Dwight School, renowned for its academically rigorous International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum taught at its campuses around the globe, has opened the doors to its first school in the Middle East, in Dubai. Founded in 1872, Dwight is proud to be recognized by the IB Organization as a world leader in international education.

Janecke Aarnaes, Head of School at Dwight School Dubai, said: “We have opened a beautiful Dwight School campus in Dubai where we will ignite the spark of genius in each and every child. We welcome our founding families to the global Dwight family.”

Personalized learning is the hallmark of a Dwight education, through which the school is recognized for igniting the spark of genius in every child. Another unique Dwight feature that will now be available in Dubai is Quest, a learning support program designed over the past 25 years to bring Dwight’s promise of personalized learning to life for students with specific academic needs to promote their success.

Dwight Schools have an outstanding reputation with students graduating to top universities globally, including; Harvard, New York University, Vasser, Cornell, McGill, Waseda University, Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne, and St. Andrews. Dwight School also boasts an Alumni of the ‘who’s who’ of notable figures from politics, the performing arts, business, sports and the sciences worldwide including, John Williams, Truman Capote, Vin Diesel, Michael Mansfield QC and Ray Davies CBE.