This policy outlines the principles and procedures for applying to Universal American School, including entry requirements, enrolment steps, and re-enrolment guidelines. It ensures clarity and fairness for families throughout the admissions process. 

Admissions Policy

Our Inclusion Policy describes how UAS identifies and supports students with diverse learning needs, including students of determination (SEND). It promotes access to a balanced and differentiated curriculum in a nurturing learning environment. 

This policy sets out the school’s approach to maintaining a safe, healthy, and secure environment for students, staff, and visitors. It includes protocols for campus safety, risk assessment, and emergency response.

Health and Safety Policy

UAS is committed to protecting all students from harm. This policy explains our child protection framework, including how concerns are raised, reported, and responded to, in line with UAE law and best practice. 

Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy

This policy describes how parents can raise concerns and how the school will handle complaints fairly, transparently, and in a timely manner. It sets expectations for communication and resolution. 

Parental Complaints Policy

This policy outlines UAS’s approach to quality teaching and learning, including lesson planning, instructional practices, differentiation, and alignment with curriculum standards. 

Learning and Teaching Policy

UAS does not tolerate bullying. This policy sets out how the school defines, prevents, and responds to bullying behaviour, ensuring students feel respected and safe. 

Anti-Bullying Policy

The Curriculum Policy explains how learning programmes are planned, evaluated, and adjusted to meet student needs. It reflects UAS’s academic philosophy and how we deliver both US standards and IB programme elements.

Curriculum Policy

This policy details how student learning is assessed and how feedback is provided to support progress. It ensures assessment practices are transparent, consistent, and aligned with learning goals. 

Assessment and Feedback Policy

UAS’s Behaviour Policy describes expectations for student conduct and the systems used to promote positive behaviour and social responsibility throughout the school. 

Behaviour Policy

This policy explains how UAS identifies and supports students with exceptional abilities or talent, offering appropriate challenges and enrichment to extend learning. 

Gifted and Talented Policy

Regular attendance is essential to student success. This policy outlines expectations for attendance, procedures for absence, and how attendance is monitored and reported. 

Attendance Policy

This policy outlines how UAS supports students with diabetes while at school. It covers the safe management of diabetes, individual healthcare needs, medication, monitoring, and the responsibilities of staff, parents and students.

Diabetic Management Policy

This policy sets out UAS’s procedures for providing first aid and responding to medical emergencies. It outlines how illness and injury are managed to ensure students, staff and visitors receive appropriate and timely care.

First Aid and Emergency Policy

This policy explains how UAS manages and responds to cases of head lice within the school community. It provides guidance for identification, communication and treatment to help minimise transmission and support student wellbeing.

Head Lice Policy

This policy outlines the principles and procedures for applying to Universal American School, including entry requirements, enrolment steps, and re-enrolment guidelines. It ensures clarity and fairness for families throughout the admissions process. 

Medication Management Policy

This policy describes UAS’s approach to managing allergies and reducing the risk of allergic reactions at school. It includes guidance on prevention, individual student needs, emergency response and creating a safe environment for students with allergies.

Nuts and Allergies Policy

This policy outlines how UAS communicates relevant health and medical information to parents and guardians. It supports clear and timely communication regarding student health, treatment and any necessary follow-up.

Patient Notification Policy

This policy provides guidance on when students should remain at home due to illness and when they may safely return to school. It supports student wellbeing while helping to reduce the spread of infectious illness within the school community.

Stay Home if Unwell Policy