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Relocating to Abu Dhabi in December - Advice please

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 10 November 2013 - 00:53

This is my first attempt at one of these sites so apologies if this is not in the correct place etc ! We are relocating to Abu Dhabi from London with my Husband arriving in December 2013 and we will join him in January 2014. We have a 4 year old son and a daughter of 16 months. We are looking at Al Reef as a housing option (???). I was wondering if anyone had any recent feedback on living there as well as if any one had heard of Diyafah International School as am aware this is new ? Or if anyone has any advise on other schools that aren't too far by car from Al Reef as don't think there are any schools in this immediate area ? We would prefer the British curriculum for our son 4 years old who is in Reception (KS2... I think) here in the UK. Our schooling budget is AED 25 000.00 per year, we could top this up if needed.

Thank you

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 14 November 2013 - 19:10
Hi SaKiwi Al reef is a great place to live, it has a community feel about it and lots of new things opening up all the time there too. We have a fair few friends who live there. It is slightly out of the city but wouldn't take more than 30 minutes in a good day to get into the city. There is Belvedere British school that is a pretty new school but has good reports about it, this is located in I think Mohammed bin zayed which would be roughly 20 mins drive from al reef. The good thing here is there isn't a catchment area so if you are willing to travel then you could place your children anywhere you like, although the start times are earlier than the UK. Hope this helps :-)
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 11 November 2013 - 13:00
its a new sch in mbz havet heard anything bad about it. the others to look are close to al reef are yasmina for british curriculum and in baniyas cambridge international school. a new sch called reach british sch will be opening prob next year sometime. there is also bisad at abu dhabi university in mbz too. its a matter of taking whatever place is offered to you.
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EW MASTER
Latest post on 11 November 2013 - 08:10
its a new sch in mbz havet heard anything bad about it. the others to look are close to al reef are yasmina for british curriculum and in baniyas cambridge international school. a new sch called reach british sch will be opening prob next year sometime. there is also bisad at abu dhabi university in mbz too. its a matter of taking whatever place is offered to you.