Abdul Rahman Kanoo International School

ARKIS is based in Salmabad, Bahrain. The Salmabad campus is a purpose-built site in the Salmabad area of Manama, along Road 408. A second ARKEDU school, ARKS Diyar, opened in Diyar Al Muharraq in 2023 to extend the network. The campuses are positioned to serve relocating families and are located within Bahrain's capital region.

ARKIS serves Nursery through Grade 12. Preschool (Nursery to KG2), Elementary (Grades 1–5), and Secondary (Grades 6–12) are the typical divisions. The school offers Cambridge IGCSE as its senior secondary pathway and the IB Diploma Programme for the final two years of schooling.

ARKIS is a private, co-educational day school. It operates as a Bahrain-based school with no boarding facilities; the IB information confirms a day-boarding arrangement (no boarding). The site emphasizes a bilingual, international curriculum environment.

ARKIS/ARKEDU report a diverse community with multiple nationalities; the network lists 28 nationalities represented. The school serves a mix of local Bahraini families and international students; however, a publicly published ratio of local to international students is not provided.

ARKIS provides a School Guidance department focused on safeguarding and student well‑being, offering one-to-one and group counseling, play therapy, and wellbeing initiatives. The guidance team works with students, parents, teachers, and administration to support academic, behavioral, and social development. There is no explicitly labelled separate SEN department publicly listed.

No formal country-specific affiliation is listed; the school is Bahrain-based, with country identification shown as Bahrain in IB records.

There is no formal religious affiliation noted publicly; ARKIS presents a curriculum and values framework without a religious denomination.

The school day is organized by level: Pre-School runs from approximately 7:10 to 13:00, Elementary from about 7:45 to 13:40, and Secondary from about 7:55 to 14:30. Assembly and period structure vary by level, with breaks between periods and a shorter day for pre-school. These timings are reflected in the ARKIS daily schedule.

ARKIS does not provide school transport; transportation is not offered by the school. Parents typically arrange their own arrangements or use external services if desired.

ARKIS structures its curriculum in three stages: Key Stage 3 (Grades 6–8) with a bespoke program, Key Stage 4 (Grades 9–10) following Cambridge IGCSE, and Key Stage 5 (Grades 11–12) offering the IB Diploma Programme, with Bahraini students following the MOE curriculum for Social Studies, Citizenship and Religion. In Grades 9–10, English Language, Arabic, and Mathematics are compulsory, with a further four IGCSE subjects selected from Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Global Perspectives, Geography, ICT, Computer Science, Art & Design, Business Studies, and Economics. In Grades 11–12, students pursue the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, either the full DP or selected IB-level courses. The Elementary programme (Grades 1–5) follows Cambridge Primary for English, Mathematics and Science, supplemented by the Ministry of Education curriculum for Arabic, Islamic and Social Studies, together with Art, Music and ARKIStech. Co-curricular activities are offered weekly and include clubs such as cooking, public speaking, chess, drama and fashion design, with Art and Physical Education delivered by qualified specialists.

In 2010, Abdul Rahman Kanoo International School (ARKIS) announced the Abdulrahman Kanoo Award scholarship to inspire students toward high academic and social achievement by granting scholarships to study abroad in reputed universities.