Dwight School Dubai

All back-to-school logistics information is updated for convenience on this page. We look forward to welcoming you back next week! 

Please refer back to the Parent Bulletin on 3 July 2026 for our end of year celebration messages and academic plans for the upcoming year. 

Dwight School Dubai has a mandatory uniform and dress code for all students. School policies can be located in the weekly Parent Bulletin and on iSAMS and the uniform guide can be found here: Dwight School Uniform Catalogue.

Uniforms can be purchased online and at ZAKS in Circle Mall, Al Barsha. Occasionally we arrange for ZAKS to be onsite. If you have any questions regarding the school uniform please contact Kim Ashlin, Community & Events Manager, at kashlin@dwight.ae. 

For PreK to Grade 5, please make sure your child has a Dwight School Dubai hat for playing outside in the sunshine.

Physical Health & Education (PHE) lessons and sports training

Students are required to wear the correct Dwight School Dubai PHE uniform for PHE lessons and sports fixtures. Appropriate footwear (sports trainers) is required for PHE lessons.

On the days where students have PHE lessons (excluding Upper School health lessons), students may come to school in their PHE uniform.

For PreK to Grade 5, students may stay in their PHE uniform after the PHE lesson and any morning (before school) sports training session.

For Grades 6 to 12, students are required to change into their school uniform after PHE lessons and any morning (before school) sports training session. Students should therefore bring their school uniform, a towel and hygiene products (such as roll-on deodorant / perfume) in their school bag. There are optional shower facilities for students to use.

Non-uniform days

As part of student and staff wellbeing, every Friday is a non-uniform day. Where students have PHE lessons on a Friday, they can come to school in their full Dwight PHE uniform or their own sports kit.

For non-uniform days, we respectfully ask students and staff to:

• Make sure shoulders, midriff, and knees are covered, and

• Not wear ripped or revealing clothing.

The Houses

The school has a House system consisting of 4 ‘Houses’: Falcons, Leopards, Scorpions, and Vipers.  Every student and staff member is allocated to a house.

For house events students and staff are encouraged to wear their house colour. New students will find out their house at the start of term. House t-shirts can also be purchased at the uniform shop.

Dwight School Dubai is proud to be an authorised International Baccalaureate (IB) World School for all four programme areas – the Primary Years Programme (PYP Guide), the Middle Years Programme (MYP Guide), the Diploma Programme (DP Guide), and the Career-related Programme (CP Guide). 

At the start of next term we'll share updated curriculum guides with you, in all subjects, from PreK to Grade 12. 

Home learning is purposeful work that can be completed at home each week. Home learning is focused on the introduction, reinforcement, or practice of skills learned, in addition to strengthening a student’s self-management skills.

For Lower School:

Home learning tasks will be assigned each week, for example, reading, spelling and mathematics. Home learning for Lower School students may also consist of continued work on long-term projects, unfinished assignments, and / or enrichment activities.

For Upper School:

Grades 6 to 8: Students will follow a structured home learning timetable that designates specific days for homework assignments in each subject area.

Grades 9 to 12: Students will transition to a more autonomous approach, developing essential time management and independent learning skills. This progressive framework prepares students to effectively manage multiple deadlines, including external assessments such as E-Portfolios, Internal Assessments (IA), Personal Projects, and Extended Essays. This scaffolded approach ensures students develop the necessary organisational competencies required for academic success at higher levels while fostering self-directed learning habits essential for post-secondary education.

As a school, we recognise the importance of winter, spring and summer breaks for family vacation and religious celebrations, however, there are times when work must be completed at weekends and holiday time, such as:

• Grade 5 PYP Exhibition

• Grade 10 Personal Project and eAssessment / ePortfolio preparation

• Grade 11 and 12 Internal Assessment and DP examination preparation, including the Extended Essay and Theory of Knowledge.

• Grade 11 & 12 BTEC Business assignments and the CP Reflective Project.

For new students that join the school this year, we are pleased to share our course and language selection options for the upcoming academic year. Please click the form for your child’s respective Grade to confirm your child’s selection. 

Grade 6 Choices

Grade 7 Choices

Grade 8 Choices

Grade 9 Choices

Students should carry a sturdy book bag or backpack and arrive at school equipped with the necessary items as described below.

A limited number of lockers will be available at the start of next term for Upper School. The pastoral team will send separate details to students and parents.

All personal items, including clothing, should be clearly named (labelled).

Homeroom teachers and specialist teachers will provide the necessary stationery and equipment for PYP (Lower School) children. However, children may wish to bring their own basic stationery items (for example, pencils, crayons, ruler, eraser, etc) in a labelled pencil case.

For MYP and DP/CP (Upper School) every student is expected to provide the following basic items of equipment (in a labelled pencil case):

• Pens (black)

• Pencils

• 1 x 30 cm ruler

• Eraser

• Sharpener

• Mini stapler

• Mathematics set

• Basic scientific calculator

• French / English; Spanish / English; Mandarin / English (M1) dictionary (Recommended: Collins Easy Learning).

• For online assessments students require corded headphones.

Students in Grades 10 to 12 are required to bring a suitable graphing calculator for use in mathematics and science classes to school every day. Students following DP courses will need calculators which can carry out calculus operations and solve equations. All students are required to have the TI-84 calculators. Some models, such as the TI-92, cannot be used in the International Baccalaureate examination because they have functions that are too powerful.

IT Support for New Joiners in Grades 1-12

As we prepare for the new school year, we want to ensure a smooth and successful start for your child. To facilitate a seamless integration into our digital learning environment, we expect all students to have a fully configured and ready-to-use device on the first day of school.

To assist you with this, our IT Department is hosting dedicated onboarding sessions for new joiners. Parents are required to book a convenient appointment to set up student devices, install necessary software, and configure school accounts.

Please use the link below to select a date and time slot that works best for your schedule.

Dates: Monday, August 24th to Thursday, August 27th, 2026 - Click Here to Book

Thank you for your cooperation and partnership in preparing our students for a successful year ahead. If you have any immediate questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to our IT support team at servicedesk@dwight.ae.

As a valued member of the Dwight School Dubai community, you are invited to participate in our special Referral Programme.

For each new family you successfully refer to Dwight School Dubai for the 2026/27 Academic Year, you will receive an additional 5% tuition fee discount, credited to your Term 2 (2026/27) invoice. Families may receive this referral discount for up to three successful referrals.

For full details, please refer to our Discount Guidelines.

If you know a family who would thrive at Dwight, we'd love to hear from them! Simply complete our Referral Form to get started.

If you have any questions about the referral programme or discount terms, please contact our Admissions Team at admissions@dwight.ae

We are happy to share a link to the parent version of our school improvement plan (SIP) which is a working document outlining key strategic priorities for school improvement. The SIP is subject to continual review and evaluation throughout the academic year.