Opening 2025–26 · status verified

New schools opening in Dubai, 2025–2026

KHDA has 30-plus new school applications under review, and these openings are confirmed. New schools carry no inspection rating until they complete a full DSIB cycle, and several have not yet published fees — treat early fee talk as indicative.

• DESS Primary Academic City

  Academic City · British (NCfE) · Fees not listed — confirm with the school

  Not yet rated
• Dubai British School Mira

  Mira · British (NCfE) · Fees not listed — confirm with the school

  Not yet rated
• Lycée Français International Mudon

  Mudon · French · Fees not listed — confirm with the school

  Not yet rated
• Lycée Français Jean Mermoz South

  Hessa Street · French · AED 20,000 to 42,000 a year

  Not yet rated
• Victory Heights Primary School City of Arabia

  City of Arabia · British (NCfE) · Fees not listed — confirm with the school

  Not yet rated
• Harrow International School Dubai

  Jumeirah Village Circle · British (NCfE) · AED 80,000 to 100,000 a year

  Not yet rated
• Queen Elizabeth's School Dubai

  Dubai Sports City · British (NCfE) · Fees not yet published

  Not yet rated
• Rugby School Dubai

  Nad Al Sheba · British (NCfE) · Fees not yet published

  Not yet rated
• The Scholars School

  Al Quoz · British (NCfE) · Fees not yet published

  Not yet rated

Also worth knowing

Clarion School (Al Quoz) closes at the end of the 2025–26 academic year; its campus reopens as The Scholars School in August 2026. Kent College Dubai's former Nad Al Sheba campus is now Rugby School Dubai. If your shortlist included either name, revisit it.

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