The Indian High School, Dubai
KHDA Inspection Report & Ratings 2019
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Executive Summary
The Indian High School, a well-established institution, has achieved an Overall Rating of Very Good for the 2023-2024 academic year. The school is recognized for its commitment to providing a high-quality education, with particular strengths noted in student outcomes and leadership.
Students demonstrate Outstanding personal development, with exceptional behavior and a deep understanding of Islamic values and Emirati culture. Academic performance is strong, with Outstanding attainment in Science across both Middle and Secondary phases, and Outstanding English attainment in Secondary. The curriculum is rich, balanced, and offers a wide range of opportunities designed to inspire and motivate students.
The leadership team, inspired by the principal, provides a clear strategic direction, fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement. Robust child protection policies and a highly positive, caring ethos ensure students' safety and wellbeing, contributing to a very effective learning environment.
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The Indian High School Overall Rating
Very Good for 5+ 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.
The school demonstrates a very good inclusive vision, welcoming students of determination. Effective entry assessment procedures identify a wide range of needs, and planned interventions are implemented effectively in most classrooms. Parents appreciate the excellent care and support, noting positive changes in their children's progress. students of determinationplanned interventionscare and support
Wellbeing is central to the school's ethos, with a highly visible presence in all aspects of school life. A very effective team, including counsellors and students, addresses the wellbeing needs of students, staff, and parents. The school utilizes internal surveys and records to identify and support wellbeing development needs, fostering a positive and caring environment. wellbeing leadercounsellorsThrive lessonspositive classroom climates
The school has achieved very good results in the National Agenda Parameters, showing improvements in students’ overall mathematics scores and sustained outstanding and very good attainment levels in English and science. Subject leaders effectively use international assessment data to modify curriculum content and improve reading literacy skills across subjects, particularly in science. international assessmentsmathematics scoresreading literacycurriculum content
Key Highlights
Standout achievements identified by the inspection team that distinguish this school.
Improving Student Performance
Students show improving performances in most subjects, reflecting the school's commitment to academic progress.
Excellent Relationships
The school fosters excellent relationships and interactions between teachers and students, creating a positive learning environment.
Rich Curriculum
The curriculum is rich and offers an excellent range of opportunities designed to inspire and motivate students.
Coherent Improvement Plans
The school has coherent and realistic improvement plans, supported by an ambitious vision for future development.
Improved Provision & Outcomes
Significant improvements have been noted in both the provision of education and the resulting student outcomes.
Academic Performance Breakdown
Leadership & Management
Effectiveness of school governance, strategic planning, and leadership capacity to drive continuous improvement.
Leadership Approach
Leaders at all levels, inspired by the principal, set a very clear direction and promote an ambitious vision shared by the whole school community. They engage in systematic self-evaluation and strategic improvement planning, fostering a greater culture of accountability and commitment to raising student achievements to outstanding levels.
Inspection Findings
Students' Outcomes
Students demonstrate strong academic performance, with Islamic Education and Arabic showing improvement. Science attainment is outstanding across both phases, and English attainment is outstanding in Secondary. Students of determination meet their personalized targets effectively.
Personal Development
Students exhibit exceptional behavior, respect, and empathy, fostering strong relationships within the school. Their understanding of Islamic values, Emirati culture, and global awareness is outstanding. They show strong social responsibility, actively participating in community service and sustainability initiatives.
Teaching Quality
Teaching for effective learning and assessment are consistently very good. Teachers promote positive classroom climates, encouraging student interaction, collaboration, and inquiry. Rigorous assessment systems provide detailed evidence of student progress, informing interventions and curriculum enhancement.
Protection & Care
The school provides outstanding protection, care, guidance, and support. Robust child protection policies, a zero-tolerance approach to bullying, and effective cyber security measures ensure student safety. A highly positive and caring ethos, coupled with efficient inclusion systems, underpinning excellent pastoral care and support for all students.
Areas for Development
- •Focus on improving the quality of teaching so that outstanding practices are implemented in all grades and subjects.
- •Ensure that well-chosen resources, including the library and laboratory facilities, are provided to students for many and varied learning opportunities.
- •Increase the opportunities in mathematics for teachers to promote reading literacy.
- •Provide more opportunities for open-ended enquiry, critical thinking, research and problem solving in English lessons.
- •Use external wellbeing surveys as well as the school’s internal surveys to identify priorities for improvement in the school’s wellbeing provision.
- •Improve students' Tajweed recitation skills.
- •Provide additional opportunities for all students to strengthen their speaking skills.
- •Improve all students' writing skills by providing activities for extended and creative writing.
- •Ensure that students have time to develop their higher-order thinking skills in the middle phase.
- •Develop extended written responses in workbooks and by writing successive drafts of essays.
- •In the middle phase, strengthen students’ skills for solving challenging problems in unfamiliar contexts.
- •Provide students with higher-order learning objectives, especially in the middle phase.
- •In the middle phase, provide more opportunities in lessons for the development of critical thinking, problem-solving and independent learning skills.
- •Involve more students in the middle phase in enhancement and entrepreneurial activities, such as sustainability or technological projects.
- •Ensure that there is consistent support for students of determination and for those with gifts and talents.
- •Ensure that governors gain first-hand evidence of the quality of provision for students of determination to enable them to challenge and support the school.
- •Improve the consistency of provision and progress for students of determination in all subjects.
- •Enable all school leaders to improve the existing policies and strategies, through interventions by governors.
- •Expand resources, including library facilities, to provide students with multiple learning opportunities.