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Kalba, UAE · est. 2002 · Private
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English Private School of Kalba has been running since 2002 in the town of Kalba - the east coast of the emirate of Sharjah, a separate town about a hundred kilometres from the city of Sharjah itself. The school is licensed by the UAE Ministry of Education and, as the ministry requires, teaches Arabic language, Arabic social studies and Islamic studies for Muslim pupils; teaching is in English on the British curriculum. The stages run from FS1 to Year 13 without a break: kindergarten, Cambridge Primary, KS3, KS4 with IGCSE examinations at the end of Year 11, and KS5, where Advanced Subsidiary examinations are sat at the end of Year 12 - the school states plainly that the boards are CIE and Pearson Edexcel. The most detailed part of the site is the medical provision: a clinic with a part-time Ministry of Health-licensed physician and three full-time registered nurses, first aid kits across the campus, a vaccination programme and growth and development checks. The child protection policy is published and built on four elements - prevention, protection, reconsideration and support - with a designated child protection lead and compulsory training for all staff.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $3 363–6 310 a year
12 350–23 175 AED
Programmes
Cambridge · Primary, IGCSE, A-Level
Languages of instruction
English
Registration fee
≈ $136
500 AED
About the fees The annual fee in UAE dirhams for 2025-2026: 12,350 for FS1, FS2 and Year 1, 14,895 for Years 2 and 3, 14,915 for Year 4, 14,920 for Year 5, 15,265 for Year 6, 15,290 for Year 7, 16,335 for Year 8, 16,855 for Year 9, 18,375 for Year 10, 22,040 for Year 11, 22,070 for Year 12 and 23,175 for Year 13. Uniform is charged separately: a full set of two normal and one PE set costs 420 dirhams, a normal set 270 and a PE set 150, plus 5 per cent VAT. The 500-dirham registration fee is non-refundable.
Admissions Admission is handled through a list of documents: two clear copies each of the birth certificate, the family register book for Emiratis, valid passports of pupil and parent, residency for non-Emiratis, Emirates IDs, a vaccination record, six photographs, a behaviour certificate, a continuous studying letter and the first-term report. From Year 3 to Year 10 the latest report card marked as passed is added; Year 11 requires the last two report cards; Year 12 requires the Year 10 report card, the Year 11 board results and separate Arabic and Islamic report cards; Year 13 requires the Year 12 board results and Arabic and Islamic report cards for Years 11 and 12. Documents from another curriculum or from abroad require an equivalency procedure. All certificates must be stamped and attested by the ministry. The 500-dirham registration fee is non-refundable.
Stages and year groups Grades FS1 to Year 13. The stages run right through: early years (FS1 and FS2), Cambridge Primary, then the secondary school with KS3, KS4 and KS5. IGCSE examinations are sat at the end of Year 11 and Advanced Subsidiary at the end of Year 12; the school names both boards, CIE and Pearson Edexcel. The secondary stage is described as a seamless progression from Cambridge Primary to KS3, KS4 and KS5, with subject combinations chosen to match a pupil's plans for university or a profession.
Address Al Mahatta, P.O. Box 17555
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · Primary, IGCSE, A-Level · authorised programmeschool is in an official registryconfirmed by a school document, by membership or by taking part in a networkclaimed by the school, no confirmation, not counted in the scoreGuide to all organisations → What stands behind each entry
CambridgeCambridge International Education
Part of the University of Cambridge. It allows a school to teach the Cambridge programmes and to enter pupils for the exams. There are four stages and they are authorised separately: primary, lower secondary, IGCSE and A Level. If the stages are known they are named in the line below; if that line is missing, the school does not publish them, and the Cambridge registry does not show stages either - it gives only the name of the centre, the country and whether private candidates are accepted. Cambridge calls what it does registration rather than accreditation, and the network holds about ten thousand schools.
What the badge means for this school. The school is allowed to run this programme and to award its certificate. This is a confirmation of the programme, not a judgement on the school as a whole. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it. At this school: Primary (ages 5-11), IGCSE (ages 14-16), A-Level (ages 16-18). Primary is the primary stage, ages 5 to 11: English, mathematics and science to Cambridge syllabuses. At the end of the stage a school may run the optional Checkpoint test, which is marked in Cambridge. IGCSE means exams at around Year 10 or 11, the British counterpart of a lower secondary leaving certificate. A-Level is the senior years, and their results are what British and many other universities admit on.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →Exams and destinations from the school's official website
The school publishes nothing about where its leavers go: no share going on to university, no exam results, no list of universities.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
·Sports hallnot stated on the website
✓Laboratories
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: The school's home page names three things: the Cambridge curriculum, advanced laboratories with a library, and the school clinic. Its subject departments are listed separately: mathematics, Arabic, science, English, national studies, ICT, art, physical education, kindergarten and Islamic studies. The "Facilities and Campus" and "Extra Curricular Activities" pages exist on the site but carry no text - only photo galleries.
Teaching staff
The school publishes neither the number of its teachers nor their qualifications.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
·CCTVnot stated on the website
·Security staffnot stated on the website
·Access controlnot stated on the website
✓Nurse or medical room
·Counsellornot stated on the website
✓Child protection policy
✓Staff training
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school clinic is well equipped and staffed by a part-time physician licensed by the Ministry of Health and three full-time registered nurses; first aid kits are placed across the campus. The clinic provides first aid and emergency care, detects early signs of health problems, assesses pupils' growth and development, runs the vaccination programme and health education for pupils, parents and staff, and keeps and submits records as the Ministry of Health requires. The child protection policy is published and built on the requirements of the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Education and the Child Protection Centre: safer recruitment, a designated child protection lead, compulsory regular training for all staff, procedures for passing on concerns up to the police, and support for pupils who have been harmed. The school names no counsellor and no security staff.
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)95 Community rating (16%)no dataparent reviews are needed: the criterion switches on at the fifth verified one Exams and destinations (12%) scored on disclosed data55 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data70 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data70 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data55 "Scored on disclosed data" stands where we count only what the school has written about itself on its own site: exams and destinations, safety and wellbeing, teaching staff, facilities, clubs and activities. A low score here means the school does not write about this, not that the school does not have it: a school with good security and a sparse site will score low. A school can fill in its profile, and the score will be counted again.
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