Admissions

Admissions Process

School Tour

Families are encouraged to visit the school for a tour of the campus and talk with our admission staff. Appointments can be made by contacting the school administration.

Application and Required Documents

When you have made your decision to enroll your child in our school, you will be asked to provide us with certain documents, including:

  1. SABIS® Application Form
  2. SABIS® Medical Form
  3. Four recent passport-size photographs of the student on white background
  4. Copy of the student’s, father’s, and mother’s passport
  5. Copy of the student’s, father’s, and mother’s Residency
  6. Copy of the student’s, father’s, and mother’s U.A.E. ID
  7. Copy of the student’s birth certificate attested and translated*
  8. Copy of the student’s vaccination card
  9. Recent school report from the previous school. The reports must state the current grade, the grade promoted to, and it must be signed and stamped by the issuing school

Document Attestation and Translation Requirements

Please note that the guidelines below only apply if you are transferring from your home country. If you are transferring from another country please discuss document requirements with the School Administration.

  • U.A.E. + GCC Nationalities: School transfer certificate*^ stamped from the relevant ministry in the country. If your child is attending another school registered with KHDA, a transfer certificate is not required.
  • West European / Scandinavian / American / Australian Nationalities: School transfer letter*^ or End of year report*^ must be stamped and signed by the issuing school.
  • For Other Countries: School transfer certificate^ attested or end-of-year report ^ attested.

Attestation: The above documents must be attested by the relevant ministry (e.g. Ministry of Education for school report), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the embassy of the U.A.E. in that country. Alternatively, it could be stamped by the embassy of the issuing country in the U.A.E. and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the U.A.E.

* Translation: These documents must be in either Arabic or English and where necessary translated by an official translator in the U.A.E.

^ Note: School reports and transfer certificates/letters must state that the student has been promoted to the next grade.

Admission Decisions

Admission decisions are made after careful evaluation of the candidates. Results of diagnostic testing and previous school records are considered on a case-by-case basis. Additional criteria for admission include motivation, social and emotional development, willingness to work hard, and the ability of SIS-Al Bateen to accommodate the needs of the candidate.

Please note that, in order to complete the registration, the above-mentioned documents should be presented upon initiation of the admission process in support of the application. A final admission decision cannot be made without this information.

Once accepted and the required fees paid, a place for the student is reserved.

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