List of Outstanding Schools in Dubai by The Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) for 2013/14.

The KHDA has released the latest school reports and 12 schools have been rated as outstanding.  If you are new to Dubai or have newborns and are looking for some schools to enrol your children, it would be good to start researching these top schools.

Places are extremely competitive at these schools so apply as soon as possible.

There were 141 schools that were inspected of which the 12 that have been listed as outstanding:

Kings’ Dubai

GEMS Wellington International School

Jumeirah College

Jumeirah English Speaking School

Dubai College

Jumeirah English Speaking School

GEMS Jumeirah Primary School

GEMS Dubai American Academy

GEMS Modern Academy

The Indian High School

Dubai English Speaking College

Horizons English School

Alison Turner, the head of Kings’ Dubai, notes that the school has maintained an outstanding rating since 2008 and has said: ‘We are very proud to be the only school in the emirates to have achieved the ‘outstanding’ rating every year since the inspections began six years ago.’

Some of the schools rated as Good that are popular with the expat community include, Star International, American School of Dubai, Jebel Ali Primary School and some of the French schools.