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Sharjah, UAE · Private
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Sharjah International Private School stands in the Al Qarain 5 district of Sharjah and runs two sections at once: a British one from FS1 to Year 13 and an Arabic one on the Ministry of Education curriculum from Grade 7 to Grade 12. The British stream follows the National Curriculum for England: KS3 in Years 7-9, KS4 in Years 10-11 with IGCSE examinations, and the sixth form in Years 12-13 with AS and A Level GCE. The school names its examination boards itself - Cambridge International Education and Edexcel - and sets mock examinations at the end of Year 10 and twice in Year 11. The Sharjah Private Education Authority has rated the school "GOOD". School life is built on a British house system: four houses - Champions, Gladiators, Challengers and Warriors - into one of which a child is placed on joining, for the rest of their time at the school, with family members joining the same house; the houses compete for a cup across academic, artistic, sporting and cultural events. Of its services the school publishes its medical team by name - two school nurses. There are plenty of clubs and they are named: karate, football, basketball, Model United Nations, debating, sustainability, an ECO club and robotics classes.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $2 466–8 133 a year
9 055–29 870 AED
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE, A-Level
Languages of instruction
English
About the fees The annual fee in UAE dirhams for 2026-2027, the approved tuition fee for the British section: 9,055 for FS1, FS2 and Year 1, 11,181 for Year 2, 11,183 for Year 3, 11,213 for Year 4, 13,452 for Year 5, 13,495 for Year 6, 13,642 for Year 7, 16,782 for Year 8, 16,817 for Year 9, 16,820 for Year 10, 23,230 for Year 11, 25,112 for Year 12 and 29,870 for Year 13. Books are charged separately - from 820 to 2,588 dirhams - and uniform at 480-600 dirhams plus 5 per cent VAT; the total without bus comes to 10,379-32,500 dirhams. In the Arabic ministry-curriculum section the fee is lower: 13,464-13,466 for Grades 7-9, 16,833 for Grade 10, 17,993 for Grade 11 and 19,089 dirhams for Grade 12. Fees are paid in three instalments, with books and uniform included in the first. Transport in three instalments: 4,800 dirhams for Sharjah and Ajman, 5,400 for Dubai and Al Dhaid.
Admissions Applications go through the admissions team and, in the school's words, the procedure is the same for everyone: application, documents, assessment. The school counts age requirements from the child's age at 31 August - as the Sharjah Private Education Authority requires - but does not publish the thresholds themselves in figures. Application forms are separated by stage: EYFS, primary, secondary and sixth form have their own; admissions policies are published as two documents, one for the British and one for the ministry curriculum. The school writes that its pupils come from close to fifty countries and that admission is open to children from schools where English is not the language of instruction.
Stages and year groups Grades FS1 to Year 13 in the British section; Grades 7-12 in the Arabic section. The British section runs right through: EYFS (FS1 and FS2), primary school in Years 2-6, Lower Secondary KS3 in Years 7-9 (ages 11-13), Middle Secondary KS4 in Years 10-11 (ages 14-15) with IGCSE option choices, and the sixth form KS5 in Years 12-13 (ages 16-17) with AS and A Level. The Arabic section on the Ministry of Education curriculum covers Grades 7 to 12. In KS4 English, mathematics, business studies, information technology and science are compulsory - either double award science or at least two single sciences - plus the ministry subjects: Arabic, Islamic studies, moral education and social studies. The day: FS and Year 1 are dropped off between 7:00 and 7:45 and collected between 12:30 and 13:30; primary and secondary pupils are dropped off at 7:00 and collected at 14:30.
Address Al Qarain 5, P.O. Box 25899
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · 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: IGCSE (ages 14-16), A-Level (ages 16-18). 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
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
·Librarynot stated on the website
·Cateringnot stated on the website
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: The school has a facilities page but it gives no list - only general words about "state-of-the-art" facilities. What the site does name specifically: technology provisions for learning, a Learning Zone, a medical room with two nurses, a bus fleet covering Sharjah, Ajman, Dubai and Al Dhaid, and robotics classes in which pupils design, build and program robots.
Clubs and activities (10): Karate · Football · Basketball · Model United Nations · Debating · Sustainable development · Eco club · Robotics · Public speaking · Academic societies
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 policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school's medical team is published by name: two school nurses who provide care and health checks through the school day, from minor injuries to wellness check-ups. Inclusion is described as adapting teaching methods and materials to different learning styles with additional support where needed. The school calls its four-house system the basis of its pastoral care. The school names no counsellor, no security staff, no CCTV and no published child protection policy.
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)85 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 data60 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data65 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 "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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