Woodlem Park School, Dubai

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Woodlem Park School Dubai, previously known as Bilva Indian School is a sister school of the famous Woodlem Park School Ajman. In 2021, Bilva Indian School started operating as Woodlem Park School under the new management. The school was original founded in 2014 and showed tremendous progress in limited time. Under the new management, the school is expected to make further progress in elevating the quality of education and school facilities. KHDA rated the latest performance of school as good.

A diligent team of 186 teachers and 44 assistants supports student learning and the student population comprises 2580 students aged 4 to 15 years. The teacher-to-student ratio of 1:14 ensures individual attention and care. The syllabus at BIS is strong and based on the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) curriculum. For young learners, the school adopts the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework with the Montessori approaches to teaching.

The extra-curricular programme is extensive and covers a wide range of activities. As a result, it discovers their hidden talents. The available facilities are outstanding and fully support academic and non-academic activities.

Continue reading this guide by Bayut to learn more about Woodlem Park School Dubai.

• Location: Al Qusais
• School Fees: AED 12,000 to AED 23,000
• Curriculum: CBSE (Indian) Curriculum
• Co-Ed or Segregate: Co-Education
• KHDA Rating: Good
• Years Offered: Pre-KG to Grade 10

Woodlem International School is at Al Qusais, which is one of the oldest districts in Dubai. It has a mixture of residential and commercial properties, including schools. One will find the following residential areas near the school:

• Al Twar 1
• Al Nahda – Dubai
• Deira

Al Twar 1 is nearest to the school. It is a lavish residential area famous among business tycoons. This area has slightly expensive residential options, mainly villas. These villas have characteristic large windows, balconies and bedrooms. On the contrary, those looking for affordable options can opt for apartments in Al Nahda and Deira.

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Woodlem Private School Dubai is situated in the previously owned Bilva Indian School that was founded in 2014. Most facilities are in excellent conditioned and support the academic and non-academic programmes.

The school has a three-storey building with facilities, such as library, IT lab, science lab, STEAM lab, indoor PE room for yoga, art and craft room and a music room. Classrooms are based on flexible design that allow teachers to organise the classroom based on specific needs. This is a unique feature that adds value to children’s learning. All classrooms are equipped with smart interactive boards and projectors to aid in students’ learning.

Entire campus is connected to high speed internet via WIFI that allow teachers to use projectors and laptops for teaching. Beside, the school has an auditorium with a control room and a green room, canteen, dinning room and quality sports provisions.

Sports facilities include outdoor and indoor play areas, multi-purpose hall, shared outdoor spaces, football field, athletic tracks, badminton court and a swimming pool.

Woodlem Park School Dubai is located opposite to the The Westminster School near the junction of 10th Street, 21 A street and 6 Street in Al Qusais School Zone. Many schools, such as Crescent English High School, Amity International School and Capital School, are in the vicinity of Woodlem Park.

This newly established school has leapfrogged its way to emerge as a force to reckon. Its management took the recommendations drawn by the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) in its first inspection seriously. The consistent efforts to improve education and facilities resulted in an overall ‘good’ rating in its third inspection. The school has maintained its good rating for the fourth inspection as well.

Woodlem Park School Dubai, equips students with skills necessary to compete in the 21st century. BIS understands that this fast-paced world requires dynamic students. Thus, the educational programme is designed in a way to ensure they gain updated knowledge and expertise. The internationally recognised CBSE curriculum focuses on holistic development.

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) curriculum is followed, which is an internationally recognised Indian curriculum. It is a skill-based educational model that intriguingly delivers technical and practical knowledge. The structured nature of the syllabus allows students to evaluate their progress.

Besides academics, the school also emphasises on developing non-academic skills. For this purpose, Woodlem Private School has a comprehensive extracurricular programme. Consequently, students are socially, internationally and culturally aware of their surroundings. Students here are future problem solvers that are always ready to positively contribute to society. The extra-curricular programme and the school’s facilities help accomplish its mission.

Woodlem’s Park School educates children aged 4 to 15 years old that study in different stages. These stages are as follows:

Woodlem Park School follows a broad and balanced educational programme that prepare students for modern-day world. The school follows the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) curriculum by NCERT. It is a popular Indian curriculum that is widely practiced by schools around the world. The school enriches the curriculum with modern values and relevant topics to keep children updated.

