Application
Process

Step 1: Status check 

Are you a full-time employee of Qatar Airways or one of their approved subsidiaries? These include:

• Qatar Duty-Free (QDF),
• Qatar Aviation Services (QAS),
• Al Maha Services,
• Qatar Executive,
• Qatar Airways Catering Company (QACC),
• Qatar Distribution Company (QDC),
• Airport Hotel,
• Dhiafatina,
• HIA,
• Hyatt Regency Oryx Doha (formerly Oryx Rotana Hotel),
• Qatar Amiri Flights, and
• Discover Qatar

If you fit into one of these categories, please proceed.

Step 2: Join a tour

We are always delighted to welcome prospective parents to our school and look forward to meeting you, please register to book a tour by clicking on the following link: Book a School Tour.  We look forward to meeting and taking you through a journey of our school.

Provide the following information in the booking form:

• Parent/s first and last name/s:
• Parent/s contact email/s:
• Parent/s mobile number/s:
• Child/ren first and last name/s:
• Child/ren year group/s applying to join.

Tour days: 

• Sundays starting at 09:00 and Wednesdays starting at 10.00

During your visit we will:

• Introduce you to our school and take you around our wonderful campus and facilities.
• Discuss your child’s educational needs and the curriculum.
• Answer any specific questions you may have.
• Help you with your admissions requirements.

Step 3: Applying

To complete the Application Form, please follow the process in the Online Application link below.

Once you begin the Application process, our dedicated Admissions Portal will remain open for the duration of your admissions journey. You can log in to the portal to view your progress and submit documents at any time, you will also receive a notification when there is an update. However, please note that once you submit forms and sign documents, you will no longer be able to make edits. If you have previously enquired to the school, please use the same email address to login to the portal because this helps us to identify you.

Before starting, ensure that you read all the requirements in the application section carefully and supply us with the required documentation and information.  Reports uploaded must be translated into English for assessment requirements. (This does not need to be a professional translation) However, if you are attesting your report card (coming from outside of Qatar), you will require a professionally translated report for MOFA Qatar attestation. (see Attestation section below)

Before your child starts school you will have to provide us with:

• attested report cards if you are joining from outside of Qatar, NOT required if you are joining FS1, FS2 or Year 1.
• transfer certificate if you are joining from a school within Qatar, and
• the Qatar ID for your child. (The is an MOE requirement here in Qatar)

A place at the school is not guaranteed with the receipt of an application. Where a year group is full and an applicant has satisfied the entry requirements of the school, your child can join our waiting list, provided payment of the non-refundable application fee of QAR450 has been made.

Please Note: all children joining our Early Years' Foundation Stage/Key Stage 1 must be toilet ready before they can join the school

Step 4: Assessment

Once you have submitted the Application Form and fee, your child will be required to participate in an Assessment Test. Our EYFS & Year 1 & Year 2 students are assessed via an observation process (all students must be toilet ready to start school), children from Year 3 onwards, children are required to undertake a more formal CAT4 assessment.  Completion of an assessment does not guarantee a place at the school for your child and results will be reviewed by our academic team, to ensure that your child is able to access our curriculum. As a school we assess all applications on individual merit, and we always ensure to make the best decision for the individual child, to best set them up for future success.

Assessments and relevant documentation are reviewed, these include:

• School reports;
• Assessment Test; and
• Any special needs requirements/reports.

Step 5: Offer

An Offer Letter with the Admissions Agreement will be sent to you to accept the registration of your child to the school, return a signed copy to the admissions office via email with the non-refundable Registration Fee payment of QAR 3,190 by the deadline set out in the offer letter.

If you miss this deadline without consultation with the Admissions Office, the offer will be withdrawn due to the high demand for places at the school.

Step 6: Registration

The school will register students on behalf of parents from September to mid / end October of each year, while the MoE&HE online system is open. After the MOE registration closing date, parents will be required to provide the following documentation to the admissions team to finalise registration:

• child's QID;
• attested report cards;
• the MOE registration form, which will be provided to you by the admissions team; and
• a copy of the stamp of entry to Qatar in your child’s passport.

Step 7: Welcome to Oryx International School

Once the admissions process is complete, the Admissions Department will contact you to agree on a start date and will send you further relevant information that should answer all the questions that you may have before joining our school.

Our Admissions team are here to help guide you through the various stages of the admissions process and to ensure that the admission of your child to our school is as smooth as possible.