EXCEPTIONAL OUTCOMES

“What really matters for success, character, happiness and life-long achievements is a definite set of emotional skills— not just purely cognitive abilities.”

With Student Wellbeing placed so firmly at the heart of our approach to education, our students are perfectly positioned to achieve academic excellence.

Students at Dubai British School Emirates Hills achieved a stunning set of results in the GCSE and Level 2 BTEC results released in August 2022. Almost a quarter of all entries were awarded a Grade 9, the highest possible grade, and 64% of grades were awarded Grades 9 to 7. 82% attained Grades 9 to 6, making these the best ever set of GCSE results for DBSEH.

Our A Level results were equally as impressive, with 82% of students achieving A* to B grades or equivalent, and an overall 100% pass rate. Both these, and the school's GCSE results, defied the Ofqual prediction that "very few schools or colleges, if any, will get higher results than in 2021".

The GCSE certificate presentation towards the end of Term 1 was another example of our students' outstanding outcomes.

In the first set of public examinations in 3 years, our students achieved an impressive set of GCSE and BTEC results with 26 students, 35% of the cohort, achieving the Outstanding Learner criteria by gaining five or more results at Grade 8 or 9.

Special mentions must go to Anna and Minseo, now in Year 12, for achieving the maximum possible of ten Grade 9s each at GCSE, with students Claudia and Ayah the next top achievers in the school, securing nine Grade 9s and a Grade 8 each.

BTEC Silver Award Winner

Making headlines on a global scale, Michael has been recently announced as Silver Award winner for his BTEC IT work in Years 10 and 11. This award is open to all students studying BTECs globally with only a handful of students achieving this prestigious award worldwide. Similarly, Is-Haaq attained the highest score in the Middle East in his GCSE Geography examinations.

Moving on to our last Year 13 cohort, amongst an impressive haul of A Level and BTEC results for our now-graduated students, Jasmine and Christina excelled by attaining three A*s and one A grade each, and Aarnav also gained three A*s at A Level. Michael and Aaliyah also attained three starred distinctions (D*s) each in their BTEC results.

An impressive 30% of our Year 13 cohort attained three As or A*s at A Level or three Distinctions or D* at BTEC, also meeting the criteria of Outstanding Learner.

Our graduates gained places at prestigious destinations such as the University of Oxford, the London School of Economics, and Imperial College London with 47% of UK applicants taking up a place at a Russell Group university. Most impressively, a massive 94% of our most recent graduates secured places at their first-choice university, proving that our post-16 provision supports students in following the path that they are most passionate to pursue.