About Dubai English Speaking College

DESS Primary Oud Metha celebrated its 60th birthday in 2023 and is the oldest British school in Dubai. DESS College opened in 2005 and provides Secondary and Sixth Form education from ages 11-18. When it opens in September 2025, the new-build DESS Primary Academic City will sit alongside our existing DESS Primary Oud Metha and DESS College. All our schools provide opportunities for students to flourish in a DESS environment built on kindness, gratitude and humanity, that ensures they are not only aspirational but also nurtured in their creative, social and emotional capacities. Together, DESS Primary Oud Metha and DESS College educate 2,800 students according to the English National Curriculum, and we are proud and delighted that they are consistently rated as Outstanding by the Dubai schools’ regulator, the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) and the British Schools Overseas (BSO) inspectorate.