JSS International School
Very Good Al Barsha, Dubai · Indian (CBSE/ICSE)
- KHDA rating
- Very Good
High quality across the board with minor areas to improve — often better value than Outstanding. Ratings are from the last full inspection cycle (2023–24).
- Annual fees
- AED 14,000 to 25,000 a year
Varies by year group; confirm current fees with the school. 2026–27 fees are frozen by KHDA directive.
- Curriculum
- Indian (CBSE/ICSE)
- Established
- Founded 2005
- School transport
- Bus service available
- Location
- Al Barsha, Dubai
District-level pin for Al Barsha — use the Google Maps link for the exact gate.
Link verified against a live domain, July 2026.
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In context
Its mid-range fee is about 30 per cent above the median for Indian (CBSE/ICSE) schools in this guide (AED 15,000). It is one of 46 schools in this guide currently rated Very Good. As a CBSE school, its academic year runs April to March — plan relocation timing around this.
Worth comparing: Woodlem Park School (AED 12,000 to 24,000 a year) — a lower-fee option in the same area; Delhi Private School (AED 10,000 to 17,000 a year) — a lower-fee school with the same Very Good rating and curriculum.
These comparisons are computed from the verified data in this register, not editorial opinion.
What the inspectors said
Paraphrased from the last full DSIB inspection (2023–24 cycle) and its published record — read the complete report on the official KHDA directory.
Strengths the inspectors named:
- Very Good since 2019–20 — one of only three CISCE-curriculum schools in Dubai, built the harder way through steady institutional growth.
- Outstanding personal development and Outstanding health and safety in every phase, with Outstanding curriculum design in KG and Secondary.
- Core subjects mostly Very Good and Outstanding in Secondary, with a PIRLS score of 593 above target — inspectors cite a ‘vibrant and attractive learning environment’.
- A settled institution: 2,996 students at a 1:11 ratio, the principal in post since 2019, and turnover long since stabilised from 30% to 8%.
What they asked the school to improve:
- Islamic Education and Arabic remain the improvement areas.
- Inspectors ask for a more tailored wellbeing programme, and note that personalisation of support could go further.
Inclusion (students of determination): Very Good — improved on the previous inspection, with 149 students of determination among 2,996 students, supported by 205 teachers, 18 teaching assistants and six guidance counsellors. The inclusion team, named ‘Ikigai’, operates across the whole school and includes the Principal, the Head of Inclusion, a designated Inclusion Governor, a teacher and a parent — a governance structure that puts a parent voice inside the team rather than outside it. Support covers both students with special educational needs and more able and gifted students, with specialist therapists involved. See the special educational needs guide for the questions to ask on a visit.
Inspector summaries are being added school by school as each report is read — 169 of 169 so far, dated per cycle, never invented. A school without a summary yet is unread, not unjudged.
Visit kit
Questions worth asking on a tour — tuned to this school’s rating and curriculum:
- Who leads inclusion here — and may we meet them before enrolling?
- How much staff turnover did you have last year, and why?
- What are actual class sizes this term — not the maximum?
- How and how often will I hear about my child’s progress?
- How long is the real waiting list for my child’s year group, and how does sibling priority work?
- How do you handle children joining outside the April intake?
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Special educational needs? Read the inclusion guide before you visit.
Other schools in Al Barsha
- GEMS Albarsha National School — Acceptable, AED 10,000 to 20,000 a year
- Repton Al Barsha — Very Good, AED 53,540 to 89,774 a year
- Nord Anglia International School Dubai — Outstanding, AED 69,625 to 105,288 a year
- Kings School Al Barsha — Outstanding, AED 54,000 to 98,000 a year
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