Don’t buy a chat. Buy a decision you can defend.

Dr. Ambika Yadav. Biology teacher, over a decade educating higher-secondary students, Dubai parent with a child in KG1. She has sat where you are sitting and made the same call. Every engagement ends with something written: a brief you can forward to your spouse, not notes on a napkin.

Two ways to work together

Most parents start here

The Decision Call

AED 499one-off

A structured intake before the call. Ambika arrives already knowing your shortlist, budget, and timeline.
Thirty minutes on Zoom, school by school. Fees, rating, commute, fit. The bits the brochures don’t say.
The Decision Brief, within 24 hours. Your shortlist ranked, the real annual cost of each school for your child’s year group, why each one fits or doesn’t, the order to apply in, and the fallback if Plan A waitlists you.

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For relocations and high-stakes moves

Full Placement

AED 4,500until the seat is accepted

Everything in the Decision Call, plus the execution.
Application strategy: which schools, in which order, timed against each school’s deadlines and assessment dates.
Your applications reviewed before they go in. Visit prep: the questions to ask each head of admissions.
Waitlist tactics when you need them, and WhatsApp access to Ambika until your child has an accepted seat.

Capped at 10 families at a time. Ambika does this personally.

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Booked a Decision Call and want the full support after? The AED 499 comes off the placement price. No double paying.

When this helps

Three reasons parents book.

You’ve narrowed to 3-4 schools and can’t decide. We go through your shortlist together. Fees, ratings, distance, the bits the brochures don’t say. By the end you have a ranked top two, in writing.
You’re moving to Dubai and don’t know where to start. Bring your timeline, budget, and child’s year group. You come out with three schools to apply to and an order to apply in. Most relocating families take Full Placement so the applications happen correctly from abroad.
You’re considering switching mid-year. Should you stay or move? We look at the rating, the fees, the alternatives nearby, and whether the disruption is worth it.

How the Decision Call works

Structured before, during, and after.

BeforeYou fill the intake: year group, budget, areas, shortlist, and the one question you’re stuck on. Ambika reviews it with the platform’s data before you speak.
5 minWhere you are. Your priorities, your timeline, anything the intake missed.
15 minSchool by school. Fees, rating, commute, fit. What you’d actually be signing up for.
10 minThe decision. Which schools, in which order, and your questions.
+24 hThe Decision Brief arrives by email. Ranked shortlist, real annual costs for your year group, application order with deadlines, waitlist fallback. Forward it to whoever shares this decision with you.

Honest about it

When you don’t need this.

If you already know which school you want and you are confident in the choice, don’t book. Use the search, see the real cost, and apply.

If you are early in the process and just exploring, also don’t book yet. Spend twenty minutes on the search first. Many decisions clarify themselves once you have seen the actual numbers.

The call is worth it when you’ve done the homework and you’re still stuck. That’s the moment a second pair of eyes pays for itself.

Questions parents ask

The fine print, in plain English.

Do schools pay you to recommend them?: No. Ambika takes no commission from any school, ever. The ratings on this site come from KHDA’s government inspections, which nobody can buy. You are the only client in the room.
Can you guarantee a place at a specific school?: No one can, and you should walk away from anyone who says otherwise. What Full Placement guarantees is that your applications are sequenced, timed, and prepared properly, with a working fallback at every step.
We haven’t moved to Dubai yet. Does this work remotely?: Yes. Everything happens on Zoom and email, in your timezone. Most placement families start the process before they land.
How do I pay?: After the intake, Ambika confirms a time and sends a secure payment link. Nothing is charged until you confirm.

If something changes

Reschedule or refund. No questions.

More than 24h: Reschedule free, or full refund.
12–24h: Reschedule free, or 50% refund.
Under 12h: The slot is held, no refund. If life happens, email us and we will work it out.
After the call: If we couldn’t actually help you narrow your shortlist, full refund. Just reply to the confirmation email.

About Dr. Ambika

A teacher first. Then a parent. Then this.

PhD in Biology. M.Sc. Biotechnology. Over a decade teaching higher-secondary students, the kind who are two years from a decision that defines the next decade of their lives. She knows the difference between a school that looks good on paper and a school that actually prepares a child for what comes next.

She moved to Dubai with a child in KG1 and went through the search the same way you will. Thirty browser tabs, conflicting fee schedules, a spreadsheet that lied. Dubai School Finder is what came out of that. The advisory work is the same help she wishes someone had offered her.

Ready when you are

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Decision Call AED 499 · Full Placement AED 4,500 · Zoom · Anywhere in the world

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