The CBSE curriculum at Woodlem Park School focuses on the following six domains:

• Personal, social and emotional development
• Physical development
• Knowledge and understanding of the world
• Numeracy
• Literacy
• Creative Development

The aforementioned six domains resembles to the learning areas of British curricular framework.

Creativity and innovation are the main components of teaching strategy at Woodlem Park School. The approach along with the infrastructure and international standards of education ensure that each child reaches his or her full potential. Furthermore, the school emphasises on building literacy and language-related skills by collaborating with language academies around the world.

Woodlem Park School understands that each child has different learning capabilities. To ensure the best educational support, the school performs multiple intelligence analysis to understand students capabilities and help them accordingly. The educational programme is fully supported by a functional extracurricular and cocurricular programme.

For more information, read the curricular overview of Woodlem Park School Dubai.

The Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) is a government-sanctioned body to regulate the education sector. It aims to oversee and improve the quality of education in Dubai. For this purpose, it inspects and rates the performance of private institutes based on a six-point scale. The scale varies from the best rating of ‘outstanding’ to the worst rating of ‘very weak’. The rating scale is explained in brief below:

Woodlem Park School received an overall "Acceptable" rating by the KHDA during its inspection from 26th to 30th September, 2022. Here is the summary of KHDA’s rating for Bilva Indian School:

As per the KHDA report, the overall quality of education at Woodlem Dubai is acceptable. Students show acceptable progress in KG. They show good progress in the upper phases except for Mathematics and Arabic. Students have good learning skills.

Students have self-reliance and they conduct themselves with respect. They have very good attendance that shows their eagerness to learn. They are well-involved in community schemes and environmental action. The school is successfully promoting innovation and enterprise skills.

Teaching is better in the upper phases and teachers have secure subject knowledge. They show good questioning techniques but the delivery of differentiated activities needs improvement. KG students show acceptable progress.

Woodlem School Dubai has a broad and balanced curriculum. It is well-aligned with the CBSE standards and ensures higher-order and critical thinking skills development. The curriculum helps students in understanding the culture of the UAE. Students of determination show limited progress in some subjects because of inaccurate identification but they receive good support from the inclusion department.

The school ensures the health and safety of students. Concerned resources and facilities are well-maintained. Woodlem Dubai School is able to provide a caring environment for staff and students. Students get full support from the staff. The school is also effectively promoting healthy living in students.

Leaders have clear direction and show a strong commitment to raising the standards of the school. Middle leaders have a good capacity to improve the school. As per the KHDA report, Woodlem’s day-to-day management is very efficient. Teachers’ professional development does not seem to meet individual needs.

The report mentions these strong features of the school:

• Students’ commendable behaviour and how they respect each other and other adults
• School’s comprehensive arrangements for health and safety
• School management that has efficiently facilitated the smooth embrace of a large increase in the number of students and staff

Key recommendations made by the KHDA include these:

The school should improve outcomes in Arabic as an additional language and in Mathematics by:

• Using highly engaging, outcome-based and inclusive teaching strategies
• Building highly effective practices that are implemented in the school

Raise attainment and progress for KG students by:

• Working on organising the classroom and using the time to make sure children have good progress
• Monitoring teaching quality and pinpointing gaps in teacher’s knowledge and techniques

Make sure teachers identify the learning needs of students and offer challenging work continuously

Work on the effectiveness of assessment by:

• Ensuring the system gives accurate data on students’ attainment in all subjects
• Utilising internal and external assessment information for improved teaching and learning throughout the school that supports an improvement plan

Develop self-evaluation and improved planning processes. Provide rigorous and evidence-based evaluation of school performance

Like other Indian schools in the UAE, the academic year of Woodlem Park School Dubai is from April to March. There are three terms in an academic year.

Classes begin in the first week of April. Students go on a summer break that starts in July and ends in late August. Classes resume in the last week of August till the second week of December. After that, students go on winter break from the mid till the last week of December. Classes resume in the first week of January till the mid of March.

Besides, the school observes holiday on some national, religious and international events. The exact dates of some events are subjected to either moonsighting or government’s announcement. For more information, contact the school administration.

