United Arab Emirates, Dubai
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St. Mary's Catholic High School Dubai does not offer boarding. It operates as a day school. The school does not own buses; transport for students is provided by a contracted service (STS). There is no on-site boarding facility.
Girls wear a light blue blouse with the school logo and a grey skirt; boys wear a white T‑shirt with the logo and navy trousers. The sports uniform consists of a navy track suit and a house-coloured T‑shirt with the house logo on the back. There is an on-site uniform shop with scheduled sale/collection windows for the 2025–2026 academic year.
The school has an on-site canteen that will be operational from August 26, 2024. Primary students are discouraged from buying from the canteen, and parents are advised to send healthy snacks from home when appropriate.
The school uses a house system, as indicated by house logos on the back of the PE uniform. Names and details of the houses are not listed on the site.
The school is governed by a Management Board chaired by Bishop Paul Hinder and is part of the St. Mary's Group of Schools (SMG Education). It is owned and managed by the Catholic Church in the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia, with SMG Education overseeing multiple schools in the UAE.
St. Mary's Catholic High School is a secondary school in Dubai founded in 1968 by Fr. Eusebius Daveri. Following the British Cambridge curriculum with IGCSEs and A-Levels, the school serves Years 7-13. A cosmopolitan melting pot reflecting Dubai's diversity, it uses international benchmark assessments including CAT4, PIRLS, PISA and TIMSS.