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Al Sadiq Islamic English School

Acceptable Al Qusais, Dubai · British (NCfE)

KHDA rating
Acceptable

Meets minimum standards; may be on an improvement plan. Read the full report before enrolling. 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
FS2 to Year 11

As registered with KHDA. Typical ages about 4 to 16.

Annual fees
AED 4,700 to 9,500 a year

Varies by year group. 2026-27 fees are frozen by KHDA directive.

Curriculum
British (NCfE)

KHDA lists: UK (13 Y).

School transport
Bus service available
Location
Al Qusais, Dubai

Open in Google Maps. KHDA records the community as Al Qusais First.

Contacting the school
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In context

Its mid-range fee is about 86 per cent below the median for British (NCfE) schools in this guide (AED 52,500). It is one of 52 schools in this guide currently rated Acceptable.

Worth comparing: H.H.Sheikh Rashid Pakistani School (AED 3,100 to 6,260 a year) - a lower-fee option in the same area.

These comparisons are computed from the verified data in this register, not editorial opinion.

What the inspectors said

Strengths the inspectors named:

  • Secondary is the clear bright spot: English, mathematics, science and Islamic Education all Good for attainment and progress.
  • Students described by inspectors as respectful, responsible and deeply aware of Islamic values and UAE heritage, with exemplary conduct and personal development.
  • Parent-school partnership rated Very Good, and wellbeing provision rated Good - both above the school’s overall rating.
  • Leadership rated Good, with cohesive teamwork, effective governance and stable day-to-day management under a principal appointed in 2022.
  • One of the emirate’s oldest British-curriculum schools, founded in 1989, at fees of roughly AED 4,700-9,500 - among the most accessible in this register, rooted in an Islamic ethos.

What they asked the school to improve:

  • Acceptable in 2023-24 - its rating in thirteen of fourteen inspections since 2008-09, the exception being a Weak rating in 2014-15.
  • The honest reading is double-edged: holding Acceptable as regulatory demands rise means standards have been more than maintained, and no breakthrough to Good has been achieved.
  • Achievement outside Secondary is Acceptable across the board - so ask what is being done in the primary phases specifically.
  • The school runs to Year 11: plan the sixth-form move before you enrol.

Inclusion (students of determination): Good - identification and support systems described by inspectors as clear and inclusive, with approximately 80 students of determination supported by a named team: a Head of Inclusion, four Learning Support Assistants, one Support Teacher, one SEN Specialist Teacher and a Wellbeing Counsellor, with two guidance counsellors overseeing interventions. The commercially significant fact: English-as-additional-language provision is managed through the inclusion team at no additional cost. The school’s published policy explicitly covers students of determination, gifted and talented students, high achievers and EAL learners, and identification runs through the school’s own procedures rather than requiring a diagnosis alone. Parent communication is rated Very Good, the highest-rated element of the inspection - and all of this at basic tuition of roughly AED 4,579 to 9,281. See the special educational needs guide for the questions to ask on a visit.

Inspector summaries are being added school by school as each report is read - 221 of 230 so far, dated per cycle, never invented. A school without a summary yet is unread, not unjudged.

Paraphrased from KHDA’s published inspection record for 2023-24. Read the dated report on KHDA’s page for this school.

Visit kit

Questions worth asking on a tour - tuned to this school’s rating and curriculum:

  • What did the last KHDA report ask you to improve, and what has changed since?
  • 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?

Special educational needs? Read the inclusion guide before you visit.

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  • how many children are on roll
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  • published exam results or university destinations
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  • the year it opened - the figure we held was wrong on every school we checked

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