Thank you everyone for your comments. I was really not looking to start the debate that has ensued. As I said at the start of my post, given that the job offer has come through so late in the year, we were unable to get my son into any other school as they were presumably all full. The decision to accept the place at ACS Doha was borne out of the need to get him into any school, and that is why I was asking the question above.

I know it is a new school - and therefore some teething problems are to be expected- but from what I've seen on their website and from the interaction I've had with the school, I must admit that I'm quite impressed.

Lets wait until the new term starts to judge further.