qirat Competition held by Al Sadiq Islamic English School
- First position winner in the Global Canvas Competition 2022 – Theme “Forest of the Lands”
- First runner-up for “Innovation – Your Ultimate Innovation Marathon” under the theme Robotics Smart Mobility in association with Brainy n Bright & Expo Dubai 2020
- First place category winners in the Angel on Earth Competition held at the EXPO Indian Pavilion
FEBRUARY
- Student Felicitation “Poetic Heart Event” for the poem published in “The Book of Poems” released by the Poetic Heart Association this academic year
- 2nd Place winner – Inter-School Virtual Coding Competition – Code Challenge 3.0 conducted by Young Vision and Skyline University
- First Place winners for “The DigiInventors Challenge” in association with Glasgow Warriors & Expo Dubai 2020 amongst 115 teams comprising of 450 students from 38 schools across UAE
- Third Position in the World Food Day Poster Contest held by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations amongst 1700 poster entries
JANUARY
- Certificate of Membership – UN SDSN Youth’s Global Schools Program (PPS is a signatory of the “School Commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals”)
2021
MONTH
AWARDS & SUCCESS
DECEMBER
- Honourable Mention in the 49th International Children’s Exhibition of Fine Arts Lidice
- Finalist in Chevron Reader’s Cup – Secondary (Arabic)
- Finalist in Chevron Reader’s Cup – Secondary
NOVEMBER
- Second place in Young Vision Coding Challenge 2021
- Finalist in Poetic Heart 2021 – 11th Edition Poetry Competition
- International Olympiad Foundation National Science Qualifier – UAE Rank 1
- International Olympiad Foundation National Mathematics Qualifier – UAE National Rank 4
- KenKen International Maths Puzzle Championship 2021 – National Level Round
- The Climate Action School of Excellence Award received from TAG and Cartoon Network
OCTOBER
- Finalist in DigiInventors’ Challenge – a collaboration between Glasgow Warriors and Heriot-Watt University
- First Runner Up – EXPO 2020 “Dreams for Earth” Competition by Hack for Earth Foundation
- 3rd Place in the Inter School Qira’at Competition held by Al Diyafah High School LLC
JUNE
- Laurels to Pristine at the UNESCO–Idries Shah Foundation – World Tales Short Story Competition
- Winner – 18 years old category
- Honourable Mention – 14/15 years old category
- Honourable Mention – 16/17 years old category
- Team win at the ADNOC – Yas in Schools Test Drive Challenge
- 3rd Place winners – F1 in Schools (12–17 years old category)
- Honourable Mention among 11,213 artworks from 72 countries – 49th International Children’s Exhibition of Fine Arts, Lidice (Theme: ROBO & Artificial)
- Finalists in Top 50 Race Off – ADNOC STEM Challenge: F1 In Schools Test Driver Challenge
MAY
- First Place – Surah Yaseen Category, 3rd place – Juzz’ 21–30 category – Virtual Hidayah Academy Qur’an competition of Ramadan 2021
- First Place – Future Champ STEAM Quiz by Skillsplay & Junkbot
- First Prize – Marketing Challenge by Uable – Quest: Future of Work Global Schools Event
- Finalist for the UNESCO World Tales Short Story Competition (UNESCO and The Idries Shah Foundation)
APRIL
- First Prize – Creative Writing Competition in Arabic by University of Dubai
- Best Video – “Ramadan with Safety Ambassadors” Video Competition by Dubai Police
MARCH
- Finalists in RAK FinQuizitive – University of Stirling
- Special Mention – Ideation at Middlesex University
- 1st Place Year 12 Group and 2nd Place Year 10 Group – NSS Space Settlement Contest 2021
- Semi-Finalist – Tatawwar Programme
- Global Quran Recitation Competition 2021
FEBRUARY
- Finalist in Poetic Heart – Poetry Competition by Emirates Literature Festival
- 1st Place in Annual Inter School Qira’at Competition by Al Sadiq Islamic English School
- Youngest Participant invited to Warwick University Hackathon
JANUARY
- 1st place in Grammex Wangle – Debating competition by Grammar School
2020
MONTH
AWARDS & SUCCESS
OCTOBER
- Finalist in DigiInventors’ Challenge, a collaboration between Glasgow Warriors and Heriot-Watt University.
- First Runner Up – EXPO 2020 Dreams for Earth Competition by Hack for Earth Foundation.
- 3rd Place in the Inter School Qira’t Competition held by Al Diyafah High School LLC.
JUNE
- Laurels to Pristine at the UNESCO-Idries Shah Foundation – World Tales Short Story Competition:
- Winner – 18 years old category
- Honourable mention – 14/15 years old category
- Honourable mention – 16/17 years old category
- Team win at the ADNOC – Yas in Schools Test Drive Challenge (3rd Place – F1 in Schools – 12–17 years old category).
- Honourable Mention – 49th International Children’s Exhibition of Fine Arts, Lidice Gallery, Czech Republic (“ROBO & Artificial”).
- Finalists in Top 50 Race Off – ADNOC STEM Challenge: F1 in Schools Test Driver Challenge.
MAY
- First Place – Surah Yaseen Category, 3rd place – Juzz’ 21–30 category at Virtual Hidayah Academy Qur’an Competition of Ramadan 2021.
- First Place – Future Champ STEAM Quiz by Skillsplay & Junkbot.
