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Latest post on 19 October 2014 - 13:43

Hello everyone, Thank you all so much for the advice. My hubby and I managed to get over for a long weekend in early september but that was mainly to do with his job and meeting people at the new job. It was very difficult to stay longer as getting time off work is very tricky. Because of this I think we'll have to do a lot of things "blind" so to speak. I got to see a few expat neighbourhoods to get a feel for what family life looks like out there. My husband is due to sign his contract soon (just need to iron out a few details) and then we can move forward with working out when I can resign (I'm desperate to resign - not very happy where I am at the moment)and then work out when I can move out with our son. All a bit stressful! The company my husband will be working for will put us up in a serviced apartment for two months (again, we don't know where this is yet.....) for February and March. Chances are I won't be moving out until the end of March so it will be up to my husband to find us a house! I think I have misunderstood the education system in Dubai a bit. Is FS1 similar to pre school then? If that is the case then I'd like to get my son settled straight into big school. Is he likely to be accepted into an FS1 year in March? Would he automatically progress on to FS2 or do you have to reapply? I've also heard that schools need all kinds of documents like an educational psychologist report, a behaviour report etc? Is this the norm? I've also heard children have to do some sort of assessment. Is this for FS1? I noticed very quickly that they charge to just apply. Ouch! Will schools tell you if they're full before you pay the 500 dirhams? Thanks again folks. It's nice to know there are so many friendly people over there! XX

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