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Best British school in Doha
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I'm very likely to accept a job offer in Doha. I'll be moving from the UK. I've got two kids - one aged 8 and the other aged 4. Is the best British school 'The Doha Montessori and British School'? If not, which is the best one?
Do these schools give availability priority to British expat kids?
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novita77 said
The best one would be Doha ...The best one would be Doha English Speaking School, funded by british embassy. Very hard to get in. If your kids hold british passport should have a priority though.
But then again i am biased ... because my son is there ...
Expat_Boy said
Yep, my kids have that red ...Yep, my kids have that red passport. They've even got one of those biometric ones. : )
Just how hard is it to get in? 6 months, 12 months?
novita77 said
expat-boy .... you will have ...expat-boy .... you will have to contact the school and ask.
the site address : www.dess.org
if you come to Qatar for look - see trip i advice you popped in into their office and show your interest for putting your kid/s there. Since so many british expatriates want to put their kid/s in the said school ... they dont entertain people registering through the e-mail / net.
pwb78 said
Yes - DESS would be the ...Yes - DESS would be the best. Need to get on the list soon though. Very popular place. I was told they're already full for September but you can get on the list.
Expat_Boy said
Thx for the responses, guys! ...Thx for the responses, guys!
alicat said
British Schools ...DESS or Doha College Primary are the ones to go for for British Expat kids.
Expat_Boy said
Thx Alicat! I'm hearing a ...Thx Alicat! I'm hearing a very consistent message.
Expat_Boy said
OK, it seems like DESS is ...OK, it seems like DESS is the best British school. But can anyone tell me how good/bad the 'Doha Montessori & British School' is in comparison to DESS?
Kellyb said
Have a search in this forum ...Have a search in this forum and all sorts of reccomendations will appear - Everyone has an opinion! I think Parkhouse (it's an english school with majority british teachers and british curriculum)
pwb78 said
Have not found out anything ...Have not found out anything on this forum or expatwoman.com about the Montessori school...
jeffw58 said
Hi I've just arrived in Doha ...Hi I've just arrived in Doha from the Uk and have 2 boys aged 4 and 11 (just) and am having trouble getting them in school. Best advice is check availablity before you commit. Montessori, DESS, Doha College, Parkhouse etc all are full and have waiting lists. My family arrive here next month and it looks like I'll be schooling my kids myself after work. Contact me more more info if you want.
novita77 said
jeffw58 ...keep trying ... i just spoke to a malaysian lady yesterday. She have her kids for the first year in Newton. Put them in waiting list in DESS ... was thinking of have no luck because they dont have british passport. But then out of the blue before summer hols, the school call her and said that they have space in Y2 plus nursery for the coming year. She take the space in DESS and happy ending for the school story.
girly said
montessori and british school ...montessori and british school will soon become one of the leading school in own.it was a small school two years ago with half arab student and half europen.now the majority of their student are expat.they are moving to a new permises next month where they will have all the facilities...s/p, theatre,football yardetc....the principal of the montessori school was the principal of doha college....the montessori systeme i only applied for pre-school and then the British curriclum.you schould know that almost all the schools have some proplemes and none of them is ideal.non of these school was prepared to this amount of expat in qatar.
ShiStar said
Doha English Speaking ...Doha English Speaking School,