JSS International School, Dubai
KHDA Inspection Report & Ratings 2019
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Executive Summary
JSS International School L.L.C has achieved an overall rating of Very Good for the 2023-2024 academic year. The school is recognized for its strong leadership, purposeful learning culture, and commitment to fostering an inclusive environment.
Students demonstrate Outstanding personal and social development across all phases, showing enthusiasm, mutual support, and a deep appreciation for UAE heritage and cultures. Academic attainment is mostly Very Good in English, Mathematics, and Science, reaching Outstanding in the secondary phase, although improvements are still needed in Islamic Education and Arabic.
The school's Indian curriculum is creatively designed and regularly reviewed, supporting holistic student development. Effective teaching practices, particularly in KG, middle, and secondary phases, contribute to very good or better progress in most curriculum areas, with a strong focus on student wellbeing and safeguarding.
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JSS International School L.L.C Overall Rating
Very Good for 3+ consecutive years
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.
JSS International School provides very good support for students of determination, enhanced by specialists like speech and language therapists. A well-qualified inclusion team effectively manages additional needs, working closely with parents to develop individualized education plans. The school ensures an inclusive environment with differentiated tasks and alternative pathways, though personalization could be further improved. students of determinationindividual education plans
Wellbeing is a school priority, with a new committee improving the curriculum and integrating wellbeing into all aspects of school life for staff, students, and parents. Students are actively involved, confident in seeking support, and engage in extensive wellbeing activities. However, a more tailored program is needed for students with the most complex needs. wellbeing committeestudent welfare association
The school has achieved very good standards in the National Agenda Parameter, exceeding its PIRLS target and sustaining outstanding judgments in benchmark assessments for English, Mathematics, and Science. Senior leaders rigorously analyze assessment outcomes to create action plans, but a whole-school framework is needed to systematically improve reading literacy. PIRLSbenchmark assessmentsreading literacy
Key Highlights
Standout achievements identified by the inspection team that distinguish this school.
Student Attitudes & Community
Students demonstrate outstanding attitudes to learning, enthusiasm, and make significant contributions to the community.
Learning Environment & Safety
The school offers a vibrant and attractive learning environment with excellent care given to keeping students safe.
Effective Leadership & Partnerships
Very effective leadership creates an inclusive, caring environment and fosters very strong partnerships with parents.
Secondary Academic Excellence
Secondary students show outstanding learning skills and achieve excellent results in mathematics and science.
Academic Performance Breakdown
Across all phases, students' learning skills are consistently developed, with KG and Secondary phases showing outstanding learning skills, while Primary and Middle phases are very good.
Leadership & Management
Effectiveness of school governance, strategic planning, and leadership capacity to drive continuous improvement.
Leadership Approach
The strong leadership team, led by a very good principal, fosters an inclusive school environment with a purposeful learning culture. They prioritize student wellbeing in all decisions and maintain professional, productive relationships and communication with all stakeholders.
Inspection Findings
Students' Outcomes
Students in KG make very good progress, while in other phases, strong learning skills lead to mostly very good attainment in English, Mathematics, and Science, reaching outstanding in Secondary. However, improvements in Islamic Education and Arabic outcomes have not been secured.
Personal Development
Students across all phases demonstrate outstanding personal and social development, characterized by enthusiasm, mutual support, and a clear appreciation of UAE heritage and cultures. They exhibit excellent behavior, self-discipline, and a strong commitment to healthy lifestyles, with outstanding attendance.
Teaching Quality
Teaching in KG, middle, and secondary phases generally encourages high-quality learning and progress, with open-ended questions and critical thinking. However, teaching in the primary phase has lower expectations and challenges, and the use of assessment data to inform learning strategies is inconsistent across some subjects and phases.
Protection & Care
The school has robust policies and procedures for welfare, health, and safety, with all staff trained in child protection. Excellent premises and facilities promote an inclusive environment, and students receive very good care and support, including close monitoring of wellbeing and guidance from skilled counsellors.
Areas for Development
- •Build on the very good start in KG to establish a whole school approach to reading literacy.
- •Raise students’ achievements in Islamic Education and Arabic.
- •Ensure that there is a whole school framework for reading literacy which can accurately identify starting points and future development for individual students.
- •Ensure that students with the most complex needs have a carefully devised wellbeing programme.
- •Raise teachers’ expectations and the level of challenge on learning tasks and examinations in Islamic Education.
- •Increase the opportunities for students to prepare their own projects about the values and etiquette of Islam.
- •Extend students’ skills in reading Arabic and their knowledge of grammar and its application when writing.
- •Increase the opportunities for students to read English resources independently across the school.
- •Ensure that all work in Mathematics is carefully marked with comments to enhance the progress made by students and that daily assessment outcomes inform students’ next steps in learning.
- •Provide students with more activities and experiments that deal with data analysis and interpretation in Science.
- •Provide opportunities for critical thinking, problem-solving and independent learning in all lessons, and appropriate challenge for the most able students.
- •Ensure that all teachers provide appropriately challenging work for their students and more frequent opportunities for students to work independently.
- •Ensure that the assessments of students’ learning in lessons is accurate and comprehensive, and effectively informs future learning activities.
- •Incorporate appropriate modifications into lesson plans, so that teaching allows students of all abilities to make the appropriate progress.
- •Ensure that the gifted students are provided with appropriate support.
- •Ensure that the curriculum for students with the most complex needs is carefully tailored to their abilities.
- •Improve the ways that governors evaluate the work of the school and hold leaders to account for its performance.