Regent International School
Very Good JLT, Dubai · British (NCfE)
- KHDA rating
- Very Good
High quality across the board with minor areas to improve — often better value than Outstanding. Ratings are from the last full inspection cycle (2023–24).
- Annual fees
- AED 49,076 to 69,730 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 2010
- School transport
- No bus service listed
- Location
- JLT, Dubai
District-level pin for JLT — use the Google Maps link for the exact gate.
Link verified against a live domain, July 2026.
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In context
Its mid-range fee is about 9 per cent above the median for British (NCfE) schools in this guide (AED 54,632). It is one of 46 schools in this guide currently rated Very Good.
Worth comparing: Oak Tree Primary School (AED 26,000 to 50,000 a year) — a lower-fee option in the same area; Horizon International School (AED 39,182 to 74,424 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
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:
- Very Good again in November 2023 — the third consecutive award since breaking through in 2018–19, after eight years at Good.
- Every Foundation Stage rating judged Outstanding, with the majority of Primary evaluations also at the top level.
- Strong science and mathematics, effective leadership, positive behaviour and high parent engagement named as strengths, alongside a distinctive environmental and positive-education focus.
- A 1:13 ratio with class sizes capped at 22 in FS1, 24 in Primary and FS2, and 26 in Secondary — small by Dubai standards.
- Independently corroborated: an Outstanding British Schools Overseas inspection covering curriculum, teaching, welfare and leadership.
What they asked the school to improve:
- Arabic is the recurring development area in this school’s reports.
- Inspectors recommended strengthening support for students of determination — 36 were on roll at the inspection.
- The school returned to all-through status only in 2024–25, so its rebuilt Secondary and Sixth Form have no exam track record yet — ask what the first cohorts are being prepared for.
Inclusion (students of determination): 36 students of determination at the 2023–24 inspection, supported through the Achievement Centre — Inclusion Department, which assesses each child’s learning, language and social-emotional needs on entry. Students with SEND receive Individual Achievement Plans written in partnership with the student, teachers and parents, with input from external specialists, and targeted intervention from learning support assistants or the school counsellor. The framework covers four named categories — SEND, additional educational needs, English language learners, and able, gifted and talented — with external speech and language therapy used where needed. Inspectors named the inclusion department’s support among the school’s strengths alongside care for welfare and wellbeing, while also recommending inclusive provision be strengthened further; both are true and both belong here. The school states plainly that it is an inclusive school, not a specialist SEN institution. 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 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.
Other schools in JLT
- Oak Tree Primary School — Acceptable, AED 26,000 to 50,000 a year
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