DUBAI COLLEGE A tradition of quality in education
2024-2025 College Profile
DUBAI COLLEGE CEEB CODE: 697009
Ranked 1st Best fully coeducational independent day school in GCSE*
Ranked 4th Best fully coeducational independent day school in A Level.*
*InlinewithTheTelegraphUK2024 LeagueTable
Founded in 1978, Dubai College is a British overseas coeducational senior school. We are academically selective and not for profit. Through collaboration with teaching staff, our warm and intellectually curious students become independent and passionate self-motivated learners. We place equal emphasis on academic, creative, sporting and philanthropic development and as a result enjoy growing global recognition for the quality of our creative and sporting output, and for the generosity of our student-led charity work. Dubai College students are amazingly bright, busy and caring individuals.
The curriculum is outstanding, driven by an innovative research culture that strives to improve practice constantly
STUDENT NATIONALITIES 2024/2025
Albanian, American, Australian, Belgian, Brazilian, British, Bulgarian, Canadian, Chilean, Chinese, Croatian, Cypriot, Danish, Dutch, Egyptian, Emirati, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Ghanaian, Greek, Grenadian, Hong Konger, Hungarian, Indian, Indonesian, Iraqi, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Jordanian, Kazakh, Kenyan, Korean, Lebanese, Lithuanian, Madagascan, Malaysian, Maltese, Mauritian, New Zealander, Nigerian, Norwegian, Pakistani, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Singaporean, Slovakian, South African, South Korean, Spanish, Sri Lankan, St Kitts & Nevis, Swedish, Swiss, Syrian, Turkish, Uzbekistani, Venezuelan
THE JAFAR CENTRE
With the opening this year of The Jafar Centre, our new and inspirational teaching, library and cafeteria building, the Campus 2030 project to update educational delivery and practice across the school site, and ensure we stay ahead of the curve in terms of teaching multi-disciplinarity, oracy and metacognition, is well underway. Future plans
include the updating of B Block, a new History/Politics department, and the continued development of the outdoor spaces to provide improved shade, greenery and seating.
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REST OF THE WORLD
AUSTRALIA
University of Melbourne
University of Queensland (2)
Australian Institute of Music
EUROPEAN UNION
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INDIA
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SOUTH KOREA
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GAP YEAR (6)
NATIONAL SERVICE
T3 AVIATION ACADEMY
Dubai College is an inclusive school, and we welcome applications from young people with SEND. We have students on roll with ADHD, Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Dyspraxia, Autism, physical disabilities, hearing, visual and sensory impairments and BESD. The school is committed to student and staff wellbeing and has full time counsellors as well as Higher Level Teaching Assistants to provide support both in and out of class.
Dubai College is rated as an Outstanding school by the Knowledge and Human Development Authority, the educational quality assurance and regulatory authority of the Government of Dubai.
SUBJECTS OFFERED
Arabic, Art & Design, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Design Technology, Digital Skills, Drama, Economics, English Language, English Literature, EPQ, French, Geography, History, HPQ, Islamic Studies, Latin, Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Moral Education, Music, Physical Education, Physics, Politics, Psychology, Spanish, UAE Social Studies
FACILITIES
19 acre campus
900 seat theatre
21 fully equipped laboratories
4 art studios and dark room
4 tennis courts
296 individual Sixth Form study bays
3 Design Technology workshops
5 Harkness Rooms
Dedicated Sixth Form Centre
Cricket nets and square
Swimming pool
The SPACE
Football and rugby pitches
Sports pavilion
Lecture Theatre
The Bridgman Library
Black Box Theatre
The Jafar Centre
SPORT AND EXTRA CURRICULAR PROGRAMME
Art and Crafts, Artificial Intelligence, Athletics, Basketball, Beginner Band, Chamber Choir, Charity Committee, Chess, Computer Aided Design and 3D Printing, Concert Band, Creative Writing, Cricket, Dance, Debating, Dubai Keynes Society, Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, Environmental Society, Football, Gardening Club, History and Politics, Intermediate Band, Jazz Band, Junior Choir, Law Society, Medicine, Model United Nations, Netball, Nothing But Treble, Orchestra, Rounders, Rugby, Running, Senior Choir, Spanish Translation, STEM, Swimming, Sustainability Club, Table Tennis, Tennis, Theatre Productions, Water Polo, Youth Economic Society.
Mr Tomas Duckling
Headmaster
Miss Deborah Jones Deputy Head - Pastoral
Mr Martin Woolley Head of Lower School
Mrs Kate Greenlees Head of Year 7
Registrar admissions@dubaicollege.org