Citizens School

Good Al Satwa, Dubai · British (NCfE)

KHDA rating: Good
Good standards in most areas. The most common rating among Dubai schools. From KHDA’s 2024-25 inspection - now more than a year 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: Early childhood (ages 0-1) to Year 9
As registered with KHDA. Typical ages about 0 to 14.
Annual fees: AED 45,000 to 85,000 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: No bus service listed
Location: Al Satwa, Dubai
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In context

Its mid-range fee is about 24 per cent above the median for British (NCfE) schools in this guide (AED 52,500). It is one of 85 schools in this guide currently rated Good.

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 we could verify (2024-25 cycle) and its published record - read the complete report on the official KHDA directory. These findings are from the 2024-25 cycle and are now more than two years old. Leadership, staffing and provision can change substantially in that time - see the note below on why every rating in Dubai is older than it looks.

Strengths the inspectors named:

Rated Good in its first full inspection - one of only four schools inspected in the 2024-25 cycle, when full inspections were otherwise paused.
A caring, well-resourced learning environment with highly qualified staff.
An innovative, future-focused curriculum - the school’s Citizens Future Framework - valued by parents.
A strong culture of respect and inclusion supported by leaders and staff.

What they asked the school to improve:

Strengthen literacy across all phases, with extra support for students with limited English.
Improve consistency in teaching, learning and assessment.

Inclusion (students of determination): 67 students of determination in a school of roughly 700, with dedicated staff and inclusion programmes, WellComm and CAT4 assessments used to determine support needs, and an Individual Learning Support Assistant provided where required. The school’s published inclusion policy cites Federal Law 29/2006 directly - that special needs in themselves are not an obstruction to admission to any educational institution - and Executive Council Resolution No. 2 of 2017. It asks prospective parents to disclose any known special educational need, disability or barrier that could affect the child’s wellbeing or their ability to engage in the admissions assessment, so the assessment itself can be made accessible. The 2025 inspection recognised a happy, inclusive school with an innovative curriculum and strong leadership, and named the next step plainly: ensure academic depth and literacy match the creativity and culture of 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 - 221 of 230 so far, dated per cycle, never invented. A school without a summary yet is unread, not unjudged.

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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?

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

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the year it opened - the figure we held was wrong on every school we checked
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