Dubai International Academy Al Barsha

About Dubai International Academy Al Barsha

Dubai International Academy Al Barsha Review

Dubai parents were satisfied to know that Dubai International Academy Al Barsha would open its gates in September 2018. The initial DIA Emirates Hills is one of the most sought-after schools in the city, with parents straining and failing year after year to achieve access.

Overview

School style: International

School grade: All through

Review rating: Good

Curricula-oriented: IB, IB DP, IB PYP, IB MYP, IB CP

Yearly price average: AED 59,500

Yearly costs: AED 41,500–75,470

Price band help: Premium

Status: Open

Gender: Co-educational

Opening year: 2018

School year: Sep to Jul

Headliner: Mr. Ian Thurston

Proprietor: Innoventures

District: Al Barsha 1, Dubai

About

Dubai International Academy Al Barsha (DIAB) was the fifth school to be extended by the Innoventures Group, which has the original DIA in Emirates Hills (developed in 2005(. In addition, Innoventures also holds and organizes the eight Raffles Nurseries found across New Dubai and the most recent addition to the portfolio, the Burj Daycare Nurseries. About 7,500 kids from 130 different ethnicities follow schools or nurseries managed by the Innoventures Group.

The five schools in the Group track different curricula, including English National Curriculum, the US curriculum, and the IB curriculum. The original DIA is the first school in the UAE qualified to offer the full International Baccalaureate World School continuum agendas.  

In addition, DIAB also presents studies on its Philosophy:

• To be remembered for the success of our pupils in reaching their objectives.

• To make student growth the center of all school findings.

• To desire the highest internationally identified performance norms.

• To create and observe a culture founded on internationalism.

• To help staff to become lifelong students through the development of their skilled approach.

Students are sponsored by an education team of 118, all native English speakers from 30 countries, including Ireland (the highest delegation at 20% of staff at the final count), the UK, and South Africa, especially with native Arabic speakers. DIAB aims to core skills among its staff, including knowledge, background, power, confidence, help, and collegiality. All are suitable with a Bachelor of Education grade or a Postgraduate Diploma of Education (or are operating towards the PGCE in exceptional circumstances)—teachers' experience in regular exercise, including detailed IB training. If there is an area of problem, it would be the rather high teacher turnover at 31% (corresponding with a UAE average of 22-24%).

Students are arranged in classes of between 18 and 25, with a coach: student ratio of 1:11 - equal to anticipations for a premium cost school and designed to assure that students acquire individual engagement and curriculum transformation as needed. A further eight teaching aids and two advisors support pupils. Of the 1,400 students following the school, nearly 900 are within the KG and Primary areas, while the remaining 500 are in the Secondary site.

Curriculum

DIAB also presents the full International Baccalaureate continuum in ordinary with the initial - and pioneering - Dubai International Academy Emirates Hills. Formed initially in Switzerland for kids of UN staff, the curriculum is planned to be transferable worldwide - although separate schools have a broad say in how they lead and, more specifically, in what resources they utilize. Nevertheless, all IB learners take the same quizzes in one of the three supported languages, wherever possible.

The IB continuum curriculum is divided into three steps, starting with the Primary Years Programme (PYP) from KG to Grade 5, the Middle Years Programme (MYP) from Grades 6 to 10, and the highly-regarded IB Diploma Programme (IBDP), which is considered as the Gold Standard among the most prestigious academies globally. At this point, whether DIAB will also present the IB Career-related program is still being decided. Still, pupils can opt for the IB Courses Programme, a pared-down arrangement of the Diploma, needing six topics, of which English and Maths are required. 

DIAB delivers a broad spectrum of 21 IBDP topics, in addition to the Mother Tongue language requirement - equivalent to that its Emirates Hills sister school pioneered initially been. To help learners retain a relationship with their home language and culture, the school initially presented three hours of language teaching a week for kids with Dutch or French as their mother language. Due to need, this program has since been developed to offer the city's most comprehensive range of additional mother-tongue languages. It now contains Hindi, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish too. Other costs are expected for participation. Arabic for native and non-native speakers, Social and Islamic Studies are integrated into the curriculum per Ministry of Education conditions.

In addition, as part of the direction of the IB curriculum, all trainees from Grade 2 onwards have the choice of French or Spanish language lessons as part of the Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) agenda. Ninety minutes of MFL teaching is delivered per week. Students resume with French or Spanish from Grade 6 onwards through the Middle Years schedule.  

Facilities

The DIA Al Barsha site is comprehensive - vastly more influential than the DIA campus in Emirates Hills. Unlike the single facility at the original school, the Al Barsha site has two completely separate structures, with the Elementary School at the end of the site and the Middle/High School at the front. An extensive outdoor sports oval divides the two buildings. 

The school presents all the usual facilities desired of a premium school in Dubai, including a Networked Library, specialist spaces for Design Technology, Music and Language learning, Computer Technology, Art, Drama, a Music and sports sprung-floored room for kindergarten, and a fully qualified computer labs, science labs, and design technology labs. 

In addition, the school features Outdoor learning spaces, an Exam Arena, an Auditorium, three climate-controlled multi-purpose arenas for an expansive range of sports and other activities, two swimming pools, a Running path, Tennis courts, and Cricket yields. There is also an entire outdoor football area, shaded play spaces (offering plenty of outdoor area for younger children and more chilled seating for more aged ones), shady outdoor basketball benches, and two restaurants serving hot food.

Costs

Prices for the school are not cheap - starting at AED 41,500 for pre-KG (reduced from the original cost level of AED 48,188 and now in line with the Emirates Hills school) to AED 75,470 (lowered from AED 87,382) for Grades 11 and 12. 

These align with cost levels for IB curriculum schools, where staffing prices are higher than all other curricula.

Ranking

Parent surveys on the site pick a ranking. It can be found in the subsequent Finest of rankings:

• #110 in Best Schools in the United Arab Emirates

• #74 in Best Academies in Dubai

• #47 in Best Gratuity colleges in Dubai

• #23 in Best IB DP colleges in Dubai

Dubai International Academy Al Barsha Information

• Type		Private
  Language(s)		English
  Grades		K-12

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How do I contact Dubai International Academy Al Barsha

• Website: : www.diabarsha.com

• Email: : [email protected]

• Phone: +97145244800