Jumeira Baccalaureate School
Very Good Jumeirah, Dubai · IB
- 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 43,325 to 91,840 a year
Varies by year group; confirm current fees with the school. 2026–27 fees are frozen by KHDA directive.
- Curriculum
- IB
- Established
- Founded 2011
- School transport
- No bus service listed
- Location
- Jumeirah, Dubai
District-level pin for Jumeirah — 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 in line with the median for IB schools in this guide (AED 63,000). It is one of 46 schools in this guide currently rated Very Good.
Worth comparing: Citizens School (AED 45,000 to 80,000 a year) — a lower-fee option in the same area; Dubai International Academy Al Barsha (AED 47,807 to 84,928 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 retained in the January 2024 inspection round, confirming the February 2023 result — students’ achievements good or better in all subjects, with Outstanding outcomes in Diploma English.
- An Outstanding curriculum in most areas, meeting the needs of almost all students including students of determination, with distinctive pathways such as the Francophone programme.
- Outstanding commitment to health, safety, child protection and care: CCTV, 24-hour security, systematically rehearsed evacuation drills, stringent risk assessments for external activities and strictly managed transport safety.
- Wellbeing Very Good and genuinely embedded — leaders gather comprehensive data, curriculum planning is customised to a range of wellbeing needs, and inclusion sits inside the school’s core mission statements.
- A full IB continuum from Pre-KG to Grade 12 including the Career-related Programme.
What they asked the school to improve:
- The Diploma profile is solid in the middle rather than top-heavy: around 74% of students scored 30 or more points in 2025 and 70% in 2024, while 40-plus scores have generally run between 3% and 5%.
- Inspectors noted that while many students interact productively in groups, some are reluctant to participate, and some are still building confidence in English — worth asking how quieter students are drawn in.
- Islamic Education, Arabic and English development is credited as improving, which is the same way of saying it was the area needing work.
Inclusion (students of determination): Inclusion is embedded in the school’s key mission statements, with well-developed policies and plans that successfully support students with complex needs, and a curriculum inspectors judged Outstanding in most areas for meeting the needs of almost all students including students of determination. The structural fact that underpins it: the school is genuinely non-selective, and its operator, Taaleem, led the drive to inclusive education in Dubai. That has a published trade-off worth understanding — a non-selective intake will not produce the highest average Diploma scores, and this school runs the full IB continuum including the Career-related Programme precisely so that students across the ability range have a route through. Judge it on whether your child would be supported, not on the cohort average. 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?
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Special educational needs? Read the inclusion guide before you visit.
Other schools in Jumeirah
- GEMS Jumeira Primary School — Outstanding, AED 44,200 to 55,714 a year
- Jumeirah English Speaking School — Outstanding, AED 54,131 to 65,098 a year
- Safa Community School — Outstanding, AED 54,437 to 89,440 a year
- Citizens School — Good, AED 45,000 to 80,000 a year
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