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Al Hesn Private School Dubai
| School name |
Al Hesn Private School Dubai |
| Type of institute |
private school |
| Curriculum or Student Nationality |
UAE |
| Qualifications or Courses |
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| Head of school |
Aisha Beljafla (Principal or Vice-Principal) |
| Executive body or owner |
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| Date founded |
September 2003 |
| Number of students (approx) |
300 |
| Number of staff (approx) |
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| School location/area/map |
Al Muhaisna |
| Postal address |
PO Box 74979, Dubai, UAE |
| Telephone |
+971-4-2648844 |
| Fax |
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| Email |
family@al-hesn.com |
| Website |
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| School fees structure |
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| Teacher salary range |
see general comments |
| Student satisfaction rating |
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| Parent satisfaction rating |
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Teacher job satisfaction rating
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| KHDA school inspection report ratings |
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Al Hesn Private School (Al Hosn School) tuition fee structure and general information
- Fees information not supplied. Please send fee structure to education@dubaifaqs.com.
- School is Grade 2-9 only (KHDA information)? Or K-12 (other sources, and 2012 KHDA report)?
- Establishment date not confirmed.
- KHDA 2008-2009 inspection report was unsatisfactory. Follow-through inspection reports dated 26 May 2009, 18 Nov 2009, 21 Apr 2010, 08 Nov 2010, and 11 Apr 2011 were all unsatisfactory also, although the 4th and 5th follow through reports noted that some improvements had been made. KHDA 2011-2012 rating was unsatisfactory.
02 June 2012
- School telephone is still +971-4-2648844 (according to latest KHDA report)? Other KHDA information says telephone is +971-4-2641818 but that number also seen for the Modern Renaissance School (closed) and Uptown High School (also closed). UAE Yellow Pages has phone number +971-4-3439333. Fax number is +971-4-3438885 according to some sources, but not confirmed.
- Location given as Al Muhaisnah in 2012 KHDA report, Al Twar in some sources, and behind the Shangri-La Hotel on Sheikh Zayed Road in other sources.
- Website listed as www.al-hesn.com in some sources but not available when checked. Unknown if email address family@al-hesn.com still valid.
- Some sources list postal address as PO Box 92666, Dubai, but that appears to belong to Satal Contracting LLC in Dubai.
- Principal or Vice-Principal is Aisha Ali Saif Bel Jafla?
01 June 2012
- Gulf News reported that the 8 students who assaulted another students, have been expelled (Al Hesn Private School in Al Muhaisinah has decided to expel the eight pupils who allegedly beat up a grade five boy last month), although it wasn't clear why the Gulf News thought that, since they quoted the "vice-principal" (other information is that she is the Principal), Aisha Ali Saif Bel Jafla, as saying "The eight boys were not expelled from the school, but we have asked their parents to find other schools"
21 May 2012
- Gulf News reported that a nine-year old grade 5 student was allegedly assaulted by 8 senior students at the school. The report said that the father of the victim took him to hospital - A medical report issued by Rashid Hospital's Emergency Department has confirmed the injury was due to the alleged assault. The father also apparently filed a report at Al Ghusais police station.
- The principal of the school, Aisha Ali, was quoted as saying "I interrogated the boys who were involved in the fight and there was some misunderstanding that led to the fight. There have been issues with one of the boys involved. He is going through turmoil because his family is split, but nothing justifies such behaviour and we are trying to tackle it"
- On 20 May 2012, Emirates 24-7 referred to an Emarat Al Youm (Arabic newspaper) report, quoting the principal as saying "The school is witnessing violent events almost every day. Sometimes it is between the students and other times between pupils and teachers ... The school is suffering from staff shortage and the resources needed to control the situation…we call for police intervention to control the situation and put an end to the daily violence at school."
27 May 2009
- Also called Al Hosn School, or Al Hisn School?
- Principal is Mr Abdel Rahman Issa Ahmed.
- School telephone is +971-4-2648844 (according to KHDA report)?
- Number of students is about 800.
Schools in or near Al Muhaisna close to Al Hesn Private School Dubai
| School Name |
Founded | Tel |
Level |
Curriculum |
Qualifications |
School Fees |
Comments |
| Al Farooq Pakistani Islamic School |
| +971-4-2643848 |
K-10 |
Pakistan |
FBISE |
2,200-3,650 |
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| Deira Private School |
June 2009 | +971-4-2641595 |
primary |
UK |
NC |
22,000-30,000 |
DPS comments |
| Lycee Libanais Francophone Prive |
2003 | +971-4-2640800 |
K-12 |
French |
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17,400-25,000 |
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| Philadelphia Private School Dubai |
September 2006 | +971-4-2646202 |
K-12 |
Arabic / US |
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15,914-27,250 |
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| Russian School Dubai |
September 1996 | +971-4-2641515 |
K-12 |
Russian |
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4,400 |
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| The Indian Academy Dubai |
April 2012 | +971-4-2646746 |
K-12 |
Indian |
ICSE |
10,000-14,000 |
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Last update 05 June 2012
General Comments - might not apply to Al Hesn Private School Dubai
- Many popular schools are full for 2013-2014. New schools in Dubai might have places.
- Allow extra for books, extra-curricular activities, uniforms, trips, etc if not included in school fees.
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