Ambassador School
Very Good Al Qusais, Dubai · Indian (CBSE/ICSE)
- KHDA rating
- Very Good
High quality across the board with minor areas to improve — often better value than Outstanding. Ratings are from the last full inspection cycle (2023–24).
- Annual fees
- AED 20,000 to 38,000 a year
Varies by year group; confirm current fees with the school. 2026–27 fees are frozen by KHDA directive.
- Curriculum
- Indian (CBSE/ICSE)
- Established
- Founded 1989
- School transport
- Bus service available
- Location
- Al Qusais, Dubai
District-level pin for Al Qusais — use the Google Maps link for the exact gate.
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In context
Its mid-range fee is about 93 per cent above the median for Indian (CBSE/ICSE) schools in this guide (AED 15,000). It is one of 46 schools in this guide currently rated Very Good. As a CBSE school, its academic year runs April to March — plan relocation timing around this.
Worth comparing: International Academic School (AED 18,000 to 35,000 a year) — a lower-fee option in the same area; GEMS New Millennium School (AED 23,143 to 33,557 a year) — a lower-fee school with the same Very Good rating and curriculum.
These comparisons are computed from the verified data in this register, not editorial opinion.
What the inspectors said
Paraphrased from the last full DSIB inspection (2023–24 cycle) and its published record — read the complete report on the official KHDA directory.
Strengths the inspectors named:
- Very Good for a third time in 2023–24, with several standards lifted to Outstanding — the record of a school that climbed Acceptable to Good to Very Good.
- A 1:9 student-to-teacher ratio, well ahead of the Dubai average, with 113 teachers and 38 teaching assistants, and staff turnover of just 9%.
- Leadership and teaching Very Good across all phases, with assessment rated Outstanding in Secondary.
- Wellbeing Very Good: skilled leaders directing the team, students happy and engaged in every phase, with monitoring and accountability built in.
- One of very few CISCE-curriculum schools in the UAE, inspected as one unit with its highly rated Kindergarten since 2023.
What they asked the school to improve:
- Arabic remains the weaker subject, with some variability in KG and lower Primary classes — a candid finding inspectors did not hide.
- Governance was asked to sharpen accountability: name the person responsible for each improvement goal, and close gaps in action-plan follow-through.
Inclusion (students of determination): Very Good — and not a one-off: the school climbed Acceptable to Good to Very Good and has held that ground, with Very Good for wellbeing and inclusion alongside the overall rating. KHDA notes robust systems for identifying and supporting students of determination and records that the large majority make very good progress. 162 students of determination are supported by 38 teaching assistants alongside 113 teachers, a 1:9 overall ratio that is unusually generous for a mid-market fee. The school foregrounds inclusion publicly rather than treating it as a footnote, and holds external awards for inclusion and wellbeing including a GESS Award for best initiative for inclusion and wellbeing. 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 — 169 of 169 so far, dated per cycle, never invented. A school without a summary yet is unread, not unjudged.
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?
- How long is the real waiting list for my child’s year group, and how does sibling priority work?
- How do you handle children joining outside the April intake?
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Special educational needs? Read the inclusion guide before you visit.
Other schools in Al Qusais
- International Academic School — Acceptable, AED 18,000 to 35,000 a year
- New Dawn Private School — Not yet rated, AED 8,000 to 15,000 a year
- The Millennium School — Very Good, AED 18,278 to 26,876 a year
- Star International School Al Qusais — Good, Fees not listed — confirm with the school
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