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DUBAI COLLEGE a Tradition of Quality in Education 2016-2017 School Profile DUBAI COLLEGE A tradition of quality in education 2016-2017 School Profile Dubai College CEEB Code: 697009 dubaicollege @dubaicollege th 10 best Founded in 1978, Dubai College is a British overseas 2016 co-educational co-educational senior school. We are academically selective independent school and not for profit. Through collaboration with teaching GCSE ** staff, our warm and intellectually curious students become 887 1:9 independent and passionate self-motivated learners. We OUTSTANDING place equal emphasis on academic, creative, sporting and Students Staff/ Student on Roll Ratio 17th best philanthropic development and as a result enjoy growing co-educational global recognition for the quality of our creative and sporting output, and for the generosity of our student led charity independent school work. Dubai College students are amazingly bright, busy and 124 98 A Level ** caring individuals. **in line with The Telegraph UK Class of Teachers Independent School League Table 2016 2016 A Level GCSE Dubai College students’ achievements in public A*/A A*/A rate of rate of “examinations place them among the very best schools internationally and in comparison with 66% 82% all independent schools in Britain. They embody the vision and ethos of the College in their aspirational and self-motivated approach to all Location aspects of their school life. The College is located in Dubai, the modern, global 2016 British Schools Overseas (BSO) inspection business and cultural hub of ” Student the United Arab Emirates. Student Profile The UAE is a federation of Nationalities seven emirates in the south east of the Arabian Peninsula. 2016/2017 Self-motivated American, Australian, Belgian, Brazilian, British, Bulgarian, Academic Creative Canadian, Chinese, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Emarati, Filipino, Independent French, German, Greek, Indian, Iranian, Irish, Italian, Jamaican, Japanese, Jordanian, Kazakh, DC Kenyan, Korean, Lebanese, Students are Intellectually Malaysian, Maltese, New Zealander, Norwegian, Omani, curious Pakistani, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Singaporean, Philanthropic Sporting South African, Spanish, Sri Lankan, Swedish, Tanzanian, Passionate Turkish, Zimbabwean. Leavers’ University Destinations 2016 Graduate total for Students who will be attending 2014, 2015 and 2016 Higher Education in 2016 USA Edinburgh (2) Babson Exeter (8) Boston College Imperial College London 336 95% Carnegie Mellon Kent Chapman King’s College London Cornell Lancaster (2) Subjects offered Dartmouth Leeds (4) Emory LSE (5) Arabic, Art & Design, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Georgetown Loughborough Classics, Design Technology, Digital Skills, Drama, Johns Hopkins Manchester (4) Miami Newcastle (2) Economics, English, English Literature, EPQ, French, NYU Nottingham (8) Geography, Government and Politics, History, Latin, Northwestern (2) Oxford (6) Mathematics, Music, Physical Education, Physics, Spanish. RISD Portsmouth Stanford Queen Mary UPenn, Huntsman Program Reading (2) UPenn SOAS Facilities UCLA St Andrews (3) UC San Diego (2) Southampton Virginia University College London (7) Wisconsin-Madison Warwick (3) Washington University in St Louis REST OF THE WORLD Australia CANADA Sydney Guelph Queensland Western Ontario Czech Republic UK Charles University, Prague Aberdeen Bath (7) South Africa Bristol Cape Town Cambridge (7) Chichester U.A.E. City & Guilds London American University, Sharjah Durham Middlesex University, Dubai 67% 20% 3% 2% 4% 4% acre campus swimming pool UK USA Can Aus RoW Gap 19 25m 900 seat theatre 4 flood lit tennis courts 21 fully equiped laboratories Sports hall 4 art studios Dance studio and fitness suite 10 computer suites Soccer and rugby pitches 250 individual study bays Cricket square Dedicated Sixth Form Centre Sports Pavillion Dubai College is an inclusive school. We have students on roll with Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Dyspraxia, physical disabilities, hearing and visual impairments and BESD. In 2015-16 32 students with SEND Sport and extra curricular programme took a range of external examinations with a 100% pass rate at A*- Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Boxing, Cross Country, Cricket, B at KS4 with all Y13 SEND gaining university places. Fencing, Football, Golf, Gymnastics, Kick Boxing, Netball, Softball, Rugby, Table Tennis, Trampolining, Tennis, Rounders, Sailing Accreditation Club, Street Dance, Swimming, Water Polo, Yoga, Art and Crafts, Dubai College is an accredited member of the Council of British Charity Committee, Debating Society, Duke of Edinburgh Award, International Schools (COBIS) and is a member of the Headmasters’ Environmental Society, F1 in Schools, Horse Riding, Latin, Mandarin, Conference (HMC) which represents the interests of the 250 Model United Nations, Shakespeare Society, Robotics, Theatre leading British schools both in the UK and overseas. We are also Productions, World Challenge, Writing Society, Beginner Band, Jazz members of the British Schools of the Middle East and the British Band, Chamber Choir, Man Choir, Orchestra. Independent Schools Council. Mr Michael Lambert Mrs Kate Greenlees Headmaster Assistant Head of Lower School Miss Deborah Jones Registrar Deputy Head - Pastoral [email protected] Mr Martin Woolley Head of Lower School Dubai College | P.O. Box 837 | www.dubaicollege.org | Telephone: +971 4 3999 111 @dubaicollege dubaicollege.
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