Academic Calendar
Term dates
Winter Term 2019
Monday 2nd September 2019 – Term 1 starts
Thursday 17th October 2019 - Staff INSET: School Closed
Sunday 20th October - Thursday 24th October - Half Term
Sunday 10th November - Prophet's Birthday*
Saturday 30th November - Commemoration Day
Monday 2nd - Tuesday 3rd December - National Day
Thursday 12th December 2019 – End of term
Spring Term 2020
Sunday 5th January 2020 – Term 2 starts
Sunday 26th January - Staff INSET: School closed
Thursday 13th February - Staff INSET/Pupil Conference
Thursday 26th March 2020 – End of term
Summer Term 2019
Sunday 12th April 2020 – Term 3 starts
Friday 24th April - Ramadan starts*
Sunday 24th May - Tuesday 26th May - Eid al-Fitr*
Sunday 7th June - Staff INSET: School closed
Thursday 2nd July 2020 – End of Academic Year
The full Brighton College Dubai Academic Calendar can be downloaded here.
*Actual dates are subject to change
School timings
We are pleased to share the structure of the school week as per below. The school day starts from 07:30 for all staff. The first lesson, which is House Registration, starts at 08:10 for all pupils each day. Prior to this, co-curricular activities will be offered from 6:55 for one hour. Pupils not attending a morning CCA may come onsite from 07:30 with staff supervision. On Thursday the school finishes slightly earlier at 14:40 for Prep and Senior pupils. For Early Years pupils their day finishes at 14:30 throughout the week with a sibling club offered for those that will be picked up at the later time of 15:40. The school timings are structured around 20-minute time slots as per the diagram. The length of lessons varies depending on the subject taught however, the majority of lessons are 40 minutes in duration.
