The Indian High School
Very Good Oud Metha, Dubai · Indian (CBSE/ICSE)
- 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 6,000 to 11,000 a year
Varies by year group; confirm current fees with the school. 2026–27 fees are frozen by KHDA directive.
- Curriculum
- Indian (CBSE/ICSE)
- Established
- Founded 1961
- School transport
- Bus service available
- Location
- Oud Metha, Dubai
District-level pin for Oud Metha — 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 43 per cent below the median for Indian (CBSE/ICSE) schools in this guide (AED 15,000). It is one of 46 schools in this guide currently rated Very Good. As a CBSE school, its academic year runs April to March — plan relocation timing around this.
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 for six consecutive inspection cycles, with Outstanding sub-ratings in science attainment, curriculum design, personal development and safeguarding.
- Improving performance in most subjects, with excellent relationships between teachers and students.
- A wide variety of extracurricular activity developing innovation and problem-solving.
- Inclusion a named strength — an inclusion champion leads a specialist team with early, accurate identification.
No separate improvement requirements are recorded in the published material we have verified for this school. That is a gap in our sourcing, not evidence that inspectors raised none — the full report on the KHDA directory is the place to check.
Inclusion (students of determination): Very Good — 220 students with additional learning needs at the 2023–24 inspection, in a school of over 5,300 with 317 teachers, 3 teaching assistants and eleven guidance counsellors on a 1:16 ratio. Inspectors record that the inclusion team works effectively to ensure early and accurate identification of the needs of students of determination, and that students of determination make good progress with personalised learning plans. Personal and social development is rated Outstanding. The value context matters here: fees run from roughly AED 5,525 in Grade 5 to AED 10,465 in Grade 12, which places this level of inclusion provision at the very bottom of the Dubai fee range. Note the structure — this is the Grades 5 to 12 campus, with KG to Grade 4 taught at the Garhoud branch, which holds a different rating. 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?
- How do you handle children joining outside the April intake?
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Special educational needs? Read the inclusion guide before you visit.
Other schools in Oud Metha
- Dubai English Speaking School — Outstanding, AED 43,084 to 53,320 a year
- Lycée Français International Pompidou — Outstanding, AED 35,000 to 65,000 a year
- Dubai English Speaking College — Outstanding, AED 84,325 to 90,633 a year
- Dubai Gem Private School — Good, Fees not listed — confirm with the school
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