Swiss International Scientific School

Very Good Healthcare City, Dubai · IB

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 68,868 to 114,268 a year
Varies by year group; confirm current fees with the school. 2026–27 fees are frozen by KHDA directive.
Curriculum: IB
Established: Founded 2015
School transport: Bus service available
Location: Healthcare City, Dubai
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District-level pin for Healthcare City — use the Google Maps link for the exact gate.

Link verified against a live domain, July 2026.

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 45 per cent above the median for IB schools in this guide (AED 63,000). It is one of 46 schools in this guide currently rated Very Good.

Worth comparing: Hartland International School (AED 48,781 to 92,803 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 with Outstanding features in 2023–24 — the full climb from an Acceptable debut, with every recommendation from the previous inspection implemented.
Outstanding judgements in curriculum design, safeguarding, management and community engagement; English, mathematics and science Very Good across all phases.
The bilingual promise verified: inspectors noted how well students listen, switch languages and build academic fluency — the UAE’s only fully bilingual IB continuum, with boarding from Grade 6.
Leadership praised as cohesive and ‘committed to the UAE’s priorities of inclusion, wellbeing, sustainability and academic excellence’.

What they asked the school to improve:

Ensure MYP students take greater responsibility for their own learning — collaborative work is at times dominated by one or two individuals.
Promote learning technology for research skills in PYP and MYP.
Learning support assistants’ roles could be strengthened to support classrooms more consistently.

Inclusion (students of determination): Very Good — inspectors record that ‘thorough procedures ensure the rapid initial identification of students of determination and those with gifts and talents’, with provision effectively modified in response to personal needs, individualised learning plans, ongoing teacher training, sensory spaces and a mobility-friendly campus. The school runs the UK ASDAN programme as a life-skills route alongside academic study and holds the Inclusion Quality Mark’s International Inclusive School award. Around 70 teaching assistants support a 1:10 ratio. Inspectors’ caveat: learning support assistants’ roles could be strengthened further. 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?

Special educational needs? Read the inclusion guide before you visit.

Work at this school? Correct or update this record — verified corrections are made promptly and logged publicly.

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