The application process to join Dubai British School Jumeirah Park is outlined below.
Please complete the application online Apply online and upload the required documents:
- School reports for the last 2 years (current year term reports and previous school year end-of-year report)
- Student’s birth certificate copy (translated to English or Arabic).
- Student and parent’s passport ID page copy.
- 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.
- Medical, Educational Psychologist, or other relevant reports, where applicable.
- Immunisation Record.
- Student’s Passport Photograph soft copy.
- Transfer Certificate:
- 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 15th August or within 30 days of joining if mid-year.
- 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.
A one-time Application Fee, non-refundable non-transferable, of AED 525 (including 5% VAT added as per government regulations) is required to book the entry assessment.
Once the application fee has been received, the Admissions Team will invite your child for an assessment at the earliest available slot.
- Years 1 and 2: An interview with one of our Admissions or Academic team, the estimated time is 30 minutes.
- Years 3 and above: The assessment comprises a Cognitive Ability Assessment (CAT4) and an English Written Assessment, the estimated time is 2 hours.
- English Language Learners (ELL): Students that require English as an additional language support, will also be assessed by our ELL department.
- Students who require learning Support: will be assessed by our SEN department.
Overseas assessments: We will require the current school to conduct the assessment on our behalf, so we will need the email of the person to contact. Our admission team will guide you through the process.
For all applicants, we will contact your child’s current school for a reference, please make sure you have his/her contact details at the time of booking the assessment.
Once the Academic Team reviews your child’s application, and if we can offer a place, you will receive an invoice to pay the registration fee.
If an offer of a place is made, parents have 5 working days to return acceptance paperwork and pay a non-refundable registration fee 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 can’t guarantee placements for all children in the waiting list.
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 15th August or within 30 days of joining if mid-year
| LOCATION | *ATTESTATION |
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| 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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Signature of the Principal and stamp of the school.
Certification by the Ministry of Education in the emirate or the country in which the student is currently studying.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs attestation of the country from which the student is coming, or the attestation of this country's embassy in the Emirates.
Attestation of the Emirati embassy or consulate in the country from which the student is coming, or the attestation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in the Emirates.For More Information
Once the steps above are 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 us or use read our Admissions Policy.
