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Winchester School Dubai

KHDA inspection rating: Acceptable (report issued 16 May 2009), 9% max fee increase for 2009-2010

School name Winchester School Dubai
Type of institute private profit-making primary school
Curriculum or Student Nationality Indian / UK
Qualifications or Courses NC
Head of school Mr Raminder Singh Vig
Executive body or owner GEMS Education / Varkey Group
Date founded September 2005
Number of students (approx) 1800
Number of staff (approx)
School location/area/map The Gardens, Jebel Ali - location map
Postal address PO Box 38058, Dubai, UAE
Telephone +971-4-8820444
Fax +971-4-8820440
Email secretary@winchester.sch.ae
Website www.thewinchesterschool.com
School fees structure 8,352-16,008 dhs per year (2008-2009)
Teacher salary range 3,100 - 6,000 dhs per month (estimate only, not confirmed)
Student satisfaction rating
3 stars from 78 votes.
   
Parent satisfaction rating
3 stars from 23 votes.
   
Teacher job satisfaction rating
(by teachers, not about teachers)
2.5 stars from 6 votes.
   
Comments about Winchester School Dubai

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23 September 2008
  • Tuition fees assumed to be for 2008-2009 (not confirmed), unchanged from 2007-2008. KHDA information is that TWS requested a 60% increase in tuition fees but was not eligible as they'd already had 16% increase for 2007-2008.
  • Location is The Gardens near Ibn Battuta shopping mall, sometimes called The Jebel Ali Gardens, or The Gardens Jebel Ali. Not so far away from Discovery Gardens (across the road in fact) but is a different development.
08 February 2007
  • The Winchester School (TWS) will eventually be K-12.
  • TWS is a GEMS school, see also the list of other GEMS schools.
  • TWS is different from the Westminster School Dubai in Ghusais, and the Wellington School Dubai (both also GEMS schools).
  • 7 Days (a Dubai newspaper) on 10 January 2007 reported that a teacher was suspended from The Winchester School for tying up and gagging a grade 3 student. There was a good deal of controversy with a mixture of stories and letters from parents to the paper with one version apparently from the student in question claiming the class was just horsing around and the whole thing got blown all out of proportion. This came shortly after controversy over GEMS wanting to increase school fees up to 70% (in the end they backed down). More in the discussion topic.
Schools in the same area as Winchester School Dubai
School Name Founded   Tel    Level  Curriculum Qualifications School Fees Comments
Delhi Private School Dubai   2003   +971-4-8821848   K-12  Indian CBSE 8,100-11,340  DPSD comments 

 

Last update 23 September 2008
General Comments - might not apply to Winchester School Dubai
  • Many popular schools are full for 2009-2010. New schools in Dubai may have places.
  • Allow extra for books, extra-curricular activities, uniforms, trips, etc if not included in school fees.
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