Hi Michelle, I am amazed that you are not acknowledging nothing abnormal in DBS!!! Never before, in a "so called leveled" school, existed 30 pupils per class!
In UK this is considered a crowd class and management there (In UK) have to report the situation to their Ministry of education for a solution.

But here in Qatar... things are quit different... this very school (DBS) is comparing themselves - at all times - to poor public schools in UK trying to convince parents that in UK this is absolutely normal!!! Is that normal for you???

... but they forgot that:

- they are not a public School;
- They are in the State of Qatar;
- Most parents really want the private education they pay for.

This decision of crowd classes was made by new management, that usually is not free, maybe because himself is also teaching at school.