Sunmarke School
Very Good Jumeirah Village Triangle, 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 53,040 to 88,538 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
- Bus service available
- Location
- Jumeirah Village Triangle, Dubai
District-level pin for Jumeirah Village Triangle — 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 30 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: Kings School Nad Al Sheba (AED 43,264 to 96,232 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 third consecutive Very Good — ‘a very good quality of education with outstanding features’ in the inspectors’ words.
- Outstanding in every phase: health and safety including safeguarding, and students’ protection, care, guidance and support.
- Personal and social development and innovation skills Outstanding across the school; English attainment and progress Outstanding.
- Self-evaluation and improvement planning judged Outstanding, as are links with parents and the community.
What they asked the school to improve:
- Enhance reading for different purposes in Primary and lower Secondary — and encourage reading for pleasure.
- Ensure all new staff can interpret and apply standardised assessment information.
- Arabic and Islamic Education outcomes still trail the English-medium subjects.
Inclusion (students of determination): Very Good — delivered through the Achievement Centre, offering targeted support in language, maths, literacy, social and emotional mental health, and functional independence, with an alternative curriculum pathway at Key Stages 3 and 4 and new qualification routes at Post-16 that inspectors described as exemplary. The commercially significant fact: EAL and SEND support are included in the annual tuition fee rather than billed separately. Admissions are case-by-case, assessed against the school’s capacity to meet the individual child’s needs. 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.
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