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Ghaf Private School

Acceptable Jebel Ali, 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: Acceptable · Inclusion: Acceptable

KHDA’s separate judgements for student wellbeing and for inclusion, from the same inspection.

Year groups
FS1 to Year 8

As registered with KHDA. Typical ages about 3 to 13.

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
Jebel Ali, Dubai

Open in Google Maps. KHDA records the community as Jabal Ali First.

Contacting the school
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In context

It is one of 52 schools in this guide currently rated Acceptable.

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:

  • Acceptable in 2023-24, up from Weak the previous year - a genuine recovery, and the direction of travel matters as much as the current position.
  • The Foundation Stage is the strong part of this school: teaching, assessment, curriculum design, curriculum adaptation, personal development and health and safety are all rated Good in FS.
  • Deliberately a micro-school - 54 students against a capacity of 350, on a teacher-to-student ratio of about 1:4.5. In a market built on large campuses, that is a different proposition, and for some children it is the right one.
  • The English National Curriculum enriched with the International Primary Curriculum and a bespoke Life Skills programme, with a STEAM lab and British Council IELTS centre status, in Jebel Ali Village.

What they asked the school to improve:

  • The Primary phase lags the Foundation Stage: most indicators sit at Acceptable, so ask specifically what is being done for Years 1 to 6 rather than judging the school on its Early Years.
  • Runs only to Year 8 - there is no senior school here, so plan the move at 13 from the day you enrol.
  • Fifty-four students against a capacity of 350 is a commercial fact as well as an educational one. A roll that small puts pressure on subject choice, extracurricular breadth and long-term viability, and it is a fair and necessary question to put to leaders directly.
  • Fees of roughly AED 35,000 to 51,000 are not the cheapest in this register, so weigh the small-class advantage against what the same money buys at a larger school.

Inclusion (students of determination): Acceptable in KHDA’s directory and its published 2023-24 ratings table, matching this school’s overall judgement. An earlier version of this page said Weak, and one before it said no rating could be found; both were wrong, and the correction is in our change log. The ratio is real, but it has not translated into an inclusion judgement above the regulator’s floor, and a favourable ratio is not the same thing as staffed, trained inclusion provision. If your child needs support, this is a school to question closely: who leads inclusion, what qualifications do they hold, how many students of determination are on roll, and what specifically 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?

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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