KHDA Dubai school inspection reports 2008-2009

Monday 20 May 2013 (UAE)

List of DSIB KHDA inspection reports for Dubai schools 2008-2009

The Dubai School Inspections Bureau (DSIB) is the school inspection department of the KHDA (Knowledge and Human Development Authority of Dubai). The first KHDA school rankings were carried out during the 2008-2009 academic year, and published in April and May 2009. A list of schools with KHDA report ratings is below.

First set of school inspections carried out in a total of 69 schools in Dubai (24 public schools and 45 private schools) from October to December 2008, released on 02 April 2009.
The second set of inspections for another 120 schools were released 16 May 2009
Inspections for another 31 Indian, Pakistani, and Iranian schools were not carried out during the 2008-2009 academic year.
There are about 220 schools in Dubai - both private and government.
KHDA website has individual school report summaries available as a pdf download of about 3-4 pages, most of which is background information to the inspection process. The schools received a complete report for internal use.
Full reports were made available for the 2009-2010 round of inspections.

Number of schools	unsatisfactory	acceptable	good	outstanding
02 April 2009	6	34	25	4
16 May 2009	14	63	41	0
Total as of 16 May 2009	22	97	66	4

Public (government) schools	5	43	32	0
Private schools	17	54	34	4
Total as of 16 May 2009	22	97	66	4

Dubai schools with KHDA Outstanding ratings 2008-2009

School	KHDA rating	Dubaifaqs satisfaction rating
		02 April 2009			16 May 2009
		Students	Parents	Teachers	Students	Parents	Teachers
JESS Arabian Ranches	Outstanding
Jumeirah College	Outstanding
Jumeirah English Speaking School	Outstanding
Kings Dubai*	Outstanding

*Kings Dubai ratings for 02 April 2009 from very few votes on Dubaifaqs and should not be assumed to be very representative.

Dubai schools with KHDA Good ratings (02 April 2009 and 16 May 2009 reports)

Second row of table is for Indian and Pakistani schools in Dubai with KHDA results released 17 February 2010 (there were none with an "Outstanding" rating).

Al Anwaar Kindergarten Al Bara'ah Kindergarten Al Dhahrah Primary & High School Al Ittihad School Al Mamzar Al Ittihad School - Jumeirah Al Lesaili Primary & High School Al Manhal Kindergarten Al Nukhbah Model School Al Qeyam Model School Al Rabeea Kindergarten Al Raya High School Al Saadah Girls Primary School Al Safa Private School Al Salam Private School Al Shurooq Kindergarten Al Sufooh High School Al Thani Girls Primary School Al Waha Primary & High School	Al Wasl Girls Primary School Al-Mizhar American Academy American School of Dubai Amna Bint Wahab School Asma Bint Al Numan High School Childhood Development Center (KG) Dar Al Marefa Private School Dubai American Academy Dubai Carmel School Dubai College Dubai English Speaking College Dubai English Speaking School Dubai High School - Boys Dubai National School - Al Barsha Dubai National School - Al Twar	GEMS Jumeirah Primary School GEMS Wellington International School GEMS Wellington Primary School German International School Ghurnatah Girls Primary School Greenfield Community School Hind Bin Maktoum Girls School Horizon English School Japanese School in Dubai Jebel Ali Primary School Jumeirah Model School Lycee Francais International Lycee Georges Pompidou High School Lycee Libanais Francophone Prive Mohammed Bin Rashid Boys School Nad Al Hamar School	Omar Bin Al Khattab Model School Queen International School Qurtobah Girls Primary School Raffles School (South Campus) Repton School Dubai Russian Private School Salma Al Ansaria Girls School St Mary's Catholic High School Star International School Mirdif Sultan Al Owais Boys Primary School The English College The Choueifat School Dubai The Religious Education Institute Um Suqeim Girls Primary School Uptown School Zabeel High School Zayed Bin Sultan Boys School
Delhi Private School Dubai Dubai Modern High School	OOEHS Dubai Rajagiri International School	The Indian High School The Indian High School branch	The Millenium School

Dubai schools with KHDA Acceptable ratings (02 April 2009 and 16 May 2009 reports)

