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How to Apply to DBSJP
The application process to join Dubai British School Jumeirah Park is outlined below.
THE APPLICATION PROCESS:
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1. Apply online and submit documents
Please complete the application online Apply online and upload the required documentation
| Required documents | |
| 1. | School reports for the last 2 years (current year term reports and previous school year end-of-year report) |
| 2. | Student’s birth certificate copy (translated to English or Arabic) |
| 3. | Student and parent’s passport ID page copy |
| 4. | Student and parent’s Emirates ID (both sides) copy for overseas applicants, it is required by 30th September or within 30 days of joining if mid-year |
| 5. | Medical, Educational Psychologist, or other relevant reports, where applicable |
| 6. | Immunisation Record |
| 7. | Student’s Passport Photograph soft copy |
| 8. | Transfer Certificate:
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| 9. | Equivalency letter from MOE for students enrolling in Year 12 from a non-British curriculum school |
Dubai British School Jumeirah Park can only accept applications with all required paperwork.
Incoming students whose documents are incomplete cannot be registered with Dubai’s Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) and could result in fines. Dubai British School Jumeirah Park will not be responsible for any fines imposed by the KHDA.
A completed Application Form does not oblige the school to accept your child.
2. Application fee payment
There is a one-time non-refundable non-transferable Application Fee of AED 525 (including 5% VAT added as per government regulations) that must be submitted prior to the student being invited to the school for an assessment.
3. Assessment booking
For children applying for Years 1 and 2, one of our Admissions or Academic team will be conducting the interview, and for children for Years 3 and above, the assessment comprises a Cognitive Ability Assessment (CAT4) and an English Written Assessment. These will take place on campus for children in Dubai. If you are overseas, our admission team will guide you on the process.
For all applicants, we will contact your child’s current school for a reference.
4,5 & 6. Academic review and offer letter
Once the Academic Team reviews the file, and if we can offer a place, you will receive an invoice to pay the deposit fee.
If an offer of a place is made, parents have 5 working days to return acceptance paperwork and pay a non-refundable deposit which will be deducted from the joining term’s fees.
If you are waitlisted, your child is in the year group waiting pool and you will be notified once a place becomes available. Regretfully, we are unable to guarantee placements for all children in the waiting pool.
7. Register with KHDA
Once you have been notified of your child’s placement decision and the registration and relevant term fees have been paid, a contract is deemed to exist between the school and the parents/guardians, provided that the school regulations are observed. The school reserves the right to place your child in a class deemed to be the most appropriate, within the bounds of the KHDA guidelines.
As a requirement by the United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Education and for us to be able to register your child legally with the KHDA (Knowledge and Human Development Authority), it is mandatory that we receive a Transfer Certificate (TC) from your child’s current school. Registration at any school in Dubai without a TC is not possible.
- From Schools in Dubai: KHDA Leaving Certificate
- Another Emirate/overseas: School Leaving Certificate for Years 3 and above as per KHDA requirements. – to be submitted by 15 August or within 30 days of joining if mid-year
Please note that the certificate must not be dated more than three months prior to the date of entry to the new school.
Please see below the stamp and signature requirements per country of origin
| LOCATION | ATTESTATION* |
| Another emirate in the country and the countries of the Gulf |
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| From North America (except Cuba), Western Europe or Australia |
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| Middle Eastern countries, Latin or Central America, Asia, Russia, former countries of the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, Africa, or New Zealand |
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| *required by the Knowledge of Human Development Authority (KHDA) | |
Once this is complete you will need to sign the KHDA Parent School Contract.
If you would like to speak to us about your application, the steps required or anything else, please contact Mrs Luz Barrios, Admissions Manager on +971 (0)4 552 0247, ext 603 or use our Admissions Enquiry Form to send us a message.
