Al Nibras International Private School
Executive Summary
Al Nibras International Private School provides a Good quality of education, as affirmed by its 2023-2024 KHDA inspection. The school has demonstrated significant improvements in its overall performance, largely attributed to the effective actions of its leaders. Strong partnerships with parents and the local community are a notable strength, fostering a supportive environment for learning.
Students' achievement levels range from acceptable to good across key subjects, with particular strengths observed in science across all phases and in Kindergarten outcomes for all three key subjects. The curriculum, based on American AERO standards, is regularly reviewed to ensure continuity and progression, incorporating cross-curricular links and connections to Emirati culture.
The quality of teaching is consistently Good across all phases, with teachers effectively utilizing technology and assessment data to engage students. Procedures for health, safety, and wellbeing are very effective, ensuring a secure and nurturing environment. The school is committed to further enhancing teaching consistency and personalized learning to elevate student attainment and progress.
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Al Nibras International Private School Overall Rating
Good
Dubai Focus Areas
These three pillars represent the Dubai education authority's priorities: ensuring inclusive practices, prioritizing student wellbeing, and meeting UAE National Agenda targets.
The school has a dedicated inclusion governor and has invested in learning support assistants and an English as an additional language teacher, leading to improved provision. Accurate identification of needs and regular individual educational plan reviews with parents contribute to students' progress. Curriculum adaptations and interventions foster independence and confidence. inclusion governorlearning support assistantsEAL teacherIEP reviews
Wellbeing is a priority that underpins the school’s ethos, climate, and culture, with leaders and teachers actively modeling good practices. A skilled and experienced student counsellor leads the wellbeing team, supported by comprehensive policies and data gathering. Students actively contribute to the wellbeing climate, organizing events and demonstrating high levels of digital diligence and maturity. student counsellorwellbeing teamdigital diligence
The school has shown good progression in PIRLS scores and improved MAP scores in mathematics, reading, language usage, and science. Leadership demonstrates a good understanding of benchmark assessment gaps, implementing appropriate action plans and curriculum adaptations. Reading literacy skills are at or above expectations for a majority of students, including Emirati students. PIRLS scoresMAP testsreading literacy skillsEmirati cohort
Key Highlights
Standout achievements identified by the inspection team that distinguish this school.
Improved Teaching Quality
The quality of teaching has improved significantly in the Elementary and High phases, contributing to better student outcomes.
Health, Safety & Wellbeing
The school has very effective procedures in place to ensure students’ health, safety, and overall wellbeing.
Strong Parent Partnerships
The school maintains strong partnerships with parents and the local community, fostering a supportive educational environment.
Student Personal Development
Students demonstrate strong personal development, including positive attitudes and improved outcomes in English.
Leadership-Driven Improvements
The actions of school leaders have led to significant improvements in the school’s overall performance and quality of education.
Academic Performance Breakdown
Students' achievement levels range from acceptable to good across key subjects, with specific strengths in science across all phases and in Kindergarten outcomes. Learning skills are consistently good across all phases.
Leadership & Management
Effectiveness of school governance, strategic planning, and leadership capacity to drive continuous improvement.
Leadership Approach
The principal and leaders have established a clear vision and mission, effectively shared with the school community. They demonstrate a strong understanding of the curriculum and have successfully addressed areas needing attention, fostering positive morale throughout the school. Their self-evaluation process is inclusive and leads to realistic improvement plans.
Inspection Findings
Students' Outcomes
Students' achievement levels range from acceptable to good across key subjects, with particular strengths in science and Kindergarten outcomes. Students are engaged in learning, collaborate effectively using technology, and apply their learning to the wider world, making connections between different areas of study.
Personal Development
Students exhibit positive attitudes towards learning and the school, with consistently good behavior in lessons. They demonstrate a secure understanding of Islamic values, UAE culture, and other world cultures, actively contributing to social and environmental initiatives through projects that positively impact the community.
Teaching Quality
The quality of teaching is good across all phases, with teachers providing ample opportunities for technology use and collaborative group work. Effective systems are in place for collecting and analyzing assessment data, which teachers utilize effectively in planning and delivering lessons, leading to improved feedback for students.
Protection & Care
The school has very effective procedures for ensuring the health and safety of students and staff, with well-maintained facilities and comprehensive records of drills and incidents. The quality of care and support for students is good, with effective systems for managing attendance and behavior, and positive, respectful relationships between teachers and students.
Areas for Development
- •Ensure greater consistency in the provision of high-quality teaching to raise students’ attainment and progress to good or better levels across the key subjects.
- •Ensure that students’ attendance rates are at least good in all phases.
- •Provide students with more opportunities to be innovative and independent learners.
- •Ensure that assessment data are used more effectively to modify the curriculum, personalize learning and meet the needs of all groups of students, including those of determination.
- •Improve students' reading literacy skills, especially in Elementary.
- •Strengthen the leadership and development of reading literacy across all subjects.
- •Create more opportunities for all students to engage in projects that develop independence and research skills.
- •Improve students’ literacy skills so that they can read and fully understand the Holy Qur’an and Noble Hadiths.
- •Improve independent learning skills and the use of learning technology to deepen students’ understanding of the divine revelation.
- •Improve students’ recitation skills.
- •Provide students with more opportunities to initiate discussions using standard Arabic.
- •Ensure that all students' language skills, particularly their speaking and independent writing abilities, are continuously improved in middle and high schools in particular.
- •Ensure that students write more extensively and creatively.
- •Require students to consistently use proper English conventions when writing.
- •Improve all aspects of students’ reading skills.
- •Improve the performances of the elementary and lower middle students on external benchmark tests.
- •Improve students’ reading literacy so they become more proficient mathematicians.
- •Provide greater challenge and more rigorous learning opportunities to maximize students’ potential and meet their individual needs.
- •Encourage students to take greater responsibility for initiating their own projects and conducting research.
- •Develop students’ creative, innovative and enterprising skills in lessons.
- •Extend opportunities for students to be involved in environmental campaigns.
- •Raise students’ awareness of a wider range of world cultures.
- •Improve the use of assessment data in lesson planning to ensure that learning activities provide levels of challenge that match the needs of all groups of students.
- •Improve teachers’ questioning skills to facilitate students' higher order thinking.
- •Prioritize the use of assessment data to meet the needs of all groups of students through more effective curriculum adaptations.
- •Enhance the risk assessments to swiftly report on potential safety hazards.
- •Broaden the range of interventions for students with gifts and talents to support their progress.
- •Offer more educational pathways to support students of determination in moving into further education or the world of work.
- •Ensure that teachers and LSAs collaborate to support the progress of students of determination.
- •Improve the tracking and monitoring of the progress made by students of determination.