Abu Hanifa Boys Primary School Ahmad Bin Sulaim Boys School Ahmed Bin Rashid Primary School Al Ahmadeyah Boys School Al Alfeyah Primary School - Girls Al Aqsaa Primary School - Boys Al Arqam Private School Al Athbah Girls Primary School Al Aweer Primary School Al Basateen Kindergarten Al Diyafah High School Al Ebdaa Model School Al Edrisi Boys Primary School Al Eman Private School Al Fadeelah Kindergarten Al Fardoos Kindergarten Al Hekmah Kindergarten Al Huda Kindergarten Al Jahidh Boys Primary School Al Khaleej National School Al Khansaa Girls Primary School Al Khulood Kindergarten Al Kuwait Primary School - Girls Al Maaref High School - Boys Al Mawakeb School - Al Barsha Al Mawakeb School - Al Garhoud	Al Mizhar Primary School - Girls Al Mohallab Boys Primary School Al Mohallab Primary School - Boys Al Nada Kindergarten Al Nahda Primary School - Girls Al Rashid Al Saleh Private School Al Razi Primary School - Boys Al Sadiq Islamic English School Al Saeedeya Boys Primary School Al Safa High School - Boys Al Shaab Primary School for Boys Al Shaarawi High School Al Shafie Primary School - Boys Al Thuraya Private School Al Wahidah High School for Boys American International School Anisah Al Ansariah Primary - Girls Apple International School Badr Primary School for Boys Bilal Bin Rabah Primary School - Boys Cambridge International School Deira International School Dubai British School Dubai Gem Private School	Dubai Infants School Dubai International Academy Dubai International School Garhoud Dubai International School - Al Quoz Dubai Modern Education School Dubai Police Kindergarten Bur Dubai Dubai Police Kindergarten - Deira Dubai Scholars Private School Emirates International School Jumeirah Emirates International School Meadows English Medium School Dubai GEMS Royal Dubai School GEMS World Academy Greenwood International School Hamdan Bin Rashid High School Hatta Primary School - Boys Hessa Bint Al Mer Primary School - Girls International Academic School International School of Arts and Sciences Islamic School for Education Khadija Bind Khuwailed Girls School Latifa Bint Hamdan Girls School Lycee Georges Pompidou (Primary)	Mariyah Al Qubtiyah High School National Charity School New Academy School New Arab Unity School New World Private School Nibras International School Otbah Bin Azwaan Boys Primary School Philadelphia Private School Pristine Private School Raffles School West Campus Rashid Bin Saeed School Regent International School Sakina Bint Al Hussain School Sarah Primary School for Girls School Of Modern Skills Sharjah American International School Star International School Umm Al Sheif The City School International The Private Religious Institute The School of Research Science The Sheffield Private School The Universal American School The Westminster School The Winchester School Uptown High School
Crescent English School Emirates English Speaking School Gulf Indian High School	Gulf Model School New Indian Model School Our Own High School Dubai	Our Own Indian School Dubai The Central School The Elite English School	The Kindergarten Starters Sheikh Rashid Al Maktoum Pakistani School

Dubai schools with KHDA Unsatisfactory ratings

School	KHDA rating	Dubaifaqs satisfaction rating
		02 April 2009			16 May 2009
		Students	Parents	Teachers	Students	Parents	Teachers
Al Ameen Private School	Unsatisfactory
Al Basateen Kindergarten - Hatta	Unsatisfactory
Al Falah Model Private School	Unsatisfactory
Al Hesn Private School	Unsatisfactory
Al Hudaibah Girls Primary School	Unsatisfactory
Al Khulafaa Al Rashideen Primary Boys School	Unsatisfactory
Al Maaref Private School	Unsatisfactory
Al Maktoum Boys School - Cycle 2	Unsatisfactory
Al Shorouq Private School	Unsatisfactory
Al Watan Al Arabi School	Unsatisfactory
Arab Unity School	Unsatisfactory
Deans International School	Unsatisfactory
Dubai American Scientific School	Unsatisfactory
Dubai Arab American Private School	Unsatisfactory
Dubai First School	Unsatisfactory
Dubai Grammar School	Unsatisfactory
European School of Dubai	Unsatisfactory
Mirdif Private School	Unsatisfactory
Mohammed Noor Boys Primary School	Unsatisfactory
Star International School Al Twar	Unsatisfactory
The Oxford School	Unsatisfactory
United International Private School	Unsatisfactory
Indian and Pakistani schools		17 February 2010
Al Majid Indian School	Unsatisfactory
Buds Public School	Unsatisfactory
Little Flower Indian School Dubai	Unsatisfactory
Al Farooq Pakistani School	Unsatisfactory
Pakistan Education Academy	Unsatisfactory

Dubai school inspections comments for 2008-2009

Note that it is not unusual to see major discrepancies between the KHDA ratings, and the Dubai school ratings on the information pages here. For example, half of the KHDA "unsatisfactory" schools are rated by students, parents and teachers as better than the KHDA "outstanding" Jumeirah College. The KHDA ratings are determined by inspectors, while the Dubaifaqs ratings are determined by students, parents and teachers. All 4 groups have different measurement criteria and influences. What conclusions can you draw from the disparity between Dubaifaqs satisfaction ratings and the KHDA ratings? Well, for one, bear in mind that voting on Dubaifaqs is a bit of a free for all, so any ratings that just don't look right, probably aren't. And it might be reasonable to conclude that the KHDA ratings indicate that the DubaiFAQs ratings are nonsense and should be ignored. But tell us what you think. Add a comment to the KHDA school inspection topic.

KHDA and school fee increases in Dubai

Up until 2009, schools in Dubai were limited to a 16% increase in school fees every 2 years. Sometimes exceptions were made for schools moving to new premises, for example the Dubai Modern High School in March 2009. Other schools may choose to forego the right to a fees increase in lieu of no rent increase on the land on which they are situated. This table lists the annual (not biennial) fees increase for 2009-2010 permitted by the KHDA depending on the school rating for 2008-2009. In 2010 though, the KHDA said schools should not increase fees unless there were exceptional circumstances.

Rating	unsatisfactory	acceptable	good	outstanding
Annual fees increase	7%	9%	12%	15%

Parent satisfaction survey Dubai Schools

The KHDA released results on 12 May 2009 of a survey of Dubai parents and their satisfaction with Dubai schools, or what they thought their children thought (why the KHDA didn't survey the students is unknown), based on rating 16 statements such as "My child enjoys being at school", "My child is treated fairly in the school". There were 30,000 parents surveyed of which 22,000 replied. About 90%-95% of them thought their children enjoyed being at school and were receiving a good education, which seems to jar somewhat with the parent satisfaction ratings seen for Dubai schools. The complete results were not made available by the KHDA, just a summary in a press release.

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