Royal Grammar School Guildford Dubai

Since February 2025, Matthew Pearce. He brings over two decades of experience in education and leadership, having previously served as rector at The Glasgow Academy, one of Scotland’s most renowned co-educational day schools. Under his leadership,

Applications currently up to year 8. Parents tour the school, then their child sits an online assessment. CAT4 tests and previous school reports are also used to gain more information and work out which class the child will join.

As the year 7 cohort moves through the school, we will be watching closely to see which universities are targeted. Parents with children in this year group are slightly more apprehensive than those in others, as they feel that while growing the

School is growing organically year by year, so no exams have taken place yet. It is projected that the first cohort to sit I/GCSE exams will be the class of 2026/2027.

RGSGD is the sister school of the renowned boys' school RGSG in the UK, and even though the latter is highly academically selective and RGSGD is not, they both intertwine the same six learning habits into each child’s learning journey, which the

Dubai’s inclusive nature necessitates a non-academically selective structure at RGSGD (unlike its UK counterpart), especially since the school isn’t oversubscribed yet. But the number of pupils with SEN is capped in each year group to ensure the

Specific EAL teacher helps multilingual children access the curriculum, with all support integrated into class. Children feel engaged, and other students assist where possible.

Art, music and performing arts all taught by specialist teachers. In design and technology, we saw laser cutting machines on the go and wood-work stations busy with little hands making propeller boats. The pop art collection on display was also

A school where we saw with our own eyes a ‘sports for all’ ethos properly implemented. This is heped by the extensive internal sports team working alongside Cognita’s ENRICH ME’s crew. In the pool, children were split appropriately by ability into

‘A happy child will learn,’ says school. Definitely one we've heard before, but an important philosophy and foundation nonetheless. Primarily, the child’s teacher is responsible for pastoral care and is trained to teach wellbeing. We loved the tissue

In total, 55 nationalities represented. Predominantly British families (55 per cent), followed by Australian, Indian and Russian (all four per cent). Mixed opinions on the types of families here - some say down-to-earth, others say a lot of flash

Owned by Cognita, in partnership with Royal Grammar School Guildford, who play an important part at the school with their ENRICH ME programme devoted to sports, music and the arts. School fees are high, but school offers some concessions in the form

A quintessentially British school with strong links to its UK sister school, RGSGD is already trending in the city as a prominently successful primary school. We look forward to seeing how the senior school develops as it opens year by year.