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Victoria Hopkin

PhD Cand., MA, BA (Hons), FRSA, FCCT, ICF Certified Intercultural Coach, Global peak performance consultant to the world’s leading education providers.

An intercultural ‘leadership alchemist’ known for her incredible ability to translate the latest in Western pedagogical and educational research into practical and actionable intercultural CPD strategies that drive mindset shifts and behavioral change in a systemic way. She’s a dynamic speaker who skillfully blends a wealth of experience in education and consulting leading Educational organisations around the world, with her approach as a scholar-practitioner and her PhD research in peak Arabic language performance.

Speaking, Workshop and Programme Themes

Early Years Arabic Provision

Critical support for schools and Early Education Centres in the UAE implementing KHDA’s Policy on Arabic Language in Early Childhood. This programme provides Arabic teacher coaching from FS1 upwards, with in-class modelling, monthly thematic resource provision, and progression of skills and assessment matrices. Both Arabic and non-Arabic teachers receive coaching so that Arabic becomes a thriving part of the whole-school curriculum.

Arabic Coaching Programme

Our Arabic Coaching Programme is the core of what we do. Through sustained in-class coaching cycles, mentoring, and 1:1 professional learning sessions, we transform teacher confidence, pedagogy, and outcomes. Teachers are supported to align with ADEK and DSIB inspection criteria, ensuring measurable improvements in student attainment and progress. This is Dubai’s leading choice for Arabic teacher coaching.

Quality First Arabic Teaching

The Quality First Arabic Teaching (QFAT) framework is CCG’s flagship programme. It provides a complete roadmap for outstanding Arabic provision: effective lesson design, bilingual strategies bridging Arabic A and B, and compliance with UAE School Inspection Framework standards. Schools using QFAT have seen Arabic outcomes move from “weak” to “good” or “very good” within inspection cycles.

Middle Leadership Programme

Develop the skills and strategies Arabic and bilingual middle leaders need to drive transformational improvement. Leaders learn to coach their teams, embed Arabic teaching excellence, and evidence progress for inspections.

Senior Leadership Programme

Designed for senior leaders or aspiring leaders responsible for Arabic provision. This programme strengthens leadership capability and enables teams to integrate Arabic language teaching excellence into the school’s strategic vision.

Executive Leadership Programmes

For Principals and Heads of School in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Focused on KHDA and ADEK Arabic provision requirements, this programme uses advanced intercultural coaching research to help leaders engage effectively with Arabic teams, raise performance, and secure inspection success.

High Performance Arabic Language Teams

This advanced workshop supports your strongest Arabic teachers to act as catalysts of excellence, embedding best practice across the department. They become role models, accelerating wholeschool progress in Arabic provision.

Building an Arabic Coaching Culture

A whole-school approach that enables leadership teams to foster sustainable Arabic coaching cultures. Leaders and teachers work together to improve productivity, collaboration, and student outcomes in Arabic, aligning fully with KHDA’s Arabic Language Policy 2025.

The Cambridge Consultancy Group, led by Victoria Hopkin (FRSA, FCCT, CIC-certified coach), is recognised as Dubai’s specialist provider of Arabic teacher coaching. With two decades of school improvement expertise, The Cambridge Consultancy Group blends intercultural leadership, international research, and practical classroom coaching.

We are the consultancy that schools choose when they want Arabic provision to move from compliance to excellence.