School Questions
By comingtodoha •
Hi Everyone!
I am so happy to find this forum and looking forward to hearing your thoughts.
We will be moving to Doha this coming summer and are currently weighing our school options. I am looking for more information on ACS International, International School of London, and Qatar Academy. Any information at all about the environment, quality of academics, etc at these schools would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance!
Honestly, One of the worst schools i have ever seen not just in Doha, but world wide. Not a learner place, but rather a place for kids to kill time. It looks organized, but kids learn nothing usefull at that school.
The international school of london is one of most expensive schools in Doha and yet the worst by far. Everyone i know attending the international school of London in Doha is about to leave the school.
Poor education and a total waste our kids time to send them to this school. Stay away of this school and try other ones. Such as Global, Doha College, DESS.
We and our friends had a terrible experience in regards to learning. Some of us managed to send the kids to other school and some are looking for places for their kids.
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Hi ComingtoDoha! Any luck with Your school search?
I'm moving to Doha too from Canada and have been searching and searching.
Would love any help in this matter! ASD seems like the best option, am I right?
ACS is your best bet after ASD. ASD and ACS are the only schools that truly follow an American curriculum. it is new, but really has gotten off to a good start. Parents are happy there.
QA is great but difficult to get in if you are not Qatari or work for QF. Plus, the behavior of certain children who go there is rediculous. Teachers afraid to discipline kids with a particular last name, so those kids run wild.
Thank you!
What would you consider to be the best ranked schools in Doha? Being from Canada we are looking for an American or IB curriculum to ease the transition when we return. We will apply to ASD, but as you suggested, unlikely we will secure spots. So we are left with ACS and ISL as I understand it. Any others I am missing?
Thanks so much!!
Yes QA is very good - but as I said I am not sure whether it takes non-qataris in certain years
Thank you very much for your responses.
Pike, I would be interested in hearing more details if you don't mind?
Simonsmithy, I was under the impression Qatar Academy ranks very highly?
ACS seems to be getting off on a good footing.
Qatar Academy only takes Qatari's in certain years
ISL is fine
None of these schools are ranked as the best in Doha - but the chances of getting into those are not good
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