Royal Grammar School Guildford Dubai
Very Good Dubai Hills Estate, 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 78,758 to 119,713 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 2021
- School transport
- Bus service available
- Location
- Dubai Hills Estate, Dubai
District-level pin for Dubai Hills Estate — use the Google Maps link for the exact gate.
Link verified against a live domain, July 2026.
Check travel time from your location
Opens live directions in Google Maps — real traffic from your own address beats any published estimate. School-run traffic peaks roughly 7–8am; test your route at drop-off time.
In context
Its mid-range fee is about 82 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: Arcadia British School (AED 38,000 to 68,000 a year) — a lower-fee option in the same area; Brighton College Dubai (AED 62,000 to 100,000 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:
- A piece of Dubai inspection history: the first school ever to achieve Very Good on its debut KHDA inspection (2023–24, with 1,240 pupils on roll).
- Parents and community rated Outstanding — as were management, staffing, facilities and resources.
- Personal development, pastoral care and safeguarding all judged Outstanding; teaching Very Good across every phase, with strong English, mathematics and science.
- Leaders praised for rigorously analysing assessment outcomes and monitoring the impact of curriculum adaptations.
What they asked the school to improve:
- Leadership has been the turbulent chapter — the founding principal left within months, and the principal credited with this result returned to the UK at the end of 2023–24; ask about continuity.
- The senior end is still in formation — the route to Year 13 and first public-exam results is being built year by year.
Inclusion (students of determination): KHDA inspectors identified wellbeing and inclusion as areas of strength, and the school follows Dubai’s Inclusive Education Policy Framework with an inclusion team and a SENCO in place. Personal development was rated Outstanding across all three phases. Structural context that supports it: 118 teachers to 1,246 students, roughly a 10.5:1 ratio, with class sizes capped by design. Two honest notes — the school is still growing year by year toward Year 13 under KHDA regulations, so senior provision is unproven; and tuition excludes lunches, transport and educational trips, which belong in your budget. 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?
Saved only on this device — never uploaded, never shared.
Special educational needs? Read the inclusion guide before you visit.
Other schools in Dubai Hills Estate
- Arcadia British School — Very Good, AED 38,000 to 68,000 a year
Work at this school? Correct or update this record — verified corrections are made promptly and logged publicly.