Everytime I log on here and see comments about schools I chuckle at the amount of best schools that are listed. To date I believe there might be about 6 "best" schools in doha, based on what, usually perception based on how well a particular child is doing at that school at that moment. It seems to me that if a child is struggling or not doing particulalry well then first thing to do is blame the school "it must be the school".
A well motivated pupil will thrive in most environments and from what I have come across so far most of the schools are okay, as long as they are not for profit...we are never going to replicate a top british school but why would we want to as one of the benefits here is the multi culturalism.
Of course places are tight but I dont think people should stress as much about the schools. I have a child of 13 who will either go to DBS or DC but personally I would have him in ASD (no chance) but not because the rest are rubbish just because I personally got a better feeling about the ethos of the school.