Emirates International School Meadows
Very Good The Meadows, Dubai · IB
- 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 44,000 to 71,000 a year
Varies by year group; confirm current fees with the school. 2026–27 fees are frozen by KHDA directive.
- Curriculum
- IB
- Established
- Founded 2005
- School transport
- Bus service available
- Location
- Emirates Living, The Meadows, Dubai
District-level pin for The Meadows — 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 9 per cent below the median for IB schools in this guide (AED 63,000). It is one of 46 schools in this guide currently rated Very 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 (2023–24 cycle) and its published record — read the complete report on the official KHDA directory.
Strengths the inspectors named:
- Very Good since 2019–20, reconfirmed in both 2023 inspections — with Post-16 core subjects previously judged Outstanding for attainment and progress.
- Inspectors credit leaders with building alternative pathways — BTEC Level 2 now offered in the Middle Years to support students toward IB Courses in Year 12.
- A full IB continuum with the discipline of a school that climbed from Good the slow, durable way.
What they asked the school to improve:
- Inspectors have repeatedly urged the school to add the IB Career-related Programme as a genuinely vocational route alongside the demanding Diploma — ask where that stands.
Inclusion (students of determination): Very Good — and the inspectors’ own words are the strongest endorsement in this dataset: ‘In this very inclusive school, all students, including students of determination and those who are gifted and talented, almost always have their needs fully met. The skillful inclusion team manage a varied range of students’ needs with sensitivity and expertise. Most students make strong progress towards their individual education plan targets.’ A range of tools identifies gifted and talented students, and the school has long been praised for the comprehensiveness of the external examination data it publishes. One development point inspectors named: leaders are working on how information about gifted students can be shared and used more effectively to provide additional challenge in lessons. 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?
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Special educational needs? Read the inclusion guide before you visit.
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