If you live in Oud Metha, you already know the school situation. You’re surrounded by some of the oldest, best-known names in Dubai. Some of them have been around...
If you live in Al Mankhool, there’s a good chance your child’s first school was a nursery within walking distance. The area is full of them. Small, friendly, close...
Bur Dubai has always been a mix. Families from India, Pakistan, the Philippines, Egypt, the UK and dozens of other places live side by side in the old neighbourhoods...
Search for top schools in Dubai and you’ll get the same recycled list: JESS, Kings, Dubai College, GEMS Wellington. They’re all excellent, but each one is full, selective or...
Every parent searching for good schools in Dubai runs into the same problem: there are over 200 private schools here, and every single one of them claims to be...
If you’re comparing schools in Oud Metha, you’re looking at one of the oldest and busiest school districts in Dubai. Some of the schools here opened before Sheikh Zayed...
Over a hundred schools in Dubai teach the British curriculum. It’s the most popular system in the city by a distance, and if you stand outside any of them...
Bur Dubai doesn’t get written about much in the school guides. The glossy education websites are too busy covering Dubai Hills and Tilal Al Ghaf, places where every second...
Let’s start with a number nobody says out loud at dinner parties. Some schools in Dubai charge over AED 90,000 a year. For one child. If you have three...
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...