Dubai, UAE · PrivateJumeira Baccalaureate School stands in Jumeirah 1, seven minutes from the centre of Dubai, on a site of about 33 thousand square metres, and belongs to the Taaleem group. The school runs all four International Baccalaureate programmes from pre-kindergarten to grade 12, so there is no need to move a child at the middle or the senior stage; the career-related CP runs together with the British BTEC level 3 qualification in business and with work placements in grades 11 and 12. Its pupils come from more than ninety-seven nationalities. The main feature, which almost nobody else in Dubai has, is a francophone programme for children whose first language is French: from pre-kindergarten to grade 5 they keep it at native level while staying in an English-medium school. Beside it runs a strong Arabic and Islamic part, which the school names as a merit of its own. On bullying the school works to the Finnish KiVa programme from the University of Turku, and it was the first school outside the United Kingdom to receive the quality mark of the Association for Character Education. The campus is spread over four buildings with swimming pools, rooftop courts, a padel court and a grass pitch of FIFA size.
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CIS · accreditationPearson · authorised programmeIB · PYP, MYP, DP, CP · authorised programmeTaaleem · school is part of the networkWhat stands behind each entry
It accredits international schools and is a paying association at the same time. It examines governance and ownership, the curriculum, teaching, student wellbeing, staff and premises; a team of volunteers from other CIS accredited schools visits the school. Membership and accreditation are different things here, and schools confuse them more often than anything else.
What the badge means for this school. The school has been through this organisation's accreditation. It was judged as a whole: governance, safeguarding, staff, premises, teaching. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →It gives a school approved centre status: that means Pearson exams can be sat in the school itself. What is checked is the premises, the equipment, the secure storage of papers and the presence of trained invigilators.
What the badge means for this school. The school can run Pearson exams on its own premises. The status says nothing about teaching, about results or about the school itself: any school able to run an exam securely holds it. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it. Which Pearson qualifications this school is approved for is not stated here.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →A Swiss non-profit, working since 1968. Its programmes are among the most widely recognised school programmes in the world. Authorisation is granted stage by stage, so a school with the final stage does not necessarily run the younger ones; which stages this school holds is set out in the line below.
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: PYP (ages 3-12), MYP (ages 11-16), DP (ages 16-19), CP (ages 16-19, with a vocational slant). PYP is the primary stage, ages 3 to 12. It is not a set of subjects but a frame for the whole school: learning is built around lines of inquiry, and there are no exams at the end. MYP is the middle stage, ages 11 to 16. There are no exams here either; at the end an optional electronic assessment of pupils' work is possible. DP is the final stage, ages 16 to 19: six subjects plus a compulsory core of theory of knowledge, an extended essay and CAS. The diploma is accepted by universities all over the world, and in a number of countries it counts for admission on the same footing as the local leaving certificate. CP is the final stage with a vocational slant, ages 16 to 19: some of the DP subjects plus an applied qualification. It is meant for those heading into a trade or an applied degree rather than an academic one.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →A British vocational qualification from Pearson: not an academic course with an exam at the end, but a programme of practical assignments in a particular trade, from engineering and business to art and sport.
What this means for this school. Teaching and assessment work differently from A-level: instead of written exams there is a run of practical assignments marked by the school, while Pearson checks the school itself and samples the work. British universities do accept BTEC, but not all of them and not for every course: level 3 carries the same UCAS points as A-level, and that is what a family aiming at a particular university should look at. For a child who needs the classic academic route, BTEC is not a replacement for A-level but a different path.
Taaleem is a UAE school operator; on 25 Sep 2026 its site taaleem.ae shows counters «36 Schools across the UAE», «42,271 Students», «34 Nurseries» and «4,152 Employees». Figures inside the site disagree: against those thirty-six, the About us page lists seventeen items - five Dubai British School campuses, Jebel Ali School, Jumeira Baccalaureate School, Greenfield International School, both Raha International School campuses, Uptown International School, American Academy for Girls, three Dubai Schools, Lycee Libanais Francophone Prive Meydan and a line reading «Charter Schools» - and gives no total at all. On ownership the site speaks corporately: «The holding company, Madaares Private Joint Stock Company (PJSC), owns 100% of Taaleem PJSC and Taaleem Management LLC», and it describes its own business as «investment in the development and operation of K-12 schools». Which schools it owns and which it runs under contract the site does not break down; for Dubai Schools that is stated on their own site - «All schools are operated by Taaleem».
What this means for this school. The network owns or operates the school. Its accreditation and programme authorisation the school obtains separately, in its own name.