Springdales School Dubai
Good Al Quoz, Dubai · Indian (CBSE/ICSE)
- KHDA rating
- Good
Good standards in most areas. The most common rating among Dubai schools. 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 22,567 to 32,960 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
- Indian (CBSE/ICSE)
KHDA lists: Indian,UK (13 Y).
- School transport
- Bus service available
- Location
- Al Quoz, Dubai
Open in Google Maps. KHDA records the community as Al Qouz Fourth.
- Contacting the school
- Ask us and we will ask them
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KHDA’s page for this school - every inspection report
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In context
Its mid-range fee is about 59 per cent above the median for Indian (CBSE/ICSE) schools in this guide (AED 17,471). It is one of 85 schools in this guide currently rated Good. As a CBSE school, its academic year runs April to March - plan relocation timing around this.
Worth comparing: GEMS Our Own Indian School (AED 7,209 to 14,696 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
Strengths the inspectors named:
- Good since 2018-19 - and a rating that undersells the report: KG and Primary attainment in English, mathematics and science all Very Good, with Very Good progress in Secondary too.
- Personal development Outstanding across all four phases - a uniformity very few Dubai schools achieve - with health, safety and safeguarding Outstanding in every phase as well.
- Management, staffing, facilities and resources earn a rare Outstanding; a PIRLS reading score of 610, well above the international benchmark.
- A stronger sense of happiness, safety and belonging than most schools at this price point - with 115 students on the SEND register supported through the person-centred ASDAN pathway.
What they asked the school to improve:
- The Middle school is the section inspectors show needing to catch up with KG, Primary and Secondary.
- Arabic remains at Acceptable against the improving profile - Islamic Education has now reached Good.
- Operating at under half its 3,000 capacity: room to grow, and a question about how quality holds as it does.
Inclusion (students of determination): Very Good - 115 students on the SEND register, supported through the ASDAN programme, person-centred qualifications preparing learners with special educational needs for adult life, alongside the mainstream CBSE pathway. Inspectors highlight ‘the inclusion centre with its dedicated team of qualified specialist educators who bring out the best in students of determination’ and efficient systems for identifying individual needs. Provision runs through the SAWA department covering students of determination, English-language learners and gifted students, with a named Inclusion Support Team including the Principal, Inclusion Lead, Inclusion Coordinator, section leads, special educators and both parent and teacher inclusion champions. The honest counterweight: inspectors describe gifted and talented provision as variable, with challenge for high-achieving students inconsistent. 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 do you handle children joining outside the April intake?
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Special educational needs? Read the inclusion guide before you visit.
What we don't know about this school
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- whether it is co-educational, boys or girls
- how many children are on roll
- its facilities - sports, arts, science, library
- published exam results or university destinations
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- the year it opened - the figure we held was wrong on every school we checked
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Other schools in Al Quoz
- Credence High School - Very Good, To be updated
- GEMS Our Own Indian School - Very Good, AED 7,209 to 14,696 a year
- Lycée Français Jean Mermoz - Very Good, To be updated
- Ambassador International Academy - Good, around AED 54,258 a year
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