Glendale International School
Acceptable Oud Metha, Dubai · British (NCfE)
- KHDA rating
- Acceptable
Meets minimum standards; may be on an improvement plan. Read the full report before enrolling. 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: 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
- AED 42,000 to 57,600 a year
Read from the school's own published fee schedule on 16 September 2026, and stated as the range across its year groups. 2026-27 fees are frozen by KHDA directive.
- Curriculum
- British (NCfE)
KHDA lists: UK (13 Y).
- School transport
- Not yet collected - ask the school
- Location
- Oud Metha, Dubai
- Contacting the school
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KHDA’s page for this school - every inspection report
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In context
Its mid-range fee is about 5 per cent below the median for British (NCfE) schools in this guide (AED 52,500). It is one of 52 schools in this guide currently rated Acceptable.
Worth comparing: Dubai English Speaking School (AED 43,084 to 53,320 a year) - a lower-fee option in the same area.
These comparisons are computed from the verified data in this register, not editorial opinion.
What the inspectors said
Paraphrased from KHDA’s inspection report for 2025-26, the school’s first full inspection - read the complete report on KHDA’s page for this school.
Strengths the inspectors named:
- Supportive partnerships with parents.
- The development of children’s learning skills in the Foundation Stage.
- Students’ personal development, and their understanding of Islamic values and Emirati culture.
- The design and implementation of the curriculum.
- The arrangements for students’ health, safety and wellbeing, with behaviour managed consistently across the school.
What they asked the school to improve:
- Raise progress and attainment in all subjects and phases.
- Use assessment information properly, so work in lessons matches what students actually need.
- Make governors hold senior leaders to account - the report says the mechanisms for this are not rigorous enough.
- Have leaders monitor teaching with a focus on the progress students make, not only on the teaching itself.
- “Urgently improve students’ attendance” - the inspectors’ own word, and the sharpest instruction in this report.
Inclusion (students of determination): Acceptable in KHDA’s directory and its ratings table. 42 students of determination out of 522 on roll. Inspectors find identification processes underdeveloped, targets frequently inaccurate, and modifications insufficiently developed for students’ needs; they ask the school to ensure individual education plans identify the real barriers to learning. Set against that, wellbeing is monitored effectively and staff provide personalised guidance. Ask what has changed since the January 2026 inspection. See the special educational needs guide for the questions to ask on a visit.
Context for the rating: a school of 522 opened in 2023, a 1:12 teacher-student ratio - generous - and teacher turnover of 36%, the kind of churn that makes consistent teaching hard to build. Ask about both.
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?
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Special educational needs? Read the inclusion guide before you visit.
What we don't know about this school
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- 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
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- the year it opened - the figure we held was wrong on every school we checked
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Other schools in Oud Metha
- Dubai English Speaking School - Outstanding, AED 43,084 to 53,320 a year
- Lycée Français International (Oud Metha) - Outstanding, To be updated
- Lycée Français International Pompidou - Outstanding, AED 36,900 to 50,700 a year
- The Indian High School - Very Good, To be updated
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