Horizon English School Dubai | Best British School in Dubai - HES
Al Safa Area,Near Al Safa Park - Dubai - United Arab Emirates
Horizon English School Dubai | Best British School in Dubai - HES is a school, primary school and bus stop located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The average rating of this business is 4.30 out of 5 stars based on 99 reviews. The street address of this business is Al Safa Area,Near Al Safa Park - Dubai - United Arab Emirates. Horizon English School Dubai | Best British School in Dubai - HES is closed on Friday and Saturday, and other days it is open from 07:30am to 04:00pm.
- Horizon English School Dubai | Best British School in Dubai - HES is located at Al Safa Area,Near Al Safa Park - Dubai - United Arab Emirates.
- The contact number of Horizon English School Dubai | Best British School in Dubai - HES is +971 4 342 2891
5 Gustavo Nakagawa 18 months ago
Happy son, happy parents!
1 Em C 18 months ago
1st - They asked us to come on a certain date and time. Which is around 2PM. This is usually nap time for my 2 year old. Ask if they have different availability they said No. We came for 1st assessment, and waited for more than an hour only to be told that there is a mistake from their side and no one is available to assess my child.
2nd - We were asked to reschedule which we already did, same time 2PM. My Kid is already tired from Nursery, was asked to go with the Teacher but my kid doesn't want to go on his own (which I think is normal for his age) he doesn't know who he is going with. The comment from the teacher was, he was too clingy to me. He was playing on his own. He was asked few questions, in the end we were told that he needs 2nd assessment.
3rd visit second assessment - same thing we were only there for like 5 mins. We were told they want to visit his current nursery to see how he behaves when in a Calm environment.
After that, no one reached out to us. No update from anyone in this school. very disorganized and unpleasant experience for school that was rated Outstanding.
Not recommended at all.
Went to a different School, during the assessment again my son does not want to go inside the room on his own but the teacher understood and said it is totally normal, which I really appreciate.
Completely different experience compared to Horizon. Definitely happy with the current school.
1 Kunal Bajaj 20 months ago
Define "frequently" then: our daughter was ill at a rate of every every 2-3 weeks. Her attendance was less than 30%. We subjected her to all kinds of medical tests to get an answer.
We only realised towards the end of the year what was the source: stress and fear.
Of what: the teacher's assistant.
The TA was scaring the kids, And our daughter was extra sensitive (she would hide her food and try to eat privately to avoid comments or eyes from the Teachers assistant about the healthiness of snacks, she would be super stressed about giving homework on time, she would be very self conscious about her appearance and avoid getting told off about her uniform, her work, etc.) We heard similar recounts from other parents then: the TA would throw a fit at the kids with rude statements, shout at them, tell them off, etc.
Keep in mind: we are talking about 5 year olds. I'm not a teacher or an expert but I've been schooled in the UAE and i have another daughter who attended another school. You do NOT shout and instigate fear and cause stress in younger children.
At first we thought our daughter was being particular because it was in her nature... but it turned out she was absolutely TERRIFIED.
Our mistake was not reaching the conclusion until the end of the year when other parents shared similar concerns. We raised it to the school officially and to KHDA thereafter.
Everyone assured that the school has "taken measures". Apparently someone else raised it too but i cannot conclusively say that...and neither can the school.
I guess we should say thank you and take their word for it.
Meanwhile, we moved our daughter to another school. She is MUCH happier now and her attendance is well over 80%.
Our experience may not reflect everyones. I'm sure there are good points and bad points everywhere but our experience was disheartening especially when we put our daughter through various medical tests that kept coming back as normal. At the end it became a cycle of stress and depression that made her more susceptible to frequent infections. Of course there is no way for us to clinically prove this....not without subjecting her to further counselling, psychological investigations and further immunological tests.
This wasn't the Happiest school for our child. We can't comment about content, curriculum or extra activities because our child was simply unwell most of the time. She missed, practically, a year of school life.
5 Abdul Hamid 63 months ago
1 zahra Aljasmi 27 months ago
5 Zubair Afzal 51 months ago
5 Sisir Lal Ramesh 51 months ago
5 Sidra Nashi 39 months ago
| Wednesday | 07:30am - 04:00pm |
|---|---|
| Thursday | 07:30am - 02:30pm |
| Friday | Day off |
| Saturday | Day off |
| Sunday | 07:30am - 04:00pm |
| Monday | 07:30am - 04:00pm |
| Tuesday | 07:30am - 04:00pm |
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