Brighton College

Brighton College Al Ain opened its doors in September 2013 in the city of Al Ain in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the Garden City of the United Arab Emirates. It is the second of Brighton College’s sister schools in the UAE and is housed in a purpose-built, iconic 28-acre campus located one hour from the cities of Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Brighton College Al Ain boasts state-of-the-art facilities and is committed to becoming one of the leading schools in the Gulf.



Our co-educational Junior School caters for pupils in FS1 up to Year 4, alongside the Boys’ School and Girls’ School for children from Years 5 to 9. Years 10 to 13 will open from 2014 and by 2017 the College will educate 1,200 pupils across the full 3-18 age range, offering a British-style curriculum leading to GCSEs and the IB Diploma/A-levels. Brighton College Al Ain is an academically selective school and admits pupils based upon the outcomes of an entry assessment.

Brighton College Al Ain aims to become one of the leading British-style 3 to 18 schools in the Gulf. We aim to create a family-orientated, tolerant and vibrant community, which will impart or provide:

a love of learning for its own sake;

a foundation of knowledge and body of skills with which to understand and question the world we live in and to prepare us, through an innovative approach to education, for the world we are likely to inhabit in the future;

an awareness of, and appreciation of, the spiritual dimension in our lives;

an enthusiasm for the world beyond the classroom – in particular, sport, music and the performing arts;

a respect for difference in others and a recognition that the efforts and achievements of every individual in our community are valued equally.

In short, we will strive to turn out well-educated, tolerant and intellectually curious men and women who are ready to take a full, active and positive rôle in the life Al Ain, the UAE and of our world.