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Latest post on 21 April 2016 - 15:05

I don't have a child in school at the moment but from what I understand most teachers in international schools come from outside the UAE. They are expected to hold proper teaching qualifications and some experience. In the UK (and I presume in many other countries) it is standard practice for a trainee teacher to undergo criminal record checks before being admitted onto a course. I imagine that record checks are also done here. I expect that there is CCTV in some schools as there seems to be a lot of CCTV here in general. To the best of my knowledge pupils are not allowed to wander out of the school gates or wander off with strangers or anything like that and school - parent communication seems quite good from what my friends say. There seem to be a lot of coffee mornings and parent-teacher conferences... The Government are quite strict about school trips and when I've seen school groups out and about there has been a high adult to child ratio... The kids look generally happy and are generally well behaved. Many children take the bus to school. From what I understand there is a driver and a chaperone (although I can't say for sure). There's been quite a bit in the paper about bullying recently but I really don't think that the situation here is any worse than in the UK or anywhere else... Sorry I can't be more helpful!

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