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Uptown International School

Very Good Mirdif, Dubai · IB

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: Outstanding

KHDA’s separate judgements for student wellbeing and for inclusion, from the same inspection.

Year groups
Early childhood (ages 0-1) to Grade 12

As registered with KHDA. Typical ages about 0 to 18.

Annual fees
AED 31,145 to 78,420 a year

Varies by year group. 2026-27 fees are frozen by KHDA directive.

Curriculum
IB

KHDA lists: International Baccalaureate.

School transport
Bus service available
Location
Mirdif, Dubai

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In context

Its mid-range fee is about 19 per cent below the median for IB schools in this guide (AED 67,582). It is one of 48 schools in this guide currently rated Very Good.

Worth comparing: GEMS Royal Dubai School (AED 40,252 to 61,410 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:

  • Very Good again in 2023-24 - held since 2016-17 across six inspections, the profile of a stable institution rather than one swinging between cycles.
  • Inclusion judged Outstanding - the school’s standout strength, with provision and support for students of determination named by inspectors alongside support for students learning English.
  • Curriculum quality a named strength, including the additional pathways offered within the IB Middle Years and Diploma programmes.
  • Strengthened strategic direction and measurable academic improvement, particularly in post-16 outcomes, under leadership appointed for that purpose.

What they asked the school to improve:

  • Six cycles at Very Good with Outstanding inclusion already banked - the open question is which academic standards must move for the school to reach Outstanding overall.

Inclusion (students of determination): Outstanding for both provision and outcomes - one of only a few schools in Dubai to hold the top rating on both halves of the inclusion judgement, supporting around 140 students of determination. Inspectors named provision for students of determination and for students learning English as a defining strength of the school. 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?

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

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  • the year it opened - the figure we held was wrong on every school we checked

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