Year 7 Entry

Applications for entry to Year 7 in August 2027 are now open. Please visit our How to apply webpage.

Please note that applications will close at 12 noon UAE time on Tuesday 27th October 2026. We will be unable to consider any late applications.

Please refer to the following pages for further details: 

Year 7 Key Dates 

Year 7 How to apply 

Year 7 Frequently Asked Questions 

Dubai College begins at Year 7 with 176 places available.  Dubai College is a selective entry school. All eligible Year 7 applicants who apply before the deadline of Tuesday 27th October 2026 at 12 noon will be invited to sit our entrance assessment in November.

While our students do have a long track record of excelling academically, we also admit students who show interest and ability in sports and the creative arts as well as academic endeavour. As a school we aim to educate students who are socially articulate and well-rounded as well as academic and we welcome applications from students who will thrive in a demanding secondary school environment.

The majority of our new Year 7 students come to us from primary schools in Dubai but we also have joiners every year from other Emirates and overseas. Typically students from around 35 to 40 different primary schools join us in Year 7. Most of our Year 7 students have previously attended UK curriculum primary schools but we welcome applications from students at any primary school. If you require advice on the equivalent school grades in a different curriculum, please contact the Registrar via the enquiry form.

Year 7 is the main entry point to Dubai College and we strongly recommend that families already in Dubai apply for Year 7 rather than postponing applying until a later year group (for example to coincide with a younger sibling's application to Year 7).

Age of entry (Updated July 2026)

All applicants should be in the school year group which corresponds to their age unless there are exceptional circumstances.

For entry into Year 7 in the academic year commencing August 2027, the applicant would normally have reached eleven years of age by 31st August 2027 and must complete Year 6 (or the equivalent grade in another curriculum*) in the academic year 2026-27. 

Applicants slightly younger than this are also eligible to apply for entry to Year 7 in August 2027, provided that: 

1. They will be eleven years old by 31st December 2027, and 

2. They will complete Year 6 (or the equivalent grade in another curriculum) in the academic year 2026-27** either in the UAE or overseas. 

*If you require any advice on grade equivalence, please contact the Registrar. Families whose children are attending schools in the Southern hemisphere with a January to December academic year should also contact the Registrar for advice. 

** Any prospective candidates who are in Year 6 (or the equivalent grade in another curriculum) in the academic year 2026-27 but whose eleventh birthday will fall after 31st December 2027 must contact the Registrar for advice.