The ranking holds 51 schools with an international accreditation or an authorised programme. International Baccalaureate programmes are taught at 4 of them. The British Cambridge route, IGCSE and A-Level, at 18. A year of school costs from $2 466 to $20 542. A swimming pool on site is confirmed at 7.
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| Cheapest | $2 466 a year | Sharjah International Private School |
| Median | $8 414 a year | top of the fee range at 25 schools with a published fee |
| Most expensive | $20 542 a year | American Gulf School |
Figures are converted to dollars at a weekly rate; schools publish their fees in their own currency. One-off charges, meals, transport and uniform are not included unless the school says otherwise. Fees for schools in Sharjah are taken from published price lists, not from what third parties say.
47 of the 51 schools in the ranking are private. The other 4 are state schools, set out below. The type of school does not affect the score: private and state schools sit in one list and are scored by the same formula, and only verifiable data moves the number.
4 schools with an international accreditation are funded by the state: Applied Technology Schools - Sharjah, Secondary Model School For Boys, Zayed Educational Complex Secondary School - Al Qatah, Al Madam Girls School For Cycle 1 2 And Secondary Education. Admission to these schools is usually competitive, and tuition is free or markedly cheaper than at a private school. In the ranking they stand alongside private schools and are scored on the same nine criteria.
Schools in Sharjah with an IB programme (4): Emirates National Schools - Sharjah Campus, American Gulf School, German International School Sharjah, Victoria International School of Sharjah. 2 of them run the full three-stage cycle: PYP, MYP and DP. Authorisation is confirmed against the International Baccalaureate register.
The British Cambridge programme - IGCSE and A-Level - is taught at 18 schools in Sharjah: Wesgreen International School - Sharjah, The International School of Choueifat - Sharjah, Providence English Private School, Scholars International Academy, SABIS International School - Aljada, GEMS Cambridge International Private School - Sharjah, Sharjah English School, PACE British School, Brilliant International Private School, Al Amana Private School, Sharjah International Private School, GEMS Westminster School - Sharjah, Al Ma'arifa International Private School, Al Ansar International School, Rosary School Halwan, Al Mawahib British Private School, Rosary Private School, Muweilah, Sharjah British International School.
A facility counts only when the school names it outright on its own site: a modern campus is not a swimming pool. Swimming pool: 7 schools · School transport: 19 schools.
Comparing schools on a single feature is useless: the most expensive is not the best, and a famous name says nothing about what is backed by documents. The score is therefore built from nine criteria with different weights - from academic programmes and accreditation to facilities, clubs and fees relative to other schools in the country.
A criterion counts towards the score only when there is verifiable data behind it. That is why every score says how many of the nine criteria were counted: at schools in Sharjah that is 7.5 out of 9 on average. A school with a detailed site and a school with no site cannot earn an equally reliable score, and that is shown rather than hidden.
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Published fees run from $2 466 to $20 542 for a school year. The cheapest is Sharjah International Private School, the most expensive American Gulf School. The median for the senior stage is $8 414 a year. Fees are converted into dollars at a weekly rate; schools publish them in their own currency.
Emirates National Schools - Sharjah Campus comes first with 76.3 points out of 100, counted from 7 of the 9 criteria. Next come Wesgreen International School - Sharjah (75.0) and The International School of Choueifat - Sharjah (74.8). The score is built from data anyone can check: accreditations found in official registers, programmes, facilities and published fees. A place in the ranking is not for sale.
The ranking holds 51 schools: 47 private and 4 state (Applied Technology Schools - Sharjah, Secondary Model School For Boys, Zayed Educational Complex Secondary School - Al Qatah, Al Madam Girls School For Cycle 1 2 And Secondary Education). Private and state schools go into the ranking on equal terms.
International Baccalaureate programmes are taught at 4 schools: Emirates National Schools - Sharjah Campus, American Gulf School, German International School Sharjah, Victoria International School of Sharjah. 2 of them run the full three-stage cycle: PYP, MYP and DP.
IGCSE and A-Level are offered by 18 schools: Wesgreen International School - Sharjah, The International School of Choueifat - Sharjah, Providence English Private School, Scholars International Academy, SABIS International School - Aljada, GEMS Cambridge International Private School - Sharjah, Sharjah English School, PACE British School, Brilliant International Private School, Al Amana Private School, Sharjah International Private School, GEMS Westminster School - Sharjah, Al Ma'arifa International Private School, Al Ansar International School, Rosary School Halwan, Al Mawahib British Private School, Rosary Private School, Muweilah, Sharjah British International School.
The earliest intake starts at 3 years old. 2 schools have a preschool section.
The score of every school adds up from nine criteria with different weights: academic programmes, accreditation, facilities, clubs, the fee against other schools in the country, reviews, university destinations, safety and teachers. A criterion counts only when there is data behind it that can be checked, so every score says how many of the nine were counted. Right now that is 7.5 out of 9 on average. We do not use reviews from maps or directories.