About Sixth Form at Dove Green Private School
Dove Green Sixth Form provides a transformative educational experience, equipping students with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to succeed in university, careers, and life. Our Sixth Form combines rigorous academic pathways with practical, industry-aligned projects embedded in the timetable, giving students the chance to apply learning in real-world contexts.
From the first day, students benefit from personalised guidance and mentoring, helping them make informed choices about their academic journey, university applications, and career ambitions. We foster a supportive and professional environment where students are encouraged to develop independence, leadership, and critical thinking skills, while building strong interpersonal relationships with peers and staff.
Our Sixth Form curriculum is designed to inspire curiosity, creativity, and ambition, blending traditional academic excellence with opportunities for personal growth. Students engage in industry-aligned learning, career preparation programmes, and university-focused activities that develop essential skills for the future.
At Dove Green, we believe every student deserves a clear pathway to success. By combining expert teaching, practical experience, and dedicated pastoral support, our Sixth Form prepares students to thrive in higher education, the workplace, and beyond, ensuring they leave confident, capable, and ready to make their mark on the world.
Our Four Pathways
At Dove Green Sixth Form, students can choose from four carefully designed pathways, each tailored to their interests, strengths, and future ambitions. Each pathway blends academic rigour with practical experiences, ensuring students are fully prepared for university, careers, and life beyond school.
Pathway – Engineering, Design & Applied Sciences Pathway
This pathway blends strong academic foundations with applied learning and design thinking, preparing students to bridge theory and practice with confidence. Through hands-on projects and real-world engineering challenges, students develop essential technical, analytical, and creative skills that are highly valued across industries.
Designed for students interested in engineering, technology, sustainability, and problem-solving, the program nurtures innovative thinking and practical expertise, empowering learners to design solutions that shape the built environment, advance manufacturing, and drive future-focused innovation.
Why Study This Pathway?
The pathway integrates mathematics, science, and engineering-related subjects with design technology and applied scientific pathways, creating a strong balance between theory and practice. Learning is reinforced through industry-linked projects and design challenges, enabling students to apply knowledge to real-world contexts while developing problem-solving, collaboration, and innovation skills.
Industry Alignment
Students engage in engineering and design projects linked to real-world applications, ensuring learning is practical, relevant, and industry-informed. The program emphasises CAD, prototyping, and sustainability challenges, allowing students to develop technical proficiency while addressing contemporary environmental and design considerations.
Through structured industry exposure, students gain insight into construction, logistics, manufacturing, and technology sectors, building awareness of career pathways and understanding how engineering and design principles operate across diverse professional contexts.
Pathway Prospects
This pathway prepares students for a wide range of future opportunities, including engineering, architecture, science, and technology degrees. Graduates are well-positioned to pursue applied science and engineering pathways, building the practical and academic skills required for further study. The program also opens doors to technical and innovation-focused careers, equipping students to contribute to industries driven by design, problem-solving, and technological advancement.
Industry Engagement
The programme’s key differentiator is industry engagement, which is embedded directly into the weekly timetable rather than treated as an optional enrichment activity.
Minimum expectation:
• Half a day per week dedicated to industry-aligned learning, delivered on-site or off-site
Industry engagement may include:
• Industry-set projects
• Guest lectures from working professionals
• Mentored group design challenges
• Site visits and workplace immersion experiences
• Live briefs provided by companies
Delivery models:
• On-site – industry partners work directly with students
• Hybrid – remote mentoring and virtual collaboration
• Local partnerships – leveraging proximity to Dubai South / Dubai Industrial Park (DIP) as a significant advantage
This structured approach ensures students gain authentic exposure to professional environments while developing industry-relevant skills, networks, and career awareness.
Pathway – Medical, Health & Psychology Pathway
This pathway provides a strong scientific foundation alongside an understanding of human behaviour, wellbeing, and ethics. Students develop analytical, research, and interpersonal skills through the study of biological and psychological sciences. Emphasis is placed on ethical awareness, communication, and critical thinking, supporting both academic success and personal growth.
