New Indian Model School

Good Bur Dubai, Dubai · Indian (CBSE/ICSE)

KHDA rating: Good
Good standards in most areas. The most common rating among Dubai schools. Ratings are from the last full inspection cycle (2023–24).
Annual fees: AED 8,000 to 16,000 a year
Varies by year group; confirm current fees with the school. 2026–27 fees are frozen by KHDA directive.
Curriculum: Indian (CBSE/ICSE)
Established: Founded 1980
School transport: Bus service available
Location: Bur Dubai, Dubai
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District-level pin for Bur Dubai — use the Google Maps link for the exact gate.

Link verified against a live domain, July 2026.

Opens live directions in Google Maps — real traffic from your own address beats any published estimate. School-run traffic peaks roughly 7–8am; test your route at drop-off time.

In context

Its mid-range fee is about 20 per cent below the median for Indian (CBSE/ICSE) schools in this guide (AED 15,000). It is one of 62 schools in this guide currently rated Good. As a CBSE school, its academic year runs April to March — plan relocation timing around this.

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:

Good in November 2023 — the first Good in the school’s history, after twelve consecutive years at Acceptable.
The vast majority of student-achievement ratings are now at least Good, and Very Good in Kindergarten, with all other measures across the remaining five standards at least Good.
Inspectors credit the principal and senior team with establishing a purposeful learning community and ‘strengthening a caring environment which values inclusivity and wellbeing’.
406 teachers, 13 teaching assistants and four guidance counsellors supporting the roll.

What they asked the school to improve:

Arabic as an additional language and Primary science remain Acceptable.
The turnaround followed a new principal appointed in March 2023 and was inspected only six months later — ask what has been consolidated since.
Twelve years at Acceptable is recent history: the direction is right, and the distance travelled is one grade.

Inclusion (students of determination): Good — the inclusion team is described by inspectors as providing a positive service to the school, with accurate identification of students of determination and good support for them. On cohort size our sources conflict: one reports around 900 students of determination, another 532. We have not been able to reconcile them, so we publish both rather than pick the more flattering figure — either way this is one of the largest inclusion cohorts in the emirate. Wheelchair-accessible facilities, a strong guidance programme and an effective KG section are noted, alongside the school’s work to improve teaching consistency and assessment practices. 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 do you handle children joining outside the April intake?

Special educational needs? Read the inclusion guide before you visit.

Other schools in Bur Dubai

Little Flower English School — Acceptable, AED 9,000 to 17,000 a year
Al Sadiq Islamic English School — Acceptable, AED 12,000 to 22,000 a year

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