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Questions & answers
Common questions about Dubai Scholars Private School, answered from KHDA inspection data:
What did KHDA inspectors highlight as this school's strengths?
According to the most recent KHDA inspection, this school's notable strengths include:
- Students' excellent personal and social development, their wellbeing and appreciation of their own and other cultures
- Very strong senior leaders and governors who ensure excellent partnerships with parents
- Improving standards of teaching, learning and students’ progress in the secondary and post-16 phases
- Very well organised day-to-day management of a community in which students feel safe and highly valued
What did KHDA say the school should improve?
KHDA inspectors recommended the school work on:
- Improve the consistency of teaching, particularly in FS and lower Primary by: o strengthening the capacities of leaders to enhance teachers' lesson planning and classroom management skills, o improving the identification and consistency of classroom support for students of determination, o ensuring that differentiated learning activities are informed by accurate assessment data, and implemented as early as possible in lessons, and o ensuring teachers consistently provide high-quality, diagnostic feedback to students when their work is assessed.
- Improve the effectiveness of leaders’ monitoring of teaching by: o prioritising the evaluation of the impact of teaching on students' progress and the development of their learning skills, and o ensuring that a significant focus is placed on the provision for, and progress of, students of determination in relation the learning targets in their individual education plans (IEPs).
How has this school's KHDA rating changed over time?
Across multiple inspection cycles, this school's KHDA rating has gone Acceptable → Good (2008 to 2023). See the full rating history above for year-by-year detail.
How does the school perform across different age groups?
KHDA rates each phase separately for attainment and progress in core subjects:
- Foundation Stage — english attainment: Good, mathematics attainment: Good, learning skills attainment: Good
- Primary — english attainment: Good, mathematics attainment: Very Good, learning skills attainment: Very Good
- Secondary — english attainment: Very Good, mathematics attainment: Very Good, learning skills attainment: Very Good
- Post 16 — english attainment: Very Good, mathematics attainment: Very Good, learning skills attainment: Very Good
How competitive is admission to Dubai Scholars Private School?
High Demand. Apply 12+ months ahead. Waitlist likely. Admission-difficulty score: 50/100.
How have fees at this school changed?
Looking at Grade 5 fees from 2011 to 2025 (KHDA open data), tuition has gone from AED 12,807 to AED 19,087 — a +49% change.
What is the student-to-teacher ratio?
This school's overall student-to-teacher ratio is 15.1:1 across 156 teachers (plus 25 teaching assistants).
Where is the school and what's the nearest metro?
Dubai Scholars Private School is in Al Qusais First, the area KHDA lists for it. It sits in a community of about 45,657 residents. The nearest Dubai Metro stop is Stadium on the Green Line, 420 m away.
Is the school accredited and what exams do students sit?
Accreditation: British Schools in the Middle East. External exams: IGCSE, A-Level.