North London Collegiate School Dubai
Very Good Meydan, Dubai · IB
- KHDA rating
- Very Good
High quality across the board, with minor areas to improve. 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: Very good
KHDA’s separate judgements for student wellbeing and for inclusion, from the same inspection.
- Year groups
- Pre-primary to Grade 12
As registered with KHDA. Typical ages about 3 to 18.
- Annual fees
- AED 91,735 to 143,681 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
- IB
KHDA lists: International Baccalaureate.
- School transport
- Bus service available
- Location
- Meydan, Dubai
Open in Google Maps. KHDA records the community as Meydan City.
- Contacting the school
- Ask us and we will ask them
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In context
Its mid-range fee is about 74 per cent above the median for IB schools in this guide (AED 67,582). It is one of 48 schools in this guide currently rated Very Good.
Worth comparing: Hartland International School (AED 48,781 to 92,803 a year) - a lower-fee option in the same area; GEMS World Academy (AED 71,113 to 123,442 a year) - a lower-fee school with the same Very Good 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:
- Very Good in 2023-24 with 33 Outstanding ratings across the framework - the only NLCS campus in the Middle East, running the full IB continuum from PYP to Diploma.
- The previous cycle brought 48 improved ratings against a single reduction, including significant gains in the Arabic and Islamic Education that had been the first inspection’s weakness.
- English, mathematics and science reach Outstanding, and wellbeing is Very Good - ‘care, courtesy and consideration are at the heart of the school’, with teachers trained to nationally recognised wellbeing qualifications.
- A 1:8 teacher-to-student ratio and extensive extracurricular breadth.
What they asked the school to improve:
- Teaching quality is inconsistent - the best lessons are inspiring, but not all teachers challenge students sufficiently and differentiation across ability groups remains a work in progress.
- Attainment in Islamic Education and Arabic sits at Acceptable across all phases - a persistent gap the school has been asked to address.
- Three ratings that had been Outstanding dropped this cycle - including English progress in the Middle Years and personal and social development.
- At AED 91,700-143,700 this is ultra-premium pricing, and Diploma cohorts remain small, which flatters average scores; ask to see the full distribution, not the mean.
Inclusion (students of determination): 53 students of determination on roll. Inspectors named ‘the expertise, vision, determination and leadership of the inclusion department’ among the best features of the school - an unusually strong phrase - and in the junior school class teachers are supported by an inclusion team and support teachers. Weigh that against the structural fact this register states plainly: NLCS is a selective school and children are tested before a place is offered, so ask directly how admission works for a child with additional 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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- how many children are on roll
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- published exam results or university destinations
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Other schools in Meydan
- Bilingual French International School - Very Good, To be updated
- Hartland International School - Very Good, AED 48,781 to 92,803 a year
- Lycée Libanais Francophone Privé - Very Good, AED 24,600 to 52,800 a year
- Rugby School Dubai - Not yet rated, To be updated
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