Woodlem Park School Dubai follows an inclusive, straightforward and transparent admission policy. Students from diverse academic capabilities are welcomed at Woodlem’s; however, preference is given to candidates that show good academic history and are able to clear the admission test.

If you are interested in enrolling your child to this school, fill out the online application form available on the school’s website. The school advises parents to fill out the form with correct information. The school reserves the right to cancel the admission at any time due to false information. Please recheck the contact details as the school will contact you via the provided details.

The documents required for admission are:

• Birth certificate of the candidate
• Emirates ID of the candidate and parents
• A copy of passport of the candidate and parents with UAE visa
• A copy of vaccination record
• Four recent passport size photograph
• Latest report card (if applicable)
• Transfer certificate (if applicable)

Here is the age-grade guidelines followed by the school:

This is based on the age of the students on 31st July (for schools beginning in April). Source: KHDA

* This is to cater to students transferring from systems that admit students of a younger age)

For more information, read the admission process at Woodlem Park School Dubai.

The tuition fee charged by the school are:

Other services/facilities are charged separately. 

• Registration Fee: AED 200
• Admission Fee: 500
• First Installment: AED 850
• Transportation Fee: Vary as per location

For more information, check out the fee structure of Woodlem Park School.

The school has a canteen that offers nutritious food items to children at an affordable price. Woodlem Park School also serves healthy breakfast to students.

The school has air-conditioned buses that shuttle through the major areas in Dubai and Sharjah. More details regarding the service are available at the school office. As per KHDA, the school charges AED 325 to AED 450 for school transportation.

The school has a considerable range of sports facilities at the campus, which are as follows:

• Indoor and outdoor KG area
• Shared outdoor spaces
• Indoor sports hall
• Tennis and volleyball court
• Swimming pool

Woodlem Park School Dubai believes that extracurricular activities is as important as academics in today’s schooling. These activities allow students to develop skills outside the academic domain that will be in helpful in the modern-day world. Therefore, Woodlem Park School offers a range of extracurricular activities for holistic development of students. Some popular extracurriculars at this school are:

WPS Dubai provides after-school care in the form of extra-curricular activities. The timings for these optional extracurricular activities are from 12:00 pm to 2:00 p.m. for Pre-KG to KG 2. For Grades 1 to 9, the timings are 2:15 pm to 3:45 p.m.

There is a well-equipped medical centre with a doctor and a nurse. Medical staff is available all the time to handle minor to moderate medical emergencies. In case of severe health conditions, students are taken to nearby clinics and hospitals after parents’ approval.

Communication between teachers and parents is essential for the success of Woodlem Private School. The school facilitates the communication through open houses and parent-teacher meetings. The school has an official website where parents can find information on curriculum and admission. The school is also present on social media platforms where they share images of recently conducted events and the latest updates. The school also has WhatsApp groups in which parents and teachers of students studying in same grades are added.

• Telephone: +971-4-204-0900, +971-4-204-0901, +971-4-204-0911
• Email: info@woodlemdubai.ae

• Woodlem Park School Dubai Website
• Woodlem Park School Dubai Facebook
• Woodlem Park School Twitter

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What are the timings of the school?

The school is operational from 7:45 am to 4 pm.

Does the school conduct after-school activities?

Yes, it conducts activities after school hours.

How many grades are there in the school?

Pre-KG to Grade 10.

Does the school follow a co-education model?

Yes, Woodlem School Dubai has a co-education model.

How many students are currently studying in Woodlem Park School Dubai?

2580 students are currently enrolled in Woodlem Park School Dubai.

Does the school have any special education programmes or learning plans for students of determination?

Woodlem Park School Dubai has approximately 5% of students with SEND requirements.

Please describe the academic calendar of the school.

The school year starts in April and ends in March.  

Please mention the range of the tuition fee charged by the school.

Tuition fee ranges between AED 12,000 to AED 23,000.

How does the school communicate with parents?

The school organises open houses and parent-teacher meetings to ensure smooth communication with parents. Official social media platforms are regularly updated to keep parents informed.

Does the school have a cafeteria or a canteen on campus?

Yes, the school cafeteria serves wholesome breakfast to students.

How many teachers are currently teaching in the school?

The faculty includes 186 teachers and 44 teaching assistants.