I'm moving to Dubai soon and I'm here now on a reccy to get various things sorted including schools. As per other posts, I've found that there is massive demand for primary school places here and supply doesn't meet it - i.e oversubscribed waiting lists for most of the good ones. However, I've managed to get places for my kids (7 & 5) at GEMS Wellington Primary (google it), sister to the well-regarded Jumeirah Primary School. Just visited today and it looks excellent. My panic is over. Act quickly.