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DEWA Academy

Good Bur Dubai, Dubai · International / other

KHDA rating
Good

Good standards in most areas. The most common rating among Dubai schools. 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
Grade 9 to Grade 12

As registered with KHDA. Typical ages about 14 to 18.

Annual fees
To be updated

This school does not publish a fee schedule we can verify. Ask us and we will get the figure for your year group.

Curriculum
International / other

KHDA lists: Ministry of Education \ BTEC.

School transport
Bus service available
Location
Bur Dubai, Dubai

Open in Google Maps. KHDA records the community as Al Hudaiba.

Contacting the school
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KHDA’s page for this school - every inspection report

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In context

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 (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:

  • Unlike any other school in this register: a vocational academy operated by the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, serving Emirati boys aged 15 to 18 across Grades 10 to 12.
  • Ministry of Education curriculum alongside BTEC qualifications in electrical, mechanical and mechatronics engineering - an accredited technical route rather than an academic one.
  • Good, held across three consecutive inspection cycles, and a government-backed pathway into Dubai’s energy and water sector that no other school in this register can replicate.
  • KHDA’s published profile lists Grade 11 and 12 tuition as AED 0, indicating a sponsored or subsidised basis.

What they asked the school to improve:

  • Entry is narrow by design - Emirati boys, Grades 10 to 12 only. This is not a school a family chooses at four; it is a route chosen at fifteen.
  • Confirm the fee position directly: a listing of AED 0 indicates sponsorship rather than published free tuition, and eligibility conditions matter.
  • Note a data conflict we did not resolve: KHDA’s own inclusion rating table lists this school’s curriculum as IB, while every other source describes Ministry of Education and BTEC. We flag it rather than choose - it is consistent with the column misalignment we have documented elsewhere in that table.

Inclusion (students of determination): Good in KHDA’s directory and its published 2023-24 ratings table, matching the academy’s overall judgement. The relevant context here is structural rather than statistical: this is a vocational academy for Grades 10 to 12, so the question is not early identification but whether a student with additional needs can access the BTEC engineering pathway and its assessment requirements. Ask what adjustments exist for practical and workshop-based assessment specifically. 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:

  • 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.

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:

  • its fees - this school has not published them
  • 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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