Arab Unity School
Acceptable Al Mizhar, 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: Acceptable · Inclusion: Good
KHDA’s separate judgements for student wellbeing and for inclusion, from the same inspection.
- Year groups
- FS2 to Year 13
As registered with KHDA. Typical ages about 4 to 18.
- Annual fees
- AED 6,462 to 10,808 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 Mizhar, Dubai
Open in Google Maps. KHDA records the community as Al Mizhar First.
- Contacting the school
- Ask us and we will ask them
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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 84 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.
These comparisons are computed from the verified data in this register, not editorial opinion.
What the inspectors said
Strengths the inspectors named:
- Founded in 1974 and now educating over 3,500 students from more than 40 nationalities - one of Dubai’s longest-established international schools, offering a full British curriculum from FS2 to Year 13 at some of the lowest fees in the register.
- The Acceptable headline masks real strengths: secondary and post-16 outcomes are Good to Very Good in mathematics and science, health and safety practices are Very Good across all phases, and the personal development of Post-16 students is rated Outstanding.
- Cambridge International accreditation with IGCSE, GCSE and A Levels, and a pragmatic academic model - IGCSE courses begin in Year 9, giving three years of preparation, uncommon here and sensible for a student body largely working in English as an additional language.
- Parents described by inspectors as very supportive, valuing the accessibility of staff and governors, detailed reports and prompt handling of concerns.
What they asked the school to improve:
- Acceptable overall for the thirteenth time - the minimum the regulator expects, and the honest headline.
- Attainment and progress vary by phase, with Foundation Stage and Primary needing development to reach consistently good levels.
- Rigorous checking of individual student progress is inconsistent, and improvement plans are sometimes too general, lacking specific timescales or measurable goals.
Inclusion (students of determination): Good - KHDA’s published inclusion rating table records Good, above the school’s Acceptable overall. Approximately 192 students of determination are supported by an inclusion team that creates individual learning plans and integrates students into mainstream classes with targeted support. The admissions policy is published in unusual detail and every SEN family should read it: it follows Federal Law 29 of 2006 and the Dubai Inclusive Policy Framework, admission for a student with an identified need depends on seat availability and the school’s capacity to address that specific need, and crucially admission is not conditional on a medical diagnosis. The final decision is taken collaboratively between Heads of Sections and the Inclusion Team. One clause deserves attention rather than alarm: the policy states that if a student’s need later poses a threat to the safety of self or peers, parents will be asked to withdraw the child and guided to alternatives - ask what threshold applies and who decides. 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?
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Special educational needs? Read the inclusion guide before you visit.
What we don't know about this school
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- 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 Mizhar
- Al Mawakeb School Al Khawaneej - Good, To be updated
- Al Mizhar American Academy - Good, AED 36,485 to 65,270 a year
- GEMS Founders School Al Mizhar - Good, AED 24,877 to 37,856 a year
- Mirdif American School - Good, AED 23,894 to 37,638 a year
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