Esol Education to open new American curriculum school in Dubai in 2018

Esol Education will open a new US curriculum school in Dubai in September 2018, and another in Bahrain in 2019.

The new Dubai school will be located on Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, near the Al Barari and Living Legends developments in Dubailand.

It will be Esol's new flagship school in the UAE, and will offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) as an option for students in Grades 11 and 12.

Esol is investing more than AED200 million in the school, which it states will be a "state-of-the-art facility, providing an advanced learning environment with a focus on connectivity, open spaces, digital resources and healthy living".

At full capacity, the school will accommodate up to 1500 students. Facilitie will include an athletics complex with a swimming pool, large indoor gymnasium, basketball courts, a regulation-sized soccer field, and a 400-meter track.

Admissions will open in October 2017 for pre-KG through Grade 10. Grades 11 and 12 will be added in subsequent years.

Commenting on the school, Esol Education chairman and superintendent Walid Abushakra said: "Over the past forty years we have built a strong reputation of educational excellence in the world of international education, with longstanding relationships with accreditation partners, top universities and teacher development and recruitment organisations.

"These connections, together with our experienced leadership teams, empower Esol schools to become leading centers of education in their communities, equipping our students with the essential skills they need to excel at top universities worldwide and in their chosen careers."

Established in 1976, Esol Education currently operates nine schools across five countries.