World's Top Schools, Ranked.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

Secondary heir to Dubai's oldest British school, pairing a not-for-profit ethos with a Sixth Form spanning A Levels to vocational BTECs.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

Founded in 1966 by Dubai Petroleum, predating the UAE itself, this not-for-profit campus champions the AP Capstone diploma.

United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi

On Saadiyat Island, a nonprofit American campus lets seniors pick IB Diploma or AP -- a dual pathway rare in Abu Dhabi

United Arab Emirates · Al Barsha South

An all-through British curriculum in Al Barsha South that rose from Good to KHDA Outstanding without filtering for its brightest students.

United Arab Emirates · Emirates Hills

Launched the UAE's first full IB continuum in 2005, and the only Dubai school to win back its top KHDA rating after losing it

United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi

On Saadiyat's museum mile, sixth-formers debate round Harkness tables before choosing A-Levels or the IB Diploma

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

Secondary-only in Al Safa, holding Dubai's top inspection grade every year since 2010, with A-Levels ranked in the global top 1 percent.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

A 170-year London academic lineage transplanted to Sobha Hartland, where the IB Diploma average has topped the region

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

In Al Barsha South, this outpost of England's Brighton College turns a 'cool to care' culture into record-breaking A-level results.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

Where the CISCE curriculum and the IB Diploma share one campus, and the only Indian-curriculum school in Dubai rated Outstanding by KHDA.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

Juilliard-trained arts coaching and MIT-designed STEAM projects anchor this British-IB day school in Al Barsha South.

United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi

In Zayed City, Juilliard-shaped arts and MIT-linked science underpin an IB average of 34.1, well above the global norm.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

Tucked in Emirates Hills' villa lanes, a deliberately small-scale British day school that has held its top KHDA rating unbroken since 2017

United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi

A 450-year Derbyshire house tradition roots this Reem Island campus, where inter-house rivalry shapes a British curriculum education.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

Dubai's Very Good-rated French Baccalaureate school, delivering a bilingual French-English education for ages 3 to 18.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

Ten minutes from the Burj Khalifa, where maths and physics classes study the skyline as their textbook

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

A red-brick, doughnut-shaped campus in Al Barsha climbed from Good to Outstanding across four KHDA inspections.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

Independently owned in Jumeirah, where KHDA rates leadership, inclusion and curriculum design Outstanding despite the Very Good headline.

United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi

Sister school to England's Sunday Times School of the Decade, sending 59% of 2025 A-Level leavers into Russell Group universities.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

From underdog to top-rated in a decade, this Jumeirah Park campus built its identity on performing arts and tight-knit house spirit.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

Four centuries of Derbyshire heritage meet Nad Al Sheba boarding houses, backed by over a decade of top-tier KHDA inspections.

United Arab Emirates · Sharjah

Founded in 1974 by British bankers inside a Sharjah fort, this not-for-profit pioneer marked its 50th year with a time capsule.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

Set inside Dubai Silicon Oasis's tech park, this all-through school pairs IB and British pathways with a dedicated performing arts centre.

United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi

Where American Common Core meets IB inquiry, having pioneered the UAE's first IB Diploma classroom back in the 1990s

United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi

A purpose-built Al Reem Island campus pairs IB inquiry with England's National Curriculum, IGCSEs folded into the MYP.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

In Dubai Hills, swimmers train at a GEMS Centre of Excellence while KHDA inspectors mark the school just shy of the top band across the board.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

The only American-curriculum school in Dubai to hold KHDA's Outstanding rating in every inspection since 2011, running US diplomas alongside the IB.

United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi

Massachusetts Common Core meets Emirati heritage, holding the sole top ADEK rating among Abu Dhabi's American-curriculum schools.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

In Jumeirah Village Triangle, a slipstream primary-to-secondary model pairs LAMDA distinctions with Duke of Edinburgh expeditions.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

Dubai's first IB World School, still running the full four-programme continuum from Early Years to graduation.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

Near Dubai Marina, a dozen straight top-tier KHDA verdicts back a British curriculum school running parallel A-Level and IB Diploma sixth forms.

United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi

Opened as Brighton College's first campus outside Britain, now pioneering a University of Buckingham PGCE in Arabic teaching.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

A 500-year-old English house system takes root in Tilal Al Ghaf, backed by a first-inspection Very Good KHDA rating.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

One of Dubai's few schools to run the complete IB continuum, PYP to CP, across a 23-acre Al Barsha campus.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

Non-selective by design in Al Safa, where a rare grass playing field and a house-led Arts Day rival exam season for school pride.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

Rooted in 1977 as a school for Jebel Ali Port's workers' children, now an all-through Damac Hills campus with a top BSO inspection mark.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

One of just two UAE schools authorised for all four IB programmes, from Reggio-inspired nursery to Diploma finals.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

Anchored in Dubai's car-free Sustainable City, this full IB continuum campus turns bio-domes and solar power into daily lessons.

