One that must consider curriculum, ratings, convenience, culture, reputation and facilities - and then dig even deeper until instinct says you are there.

At DESS Primary Oud Metha and DESS College, we are a vibrant, successful, inclusive community of students, teachers, parents and alumni who tackle today’s most pressing challenges with courage and creativity.

Like you, we understand that the greatest gift we can give our children is the joy of learning in an environment where they are known, heard, safe and appropriately challenged, and where their little quirks make them special.

For more than 60 years, our hubs of learning and growth have been transforming lives with a powerful combination of British education and the not-for-profit status freedom to invest every surplus dirham straight back into enhancing our School and College.

To help us prepare for the next 60 years and beyond, in September 2025 we will welcome students, parents and staff to DESS Primary Academic City. When it opens, the new-build school will be a third Dubai English Speaking Schools campus – and another that comprises so much more than just buildings. It will be a third incubator for ability and ambition, where endeavour and discipline sit alongside decency, respect, kindness and empathy. Working closely with me on this remarkable new primary school are our two Principals, Chris Vizzard and Catherine Dando, alongside our Trustees and partners.

It is such a privilege to be able to watch tomorrow’s creators, thinkers and pioneers as they work out how they want to make their mark on the world.

How fortunate we are to have so much history and so many eager and talented youngsters to continue writing it for us.

So come and visit us. Take a tour and talk to our students, teachers and families. See for yourself why our Schools and College are places where futures are shaped.