Al Ittihad National Private School – Shakhbout City
About Al Ittihad National Private School – Shakhbout City
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.
Fees read from the school's published 2026-27 fee schedule; ADEK rating from its 2024-25 inspection report. How Talem verifies →
Annual tuition fees
Fees for 2026/2027, per year group. Excludes registration, uniform, and transport.
Tuition only. The school publishes a single bundled "Tuition and Books" figure; the book fee it includes runs from AED 650 in KG1 to AED 3,000 in Grades 10-12 and is charged on top of the tuition shown here. KG1 and KG2 carry a special discount of AED 3,600 against that bundled figure. Fees are billed in three instalments of 33%, 33% and 34%, with registration set at 5% of annual tuition and deductible from it. Sibling discount 5% for the second and third child and 10% from the fourth. VAT at 5% applies to all fees except tuition, books and transport.
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ADEK Rating
ADEK 2024–2025 inspection
Stages & pathways
Kindergarten
KG1-KG2Bilingual, play-based early years (English/Arabic) on US early-learning foundations, with Arabic and Islamic foundations. ADEK rated KG curriculum design Outstanding.
Elementary (Cycle 1)
Grades 1-5American elementary (US Common Core, NGSS Science, ISTE ICT) blended with the UAE MoE national stream; 1:1 iPads from Grade 4 (Smart Learning Program).
Middle School (Cycle 2)
Grades 6-8American 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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Facilities
Science Laboratories
Dedicated science laboratories.
Innovation Centre
An Innovation Centre with a STEM focus.
Two Libraries
Two libraries with 9,000+ English and Arabic titles.
ICT Lab & 1:1 iPads
A computer/ICT lab and a 1:1 iPad programme from Grade 4 (Smart Learning Program).
Art Room & SMART Boards
A specialist art room and SMART interactive whiteboards throughout.
Sports Hall & Gymnasium
A multi-purpose indoor sports hall and gymnasium.
Basketball Court
A large basketball court and outdoor sports areas.
Special-Needs Support
A special-needs (Students of Determination) support programme.
School leadership
Asfeh Abdelkareem Odeh Keblawi
Principal
Principal of Al Ittihad National Private School – Shakhbout City, leading the network's newest campus through its sustained ADEK Very Good rating.
Elyes Kharrat
Vice Principal
Raghda Kamal Elsaksak
Middle/High School Section Principal (Girls)
Ahmed Attia
Middle/High School Section Principal (Boys)
Sirine Mohamad Chehade
Elementary Section Principal
Assmaa Ahmed
KG Section Principal
Hala Shibli
Head of Inclusion
Obada Aljanadi
Head of Instructional Technology
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Where we are
MFW25, Al Ihsan Street, Shakhbout City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
