Elite Private SchoolPrincipal & Leadership TeamLast Updated: April 7, 2026

Elite Private School is led by Principal Sirin Darmoch Nasrini, who was only a few weeks into post at the time of the October 2025 ADEK inspection. The senior leadership team has also seen several recent changes, with Vice Principals Abbas Abdulsamad and Agatha Schmidt named alongside the new principal. Inspectors noted that the new SLT has made a positive start, initiating several new best practices, though the full impact on student outcomes is yet to be realised. Parents should weigh this leadership transition carefully: the school has maintained a Good overall ADEK rating across its last two inspection cycles (2021–22 and 2024–25), having improved from Acceptable in 2018–19, which signals a genuine upward trajectory — but continuity of the current team will be important to sustaining that momentum.

The 2024–25 ADEK inspection rated the effectiveness of leadership as Good and governance as Good, with the owner and Board having made several recent changes to increase stakeholder influence and strengthen the SLT. Management, staffing, facilities and resources were rated Very Good — a meaningful distinction — with inspectors confirming that the school is fully staffed with qualified teachers. No specific staff qualification percentages or individual teacher credential data are published in the available sources. [MISSING: percentage of staff holding postgraduate or Masters-level qualifications]. With 1,717 students on roll and 115 teachers, EPS has a calculated student-teacher ratio of approximately 1:15, which sits above the Abu Dhabi city average of 1:13.6 across all curriculum types — meaning slightly larger classes than the city norm, though still within a broadly manageable range for an American curriculum school of this size.

Teaching quality across the school is rated Good across all four cycles in both teaching for effective learning and assessment. Inspectors highlighted particular strength in mathematics and science, where effective strategies and subject expertise were noted as models that could be shared more widely. The inspection also acknowledged that inquiry-based learning is not yet consistently embedded across the school, and that using assessment data more effectively to personalise learning remains a key development priority. Under the new principal's leadership, assessment procedures have already been reviewed to ensure better alignment with MAP data — a promising early signal.

The school's community and parent engagement picture is one of its clearest strengths. Parents and community partnership was rated Very Good by ADEK inspectors — the highest sub-rating in the leadership domain. EPS maintains a very active parents' group, with parents consulted and represented directly on the Governing Board. Regular communication flows through the Edunation platform, and parents participate in Reading Days, Book Fairs, and the My Family Story project. The school's vision — to prepare globally minded future leaders while honouring UAE values — is articulated clearly in the principal's message and is reflected in the inspection finding that students demonstrate strong respect for UAE national identity. Founded in 1992, EPS carries over three decades of community trust, and its accreditations from Cognia and the American International Accreditation Association (AIAA) provide additional external validation of its educational standards.