The Winchester School
Very Good Jebel Ali, Dubai · British (NCfE)
- KHDA rating
- Very Good
High quality across the board, with minor areas to improve. 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
- FS1 to Year 13
As registered with KHDA. Typical ages about 3 to 18.
- Annual fees
- AED 14,950 to 33,352 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
- British (NCfE)
KHDA lists: UK (13 Y).
- School transport
- Bus service available
- Location
- Jebel Ali, Dubai
Open in Google Maps. KHDA records the community as Jabal Ali First.
- 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 54 per cent below the median for British (NCfE) schools in this guide (AED 52,500). It is one of 48 schools in this guide currently rated Very Good.
These comparisons are computed from the verified data in this register, not editorial opinion.
What the inspectors said
Strengths the inspectors named:
- Nine consecutive years at Very Good - after a climb from Acceptable that remains unique in Dubai - with 91% of 2023-24 judgements Very Good or Outstanding, 53% Outstanding.
- Science Outstanding in every single phase, as are personal and social development and curriculum design - a trifecta almost unheard of at AED 15,000-33,000 fees.
- English and mathematics Outstanding in FS and Post-16; teaching Outstanding in those phases too, with strong subject knowledge and engaging lessons.
- Around 400 students of determination - nearly one in ten - within one of Dubai’s largest British schools, with academic and BTEC vocational pathways side by side.
What they asked the school to improve:
- The predictable pressure point of a 4,300-student school: consistency of teaching and assessment across every classroom, not just the pockets of strength.
- A 1:18 ratio and teacher turnover that ran at 24% - above average - are the operational realities behind the value; ask how both are trending.
Inclusion (students of determination): Very Good - just over 400 students of determination, close to one in ten of a 4,300-student roll, which is genuine inclusion at scale rather than a token cohort, and one of a relatively limited number of schools to reach this rating. 49 teaching assistants provide additional classroom capacity specifically for students of determination in inclusive settings. Weigh it against the operational reality this register keeps publishing: a 1:18 teacher-to-student ratio and teacher turnover reported at around 24%, above the Dubai average - continuity of the adults who know your child is a fair thing to ask about. 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 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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- 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 Jebel Ali
- Delhi Private School - Very Good, To be updated
- Jebel Ali School - Very Good, To be updated
- Ghaf Private School - Acceptable, To be updated
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