Deira Private School
Acceptable Al Twar, 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: Good · Inclusion: Good
KHDA’s separate judgements for student wellbeing and for inclusion, from the same inspection.
- Year groups
- FS1 to Year 9
As registered with KHDA. Typical ages about 3 to 14.
- Annual fees
- AED 25,213 to 41,147 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 Twar, Dubai
Open in Google Maps. KHDA records the community as Al Twar 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 37 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.
Worth comparing: Al Salam Community School (AED 22,700 to 39,100 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:
- A British-curriculum school in Al Twar, part of the established community-school landscape in that part of the city.
What they asked the school to improve:
- Acceptable - the floor, not the standard, and the honest headline.
- We know less about this school than we would like. Beyond its rating and its inclusion judgement we have not verified this school’s fee range, enrolment or inspection findings from sources we trust, and we are not going to guess. We publish what we can stand behind and mark the rest unknown rather than leave the school out of the register.
- Note also that KHDA’s published table lists this school’s curriculum as IB while other sources describe it as British - we have not resolved that discrepancy and flag it rather than pick one. Confirm the curriculum directly with the school.
- Read the full report on the KHDA directory and treat a visit as essential.
Inclusion (students of determination): Good for inclusive education in KHDA’s directory and its published 2023-24 ratings table - a grade above the school’s Acceptable overall judgement, on the measure that matters most to a family whose child needs support. Beyond that rating we have verified nothing about this school’s inclusion provision. Ask who leads inclusion, how many students of determination are on roll, and what has changed since the inspection. 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?
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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 Twar
- Al Salam Community School - Good, AED 22,700 to 39,100 a year
- Cambridge International School Dubai - Good, To be updated
- Dubai National School - Good, To be updated
- Hampton Heights International School - Not yet rated, To be updated
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