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.
23 schools. Fees run from AED 43,800 to AED 103,860, median AED 68,217. 23 Outstanding. Last checked 2026-09-16.
Dubai Sports City · British (NCfE) · Fees not listed
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.