United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi's original full IB continuum campus, carrying students from PYP through Diploma since 2006.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

The largest Swiss school outside Switzerland, running a bilingual IB continuum along Dubai Creek in French or German.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

Near Meydan's racecourse, four qualification pathways -- French Bac, IB, AP and Cambridge -- converge under one bilingual roof.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

Rooted in Lebanese Francophone heritage, this trilingual lycee pairs rigorous French Baccalaureate study with a solar-powered Meydan campus.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

In Al Barsha South, an MIT-built AI curriculum and a Tommy Fleetwood golf programme pair with top KHDA marks for pupil wellbeing.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

Grown from a record-breaking 2016 launch into the UAE's largest National Curriculum for England school, now rated Very Good by the KHDA.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

In Dubailand, a bespoke Golf Centre of Excellence lets elite junior players train while still sitting GCSEs and A-levels

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

A rare dual-track sixth form pairs A-Levels with the IB Diploma, set within a Positive Education ethos in Jumeirah Village Triangle.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

Amid Jebel Ali's Gardens district, a CBSE stalwart pairs board-topping exam results with a house-system creed of service before self.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

In Dubai's Academic City, a Thuringia-curriculum campus channels German engineering spirit into STEM excellence en route to the Abitur.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

Tucked into Dubailand's Remraam quarter, this compact British day school pairs IGCSE rigor with a genuine BTEC vocational pathway.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

A Very Good-rated British day school in Mirdif, educating pupils from Early Years through an expanding Secondary phase.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

Founded a decade before the UAE itself, this CBSE pioneer has grown into the Gulf's largest Indian-curriculum community.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

In the shadow of the Burj Al Arab, a British day school posting four straight Very Good ratings and 100% university placement.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

Heir to the New York school that pioneered America's all-through IB diploma, its Dubai Sports City campus runs a student-led Spark Tank incubator.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

In Mirdif, one of Dubai's earliest IB continuum schools pairs a notably strong Emirati cohort with deep-rooted support for students of determination.

United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi

American Common Core curriculum meets the IB Diploma and AP pathways, framed by mandatory Arabic and Islamic studies.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

One of a handful of schools worldwide picked to pilot the IB Career-related Programme, now offering all four IB pathways in Dubai.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

Steps from the Burj Al Arab, a complete IB continuum runs alongside a rare BTEC vocational pathway few Dubai schools match

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

Emirates Hills' pioneer IB campus, where inspectors rate innovation and social responsibility skills Outstanding across every phase.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

Dubai's only day-boarding CBSE campus, blending GEMS-backed academics with Round Square's ethos of service and self-reliance.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

A not-for-profit Festival City campus where Grade 11 students choose between the IB Diploma and an AP-enriched US track

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

In Nad Al Sheba, a British-curriculum campus where Emirati pupils form the majority and garden classrooms anchor outdoor learning.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

One of Dubai's rare CISCE schools, offering a Humanities stream alongside Science and Commerce in the heart of Mankhool.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

In Jumeirah 1, a full IB continuum runs alongside a Francophone native-speaker stream unmatched elsewhere in Dubai.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

From Festival City, a not-for-profit campus threads the English curriculum into twin IB pathways -- Diploma and BTEC-linked Career routes.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

Tucked in The Greens, a British day school where Positive Education sits alongside GCSEs as core curriculum, not an add-on.

United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi

In Mussaffah, this Cambridge pilot school holds Abu Dhabi's top ADEK rating at a fraction of premium British-school fees.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

In Motor City, a working school farm and Forest School classrooms bring the British curriculum outdoors from Foundation Stage onward.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

British curriculum meets Gulf identity: houses named Dhow, Falcon, Khanjar and Camel anchor this Dubailand campus's decade-long climb to a Good rating.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

An Acer Showcase School in Mirdif, where AI-enhanced classrooms and STEAM+ labs anchor a British-curriculum community of eighty-plus nationalities.

United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi

From Reggio Emilia early years through IGCSEs to both the IB Diploma and Career-related routes, strong multiple pathways underpin this well regarded school.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

Steps from Dubai Creek's old quarter, this Baccalaureate campus weaves an American section into its French core.

United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi

Massachusetts Common Core meets a UAE Armed Forces leadership programme, forging Emirati identity into an American diploma.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

Named for aviation pioneer Jean Mermoz, this AEFE campus caps classes at 26 across trilingual French, English and Arabic tracks.

United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi

Tucked into Khalifa City's Al Raha Gardens, a STEAM-driven British curriculum has earned one of only nine ADEK Outstanding ratings city-wide.

United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi

Alberta's inquiry-based Program of Studies pairs with AP courses here, a rare Canadian-to-US pathway from a Khalifa City campus.

United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi

The only Aldar campus in Al Ain, blending the English National Curriculum with Duke of Edinburgh awards and Microsoft Showcase status.

United Arab Emirates · Sharjah

Founded by Sharjah's royal family in 1991, it runs separate boys' and girls' secondary campuses under a British Cambridge curriculum.

United Arab Emirates · Sharjah

On the Dubai-Sharjah border, Al Nahda's campus pairs affordable fees with a notably broad range of IGCSE and A-Level subjects.

United Arab Emirates · Sharjah

A 2005 government pact with the Australian state of Victoria seeded this Sharjah campus, its syllabus culminating in the IB Diploma.

United Arab Emirates · Sharjah

The UAE's only full Australian Curriculum school, pairing Queensland's QCE/ATAR pathway with deep Emirati cultural grounding since 2005.

United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi

Structured industry partnerships with the Louvre Abu Dhabi and Khalifa University run from nursery through sixth form.

United Arab Emirates · Sharjah

A flexible two- or three-year IGCSE pathway in Muwaileh gives Sharjah families room to pace their children's British education.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

Pairing California Common Core rigor with a dedicated Quran programme, this Nad Al Sheba campus is on a steady KHDA upswing

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

A historic Derbyshire name planted in Dubai Science Park, where Foundation Stage teaching earns top marks and first A-Levels land in 2026.

United Arab Emirates · Sharjah

The UAE's only CBSE school to earn SPEA's top rating, offering day-boarding in Sharjah's Muwailih zone.