The largest membership organisation of high quality British international schools in the region.

Membership association recognised by the United Kingdom Department for Education (DfE).

The world's largest provider of international education programmes and qualifications for 5 to 19 year olds.

The UK's largest awarding organisation offering academic, vocational and work-based learning qualifications.

We are the only school outside of the US to offer a ground-breaking AI STEAM curriculum together with MIT's Media Lab. Each week, students have sessions at school which are carefully designed by MIT specialists and delivered by our on-site MIT consultant. Learn more about our partnership with MIT here.

Our partnership with the Tommy Fleetwood Academy offers our students the special opportunity to learn from expert golf coaches on-site at the Academy, located in Jumeirah Golf Estates.

We are just 1 of 6 schools in the UAE invited to participate in the Emirate Literature Foundation's Reading for Pleasure Initiative. This project aims to foster the love of reading, particularly in young people, through a variety of initiatives such as author visits, monthly book clubs, literary field trips, professional development sessions for staff as well as parent workshops. We are proud to have been chosen to take the lead in this initiative and hope to inspire and empower the younger generation to unlock a passion for lifelong learning through reading. Under this 5 year pilot scheme, our aim is to become a centre of reading excellence and a model for other schools in the UAE.

Earlier this year, we officially signed the Charter for the Alliance for Sustainable Schools. The Alliance for Sustainable Schools is a growing network of schools around the world working together for a sustainable future through a shared commitment to the principles of the Sustainable Schools Charter. The Alliance is at least three things: a community of practice for sustainability in schools, a network, and an agent of change. The Charter is an acknowledgement and a promise by school principals to students and other members of TASS – an acknowledgement of the seriousness of our ecological crises and a promise to consider sustainability principles in the school's operations and decision-making.

Our owning company, Seven Tides is a privately owned luxury property developer with a portfolio of properties in some of the world's best locations.

Our partnership with the Al-Futtaim Education Foundation Centre for Education Action Research (CEAR) aims to jointly pursue education action research-related projects which support and promote best practices and share research findings to thereby improve the standards of teaching at both AFEF schools, as well as other schools in the UAE and beyond.

The Duke of Edinburgh's Award (DofE), offered to students in Years 10 and above, is a world-renowned youth development programme founded in the United Kingdom in 1956 by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The programme inspires young people to challenge themselves, build confidence, and develop new skills through a series of enriching and rewarding activities.

LAMDA is one of the UK's oldest and most prestigious drama schools and Dubai Heights Academy is an officially registered LAMDA Exam Centre. The LAMDA exams, offered to secondary students, are designed to help build confidence, communication, and performance skills through speech, drama, and public speaking.

UCAS is the central organisation in the UK responsible for managing applications to undergraduate university courses. Any student who wants to study an undergraduate degree in the UK will need to apply through UCAS. It allows students to apply to up to five courses at different universities through a single online application, which is required for most undergraduate degrees in the UK. UCAS also provides a tracking system for applicants and calculates entry points based on qualifications for some courses.