Nord Anglia International School Dubai
Outstanding Al Barsha, Dubai · British (NCfE)
- KHDA rating
- Outstanding
The highest KHDA rating - consistently excellent teaching and outcomes. 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: Outstanding · Inclusion: Outstanding
KHDA’s separate judgements for student wellbeing and for inclusion, from the same inspection.
- Year groups
- FS1 to Year 11; Year 12 to Year 13
As registered with KHDA. Typical ages about 3 to 18.
- Annual fees
- AED 69,625 to 105,288 a year
Varies by year group. 2026-27 fees are frozen by KHDA directive.
- Curriculum
- British (NCfE)
KHDA lists: UK (13 Y),UK/IB (13 Y).
- School transport
- Bus service available
- Location
- Al Barsha, Dubai
Open in Google Maps. KHDA records the community as Al Barsha Second.
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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 67 per cent above the median for British (NCfE) schools in this guide (AED 52,500). It is one of 23 schools in this guide currently rated Outstanding.
Worth comparing: Repton School Dubai (AED 57,178 to 102,753 a year) - a lower-fee school with the same Outstanding rating and curriculum.
These comparisons are computed from the verified data in this register, not editorial opinion.
What the inspectors said
Strengths the inspectors named:
- Outstanding in 2023-24, maintained after first reaching the top rating in 2022-23 - with Outstanding judgements in inclusion and wellbeing alongside the overall grade.
- Inspectors highlight a clear strategic vision, expert leadership, high-quality teaching, a strong wellbeing focus, and unusual curricular breadth - A Levels, IB and BTEC pathways side by side.
- Independently rated Outstanding by British Schools Overseas in February 2025 by a UK Department for Education-approved inspectorate, and previously in 2021.
- Around 320 students of determination supported by an inclusion team of roughly twenty staff plus external specialists, with English-language-learner provision alongside.
- ‘High-quality support ensures that students of determination flourish’ - with extension work for the most able built in as well.
What they asked the school to improve:
- The school began as a selective intake and now describes itself as wholly inclusive; students are still assessed before joining, so ask directly how admissions decisions are made for a child with additional needs.
- Principal turnover is worth noting - a new principal joined for 2025-26 from within the group - so ask what continuity looks like against a rating earned under previous leadership.
Inclusion (students of determination): Outstanding for both inclusion and wellbeing - 320 students of determination, approximately 11% of the roll, supported by an inclusion team of some twenty staff with access to external specialists, with English-language provision and extension work for gifted students alongside. Inspectors record that ‘high-quality support ensures that students of determination flourish’ and describe the inclusion provision as exemplary. The structural fact that gives it meaning: this school was established as selective and, following KHDA’s inclusive education policy, is now described as wholly inclusive - children are still assessed before joining, so ask directly how that assessment works for a child with identified needs. 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.
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 long is the real waiting list for my child’s year group, and how does sibling priority work?
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Special educational needs? Read the inclusion guide before you visit.
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- published exam results or university destinations
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Other schools in Al Barsha
- Kings School Al Barsha - Outstanding, To be updated
- Brighton College Dubai - Very Good, AED 50,830 to 80,780 a year
- Dubai Heights Academy - Very Good, AED 48,688 to 96,880 a year
- Dubai International Academy Al Barsha - Very Good, AED 47,807 to 84,928 a year
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