St. Mary's Catholic High School (SMCHS) was established in the year 1968 by Fr.

[citation needed] Affiliated with the church, the school has a very evident Catholic background.

The land on which St. Mary's Catholic High School, Dubai stands is the kind courtesy of the then dynamic ruler, His Highness Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum.

[1] On 15 August 1968, Feast of the Assumption of Our Lady, Father Bamba, an Army Chaplain, in the presence of Father Eusebius and the community blessed the foundation stone for the school project.

[1] In 1971, the school was recognised as a Centre for the London University GCE Examinations at Ordinary Levels.