Admissions Process

Step 1

To begin the application process, click here to Enrol Online and register. 

Step 2

Once the online application is completed, an acknowledgement email will be sent to the email address you provided, containing a link to finalize your application. The only documents required to move on to Step 3 are recent school reports (not needed for FS1, FS2), copies of Emirates ID's and/or copies of passport copies. Please upload any of the other documents that you have immediately to speed up the process.

Step 3

You will be contacted by the school to arrange an interview and/or admissions assessment for your child. 

Step 4

If we are able to offer your child a place in our school, we will contact you to make the non-refundable registration fee payment that will secure your child’s seat.

GEMS Royal Dubai School welcomes all families to apply and we thank you for considering our school. To start your application, please Click here or contact the admissions office directly by emailing [email protected] 

Before registration can be finalised UAE Ministry of Education requires that you submit the following:

• Copy of student's Emirates ID card
• Copy of applicant's passport (if the Emirates ID card is not issued)
• Copy of parents Emirates ID card
• Copy of parent's passport (if the Emirates ID card is not issued)
• Copy of the applicant's birth certificate (in English or Arabic)
• Copy of student’s vaccination record
• Recent passport photograph of the student
• School reports for the last two years or nursery reports
• Transfer Certificate (needed on the first day of attendance, not at application processing time).
• Application fee of AED 525 (refundable if place is not offered)

Please share full details of any special educational needs, individual education plans (IEPs) and any Educational Psychologist, Pediatric, or other specialist reports (e.g., Speech and Language or Occupational Therapy) if completed. Sharing educational history with GRDS prior to a place being offered is essential so that staff can ensure an appropriate assessment of educational need, educational plan and resourcing is in place. Admission is not conditional on the submission of a medical diagnosis and we have effective transition processes in place for all children.

Students are not refused admission based only on their experience of a special education need or disability (SEND) and we give sibling priority for admission to students who experience SEND. Staff follow KHDA guidance and procedures for scenarios where, very rarely, it may not be in the best interests of the child to be placed in GRDS. This information will be shared with the KHDA, following expected procedures.

Transfer Certificate must have the following information:

In order for us to comply with the Dubai Ministry of Education regulations and register your child, it is imperative that we receive a Transfer Certificate from your child’s previous school when joining GEMS Royal Dubai School. Students joining FS1, FS2 or Year 1 at the start of the Academic year (September) do not require a Transfer Certificate. When joining our school after mid November, all students are required to submit a valid Transfer Certificate.

The original Transfer Certificate must be presented before the student can start GEMS Royal Dubai School. This Transfer Certificate must be on official school letterhead, signed by the principal and show an official school stamp and displaying the information below. 

1. Full name of student
2. Date of birth of student
3. Start date at school
4. Leaving date from school
5. Year/class on leaving
6. Curriculum used

Transfer Certificate requirements for countries:

Children coming from countries other than within America, Australia, Canada and the European Union should have the original Transfer Certificate (TC) attested by:

• Ministry of Education (from country of TC origin)
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (from country of TC origin)
• UAE Embassy (from country of TC origin)
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Dubai  

Children coming from GCC (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar & Oman) must have their original certificates attested only by the Ministry of Education (from country of TC origin)

Students transferring within the UAE, including Dubai, must have their original certificates attested by the Education Authority of origin at the cost of Dh 126.

Assessment Test

GEMS Royal Dubai School prides itself on an admission policy that does not discriminate against any child or family.  We welcome children with a wide range of learning preferences, including students of determination. Whenever possible we aim to interview every GEMS Royal Dubai School child and their parents prior to entry, and each child must take an age-related placement test to ensure that the he or she is prepared for the high-quality education on offer.

Offer of a place is not solely on entrance test alone and parents should provide the most recent copy of their child's school report when submitting an application form.

Places can sometimes be offered against the two latest reports from the child's existing school only if they have English National Curriculum assessments included. If it is difficult to make an accurate assessment from these, students are asked to complete a placement test at the school.

Student Application

To start the application process for GEMS Royal Dubai School, please click here.