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Hello ladies, We are moving from dubai to Abu Dhabi in the summer and would like to know your opinions on a few school issues. We have 3 kids. 1 has been offered a place at bcad and the other 2 quite high on the waiting list. And, at BSAK , my youngest has been offered a place in sept 2014 for FS2 which puts my other 2 at about 3rd on the waiting list for this coming September! Both schools have assured us the kids will get in this September but I feel quite nervous about the move without a confirmation of a school place. Also, do any of you know of any nurseries near BSAK for my youngest? And last thing........if we're lucky to be offered both schools, which one would you go for? Hope this all makes sense! TIA fs2 is one of the most difficult years to get into, and yes the other kids will go up the list. but you dont say for which years??? personally i would go for bsak, as its an established school and is a non profit school. bcad is a private indpendant english school, so there is an admission test to get into it, which isnt difficult, but they will push your child a lot more so if your child is ok with that then fine, but as its only in its second year, they are still establishing and so they will not be up to speed with everything like bsak is for eg. you havent said which school you are in dubai? also bcad is much more expensive too. you will find that people sometimes dont get a place until a few days before term starts, or they will go into one school and then switch within the first week because there preferred school doesnt come up. bsak is usually starting earlier than aldar schools, dont know what bcad do but i think its after bsak, so you can always swap but of course you will have to pay for the place. i dont understand though you said that bsak have given you a place for 2014, they usually only offer places if you apply in the jan/feb for the following september, so not for 2 academic years, you have to apply again in the year before etc. they usually will give out places to kids that are already in the schooling system here before people from abroad. imo i would go for bsak over bcad. but then again sometimes you dont have a choice. bsak places are like hens teeth. also you will appreciate the brand new facilities that bsak have just built and yes bcad is new so they are new too.

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