There is no official league table of Dubai schools, and anyone publishing one is inventing it. KHDA inspects and awards a band on a six-point scale; it does not rank schools within a band. What follows is every school grouped by the band the regulator gave it, which is the only ranking with a source behind it.
22 schools. Fees run from AED 35,500 to AED 103,860, median AED 68,217. 22 Outstanding. Last checked 2026-08-10.
Al Sufouh · British (NCfE) · AED 97,415 to 110,305 a year
Outstanding
How this list is ordered
By KHDA inspection rating first, then by mid-range annual fee, cheapest first within each rating band. Nothing else is weighted, and no school can pay for a position. Where two schools share a rating and a similar fee, they are ordered alphabetically — not by any judgement of ours.
Ratings come from the KHDA DSIB 2023–24 inspection cycle, the most recent completed round; full inspections were paused for 2024–25 and 2025–26. Every rating here is therefore older than it looks, and that is true of every Dubai school guide. Always read the current report on the official KHDA directory.