International School of Creative Science Nad Al Sheba
Good Nad Al Sheba, Dubai · British (NCfE)
- KHDA rating
- Good
Good standards in most areas. The most common rating among Dubai schools. 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: Very 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
- Nad Al Sheba, Dubai
Open in Google Maps. KHDA records the community as Nadd Al Shiba Third.
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KHDA’s page for this school - every inspection report
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In context
It is one of 85 schools in this guide currently rated Good.
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What the inspectors said
Strengths the inspectors named:
- Good in January 2024, confirming Good at every inspection since 2018-19 - and it was one of the schools rated Good on first inspection, historically the highest available to a new school.
- Outstanding health and safety and Outstanding parents and community across all phases, with wellbeing rated Very Good - three judgements above the overall rating.
- Student achievement solidly Good across core subjects, with Primary science attainment and progress and Secondary English progress rated Very Good, and Foundation Stage assessment improved to Very Good.
- A distinctive offer: the UK National Curriculum blended with Islamic values, a Quran memorisation programme, a Virtues character curriculum and an after-school Quran Academy, alongside Pearson IGCSEs, BTECs and A Levels.
- 1,250-plus students from over 75 nationalities - roughly 30% Emirati - taught by 153 mainly British teachers with 51 teaching assistants, and a British Schools Overseas judgement of good and improving that matches the regulator’s.
What they asked the school to improve:
- Average class sizes of 24 in Early Years and 28 in Primary and Secondary are on the higher side, in keeping with the fee level - ask how a quieter child is tracked in a class of 28.
- Girls and boys are taught separately from Year 5 onwards: a defining feature to weigh rather than a flaw.
- Good at every inspection for six years: consistent under a toughening framework, and the step up has not come.
Inclusion (students of determination): Good in KHDA’s directory and its published 2023-24 ratings table, matching the school’s overall judgement. Very Good wellbeing and Outstanding parents-and-community ratings across all phases sit above it - a strong pastoral frame; ask specifically how support for students of determination is staffed within class sizes of 28. 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.
Paraphrased from KHDA’s published inspection record for 2023-24. Read the dated report on KHDA’s page for this school.
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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?
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Special educational needs? Read the inclusion guide before you visit.
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Other schools in Nad Al Sheba
- GEMS Modern Academy - Outstanding, To be updated
- Repton School Dubai - Outstanding, AED 57,178 to 102,753 a year
- Kent College Dubai - Very Good, To be updated
- Kings School Nad Al Sheba - Very Good, AED 43,264 to 96,232 a year
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