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ADMISSIONS

A completed application form does not oblige the school to accept your child. However, 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 parent/guardians, provided that the conditions outlined in the school prospectus and the school regulations are observed. The school reserves the right to place your child in the Year level deemed to be the most appropriate, within the bounds of United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Education guidelines.

 

SCHOOL FEES

  1. The non-refundable Application Fee of AED 500 is required to process your child’s application.
  2. For new and continuing students a non-refundable registration fee will be charged. The school will advise of the amount and due date.
  3. In order to register your child in the new academic year, you are required to pay the balance of the first term fees at least one month before the beginning of the school year as well as post-dated cheques for each subsequent term.
  4. A student may not start the academic year unless the first term fees have been paid in full.
  5. According to Ministry of Education regulations, the school reserves the right to withhold the term report until fees have been paid in full.
  6. According to Ministry of Education regulations, the school reserves the right to withhold the final results and abstain from issuing transfer certificates until settlement of all school fees is made.
  7. Re-registration will not be accepted unless all fees due have been paid in full.

 

TUITION REFUND POLICY

Notice of student withdrawal and application for a tuition refund at the request of the parent/guardian must be made in writing to the school Principal. Ministry of Educatuion regulations govern the school tuition refund policies outlined below.

 

I. Student withdrawal prior to the start of the academic year

  1. If the request for withdrawal of a student is initiated by the parent/guardian, the balance of the first term fee paid is refunded except the AED 500 Application Fee and the Registration Fee.
  2. If the request for withdrawal of a student is initiated by the school, the balance of the first term fee paid is refunded except the AED 500 Application Fee.

II. Student withdrawal during the school term

  1. Fees will be charged for one full month if a student attends school for two weeks or less.
  2. Fees will be charged for two full months if a student attends school for more than two weeks and less than one month.
  3. Fees will be charged for the entire school term if a student attends school for more than one month.

Kindly note that school fees are possibly subject to change in accordance with Ministry of Education regulations.

 

INDEMNITY
I agree to my child participating in any educational activities arranged by the school. This includes any field trips out of Dubai. In the event of injury to my child or damage to the property of my child while he or she is participating in such activities, or while on the school premises or being transported to or from the school, I will not hold the school or any member of the school staff responsible. The school undertakes, in the event of an emergency, to make every effort to contact the parents. If this is not possible the child will be taken either to his/her family doctor, or to a suitable hospital for treatment.

 

PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEOGRAPHY
I give permission for photographs of my child/ren and myself to be taken and published in school publications and marketing material.

DECLARATION
I, parent/guardian of hereby certify that I have read the above policies and agree to abide by them. I declare that all the information provided in the application form is true, correct and complete and has been offered freely. I also confirm that if information is found to be incorrect the school reserves the right to withdraw any offer of a place, even after a child has commenced the school. I agree to support the School Behaviour Policy, Code of Conduct, Uniform Rules and any sanctions that may be deemed appropriate concerning my child/ren. Furthermore, I hereby authorise the transfer of this information to the school’s electronic database.

 

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