Dwight School Cairo

The Dwight School Cairo campus is located in Cairo Festival City, Cairo, Egypt. It sits in New Cairo's Cairo Festival City, a well-connected destination with access to major roads and amenities. The campus address places it in one of New Cairo's established districts.

Early Childhood – PreK to Grade 5 in the first year, with plans to expand to higher grades in subsequent years.

Private international independent school

Quest (Inclusion) Program

The Dwight School Cairo is part of the Dwight Schools network, which is authorized to offer the full International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum. In its Cairo campus, the first year will include Early Childhood–PreK to Grade 5, with plans to expand to higher grades in subsequent years.

Graduates from Dwight School Cairo and the Dwight network gain admission to leading universities worldwide, including Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, New York University, Vassar, Cornell, McGill University, Waseda University, École hôtelière de Lausanne, the University of Edinburgh, and the University of St. Andrews.

The Quest Program supports social and emotional development by fostering confidence, dignity, and a strong sense of belonging. It emphasizes collaboration between families and the school. Support is planned around each student's strengths and needs and is delivered in collaboration with classroom teachers and specialists. Inclusion promotes shared learning environments and respect for differences. The program aims to build independence and access to learning over time.

The Quest Program brings together learning support, inclusion, enrichment, and personalized learning. It is designed so every student is known as an individual and supported to access learning with confidence, dignity, and a sense of belonging. Quest supports students across all divisions and adapts as children grow and their needs evolve. Quest may support students who require additional academic guidance, personalized strategies, short-term or ongoing learning support, or enrichment opportunities. Inclusion means students learn together where possible, differences are respected, barriers to learning are identified early, and teachers work collaboratively to support every learner, with support planned around each student's strengths and delivered with classroom teachers and specialists. The goal is to build confidence, independence, and access to learning over time.

The Quest Program builds confidence, independence, and a sense of belonging, supporting mental wellbeing. Support is planned around each student's strengths and needs and delivered in collaboration with classroom teachers and specialists. Partnership with families helps sustain emotional and social development. The process is reviewed regularly as students progress.

1. Submit the application. Dwight School Cairo welcomes applications; the Apply Now page notes that a member of the admissions team will contact you after submission to request the essential supporting documents required to process your child's application. The application becomes active once all of the essential supporting documents have been received. 2. Provide essential documents. The admissions team will contact you to request the documents required to process your child's application. The documents requested are considered essential for processing. 3. Activation and next steps. After the essential documents are received, the application becomes active. You may follow up with the admissions office for any status updates concerning your application. 4. Age equivalency and placement. The 2026-2027 Age Equivalency Guide maps birth years to stages from Early Years through Upper School. Applicants for PreK must be 3 years old by September 30 and Applicants for KG1 must be 4 years old by September 30.