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Address: Al Baghla Street, Umm Suqeim 3, Dubai
Website: www.rafflesis.com
Email: admissions@rafflesis.com
Phone: +971 4 427 1200
Gender: Co-educational
Teaching language: English
Curriculum: British (English National Curriculum, Cambridge IGCSE, BTEC and A-Levels)
Ages: 3 to 18

Background

Raffles International School (RIS) has a student body of approximately 1,400 with students from numerous countries around the world. The school is a member of the Council of International Schools (CIS) and is a Cambridge International Examination Board Center (CIE). RIS has a robust English as a Second Language (ESL) infrastructure to support non-English speakers. This means that fluent English is not an admission requirement.

There are also various mother-tongue programmes available to help students maintain their home language while learning English. A number of sport and cultural extra-curricular activities are available, ranging from tennis, swimming, and football to drama, painting, and music.

Further reading

►International Schools in Dubai gives a list of some of the emirate's best schools