Uptown School, owned and managed by Taaleem, is an IB based, Mirdiff located school that currently takes children aged from 3 years of age to 15 (Foundation to Year 10). Grades 11 and 12 will be added in 2015/16.
GEMS World Academy, Dubai is a private Pre K-12 international school located in Al Barsha, Dubai. The school was first established in September 2007 by GEMS Education and follows the IB curriculum. It currently has 1853 students (up quite sharply on 1500 pupils last year), and 172 teachers (up from 150 last year), giving it one of the better teacher to student ratios. All teachers have academic degrees; 84 per cent of them have a teaching qualification according to the KHDA.
Japanese School in Dubai is an embassy run non-profit school located in Jumeirah, Dubai and currently provides education from children aged 6 to 15. The school was established in April 1980 by the Dubai Consulate of Japan.
American School of Dubai, one of the oldest co-educational K-12 schools in Dubai, was originally owned by DPC and was then transferred to a not for profit foundation in 2004. It has consistently achieved a ‘Good’ rating from Dubai education regulator, the KHDA, the second highest grade, since inspections began.
GEMS Education owned, UK curriculum based Winchester School, located in Jebel Ali, is home to 3,612 boys and girls, aged between three and 18 years. The single largest demographic is Indian, but the school had students from just under 90 different nations including those from Pakistan, Arab countries, Asian countries and The Philippines.
Dubai English Speaking School is located in Oud Metha, near St Mary’s in ‘older’ Dubai. It teaches students from KG to Grade 6. It is one of the most established schools in the UAE, opening its doors in 1963 and was the first school to offer a British based curriculum – the school itself has recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. A considerable milestone.
Don’t be confused by the name, The School of Research Science is not Dubai’s answer to MIT, but a Good rated UK curriculum K-12 school, adapted to local cultures, and with no particular emphasis on science or research. That said, its recent move to outstanding new premises in 2014, does give it a 21st century feel.
A relatively small school Lycée Libanais Francophone Privé, located in Al Muhaisnah, caters to 960 mainly Lebanese national boys and girls aged three to 17 years.
Jebel Ali was established in 1977 and provides high quality education on a not-for-profit basis. All fees received from parents are directly invested into the school. We believe in ‘Putting Children First’ and our non-profit status allows us to do so. We pride ourselves on our village school and community ethos and our staff, children and parents highly value these attributes. We have an excellent reputation within Dubai.
Horizon school is a non-selective, private school in Dubai. It provides British curriculum education for international students aged between 3 and 11 years old from more than 47 countries. English is the language of communication throughout the school, and in lessons but many of our children have English as their second or third language.
Established in 1968, GEMS Our Own School is located in Al Warqa. It is a private school run by GEMs Education and currently has 9000 students on its register (up over 1200 places since last year), looked after by 420 teachers (up from 356 in 2011/12). The school has been on a new campus for just over one year.
Dubai British School (DBS) offers the English National Curriculum, and is open to students, girls and boys, aged from three to eighteen years of age (Foundation to Year 13). According to their latest audit it is currently home to 1,096 students aged from 3 to 18> The largest single nationality, as the name implies, is British, making up 66% of the current student population.
The Delhi Private School, Dubai, has been consistently ranked “Good” by the KHDA, the Dubai education regulator’s second highest award. It is a branch of Delhi Public School Society in New Delhi which is widely acknowledged to be one of the best schools in India. DPS now has around 140 schools around the world – including branches across the Emirates.
Deira International School is located in the new part of old Dubai – Festival City, and is currently home to just over 1,492 students (up 100 on last year and 300 on the last two academic years) from a mixed range of nationalities (over 80 in total), including a strong local presence (around 13% of the student body are Emirati).
GEMS Royal Dubai School follows the English National Curriculum (offering FS and Key Stages 1 and 2), and has departments for Art, English/Literacy, Mathematics/Numeracy, Science, French (from Year 1 onwards), Arabic and Islamic Studies (from Year 1 onwards), ICT, Geography, History, Library, Social Studies, Music, Technology along with Physical Education (PE) and swimming.
Dubai Modern aims to develop the person as well as the student, acknowledged by the KHDA which notes the school produces well rounded and confident individuals, as well as fostering talent at the school.
Jumeirah Primary School provided an outstanding education for all children. In a bright and stimulating environment, very high standards of performance were being obtained in English, mathematics and science. Students with additional learning needs made very good progress. Students were confident, articulate and courteous.
The Indian High School is very highly rated by its student body and by parents, who primarily point to its high academic success as proof the school is run and managed well.
Lycee Georges Pompidou High School serves the French speaking community within the UAE.
Dubai American Academy offers the international children of Dubai an enriched American Curriculum taught by a highly qualified staff from North America and select, internationally-trained teachers. We believe that the diversity of our student body provides the foundation for creating involved global citizens in our rapidly changing world. We make the effort to appreciate and celebrate our differences.
Kings’ School Dubai empowers children to be responsible learners through a dynamic, bespoke concept based curriculum which has the English National Curriculum as its backbone. Learning is engaging, relevant to children’s lives and is facilitated by outstanding teachers. We believe that children can achieve the very best results by learning in the right way.
Dubai International Academy is situated on the edge of Emirates Hills, along First al Khail road. Dubai. The school is in close proximity to the Dubai Internet City, Emirates Golf Course and the Dubai Marina.
Repton, located in Nad Al Sheba, is currently home to over 2111 students (down just under 100 on last year, and 200 over two years), almost four times as many as its sister school in the UK of the same name. Its school grounds are vast, with some new parents describing it as “like walking onto a university campus”.