Hello, Me and my family are thinking of re-locating to Doha. Does anyone know anything about the Qatar International School ? Or any other British schools there. Thanks,
QIS is an excellent school. It's so good, even the waiting list has a waiting list! If you can possibly get in, do so. The standard of education is extremely high and although it is not cheap, it is excellent value for money.
QIS is an excellent school. It's so good, even the waiting list has a waiting list! If you can possibly get in, do so. The standard of education is extremely high and although it is not cheap, it is excellent value for money.
QIS is an excellent school. It's so good, even the waiting list has a waiting list! If you can possibly get in, do so. The standard of education is extremely high and although it is not cheap, it is excellent value for money.
i have a daughter who is 2.5 years old and she was born in october 2004 and i like to admit her in british stream of education.
Can anyone suggest me whether she will be missing one year of education if i admit her in play school (i,e the the level before nursery)this year.Do dess or any other british school admit children with 2year and 11 months for this year(2007-2008) for their nursery.
But i am very particular about admitting her in dess after reading all your comments.But when i called they said she should have completed 3 years by this september for admission to nursery and they dont have pre kg . Do they take registration for next year now so that i will not miss my chance to enroll my daughter in dess and do you know any play school which is best in english?
I've just enrolled my son for kindergarden at QIS. I liked the school when I went to see it, the infant section looked nice and homely (purpose built etc) but when I went for the interview I was worried that there were so few english first language speakers. Your comments are worrying, can you tell me why you feel the way you do? Your comments will be much appreciated.
Can anybody help me? My family may be relocating to Doha soon, I have managed to get some info on schooling but am a little lost about what to do about accommodation. Where do you even start to look? We have three boys under 4 (a liitle crazy..I know)so I guess living in a compound might be the sane answer, but from what info I have it seems impossible to rent anywhere.
Can anyone give me some pointers...I would be most greatful.
A big thanks in advance
Aussiemum
PS any advice on anything family related would be fantastic.
We relocated our teenagers in August and finally settled for QIS and are very pleased because the school has been extremely helpful and supportive in accepting two non-native speaking kids into year 10 and 12. We can recommend the school to 100%. Our kids came from the liberal Swedish school system but have settled very well. We have visited ALL English-speaking schools in Doha, and the only problem is that they are all full. Waitlisting and constant telephone calls to find out if something is happening is my advice. We spent 6 months before coming to Qatar to find a school, including 2 trips to sit entrance tests. Nerve-wracking - a week before school start we knew they had a place....
if they are primary age, and their english is ok, then i would highly suggest DESS, it hs a lovely campus, much larger classrooms than DIS etc, and also they have much better facilitis than DIS (Doha college primarr)I can speak from experience, i mean thats where i went to primary all those years ago, my sister(whos 13years oldere than me) went to that school and i still think its one of the best schools in qatar for that age group, check their website out www.dess.org
QIS is a good school and has excellent results. The pastoral side is too very good, with caring staff.
Qatar Academy maybe the school where money is no object but the academic standards are not as impressive, especially in Primary.
Doha College is a good school but fees are high, Primary section ws a school that merged with the existing Doha College - secondary school.
DESS is also a British school here - mainly British kids.
Noticed you are from the Netherlands, there is a Shell School in Doha that has the Dutch curriculum incorporated into it.
Hope that this all helps, warning there is a huge demand for schools in Doha as the expat population is increasing more quickly than new schools can be set up - so get your children down an a waiting list ASAP.
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QIS is an excellent school. It's so good, even the waiting list has a waiting list! If you can possibly get in, do so. The standard of education is extremely high and although it is not cheap, it is excellent value for money.
Hope it all works out.
QIS is an excellent school. It's so good, even the waiting list has a waiting list! If you can possibly get in, do so. The standard of education is extremely high and although it is not cheap, it is excellent value for money.
Hope it all works out.
QIS is an excellent school. It's so good, even the waiting list has a waiting list! If you can possibly get in, do so. The standard of education is extremely high and although it is not cheap, it is excellent value for money.
Hope it all works out.
hai there everybody,
i have a daughter who is 2.5 years old and she was born in october 2004 and i like to admit her in british stream of education.
Can anyone suggest me whether she will be missing one year of education if i admit her in play school (i,e the the level before nursery)this year.Do dess or any other british school admit children with 2year and 11 months for this year(2007-2008) for their nursery.
But i am very particular about admitting her in dess after reading all your comments.But when i called they said she should have completed 3 years by this september for admission to nursery and they dont have pre kg . Do they take registration for next year now so that i will not miss my chance to enroll my daughter in dess and do you know any play school which is best in english?
please explain . Thanks in advance
anu
DESS is hardly accepting children without british passport. Why wake hopes?
HI There,
I've just enrolled my son for kindergarden at QIS. I liked the school when I went to see it, the infant section looked nice and homely (purpose built etc) but when I went for the interview I was worried that there were so few english first language speakers. Your comments are worrying, can you tell me why you feel the way you do? Your comments will be much appreciated.
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Hi there
Can anybody help me? My family may be relocating to Doha soon, I have managed to get some info on schooling but am a little lost about what to do about accommodation. Where do you even start to look? We have three boys under 4 (a liitle crazy..I know)so I guess living in a compound might be the sane answer, but from what info I have it seems impossible to rent anywhere.
Can anyone give me some pointers...I would be most greatful.
A big thanks in advance
Aussiemum
PS any advice on anything family related would be fantastic.
We relocated our teenagers in August and finally settled for QIS and are very pleased because the school has been extremely helpful and supportive in accepting two non-native speaking kids into year 10 and 12. We can recommend the school to 100%. Our kids came from the liberal Swedish school system but have settled very well. We have visited ALL English-speaking schools in Doha, and the only problem is that they are all full. Waitlisting and constant telephone calls to find out if something is happening is my advice. We spent 6 months before coming to Qatar to find a school, including 2 trips to sit entrance tests. Nerve-wracking - a week before school start we knew they had a place....
thanks for your help. The information has really helped me out. I'm going to have a look at the website.
if they are primary age, and their english is ok, then i would highly suggest DESS, it hs a lovely campus, much larger classrooms than DIS etc, and also they have much better facilitis than DIS (Doha college primarr)I can speak from experience, i mean thats where i went to primary all those years ago, my sister(whos 13years oldere than me) went to that school and i still think its one of the best schools in qatar for that age group, check their website out www.dess.org
QIS is a good school and has excellent results. The pastoral side is too very good, with caring staff.
Qatar Academy maybe the school where money is no object but the academic standards are not as impressive, especially in Primary.
Doha College is a good school but fees are high, Primary section ws a school that merged with the existing Doha College - secondary school.
DESS is also a British school here - mainly British kids.
Noticed you are from the Netherlands, there is a Shell School in Doha that has the Dutch curriculum incorporated into it.
Hope that this all helps, warning there is a huge demand for schools in Doha as the expat population is increasing more quickly than new schools can be set up - so get your children down an a waiting list ASAP.
Hi, thanks for you reply. Our children are 4 and 2. Do you know if there are long waiting lists for Doha college and qatar Acadamy?
QIS-if you want a decent education an no messing about...forget QIS. Period. waste of time, effort and money...
Doha College and Qatar Academy are the way you want to go if you are moving over here, how old are your children?