“The school feels like a real community. My children are known by name by their teachers, and the values they talk about at home - kindness, resilience - are actually lived in the classrooms.”
— Year 4 Parent(representative)“When my daughter was struggling in Year 3, the school reached out to us before we even noticed. The SENCO team was involved within days. That kind of responsiveness is rare.”
— Year 5 Parent(representative)ADEK inspectors note that while gifted and talented students are identified, the provision for these students is less well-developed than for students of determination. Some teachers do not use assessment data effectively to plan appropriately challenging lessons for the most able.
PISA 2022 results for 15-year-olds in reading (414.5), mathematics (427) and science (415.9) all fall below both school targets and international averages. ADEK recommends targeted strategies to address underperformance in analytical and problem-solving skills for secondary students.
| Phase | Year Groups | Annual Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Foundation Stage | FS1 | 38,900 |
| Foundation Stage | FS2 | 40,000 |
| Primary | Year 1 | 40,000 |
| Primary | Year 2 | 43,000 |
| Primary | Year 3 | 43,000 |
| Primary | Year 4 | 43,000 |
| Primary | Year 5 | 43,000 |
| Primary | Year 6 | 43,000 |
| Secondary | Year 7 | 46,000 |
| Secondary | Year 8 | 46,000 |
| Secondary | Year 9 | 46,000 |
| Secondary | Year 10 | 46,000 |
| Secondary | Year 11 | 46,000 |
| Sixth Form | Year 12 | 46,000 |
| Sixth Form | Year 13 | 46,000 |
Families - particularly UAE national and Arab families - seeking a genuinely caring, values-led British curriculum school at accessible fees, where pastoral care is Outstanding-rated and the school community is tight-knit and engaged.
Families with highly academic secondary-age students focused on elite university destinations, or those requiring an extensive gifted and talented programme - ARA is still developing these aspects and the PISA data for older students reflects this gap.
We looked at several schools in the area, but ARA felt different - more personal. Three years in, my son knows every teacher by name and genuinely loves going to school. That matters more to us than league tables.