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At Dubai Schools Nad Al Sheba, student placement is determined according to the UAE Ministry of Education’s age cut-off requirements. These guidelines ensure that each child is enrolled in the grade level best suited for their academic and social development.
| Birth Year | Age by 31st August | Dubai Schools American Curriculum |
IB Curriculum | British Curriculum | French Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | Pre-K | Nursery | Foundation 1 | Petite section-PS |
| 2021 | 4 | KG 1 | KG 1 | Foundation 2 | Grand section-GS |
| 2020 | 5 | KG 2 | KG 2 | Year 1 | Cours préparatoire-CP |
| 2019 | 6 | Grade 1 | Grade 1 | Year 2 | Cours élémentaire première année-CE1 |
| 2018 | 7 | Grade 2 | Grade 2 | Year 3 | Cours élémentaire deuxième année-CE2 |
| 2017 | 8 | Grade 3 | Grade 3 | Year 4 | Cours moyen première année-CM1 |
| 2016 | 9 | Grade 4 | Grade 4 | Year 5 | Cours moyen deuxième année -CM2 |
| 2015 | 10 | Grade 5 | Grade 5 | Year 6 | Sixième-6e |
| 2014 | 11 | Grade 6 | Grade 6 | Year 7 | Cinquième-5e |
| 2013 | 12 | Grade 7 | Grade 7 | Year 8 | Quatrième-4e |
| 2012 | 13 | Grade 8 | Grade 8 | Year 9 | Troisième-3e |