DubaiSchoolGuide.com

Dubai English Speaking College

Outstanding Oud Metha, Dubai · British (NCfE)

KHDA rating
Outstanding

The highest KHDA rating — consistently excellent teaching and outcomes. Expect waiting lists. Ratings are from the last full inspection cycle (2023–24).

Annual fees
AED 84,325 to 90,633 a year

Varies by year group; confirm current fees with the school. 2026–27 fees are frozen by KHDA directive.

Curriculum
British (NCfE)
Established
Not recorded
School transport
Bus service available
Location
Oud Metha, Dubai

Open in Google Maps

District-level pin for Oud Metha — use the Google Maps link for the exact gate.

Find this school on the KHDA directory

We could not verify an official website for this school, so no link is shown.

Check travel time from your location

Opens live directions in Google Maps — real traffic from your own address beats any published estimate. School-run traffic peaks roughly 7–8am; test your route at drop-off time.

In context

Its mid-range fee is about 60 per cent above the median for British (NCfE) schools in this guide (AED 54,632). It is one of 22 schools in this guide currently rated Outstanding.

Worth comparing: Lycée Français International Pompidou (AED 35,000 to 65,000 a year) — a lower-fee option in the same area; Nord Anglia International School Dubai (AED 69,625 to 105,288 a year) — a lower-fee school with the same Outstanding 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:

  • Another consecutive Outstanding in a run stretching back over a decade — as a not-for-profit trust.
  • Attainment in English, mathematics and science Outstanding in both Secondary and Post-16.
  • Wellbeing judged Outstanding — a long-developed house system with very respectful staff–student relationships.
  • Inclusion judged Outstanding, with gifted-and-talented support alongside.

What they asked the school to improve:

  • Improve students’ reading literacy skills across all subjects.
  • Secondary English and mathematics progress slipped to Very Good — identified and being addressed.
  • Islamic Education and Arabic sit at Good against the otherwise top-tier profile.

Inclusion (students of determination): Outstanding — and structurally so: 208 students of determination enrolled under a fully non-selective admissions policy with no academic entry criteria, in a not-for-profit school that has held Outstanding continuously since 2012–13. Support comes at no additional cost to parents, with gifted and talented provision alongside, and wellbeing also rated Outstanding. The results make the point this register keeps returning to: 60% of GCSE students achieved grades 7 to 9 in 2025 and 45% of A Level students achieved A or A*, with a value-added residual of +1.14 — achieved across a cohort the school did not select. 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?

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

Other schools in Oud Metha

Work at this school? Correct or update this record — verified corrections are made promptly and logged publicly.

← Back to all 169 schools