Renaissance School
Acceptable Dubai Sports City, Dubai · American
- KHDA rating
- Acceptable
Meets minimum standards; may be on an improvement plan. Read the full report before enrolling. From the 2023–24 inspection cycle — now more than two years old. KHDA has not completed a full cycle in two consecutive years, so this rating, and every rating on every other site, is older than it looks.
- Annual fees
- AED 36,050 to 56,650 a year
Varies by year group; confirm current fees with the school. 2026–27 fees are frozen by KHDA directive.
- Curriculum
- American
- Established
- Founded 2018
- School transport
- Bus service available
- Location
- Dubai Sports City, Dubai
District-level pin for Dubai Sports City — use the Google Maps link for the exact gate.
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In context
Its mid-range fee is about 25 per cent above the median for American schools in this guide (AED 37,000). It is one of 51 schools in this guide currently rated Acceptable.
Worth comparing: Victory Heights Primary School (AED 36,000 to 52,000 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 we could verify (2023–24 cycle) and its published record — read the complete report on the official KHDA directory. These findings are from the 2023–24 cycle and are now more than two years old. Leadership, staffing and provision can change substantially in that time — see the note below on why every rating in Dubai is older than it looks.
Strengths the inspectors named:
- The Kindergarten is the strong part of this school: teaching quality, curriculum design and student progress rated Good across most subjects including English, mathematics and science.
- A US curriculum built on the New York State Next Generation Learning Standards, with two swimming pools, science laboratories and specialist art, music and media rooms, in Dubai Sports City.
- Parents describe genuine warmth and a school where teachers know every child — and the fee position is unusually flexible, with published discounts, Esaad and Fazaa reductions, and a bursary programme worth up to AED 7,500 a year for high achievers.
What they asked the school to improve:
- This school is closing at the end of the 2025–26 academic year, following a fall in student numbers. Its building will be taken over by Queen Elizabeth’s School Dubai, which opens on the same site. We have published this page rather than omitting the school, because families currently enrolled need somewhere accurate to read about what happens next — but this is not a school to apply to, and any conversation with the current operator should begin with where your child goes in September 2026.
- Acceptable across three consecutive inspection cycles — 2021–22, 2022–23 and 2023–24. An honest signal of a school with a clear philosophy that had not translated it into consistently strong outcomes.
- Elementary and Middle phases are broadly Acceptable, with Arabic as an Additional Language rated Weak in Elementary for both attainment and progress.
- Published fee figures vary widely between sources depending on which discount is applied — approved rates of roughly AED 29,000 to 41,000 appear alongside AED 36,050 to 56,650 elsewhere. Given the closure this is now largely academic, but it is a reminder to read any Dubai fee quote against the KHDA-approved schedule.
Inclusion (students of determination): Acceptable in KHDA’s official Inclusion Rating Table. Around 23 students of determination were supported by the school’s SEN team at an earlier count, in a roll of roughly 557 to 579. The New York State Next Generation Learning Standards the school follows were specifically designed with a sharper focus on supporting all learners, including English language learners and students with special educational needs. Read all of this in the context of the school’s closure at the end of 2025–26: if your child is currently supported here, the urgent question is not this school’s provision but which school takes that provision on, and whether the plans and arrangements transfer with them. 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 — 212 of 212 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 Dubai Sports City
- Victory Heights Primary School — Outstanding, AED 36,000 to 52,000 a year
- Queen Elizabeth's School Dubai — Not yet rated, Fees not yet published
- Collegiate International School — Good, Fees not listed — confirm with the school
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