Search “best schools in Dubai” and you’ll drown in ranked lists, each one certain it has the answer. Open three of them in tabs and you’ll spot the problem...
British is the most common school system in Dubai, and for good reason. It’s structured, it’s respected pretty much everywhere, and it travels. A kid who sits their GCSEs...
We picked our first school in Dubai off a list. Good KHDA rating, nice photos, a name people recognised at dinner parties. By October my daughter was getting carsick...
Moving to Dubai with kids is a lot. You’re sorting the visa, the apartment, the bank account, the car — and somewhere in the middle of all that you’re...
When you ask families in Karama where their kids go to school, Apple International Community School comes up a lot. Not in a promotional way. Just matter-of-factly, the way...
Karama has a lot of things. Good food, easy Metro access, the kind of neighbourhood feel that most of Dubai charges a premium for. What it doesn’t have is...
Okay, let’s talk about the British curriculum for a second. EYFS, Key Stages, SATs, IGCSEs… if you aren’t used to the system, it sounds like absolute nonsense. It’s like...
The search started at 2 AM on a Tuesday. My son had woken up with a nightmare, I’d gotten him back to sleep, and then I made the mistake of checking my...
My wife and I had the fight in the car park at Carrefour. Not a proper fight – more like an intense disagreement while unloading groceries. She wanted to send our twins to...
On a Sunday while talking to my daughter about choices of career , she suddenly announced in March that she wanted to study medicine. She’s thirteen. Last year she...