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GEMS Metropole School Al Waha

Good Dubailand, Dubai · British (NCfE)

KHDA rating
Good

Good standards in most areas. The most common rating among Dubai schools. From KHDA’s 2025-26 inspection - the most recent inspection cycle. 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 13

As registered with KHDA. Typical ages about 3 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
British (NCfE)

KHDA lists: UK (13 Y).

School transport
Bus service available
Location
Dubailand, Dubai

Open in Google Maps. KHDA records the community as Emirates Road.

Contacting the school
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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 (2025-26 cycle) and its published record - read the complete report on the official KHDA directory.

Strengths the inspectors named:

  • Good on its first Dubai Schools Inspection Bureau inspection in February 2026 - historically, with one exception, the highest rating awarded to a school on debut.
  • Inspectors found strong systems, a clear vision and positive outcomes already in place - and most areas for improvement relate to consistency rather than fundamental weaknesses, which is a meaningfully different finding.
  • A close-knit culture that families currently value, inside a fast-growing school.

What they asked the school to improve:

  • Inspectors identified the need for greater consistency in challenge, questioning and support for students of determination across classrooms - support that varies by teacher is the specific thing to ask about, and to ask how it is monitored.
  • The school is still expanding into Years 11 to 13: there is no examination track record yet, and maintaining consistency while preserving a close-knit culture as numbers grow is its own stated challenge.

Inclusion (students of determination): Good - KHDA’s first inspection of this school, in February 2026, praised its inclusive admissions approach, strong commitment from leaders and positive partnerships with parents, and found that specialist staff and external professionals use a range of assessments to identify needs and create personalised education plans, with most students of determination making gains academically and personally. The caveat is specific and worth pressing: inspectors identified the need for greater consistency in challenge, questioning and support for students of determination across classrooms - in other words, provision that can depend on which teacher a child has. Ask how consistency is monitored, and by whom. 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
  • an admissions email or direct line

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