Al Ittihad National Private School – Shakhbout City (AINPS) is the newest campus in the Al Ittihad National Private Schools network, opened in 2018 in Shakhbout City, Abu Dhabi and run by Arabian Education Group. It is a co-educational school offering a bilingual education that blends an American curriculum — US Common Core for English and Maths, NGSS for Science and ISTE for ICT — with the UAE Ministry of Education national stream (Arabic, Islamic Studies and UAE Social Studies), and is accredited by the American International Accreditation Association (AIAA). The school currently enrols KG1 to Grade 8 and is phasing in the upper grades year by year toward Grade 12. It serves around 1,800 students — roughly 92% of them Emirati — and is rated Very Good by ADEK (a rating held since 2021/22) with an Outstanding judgement for Emirates National Identity; its 2023 TIMSS results were well above international averages.
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Fees for 2025/2026, per year group. Excludes registration, uniform, and transport.
2025/26 schedule (edcare); tuition is inclusive of books. The school currently enrols KG1 to Grade 8 and is phasing in the upper grades toward Grade 12. Transport AED 5,000/year (two-way) or AED 4,150 (one-way/single semester). Sibling discounts: 5% for the 2nd and 3rd child, 10% for the 4th and above.
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ADEK 2024–2025 inspection
Bilingual, play-based early years (English/Arabic) on US early-learning foundations, with Arabic and Islamic foundations. ADEK rated KG curriculum design Outstanding.
American elementary (US Common Core, NGSS Science, ISTE ICT) blended with the UAE MoE national stream; 1:1 iPads from Grade 4 (Smart Learning Program).
American middle-school core (English, Maths, the Sciences and ICT) with the UAE national subjects and a STEM/innovation focus. Currently the top of the school, with high-school grades phasing in toward Grade 12.
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Principal
Principal of Al Ittihad National Private School – Shakhbout City, leading the network's newest campus through its sustained ADEK Very Good rating.
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MFW25, Al Ihsan Street, Shakhbout City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
