Ignite School is a US curriculum school that opened in September 2018 in Al Warqa. The school's initial aim was to attract 500 students when it opened to Grade 5. In its fourth year of operation, Ignite School was open to Grade 8 with close to 700 students and by June 2023, the school had opened Grade 9 with student numbers over 1,000..
Prestigious British independent school North London Collegiate School (NLCS) opened in Dubai in September 2017, the brand’s first in the Middle East.
Opened in 2016 at its original Al Barsha campus, The American School of Creative Science, Nad Al Sheba, aims to nurture students towards "academic excellence with strong moral values to develop successful and contributing members of a global society.
JSS International School is a private co-educational through school located in Jumeirah Village Circle (between the Al Khail Road and Hessa Street) to which it relocated from its nearby Al Barsha site in 2017. The school was first established on March 2009 by the JSS Education Foundation and provides education for students between KG to Grade 12, or ages four to 17 years.
GEMS Metropole School Al Waha is expected to open to students in September 2023, offering the British curriculum. The new school – and the second to carry the Metropole brand - has been set up under the leadership of Naveed Iqbal, Principal of the original Metropole School located in Motor City.
Emirates National Schools (ENS) Dubai is the sixth branch of the ENS Group of schools. Although aimed predominantly at Emirati students, the schools also encourage students of other nationalities. The Dubai branch opened in September 2021.
Fifth Dimension Elementary School is a US curriculum school that opened at Nad al Sheba 4 in September 2021.
PACE Modern British School is a new UK curriculum school that has launched (somewhat late in our view) in time for the 2021-22 academic year in the Rashidya area of Dubai.
Lycée Libanais Francophone Privé – Meydan is a sister school to the long-established Lycée Libanais Francophone Privé in Muhaisnah.
The School of Modern Skills (also known as the Modern Skills Schools) is a US curriculum school located in the Muhaisnah area of Dubai.
Highgate Internation School is one of three schools currently operated by highly-regarded Taaleem in a joint venture with the Knowledge Fund and Dubai Executive Council.
GEMS World Academy Abu Dhabi was awarded a Very Good rating by ADEK in the 2021-22 inspections. It retains this rating for 2022-23.
Offering the US High School Diploma, Advanced Placement tests, as well as the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, Abu Dhabi International School must be considered one of the most flexible schools in terms of curricula in the Abu Dhabi. The Mohammed bin Zayed City branch is the second campus of Abu Dhabi International School and opened in 2015.
Abu Dhabi International School is located on Abu Dhabi Island in the traditional area of Al Rowdah. The school is one of the longer-established private schools in Abu Dhabi, having opened in 1992. It offers a US curriculum to high school at which point, from Grade 9, the school offers UK curriculum GCSE/IGCSE, and AS/A Levels.
Al Dhafra Private School, located in Mohammed bin Zayed City, is an established school that opened in 1983. Initially offering a combined US/UK curriculum, the school is now focusing on the US curriculum only.
