Credence High School
Very Good Al Quoz, 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 15,000 to 27,000 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 2006
- School transport
- Bus service available
- Location
- Al Quoz 4, Dubai
District-level pin for Al Quoz — use the Google Maps link for the exact gate.
Link verified against a live domain, July 2026.
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In context
Its mid-range fee is about 40 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: JSS Private School (AED 14,000 to 25,000 a year) — a lower-fee option in the same area; JSS International School (AED 14,000 to 25,000 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 in 2023–24, confirming the previous year — a clear climb from an Acceptable debut in 2016–17 through three cycles at Good.
- Outstanding ratings for personal development, safeguarding and management — ‘exemplary personal and social development and very strong learning skills’ in the inspectors’ words.
- English, mathematics and science Very Good across all four phases; no indicator below Good outside Arabic.
- Teacher stability transformed — turnover down from 27% to 8%, continuity a parent can feel.
What they asked the school to improve:
- Arabic as an additional language remains the persistent weakness, with attainment Acceptable in parts of the school.
Inclusion (students of determination): Very Good — over 115 students of determination registered at the last inspection. The school states plainly that students with SEND requirements have the same right as any other to admission, participation and equity, and to a quality learning experience alongside same-aged peers, in line with KHDA’s inclusive education policy — with the honest qualifier that it supports students of determination where the provision is available to do so. Inspectors found systems in place for identifying both students of determination and gifted and talented students, and that truly inclusive education is a high priority supported by an inclusion governor and an inclusion champion. 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 Quoz
- GEMS Our Own English High School — Very Good, AED 9,000 to 16,000 a year
- GEMS Our Own Indian School — Very Good, AED 7,000 to 14,000 a year
- The English College Dubai — Very Good, AED 41,000 to 68,265 a year
- Safa British School — Very Good, AED 45,428 to 73,550 a year
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