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Latest post on 25 October 2015 - 10:02

Defmom, Repton got an outstanding rating from the KHDA this year so they must be doing something right or have rectified (according to the many leavers) what they were doing wrong. Friends that I know who left had no problem what so ever with the standard of education or the quality of staff. Many left because they didn't want to be in a school that had one or two dominant nationalities. If you accept that you're in a country where there are MANY different nationalities and its not little Britain, you will probably be very happy with Repton. The KHDA inspection is actually as rigorous if not more so than an Ofstead inspection. Repton is a relatively old school now by Dubai standards so wont have the teething or settling in problems of the newer schools. Be guided by your instinct. These boards are not the right forum to get any kind of objective or impartial opinion any more, unfortunately. Good luck with your decision. Keep in mind too that children from east of the UAE are generally very motivated and hard working and will set a high academic standard in a classroom. I really dislike where you’re going with your reasoning for leavers and would question objectivity. The little Britain analogy is as far from what I know of from personal experience, certainly for us it was for educational reasons. Sorry if that offends you Countess Wrinkle but the fact is, many people that have left did so because they felt the school had lost its British Heritage. Uncomfortable and all as that is for some people to accept, it is the reality and perhaps some honest people who left will confirm that although they possibly wont as they're the ones who are residing in the predominately British schools and wont even look at this thread. Personally, I would HATE if my children went to a school dominated by British kids but that statement in itself is not PC but that's how I feel. I wouldn't have brought my kids to such a multicultural society if I wanted them to hang out with mostly western expat children. A very simplified view of a far deeper complex issue, multiculturalism is not the issue and to suggest so in such a simplistic way is rather Daily Fail-esque! The mere suggestion of who a parent wishes their child to hang out with or which school to attend based on the student body nationality whiffs of stereotypical shallow underlying racism, which is sardonic to say the least. To respond on the same agenda when categorically someone took the time to state quite clearly this was not the issue for them achieves what exactly? My children have moved to equally multicultural schools as have others I know, many of those are certainly not symbolic of “a little Britain culture or ethnicity”. So I’m not sure whose reality it is that you write of, from first-hand experience it is not mine nor others I know. To suggest so vehemently that this is the one and only reason why movement has occurred shows a lack of understanding of the issues that some parents considered enough to change schools. Parents have the right and ability to change schools, to put reasoning down to one singular issue as to why parents move their children from any school will not address or help schools identify why movement is occurring. I still have friends in the school and many are happy, that is their prerogative.

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