Dear Parents,

How is Uptown School different from other schools in Dubai? Why should you choose to come to our school? How will 'Uptown' make a difference to your child?

The answer is quite simple - by offering an internationally recognised education, which caters for the whole child. By offering the Primary Years Programmes of the International Baccalaureate, Uptown School is able to prepare children for any future international school in the world.

Uptown recognises that for children the primary and middle years of schooling should be stimulating, authentic and meaningful and that students leaving the school at any level should be able to 'slot' into any system in any country. We appreciate that most of our students will remain 'expatriate scholars of the world' and will therefore require skills for coping with change in an expanding world arena. An arena where the IB is a known and tested curriculum viewed as a gold standard, which knows no international boundary and which applauds diversity and cultural identity.

We at Uptown believe that parents want a holistic education for their children which cater for the child's academic, social, emotional and physical well being. Children are not merely a 'level' on a curriculum benchmark test, but are real little people with aspirations and expectations, who develop their own intrinsic will to succeed. We believe that students are intelligent, resourceful and active participants in the construction of their learning and Uptown will be a school where each child feels important and valued in every sense of the word.

We welcome your family to Uptown School and assure you that your child will be part of a warm and welcoming community of professionals, dedicated to the well-being of every child.

Yours sincerely

Elizabeth Loadwick

MEd, MACE, MACEL.