At Dubai International Academy Al Barsha, our primary school teachers are experienced and well qualified guiding your child as they start their school journey.
Senior Management
- Ian Thurston - School Principal
- Candice Combrinck - Head of Primary School
- Andrea Allmark - Deputy Head and PYP Coordinator
- Tom Dymond - Deputy Head
Pre-K
- PRE K A Victoria Reid
- PRE K B Jacey Hacking
- PRE K C Aziza Amridinova
KG1
- KG1 A - Adele Fawthrop
- KG1 B - Lucy Astwood
- KG1 C - Siobhan Upton
- KG1 D - Ciara Waring
- KG1 E - Noreen Connolly
KG2
- KG2 A - Kelly Mullins
- KG2 B - Veronique Wolmerans
- KG2 C - Laura Green
- KG2 D - Shauna Carey
- KG2 E - Carissa De Swardt
- KG2 F - Katie Tucker
Grade 1
- GR1 A - Candice Kinner
- GR1 B - Taylor Dillon
- GR1 C - Rebecca McCarthy
- GR1 D - Lizbe Coetzee
- GR1 E - Sarah Moreton
- GR1 F - Tara Newman
- GR1 G - Joyce Lee
- GR1 H - Alice Carey
Grade 2
- GR2 A - Gemma Price
- GR2 B - Eva Moynihan
- GR2 C - Mary Dowling
- GR2 D - Gavin Maher
- GR2 E - Sarah Marnell
- GR2 F - Peter Hodnett
- GR2 G - Mikayla Vorster
Grade 3
- GR3 A - Everlyn Hand
- GR3 B - David Groarke
- GR3 C - Chloe Picksley
- GR3 D - Dylan Mckenna
- GR3 E - Nicola Donaghue
- GR3 F - Paul O'Malley
Grade 4
- GR4 A - Shabana Ahmed
- GR4 B - Jonathan Asher
- GR4 C - Amy O'Rourke
- GR4 D - Rebecca McDiarmid
- GR4 E - Andrew Grimwood
- GR4 F - Angelina Date
Grade 5
- GR5 A - Tanya Leavy
- GR5 B - Sonali Gupta
- GR5 C - Phillipus Gerber
- GR5 D - Peter White
- GR5 E - Cormac Harraghy
Music and Arts
- Visual Arts - Monica Fouad
- MUSIC - Laura Roberts
- Performing Arts - Dance - Chené van Wyk
- Performing Arts - Music - Marco Amaral
- Performing Arts - Music EY - Deandra Moller
P.E.
- PE - Max Bissell
- PE - Amy Browne
- PE - Aine Coleman
- PE - Thomas Sloan
- PE-EYFS- Maria Torcelini
- Lifeguard - Peninah Waithera
Inclusion Team
- Inclusion Lead - Andrea Kasem
- Well Being Councellor - Mandy Mitchell
- LST - Zeina El-Sukhron
- LSA - Hadeel Al-Qudsi
- LSA - Nuha Balawi
- LSA - Sondos Younis
- LSA - Sarah Khedr
- LSA - Rand Al Dhoori
- LSA - Hala Al Fugara
- LSA - Asmaa Elkhateeb
- LSA - Marife Manalili
ICT
- ICT - Aiza Garcia
- ICT - Mukta Peri
Languages
French
- Nadine Wells
- Leila Yazid
- Taziana Pinto
Spanish
- Margot Chavez
- Taziana Pinto
Hindi
- Sunita Rajpurohit
Arabic
- Arabic A - Islam Awaad
- Arabic A - Sherin Farag
- Arabic A - Fatma Abdelwa
- Arabic A - Siham Kabakibi
- Arabic B - Noura Alshik Salah
- Arabic B - Maryam Alkahras
- Arabic B - Hamad Mustafa
- Arabic B - Hassan Slyman
- Arabic B - Ula Adel
Islamic
- Islamic A - Safeia Abdeltif
- Islamic B - Abdullah Abdelraouf
Library
- Library Teacher - Simple Grover
Mother Tongue
- Hindi Mother Tongue - Veerpal Sharma
- Dutch Mother Tongue - Tessy van Londen
- Swedish Mother Tongue - Anneli Saxby