Apple International School
Good Al Qusais, Dubai · British (NCfE)
- 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: Very good · Inclusion: Good
KHDA’s separate judgements for student wellbeing and for inclusion, from the same inspection.
- Year groups
- FS1 to Year 13
As registered with KHDA. Typical ages about 3 to 18.
- Annual fees
- AED 9,647 to 22,398 a year
Read from the school's own published fee schedule on 16 September 2026, and stated as the range across its year groups. 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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KHDA’s page for this school - every inspection report
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In context
Its mid-range fee is about 69 per cent below the median for British (NCfE) schools in this guide (AED 52,500). It is one of 85 schools in this guide currently rated Good.
Worth comparing: The Westminster School (AED 7,860 to 17,869 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:
- Good in 2023-24 - a rating held consistently since 2016-17.
- Wellbeing rated Very Good, a full grade above the school’s overall mark: a peer wellbeing-buddy system, a restructured student council whose plans shape provision, and pastoral care the report treats as the school’s strongest dimension.
- Assessment rated Very Good across all four phases - unusual consistency, and evidence that data actually informs planning.
- Teaching Very Good in Foundation Stage, with positive teacher-student interactions throughout.
- An ASDAN-accredited centre with 164 students of determination and a parallel gifted-and-talented programme, aligned to the Dubai Inclusive Education Policy Framework since 2017.
What they asked the school to improve:
- Inspectors were direct about external examinations: weak attainment in IGCSE and A-Level results, a recommendation that has recurred across cycles.
- Acceptable attainment in Arabic across Secondary and Post-16, and in English, mathematics and science at Post-16, with underdeveloped laboratory skills in senior science.
- Inconsistent teaching quality across the school and insufficient challenge for higher-ability students.
- Attendance and punctuality flagged, particularly in Post-16.
Inclusion (students of determination): 164 students of determination, supported through an ASDAN-accredited skills pathway alongside the mainstream academic programme, with parallel gifted and talented provision and an inclusion framework aligned to the Dubai Inclusive Education Policy Framework since 2017. Inspectors record an inclusion team using a range of assessment tools to identify needs and implement a graduated approach to interventions, with assessment rated Very Good across all phases. The context that makes this notable: a school of nearly 5,000 students across two campuses charging from roughly AED 6,832 at FS1, which puts this level of provision at the very bottom of the fee range in Dubai. 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:
- 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 do you settle a child who joins mid-year, and who is responsible for it?
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Special educational needs? Read the inclusion guide before you visit.
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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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Other schools in Al Qusais
- The Millennium School - Very Good, AED 18,278 to 26,876 a year
- American International School Dubai - Good, To be updated
- Amity School Dubai - Good, To be updated
- Capital School Dubai - Good, AED 23,000 to 48,000 a year
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