Crescent English School
Acceptable Al Qusais, Dubai · Indian (CBSE/ICSE)
- 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: Good · Inclusion: Acceptable
KHDA’s separate judgements for student wellbeing and for inclusion, from the same inspection.
- Year groups
- KG1 to Grade 12
As registered with KHDA. Typical ages about 4 to 18.
- Annual fees
- AED 3,628 to 10,775 a year
Varies by year group. 2026-27 fees are frozen by KHDA directive.
- Curriculum
- Indian (CBSE/ICSE)
KHDA lists: Indian.
- School transport
- Bus service available
- Location
- Al Qusais, Dubai
Open in Google Maps. KHDA records the community as Al Qusais 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 59 per cent below the median for Indian (CBSE/ICSE) schools in this guide (AED 17,471). It is one of 52 schools in this guide currently rated Acceptable. As a CBSE school, its academic year runs April to March - plan relocation timing around this.
Worth comparing: Al Sadiq Islamic English School (AED 4,700 to 9,500 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
Paraphrased from the last full DSIB inspection we could verify (2023-24 cycle) and its published record - read the complete report on the official KHDA directory. These findings are from the 2023-24 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:
- Among Dubai’s longest-standing Indian-curriculum schools, serving over 1,550 students from KG1 to Grade 12 in Al Qusais 1 on the CBSE framework.
- Acceptable after years of Weak ratings - a genuine stabilisation, and the direction matters as much as the current position.
- Genuine strengths in Kindergarten provision, student character development and pastoral wellbeing, with parents describing a caring atmosphere and personal attention rare at this price.
- Among the most affordable schools anywhere in this register - roughly AED 3,600 for Grades 1 and 2 inclusive of mandatory fees, rising to about AED 10,800 at Grade 12.
What they asked the school to improve:
- Acceptable is the floor, not the standard, and this school has meaningful ground to cover before it can be called a strong academic performer - that is the honest summary of its own record.
- The academic year runs April to March on the Indian calendar, with fees collected across three terms - a real logistical factor if you are moving from a September-start system.
- Ask what the improvement plan funds this year, and what specifically changed to move the school off Weak.
Inclusion (students of determination): Acceptable in KHDA’s official Inclusion Rating Table. Beyond that rating we have not verified a cohort figure or team structure so we have left it out. What is verifiable is that pastoral wellbeing and character development are named strengths, which is not the same as staffed inclusion provision. Ask who leads inclusion, how many students of determination are on roll, and whether your child’s name would sit on the SEND register rather than simply be known to a teacher. 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.
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?
- How do you handle children joining outside the April intake?
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Special educational needs? Read the inclusion guide before you visit.
What we don't know about this school
Every other page on this site tells you what we have verified. This one tells you what we have not, because a register you cannot calibrate is worth less than one you can. We do not currently hold:
- 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 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
- Apple International School - Good, AED 9,647 to 22,398 a year
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