Founded in 2014 and located in the thriving Jumeirah Islands area of Dubai, DBF is a purpose-built, family-centred, Early Years British International School, offering England's EYFS curriculum that is designed to meet the unique and diverse educational and developmental needs of Dubai’s international and multi-cultural student population. DBF is a safe, supportive and caring environment that is built on positive relationships, developing the whole child emotionally, socially and academically. Our distinctive EYFS curriculum supports a wide range of learning opportunities. We deliver high-quality Early Years provision with confidence and pride. We are the first and only school in the UAE to be BSME (British School Middle East) accredited. Immersed in a language-rich, play-based learning environment, with a special focus on singing to promote effective language acquisition, our students make rapid progress and by the end of FS2 are extremely well prepared for the transition into Year One. All our students have a guaranteed place at Dubai British School Jumeriah Park after leaving our school in FS2. Our prime focus is to provide our children with a safe, caring and supportive environment, where they can experience the joy of learning to equip them for future success. This is supported by our shared Dubai British School’s vision of Enjoy, Aspire, Achieve. As a small, purpose-built facility which caters for Early Years, we are able to focus all our decision, and training around children of this age. This means all our staff attend weekly training based around the latest practices in Education for children of this age and beyond. This unique opportunity within Dubai means that we are an incredibly happy school where all the families and staff feel part of the close community. Our main focus is to ensure all our children have high levels of wellbeing and involvement within the classroom and track each child as an individual according to their chronological age (EXAAT). This system allows parents and school to support each child in their learning journey through a play-based, child-led environment. When leaving Dubai British Foundation at the end of FS2, children are assessed against the Early Years Foundation Stage Goals.