- First Prize – Marketing Challenge by Uable – Quest – Future of Work – Global Schools Event.
- Finalist for the UNESCO World Tales Short Story Competition – UNESCO and The Idries Shah Foundation.
APRIL
- First Prize – Creative Writing Competition in Arabic by University of Dubai.
- Best Video – “Ramadan with Safety Ambassadors” Video Competition by Dubai Police.
MARCH
- Finalists in RAK FinQuizitive – University of Stirling.
- Special Mention – Ideation at Middlesex University.
- 1st Place – Year 12 Group, 2nd Place – Year 10 Group at 2021 NSS Space Settlement Contest.
- Semi-Finalist – Tatawwar Programme.
- Global Quran Recitation Competition 2021.
FEBRUARY
- Finalist in Poetic Heart – Poetry Competition by Emirates Literature Festival.
- 1st Place in Annual Inter School Qira’t Competition by Al Sadiq Islamic English School.
- Youngest Participant invited to Warwick University Hackathon.
JANUARY
- 1st Place in Grammex Wangle – Debating Competition by Grammar School.
2019
MONTH
AWARDS & SUCCESS
NOVEMBER
- 1st Place – RIT 10th Annual Engineering Competition – Hacking.
- 2nd Place – RIT 10th Annual Engineering Competition – Design Thinking.
- 2nd Place – Library Challenge, University of Wollongong Competition.
- 2nd Place – GMU MASE 2019 – Poster Competition.
- 2nd Place – NYU Abu Dhabi High School Debate Tournament (English Division).
- 2nd Place – Pakistan Association Dubai – Urdu Essay Writing Competition.
- 2nd Place – Pakistan Association Dubai – English Speech Competition.
OCTOBER
- 2nd Place – Pakistan Association Dubai Inter-School Science Exhibition.
SEPTEMBER
- 3rd Place – UAE Cyberweek AI Competition.
JUNE
- 1st Place – HSBC Tatawwar Programme.
- 1st Place – Best Across 4 Cambridge AS Level – Outstanding Cambridge Learner Award (May/June 2019).
- Top in the World – AS Computer Science – Outstanding Cambridge Learner Award (May/June 2019).
- High Achiever – IGCSE Combined Science – Outstanding Cambridge Learner Award (May/June 2019).
2018
MONTH
AWARDS & SUCCESS
SEPTEMBER
- Bronze Award – The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition (Senior Category).
- 1st Place – Cyber Quest 5th Edition 2018.
JUNE
- First Place – Best Across Eight IGCSE Subjects – Cambridge Outstanding Learner Awards (May/June 2018).
- Top in the World – IGCSE Travel & Tourism – Cambridge Outstanding Learner Awards (May/June 2018).
- Top in UAE – IGCSE Computer Science – Cambridge Outstanding Learner Awards (May/June 2018).
- Top in UAE – IGCSE Biology – Cambridge Outstanding Learner Awards (May/June 2018).
- Top in UAE – IGCSE Art & Design – Cambridge Outstanding Learner Awards (May/June 2018).
MAY
- Environmental Excellence School Award (EESA) by Bee’ah School of Environment.
- Children’s International Film Festival (CIFF).
MARCH
- 3rd Place – CUD Robotics Competition.
- 1st Place – Zayed Painting Competition (School Level Round).
- ACER ARABIC Distinction and Higher Distinction Award.
- 2nd Place – Poetry Writing (Taalem Award – Emirates Airline Festival of Literature).
FEBRUARY
- Ranked among Top 20 at National Level – KENKEN Felicitation Ceremony.
- 1st Place – NASA Ames Space Settlement Design Contest.
JANUARY
- 1st Position – Science Interschool Competition for Primary.
2017
MONTH
AWARDS & SUCCESS
NOVEMBER
- International Exhibition of Children’s Fine Art Lidice 2017.
- 1st Place – RIT Autonomous Robotics Competition.
OCTOBER
- 1st Place – GMU MASE Painting Category (“Mind Enhancing”).
- 2nd Place – GMU MASE Poster Category (“Pyrolysis”).
JUNE
- Top in UAE – IGCSE First Language English (May/June 2017) – Cambridge Outstanding Learner Awards.
- Top in UAE – IGCSE Travel & Tourism (May/June 2017) – Cambridge Outstanding Learner Awards.
- Top in UAE – A Level Business Studies (May/June 2017) – Cambridge Outstanding Learner Awards.
FEBRUARY
- Winning Project – TAQADDAM “Moving Forward” 2017, initiated by British Council & HSBC for the design of a Food Wastage App.
- Read the feature on Khaleej Times
2016
MONTH
AWARDS & SUCCESS
DECEMBER
- Top 3 in the UAE – TIMSS 2015 Recognition.
- Pristine Private School was honored among the top three highest-performing UAE schools in Grade 4 (Year 5) and Grade 8 (Year 9) categories for the worldwide Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS 2015).
- Award presented by HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan in recognition of the school’s excellence and contribution to the National Agenda Targets.
JUNE
- Top in the World – AS Level Applied ICT (May/June 2016) – Cambridge Outstanding Learner Award.
JUNE 2015
- Top in the UAE – AS Level Psychology (May/June 2015) – Cambridge Outstanding Learner Award.
- Top in the UAE – A Level Applied ICT (May/June 2015) – Cambridge Outstanding Learner Award.
- Top in the World – IGCSE Environmental Management (May/June 2015) – Cambridge Outstanding Learner Award.
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