Al Salam Community School
Al Salam Community School
Al Salam Community School is a private British-curriculum school in Al Twar 2, Dubai, for boys and girls from FS1 to Year 13 (ages 3-18). It opened in September 2019 as Al Salam's second campus and is run by Salam Education, the family-run operator of Al Salam Private School and Salam Nursery, the schools Sue Johnston founded. The school follows the National Curriculum for England, with the UAE Ministry of Education curriculum in Arabic, Islamic Studies and Social Studies, leading to IGCSE, International AS and A Level and BTEC qualifications. KHDA rated it Good at its February 2024 inspection, as in 2021-22 and 2022-23, and counted 1,946 students. Penta's British Schools Overseas inspection of November 2025 found that it meets the BSO standards, apart from UK equality-law provisions that cannot apply in the UAE, and judged the quality of education, pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and the premises outstanding. Its 2025 GCSE results earned an ALPS Diamond Award for progress, and in December 2025 it received the SEND Inclusion Award and the Wellbeing Award for Schools, both developed by Optimus Education and the National Children's Bureau. The campus has seven science labs, a 1,000 m² multipurpose hall, a six-lane 25 m pool, sports fields, rooftop courts and a heritage centre.
Fees read from the school's published 2026-27 fee schedule; KHDA rating from its 2023-24 inspection report. Last checked 7 October 2026. How Talem verifies →
Fees for 2026/2027, per year group. Excludes registration, uniform, and transport.
Tuition for 2026-2027 is KHDA's approved fee, which the school's fees page publishes as its fee table; it equals KHDA's 2026-2027 fact sheets in all 15 rows. KHDA records that the school asked for no increase for 2026-2027, so the amounts are the same as in 2025-2026 (the school's fees page still links KHDA's 2025-26 sheets). Fees are paid in three instalments of 40%, 30% and 30%, and the school's 2025-26 fee graphic also offers ten monthly instalments.
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KHDA 2023–2024 inspection
The Early Years Foundation Stage framework of the National Curriculum for England, in seven areas of learning; the three prime areas (personal, social and emotional development, physical development, and communication and language) come first. Children learn through play, child-initiated activity and adult-guided small groups, indoors and outdoors, and parents follow their progress on Tapestry and in a termly report.
Years 1 and 2 follow the National Curriculum for England. Year 1 keeps continuous provision to bridge play-based and formal learning, and Year 2 brings more structure. English, with a strong focus on phonics, mathematics and science sit within a thematic curriculum anchored in key texts.
Years 3 to 6 deepen knowledge and skills through a thematic curriculum in preparation for Key Stage 3. Pupils take CAT4 and GL Progress Tests every year from Year 3, bring a Chromebook from Year 3 and go on residential trips from Year 4.
Years 7 to 9 cover the full breadth of the National Curriculum for England, planned back from Key Stage 5, with the arts, languages, humanities and technology beside English, mathematics and science. Every class has a weekly library lesson and Design Thinking projects each term; in Years 8 and 9 sixty students a year join Encounters, the school's Rahhal programme.
Years 10 and 11 work towards IGCSEs from Cambridge International, Pearson Edexcel and AQA and Pearson BTEC qualifications, in pathways set in Year 10: up to 10 GCSE or equivalent qualifications, and the school expects every student to achieve at least six. The school is an accredited examination centre for AQA, Pearson Edexcel and Cambridge International. Its 2025 GCSE results earned an ALPS Diamond Award for progress, with 56% of grades at A*-A.
Years 12 and 13 offer three pathways: International AS and A Levels (four AS subjects in Year 12, three continued to A Level in Year 13), BTEC Level 3 courses (four in Year 12, three in Year 13) or a blend of both, with further mathematics reintroduced (Penta's BSO report, November 2025). Future You lessons, the Unifrog platform, a careers counsellor, university fairs and a Super Curriculum prepare students for university; in 2025, 76% of A Level grades were A*-C.
FS and Year 1 classrooms each open directly onto their own outdoor play area.
Over 70 large, well-resourced classrooms, with several outdoor breakout spaces for primary and secondary pupils.
Labs for technology, art, and media and design; the school's prospectus names product design, computer-aided design and manufacturing, and digital technology.
Seven science labs.
A one-to-one Chromebook programme: pupils from Year 3 to Year 13 are expected to have a Chromebook, available to buy at the school.
A library; every Key Stage 3 class has a weekly library lesson.
A new sixth form centre for independent study (Penta's BSO report, November 2025).
A 1,000 m² multipurpose hall for performing arts and sports; the prospectus also lists an indoor gym and stage.
Principal
Principal of Al Salam Community School since 2021 (KHDA). A qualified British headteacher with 20 years in education, he studied Computer Engineering at Queen Mary, University of London, and Arabic and Islamic Studies in Riyadh, led school-improvement work with Nord Anglia Education, holds the NPQH (Institute of Education, London) and is a trained BSO and AdvancED inspector (the school's team page).
Vice Principal
Operations Manager
Head of Primary
Head of Secondary
Head of Student Welfare
Head of Inclusion
Head of Teaching and Learning
Head of MOE Subjects
Deputy Head of Primary
Assistant Head - Early Years (FS and Year 1)
Assistant Head - Lower Primary (Years 2-3) and Head of Primary English
Assistant Head of Primary (Years 4-6)
Senior Deputy Head of Secondary (Pastoral)
Deputy Head of Secondary (Curriculum)
Assistant Head of Key Stage 3 (Years 7-9)
Assistant Head of Key Stage 4 (Years 10-11)
Head of Sixth Form (Years 12-13)
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18th Street, Al Twar 2, Dubai, PO Box 48231, UAE
