Introduction Al-Andalus School is one of the private schools operating in Saudi Arabia. In its operations, the school is committed to providing quality education to children in Saudi Arabia. The school offers education to children from the 1st to 12th grade. Over the years, the school has undergone significant growth thus motivating its founders to establish new branches. One of the factors that have contributed to the school’s growth is its curriculum expansion. In 2007, the school introduced the American Diploma Program to satisfy the ever-increasing need of credible English curriculum (Alam, 2007). Despite its current effectiveness in providing quality education, the school is experiencing challenges emanating from changes in the Saudi Arabian education sector. This paper takes into account the case of Al-Andalus School in a bid to develop a better understanding of challenges in schools in Saudi Arabia. In reviewing the case of Al-Andalus, the paper takes into account a number of elements like conducting a literature review on challenges facing schools in the country. Moreover, the paper outlines the key problems that the school is facing currently coupled with illustrating the research framework, source of data, and method of analyzing the collected data. Background of challenges experienced by schools in Saudi Arabia The education sector in Saudi Arabia has undergone extensive transformation over the past two decades (Cordesman, 2010). One of the main aspects that have become dominant in the sector includes improving the sector’s capacity to teach the increasing young population. Secondly, the sector is grappling with the challenge of ensuring that it enhances the country’s economic growth by imparting relevant skills to students. The public school system accounts for the largest percentage of all schools in Saudi Arabia. A study conducted in 2009 showed that 90 per cent of all students in Saudi Arabia attend public schools ( Oxford Business Group , 2009). The recent regulatory developments in the country are fueling growth of private schools. In addition, the high quality of education provided in private schools is stimulating a high rate of student transfers from public to private schools. Parents are becoming more concerned with the quality of education their children receive; therefore, there is a high likelihood of parents preferring private schools to public schools in the future ( Alpen Capital , 2012). This phenomenon is increasing the challenges faced by private school directors and principals. Being one of the private schools in Saudi Arabia, the founders of Al-Andalus Private School are experiencing different challenges arising from changes in the education sector. The paper evaluates the case of Al-Andalus Private School to understand the challenges experienced in Saudi Arabian schools. Problem statement As aforementioned, schools in Saudi Arabia are undergoing intense changes, which have arisen from rampant societal changes and educational reforms that the government is currently undertaking. The need to develop a knowledge-based economy is one of the factors that have stimulated the Saudi Arabian government to incorporate reforms within the education sector (Renihan &