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Latest post on 01 October 2012 - 16:35

Can someone please offer me some guidance re the procedure for school admissions when moving from UK. Do we try to secure places before leaving or just pack up and go there and find a school ? I am really confused because checking various school websites they ask for certain documents, and then scary stories of long waiting lists, I don't want my children to miss school here since all schools in AD ask for a full years report from previous school. Sorry I may not be making sense but I don't want to leave UK and then be sat in Abu Dhabi with two kids and no school :) I'm sure a lot of you ladies would have been in a similar situation please tell me what's the best thing to do ?? My husband is leaving for AD in two weeks, can he secure school places without the children being there? yes you can apply from the uk, many people have done, but there are long waiting lists. you havent said what year groups you are looking for if the kids are young the worse it is to get in. there are rules on how long a child can be out of school, but if you were to get a place in a brit curriculum sch and you have come from a brit curriculum school in uk they would just slot in to the same year group, but its getting into schools thats the problem. for next academic year each school will take their applications at certain dates and because of the shortage of places you may still not even get a place then. if a space is available part way through the year at a school then they will allow you to take it. its not like the uk where the lea will place you in a school, here is different in that respect. there are also rules in place for people already in the uae so that they cannot swap schools too often, you cannot change curriculum past mid of nov and you cannot change schools mid february, coming in from overseas is different. yes all schools require certain documents and the most important would be the previous school report, so that they can place you in the correct cohort year group etc. schools also require visas in place, but a letter from new company is sufficient in the first instance until you have those in place. but this year the schools do have more red tape to deal with especially in dxb and so its not easy. you will find that many people do have to come over without a school place and see what they can find which may not be what you want, but then you can get another place at a later date etc.

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