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Latest post on 23 April 2013 - 00:19

Hi there! We are still living in Doha and with my husband's job we never know when exactly we will move to AD so that was the reason I didn't apply to any school in January. My daughter will be 4 and half in September 2013 and now the company said we will move to AD till September so I started last month to search for schools. I guess I applied to most of schools and no luck - on waiting list everywhere. The only option is Repton School in Al Reem which is still under construction but they might have a place. But the problem is that 55 000 AED is way too much for us, so I was thinking maybe to make only 1 year in Repton but then to try to find a place in another british school. Will it be difficult to change school? What would you do in my situation? Thx in advance - i am really having a headache with all school issues now (( i know thats its too late now, but i would have put in the application anyway just in case as you dont pay anything until you secure a place. repton will be expensive, same as brighton college which is now in its second year, have you looked at the new gems cambridge international school over in baniyas, its new this september and will be a lot cheaper. the younger ones are the most difficult age groups etc. no there is no problem swapping schools, they do have rules when you can do it though, up to 15th november if changing curriculums and 15th feb changing schools.

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