Dubai College is a British system international school in the Umm Suqeim area of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, established in 1978. It is a secondary school for 11-16 year olds with a sixth form for 16-18 year old. Students prepare for the British GCSE and A level examinations. The core sports focused on include football, rugby and netball. In addition to these sports the college takes part in the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme. International schools are private schools that cater mainly to children who are not nationals of the host country, often the children of the staff of international businesses, international organizations, embassies, missions, or missionary programs. ... Coordinates: Emirate Dubai Government  - Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Area [1]  - Metro 4,114 km² (1,588. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Secondary school is a term used to describe an institution where the final stage of compulsory schooling, known as secondary education, takes place. ... GCSE is an acronym that can refer to: General Certificate of Secondary Education global common subexpression elimination - an optimisation technique used by some compilers This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The A-level, short for Advanced Level, is a General Certificate of Education qualification, usually taken by students in the two years of further education (after GCSEs). ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... A rugby union scrum. ... Netball is a sport similar to and derived from basketball, and was originally known in its country of origin, the United States, as womens basketball. Invented by Clara Gregory Baer[1], a pioneer in womens sport, it is now the pre-eminent womens team sport (both as... The Duke of Edinburghs Award (or D of E) also popularly known as The Duke of Edinburghs Award Scheme is an award for personal achievement that can be obtained by anyone aged from 14 to 25. ...

It has approximately 700 students and more than 70 members of staff. The campus of Dubai College offers many facilities such as a large sports field with rugby pitches, football pitches, a cricket pitch and cricket nets as well as astro turf tennis courts and netball courts. There is also a Music Centre which has a recording studio and offers music lessons to students covering a wide range of instruments, and there are also fully fledged Design and Technology and Art departments. The School has 5 computer suites, with internet access.

It is widely, albeit unofficially, seen as the top-ranking international school in Dubai^{[citation needed]} with high standards comparable to the top schools in the UK; GCE A-Level A - B pass rates (which form the basis for UK league tables) placing the school 78th out of the 350 top UK independent schools. For example in 2006 77.5% of students gained A*'s - A's in their GCSE exams compared to the 19.1% national UK average. In addition 100% gained A* to C in at least 5 or more of their subject compared to 62.4% in the UK, with a higher than average percentage of students gaining A*'s in all subjects taken. In GCE A-Level examinations 84.4% gained A - B, compared to only 48.1% in the UK, and again with a higher than average proportion of students gaining a straight set of A grades to allow them to take up positions in top universities including Cambridge, Oxford, LSE, Columbia, Berkeley, Stanford and MIT.

External links

• Dubai College - school website
• Schools in Dubai - comprehensive list of private schools in Dubai and the UAE