The pathway is ideal for students interested in medicine, psychology, health sciences, and people-focused professions. It prepares learners for further study and careers in healthcare, biomedical and allied health fields, public health, and research, while fostering compassionate, informed, and confident individuals ready for higher education.
Why Study This Pathway?
Students may study biology, chemistry, physics and other science-related subjects alongside psychology and human behaviour where available.
The pathway develops strong skills in research methods, data analysis, and scientific writing, giving students a solid foundation in both scientific inquiry and critical thinking. Learning experiences include health, wellbeing, and psychology-focused projects, as well as case studies linked to medical, clinical, and therapeutic settings. Students also engage in research-based investigations and ethical discussions, with exposure to healthcare, wellbeing, counselling, and human sciences.
This pathway leads to degrees in medicine, dentistry, psychology, biomedical science, health sciences, neuroscience, and life sciences, and supports careers in healthcare, psychology, wellbeing, and people-focused professions.
Industry Alignment
Students engage in health, wellbeing, and psychology-focused projects, exploring real-world applications of their learning. They work on case studies linked to medical, clinical, and therapeutic settings, developing insight into professional practice.
The pathway also includes research-based investigations and ethical discussions, fostering critical thinking and evidence-based decision-making. In addition, students gain exposure to healthcare, wellbeing, counselling, and human sciences, providing a broad understanding of the people-focused professions they may pursue in the future.
Pathway Prospects
This pathway prepares students for further study in medicine, dentistry, psychology, and biomedical science, as well as pathways in health sciences, neuroscience, and life sciences. It also provides a strong foundation for careers in healthcare, psychology, wellbeing, and other people-focused professions, equipping students with the knowledge, skills, and ethical awareness needed to succeed in a wide range of roles that make a real difference to others.
Industry Engagement
The programne’s key differentiator is Industry engagement, which is embedded directly into the weekly timetable rather than treated as an optional enrichment activity.
Minimum expectation:
• Half a day per week dedicated to industry-aligned learning, delivered on-site or off-site
Industry engagement may include:
• Industry-set projects
• Guest lectures from working professionals
• Mentored group design challenges
• Site visits and workplace immersion experiences
• Live briefs provided by companies
Delivery models:
• On-site – industry partners work directly with students
• Hybrid – remote mentoring and virtual collaboration
• Local partnerships – leveraging proximity to Dubai South / Dubai Industrial Park (DIP) as a significant advantage
This structured approach ensures students gain authentic exposure to professional environments while developing industry-relevant skills, networks, and career awareness.
Pathway- Digital Media, Business & Communications Pathway
This pathway focuses on creativity, communication, and commercial awareness. Students develop strong written, visual, and digital skills alongside practical business knowledge, preparing them to thrive in today’s fast-changing professional landscape. Learning is centred on real-world projects, digital content creation, marketing strategies, and entrepreneurial thinking, giving students hands-on experience and a deep understanding of the commercial environment.
This pathway is ideal for students interested in business, media, marketing, entrepreneurship, and the digital industries, equipping them with the skills, confidence, and creativity needed for further study or a wide range of dynamic, people-focused careers.
Why Study This Pathway?
This pathway is designed for students interested in business, media, marketing, entrepreneurship, and the digital industries. It combines creativity, communication, and commercial awareness with practical, hands-on experience, helping students develop strong written, visual, and digital skills. Through applied business and media projects, digital campaigns, branding exercises, and pitch presentations, students gain real-world insight into professional practice.
The pathway also fosters employability and entrepreneurial thinking, equipping learners with the confidence, technical skills, and commercial understanding needed to succeed in further study or a wide range of dynamic, people-focused careers in the creative and business sectors.
Industry Alignment
This pathway equips students with the confidence, technical skills, and professional insight needed to succeed in a wide range of dynamic, people-focused professions.
