Al Mawakeb School Al Garhoud
Good Al Garhoud, Dubai · American
- KHDA rating
- Good
Good standards in most areas. The most common rating among Dubai schools. From KHDA’s 2023-24 inspection - now more than two years old. Checked against KHDA’s directory on 14 September 2026.
- Dubai focus areas
- Wellbeing: Good · Inclusion: Good
KHDA’s separate judgements for student wellbeing and for inclusion, from the same inspection.
- Year groups
- Pre-primary to Grade 12
As registered with KHDA. Typical ages about 3 to 18.
- Annual fees
- To be updated
This school does not publish a fee schedule we can verify. Ask us and we will get the figure for your year group.
- Curriculum
- American
KHDA lists: American.
- School transport
- Not yet collected - ask the school
- Location
- Al Garhoud, Dubai
- Contacting the school
- Ask us and we will ask them
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In context
It is one of 85 schools in this guide currently rated Good.
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What the inspectors said
Paraphrased from KHDA's inspection report for 2023-24 - read the complete report on KHDA's page for this school. These findings are from the 2023-24 cycle and are now more than two years old; leadership, staffing and provision can change substantially in that time.
Strengths the inspectors named:
- Highly effective procedures for students' health and safety.
- Strong partnerships with parents and the local community.
- Students' excellent personal and social development.
- Achievement in the high school, and improving progress in the elementary and middle schools.
What they asked the school to improve:
- Make teaching and curriculum adaptation in Kindergarten more effective, especially in English and science - the youngest phase is where this report is hardest.
- Give leaders systems to raise the quality and consistency of teaching in the lower three phases.
- Produce a more realistic view of the school's own performance through self-evaluation, and let improvement planning have real impact. A school that rates itself generously is slower to fix what is wrong.
Inclusion (students of determination): Good in KHDA's directory and its 2023-24 ratings table. 101 students of determination out of 2,310. Inspectors record an inclusion leader and champion promoting an inclusive ethos, appropriate strategies for most students, and individual education plans for those with higher needs - but say the processes for identifying need are too general and not rigorous enough. If your child's needs are subtle rather than obvious, that is the sentence to ask about. See the special educational needs guide for the questions to ask on a visit.
Context: 2,310 students with 121 teachers, including 225 Emirati students. The largest nationality group is Arab.
Visit kit
Questions worth asking on a tour - tuned to this school’s rating and curriculum:
- Who leads inclusion here - and may we meet them before enrolling?
- How much staff turnover did you have last year, and why?
- What are actual class sizes this term - not the maximum?
- How and how often will I hear about my child’s progress?
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Special educational needs? Read the inclusion guide before you visit.
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- its fees - this school has not published them
- whether it is co-educational, boys or girls
- how many children are on roll
- its facilities - sports, arts, science, library
- published exam results or university destinations
- what registration, transport, uniform and meals add to the fee
- the year it opened - the figure we held was wrong on every school we checked
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Other schools in Al Garhoud
- GEMS Legacy School - Good, To be updated
- Gulf Indian High School - Good, To be updated
- New Indian Model School - Good, To be updated
- The Indian High School Garhoud - Good, To be updated
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