Pace Modern British School
Acceptable International City, Dubai · British (NCfE)
- KHDA rating
- Acceptable
Meets minimum standards; may be on an improvement plan. Read the full report before enrolling. Ratings are from the last full inspection cycle (2023–24).
- Annual fees
- AED 14,000 to 26,000 a year
Varies by year group; confirm current fees with the school. 2026–27 fees are frozen by KHDA directive.
- Curriculum
- British (NCfE)
- Established
- Founded 2005
- School transport
- Bus service available
- Location
- International City, Dubai
District-level pin for International City — use the Google Maps link for the exact gate.
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In context
Its mid-range fee is about 63 per cent below the median for British (NCfE) schools in this guide (AED 54,632). It is one of 27 schools in this guide currently rated Acceptable.
Worth comparing: Dhruv Global School (AED 9,000 to 16,000 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 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:
- Inspected for the first time in 2023–24, with 61 teachers — the largest nationality group British — supported by 31 teaching assistants and a counsellor.
- A substantial assistant-to-teacher ratio for an affordable UK-curriculum school, which matters most in the early years.
What they asked the school to improve:
- Acceptable on debut — the minimum the regulator expects, and the honest headline for a school still establishing itself.
- The staffing model, common among more affordable UK-curriculum schools here, relies on UK-qualified senior leaders developing teachers recruited from lower-cost markets: ask directly how that professional development is structured and measured.
- With one counsellor for the whole school, ask how pastoral concerns are picked up and escalated.
Inclusion (students of determination): Acceptable — 62 students of determination with additional special educational needs registered at the school’s first inspection in 2023–24. The largest nationality group among its 61 teachers is British. Two forward-looking notes belong here rather than in a prospectus: the school plans GCSEs, BTECs and A Levels, but the UK government has announced that BTEC qualifications are to be discontinued over the coming two to three years, so that vocational strand may need rethinking — worth asking what replaces it for a student who would take that route. And uniforms, described as optional, may still cost up to AED 600. 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:
- 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.
Other schools in International City
- Dhruv Global School — Acceptable, AED 9,000 to 16,000 a year
- Smart Vision School — Good, AED 8,000 to 14,000 a year
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