Students engage with live business and media briefs, working on real-world challenges that develop creativity and problem-solving skills. They gain hands-on experience designing digital campaigns, creating branding materials, and delivering pitch presentations, combining practical knowledge with strategic thinking.
The pathway also places a strong focus on employability and entrepreneurship, equipping students with the skills, confidence, and commercial awareness needed to succeed in business, media, marketing, and digital industries.
Pathway Prospects
This pathway prepares students for further study in business, marketing, media, and communications, as well as creative industries and digital careers. It also provides a strong foundation for pathways in entrepreneurship and management, equipping students with the practical skills, commercial awareness, and creative thinking needed to succeed in a wide range of dynamic, people-focused professions.
Industry Engagement
The programme’s key differentiator is industry engagement, which is embedded directly into the weekly timetable rather than treated as an optional enrichment activity.
Minimum expectation:
• Half a day per week dedicated to industry-aligned learning, delivered on-site or off-site
Industry engagement may include:
• Industry-set projects
• Guest lectures from working professionals
• Mentored group design challenges
• Site visits and workplace immersion experiences
• Live briefs provided by companies
Delivery models:
• On-site – industry partners work directly with students
• Hybrid – remote mentoring and virtual collaboration
• Local partnerships – leveraging proximity to Dubai South / Dubai Industrial Park (DIP) as a significant advantage
This structured approach ensures students gain authentic exposure to professional environments while developing industry-relevant skills, networks, and career awareness.
Pathway – Humanities, Performing Arts & Global Citizenship Pathway
This pathway develops confident communicators, leaders, and creative thinkers with a strong global outlook. Students explore culture, leadership, education, law, and the creative arts, gaining the skills and insight needed to succeed in diverse, people-focused professions.
The pathway emphasizes critical thinking, collaboration, and effective communication, helping students build self-confidence and adaptability in a rapidly changing world. Ideal for students interested in culture, leadership, education, law, and the creative arts, it equips them with the knowledge, practical experience, and global perspective required for further study and successful careers in a wide range of fields.
Why Study This Pathway?
Students study English, humanities, and performing arts while developing research, debate, performance, and leadership skills. They explore cultural and global perspectives, gaining a deeper understanding of society, communication, and human creativity.
The pathway encourages critical thinking, collaboration, and expressive confidence, preparing students to engage effectively in academic, professional, and creative contexts.
Industry Alignment
Students take part in performance and public presentation opportunities, developing confidence and the ability to engage audiences effectively. They also participate in leadership and community-based projects, applying their skills to real-world contexts. Throughout the pathway, there is a strong emphasis on communication, collaboration, and creating meaningful impact, helping students become confident, adaptable, and socially aware individuals prepared for further study and future careers in culture, leadership, education, law, and the creative arts.
Pathway Prospects
This pathway prepares students for further study in humanities, arts, education, psychology, and law, as well as pathways into the creative industries and leadership roles. It also provides a strong foundation for global and people-focused careers, equipping students with the communication, leadership, and critical thinking skills needed to make a meaningful impact in diverse professional and cultural contexts.
Industry Engagement
The programme’s key differentiator is that industry engagement is embedded directly into the weekly timetable rather than treated as an optional enrichment activity.
Minimum expectation:
• Half a day per week dedicated to industry-aligned learning, delivered on-site or off-site
Industry engagement may include:
• Industry-set projects
• Guest lectures from working professionals
• Mentored group design challenges
• Site visits and workplace immersion experiences
• Live briefs provided by companies
Delivery models:
• On-site – industry partners work directly with students
• Hybrid – remote mentoring and virtual collaboration
• Local partnerships – leveraging proximity to Dubai South / Dubai Industrial Park (DIP) as a significant advantage
This structured approach ensures students gain authentic exposure to professional environments while developing industry-relevant skills, networks, and career awareness.