Nord Anglia International School Dubai
Al Barsha - Al Barsha 3 - Dubai - United Arab Emirates
Nord Anglia International School Dubai is a international school, elementary school, high school, kindergarten and bus stop located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The average rating of this business is 4.40 out of 5 stars based on 88 reviews. The street address of this business is Al Barsha - Al Barsha 3 - Dubai - United Arab Emirates. Nord Anglia International School Dubai is closed on Saturday and Sunday, and other days it is open from 07:00am to 04:30pm.
- Nord Anglia International School Dubai is located at Al Barsha - Al Barsha 3 - Dubai - United Arab Emirates.
- The contact number of Nord Anglia International School Dubai is +971 4 219 9999
4 Heba Noaman 41 months ago
5 Sherif Shafie 41 months ago
My son has been there since kindergarten and our experience has been great. The school fosters a sense of community within a vibrant, inclusive environment.
Parents and students are encouraged to get involved and there is a real focus on nurturing creativity and promoting compassion and respect... which I view as a priority.
Great facilities and plenty of choices for extracurricular activities to support building character and developing talents beyond academic achievement.
4 Yagiz Yurteri 36 months ago
2 Moe 37 months ago
I’ll leave you with one example that should make your bones shudder and speak for itself: Chinese New Year 2020 was on the 25th of January, when there had been 0 recorded cases of COVID in the UAE. The school had scheduled its annual troupe of professional Chinese folk dancers coming in to perform.
However, under pressure from xenophobic parents fearing that the “Chinese dancers” would presumably infect their children (despite the dancers being residents of the UAE), the school cancelled the performance. Keep in mind this was well before any directives were issues locally even recommending such actions, and also during the same week the students had returned from their trips abroad (arguably making them more of an infection risk than anybody).
Another enormous systemic problem in this school is the deep lack of support for students; my experience in this secondary and IB program was marked by prolonged periods of depression which went completely undetected and unsupported. In University, I received an ADHD diagnosis which was never noticed or cared for during my time at this school - what I now recognize as symptoms of ADHD such as inattentiveness and inability to keep up with my peers on course content were only scrutinized and used to blame me for my own struggles. When my performance would slip greatly, the only questions that were asked were “why are you being careless” instead of checking if something was wrong. This is not an outlier, many of the people I was around were also facing great enough social and educational stress to develop mental health problems. In my opinion, multiples more professional effort was put into policing the students’ uncomfortable and unfit-for-the-climate uniforms than making sure the students were not suicidal.
As for the student culture, I can mostly only speak for my own graduating class in saying that cliques are the default, and that such “friend groups” not only actively excluded people they deemed weird, but also harassed them in person or digitally. No amount of superficial talks given by the school administration had affected this - no matter how many students with learning disabilities, of minority races, etc. were subjected to harassment.
There were many incredible people who worked here whom I am proud to be a student of, but good apples in an otherwise environment do not unfortunately suffice.
I graduated from here feeling isolated and happy to finally get out. What I and many other students experienced would be called, in my opinion, a criminal level of negligence, and being more focused on school statistics and appearances rather than the wellbeing and lasting education of students.
If you love your child, you would not send them to this school until the administration addresses these problems, apologizes, and demonstrates a plan to fix its deep problems.
Excellent facilities though, so if you don’t care about the above go ahead.
5 Chiho Rim 43 months ago
5 Dalia E. 47 months ago
The leadership also really care about students and parents, taking the time to actually listen to concerns and address them, no matter how big or small. There's also a great international vibe to the school - where different cultures and identities are celebrated. Can't wait to see what NAS's primary experience will be like for my boy - Thank you team NAS :)
1 Grenda Faulkner 47 months ago
5 Harry Thompson 47 months ago
| Wednesday | 07:00am - 04:30pm |
|---|---|
| Thursday | 07:00am - 04:30pm |
| Friday | 07:00am - 01:00pm |
| Saturday | Day off |
| Sunday | Day off |
| Monday | 07:00am - 04:30pm |
| Tuesday | 07:00am - 04:30pm |
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