Bilingual Day & Boarding
IB School in the heart of Dubai

What sets us apart?

Join our international community of learners in the heart of Dubai
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Internationally-minded
and bilingual

With 100 nationalities of families and 40 mother-tongue languages spoken, we are one of the most cosmopolitan and diverse schools in the Middle East.

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Educating for a
Better Future

One of the only IB continuum schools globally, offering a bilingual and exciting curriculum, our students are inspired to become confident, lifelong learners, ready to embrace the challenges and opportunities of a global world – and make a difference. 

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Inclusive, innovative and academically rigorous

We encourage and support all our students to become successful, global minded, enthusiastic lifelong learners who will confidently take advantage of future opportunities and help make a difference.

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A boarding environment
like no other

Luxury and purpose-built boarding houses on campus offer our students the opportunity to enjoy a boarding school experience in one of the safest and most dynamic cities in the world. 

Welcome message from our Principal

Ruth Burke
Principal/CEO

Bienvenue
Willkommen
مرحباً

Learning
Streams

We offer three
unique educational
programme

Learning Streams

We offer three unique educational programme
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English-French
Bilingual Programme
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English-German
Bilingual Programme
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IB STEAM Programme
(French/German as an additional language)

IB Programmes & Pathways

FOR AGES3-11

FOR AGES11-16

FOR AGES16-18

FOR AGES16-18

Inspiring
Excellence

Admissions

Our Curriculum

Our Boarding School

Our Facilities

Our Teachers

More facts about SISD

100+

Nationalities

8:1

Student : Teacher

1800+

Students

60+

After-School Activities

1:1

EAL support

20+

Language Support Teachers

LATEST NEWS

What’s On
At SISD

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The SISD Parents` Association invites you to the Annual General Meeting on Friday, June 16th at 11am in the Multipurpose room.

Meeting Agenda
1. Review our achievements, impact, and financials for the past year 2022-23
2. Presentation of the vacant positions in the Association
3. Share key activities and initiatives planned for 2023-24
4. Answer any questions that parents might have

Apply for a PA Position:
If you are interested in applying for a Parents’ Association position, please complete the form through this link before June 20th: https://shorturl.at/adqDW

#AGM #ParentAssociation #Togetherness
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Meet our External ASA partners – find out more about the opportunities on offer for after-school activities at SISD, and speak to the coaches and club providers. This parent event will take place on Wednesday 7th of June from 7.45am to 8.30 am on the second floor of the Parent Café.
#ExternalASA #AfterSchoolActivities
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Congratulations to our students who performed exceptionally well at the recent World Scholar’s Cup last weekend. Our junior team achieved a total of 10 medals between them in this second regional round, and have qualified for the global rounds. The team won a Silver medal for the Junior Debate, 2 Silver medals for the writing championships, a further 2 Silver medals for the History and Social Studies activity, a Top Scholar award and the team medal for the Scholars Challenge! Well done to the students on this amazing achievement, and a huge thank you to team coach, Ms Safa, for her support of this programme
#ScholarsCup #WorldScholarsCup #AcademicEnrichment
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On Tuesday 6th of June, we will be hosting a transition event for our Grade 5 parents, who will have the opportunity to meet the Secondary pastoral team. The event will be led by Brian Cleary, Deputy Head of Secondary and Mark Swaine, Grade 6 Co-ordinator, and will take place in the Auditorium at 8.10am. We look forward to seeing you there!
#TransitionEvent #Grade5toGrade6 #WelcometoSecondary #PastoralTeam #ParentsEvent
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To the class of 2023, the world is gonna know your name! Dream big, fly high and be the global changemakers we know you will be. We are so proud of you. #classof2023🎓 ...

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A stunning Arabic song performance today by our Secondary students; enjoyed by the wider student community, as part of our Arabic Week. أبدع طلاب الصفين السادس والسابع بأدائهم الموشح الأندلسي (جادك الغيث)
غنوا من قلوبهم وأمتعوا من شاهدهم.
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Today, we recognise the UN Global Day of Parents, a day designed to celebrate parenthood and appreciate the essential role that parents play in raising children; the responsibility associated with nurturing children, and the creation of a family environment with an atmosphere of happiness, love and understanding.

To our SISD community of parents, thank you, merci, danke, shukran.

#globaldayofparents #globaldayofparents2023 #SISDparents #thankyou #merci #danke #shukran
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We love seeing our SISD alumni back at SISD (and around the world!), and Kourosh, Class of 2022 met up with Ms Naima, our University Counsellor, when she was in London recently. Kourosh was our Valedictorian last year and is currently studying Computer Science; this year he has also secured a part-time job as a software developer and has recently been accepted for an undergraduate research fellowship at King`s College, London.

Ms Naima was attending UCL, LSE and King’s College as part of the British University Counsellor Tour, and has invited these universities to visit SISD in the near future.

#SISDAlumni #SISDClassof2022 #KCL #ComputerScience #Alumni
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Join us on Monday as we celebrate World Environment Day! Let`s show our love for nature by dressing up as your favorite animal or an endangered species.

Donations are more than welcome, and you have the option to make voluntary donations or symbolically adopt endangered animals through WWF.
#WorldEnvironmentDay2023 #SustainableSchool #IBSchool #GlobalChangemakers
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Tuneful Tuesday for Arabic Week! #arabicweek #tunefultuesday ...

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Grade 5 students are currently developing their own Unit of Inquiry for their forthcoming PYP Exhibitions. Three students have been developing their Central Idea of Gender Equality; they choose to reach out and interview experts in the field of women in education, including our principal, Ms Ruth.
#PYPExhibition #Grade5 #GenderEquality #IBSchool #BilingualSchool
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