The Westminster School

The Westminster School, Dubai, was founded in 1995 and is located in the Al Qusais area. It is a private school that offers education from Foundation Stage to Year 13 and is part of the GEMS Education group. The school serves more than 5,000 students from over 70 nationalities, making it the largest English-curriculum school in the UAE. KHDA rates The Westminster School as Good. It has been recognized as a Microsoft Showcase School and a Common Sense Digital Citizenship Certified school since 2016.

The school has an international character, with students from over 70 nationalities and a culturally rich environment that encourages collaboration across cultures. Students study and work with peers from diverse backgrounds, and the school offers widely diversified academic and extracurricular activities for the school community. A broad co-curricular program includes clubs such as the Environment Club, Multimedia Club (with TWS Radio and TWS Newsroom), Cultural Club and Literary Club, supported by student leadership and ambassador roles. Evidence of cultural programming includes International Day events, which bring together families to celebrate nations with stalls, displays and performances.

Parent involvement is not described as a formal PTA by name on the site; instead, parent participation is organized around events and communications. A signature event is International Day, where families are invited to participate and set up country stalls, with the program indicating participation from 67 nations. The school communicates with families through circulars describing events (for example, the International Day circular). Newsletters document cultural celebrations such as UAE Flag Day on 3 November 2025 and UAE National Day celebrations later in the month, illustrating ongoing family participation in school life. The student clubs and events shown on the site imply active family engagement in school life, even though a formal PTA body is not named on the site.