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Questions & Answers
Common questions about GEMS Founders School Mizhar, 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' very strong personal and social development and their innovation skills
- The outstanding day-to-day school management providing a safe, and happy community
- Consistently good and improving standards of achievement
- Comprehensive and highly accurate approaches to school self-evaluation and improvement planning
What did KHDA say the school should improve?
KHDA inspectors recommended the school work on:
- Embed recent improvements in Islamic Education and Arabic so that standards of teaching, learning
- Develop further differentiated planning of learning to personalise provision more effectively for
- Improve further students’ learning skills to optimise their achievements by:
- Raise students’ reading assessment outcomes further by embedding the recent improvement initiatives, with a
How has this school's KHDA rating changed over time?
Across multiple inspection cycles, this school's KHDA rating has gone First Inspection 2021-2022 → Good (2016 to 2022). 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, learning skills attainment: Good
- Primary — english attainment: Good, learning skills attainment: Good
- Secondary — english attainment: Good, learning skills attainment: Good
- Post 16 — english attainment: Good, learning skills attainment: Good
How competitive is admission to GEMS Founders School Mizhar?
High Demand. Apply 12+ months ahead. Waitlist likely. Admission-difficulty score: 47/100.
How have fees at this school changed?
Looking at Year 6 fees from 2018 to 2024 (KHDA open data), tuition has gone from AED 28,000 to AED 29,590 — a +6% change.
What is the student-to-teacher ratio?
This school's overall student-to-teacher ratio is 17.3:1 across 232 teachers (plus 53 teaching assistants).
Where is the school and what's the nearest metro?
Located in AL MIZHAR FIRST (المزهر الأولى), a community of 16,552 residents. The nearest Dubai Metro stop is Etisalat on the Green Line, 5.2 km away.
Is the school accredited and what exams do students sit?
Accreditation: BSME, BSO. External exams: GCSE, AS Level, A Level, BTEC.