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Delhi Private School - Sharjah - MuwailihIndian Curriculum, Subjects & Qualifications

Curriculum
Indian
SPEA
Very Good
Location
Sharjah, Muwailih
Fees
AED 11K - 15K
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Curriculum & Academics

Very Good
SPEA Inspection Rating (2022–23)
Improved from Good (2018); only 10 of 34 Indian curriculum schools in Sharjah hold this rating
Outstanding
English Achievement — All Phases
Confirmed by external ASSET, CBSE, and EARN benchmark data across KG to Grade 12
98%
Student Attendance Rate
Rated Outstanding by SPEA inspectors; above typical benchmarks for schools of this size
1:13
Student-to-Teacher Ratio
Matches the Sharjah city average of 13.6 students per teacher across 204 schools
5,249
Total Enrolled Students
One of the largest Indian curriculum schools in Sharjah, supported by 410 teachers and 33 teaching assistants
CBSE Pre-KG to Grade 12SPEA Very Good 2022STEM & AI FocusDigital Citizenship CurriculumGifted & Talented SupportSEN Inclusion Provision

Delhi Private School - Sharjah - Muwailih delivers the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) framework from Pre-KG through Grade 12, making it one of only two explicitly CBSE-affiliated schools in Sharjah according to the city index — a notably rare positioning in a market dominated by British curriculum providers. Affiliated with and recognised by the Department of Education, Government of NCT Delhi, the school draws its academic identity from its parent institution, Delhi Public School, New Delhi, widely regarded as one of India's premier school networks. Instruction is delivered entirely in English, with Arabic, Hindi, and French offered as additional languages across the school.

The school's most recent SPEA School Performance Review (November 2022) awarded an overall rating of Very Good — an improvement from its previous Good rating in 2018, and a result that places DPS Sharjah among the stronger performers within the Indian curriculum segment in Sharjah. Among Indian curriculum schools in the city, only 10 of 34 hold a Very Good rating, with just one reaching Outstanding, making this result a meaningful differentiator. The headline finding from 226 lesson observations conducted by a team of eight reviewers is the school's English achievement, rated Outstanding across all phases — from KG through Phase 4 — a distinction confirmed by external ASSET, CBSE, and EARN benchmark data. Mathematics and science attainment are rated Very Good across all phases, with ASSET and CBSE data corroborating very good to outstanding performance in science subjects. UAE social studies achievement is rated Very Good across Phases 2, 3, and 4.

Beyond core academics, the school's STEM education centres anchor a technology-forward curriculum that includes 3D Printing, Design Thinking, and Artificial Intelligence modules — the latter evidenced in inspection observations where Phase 4 students wrote algorithms for biometric systems. A Digital Citizenship Curriculum is embedded within the computer science syllabus for Grades 3 to 12, addressing online safety, cyberbullying, and digital literacy in a structured, age-appropriate sequence. Students make effective use of platforms including IXL, Kahoot, Gizmos, and Form across all phases. Student personal and social development was rated Outstanding across all phases, and student attendance stands at a 98% rate — both notable indicators of school culture and student engagement. The school also supports 43 students with special educational needs through an inclusion framework, with 33 teaching assistants deployed across the campus.

Two areas were formally flagged for improvement by SPEA reviewers. First, students' achievement in Arabic language and Islamic education remains at Good rather than Very Good, with inspectors noting a gap between the school's internal data and observed lesson quality — particularly in extended writing, reading comprehension, and deeper understanding of Islamic law. Second, support in lessons to accelerate the achievement of gifted and talented students was identified as insufficient, with higher-attaining students across multiple subjects not consistently making accelerated progress. These findings represent the clearest gaps relative to peer schools achieving Very Good or Outstanding ratings in the region. University destination data is not publicly disclosed on the school's website, which limits external benchmarking of post-18 outcomes — a gap that parents of older students should factor into their evaluation.