GEMS Legacy School
About GEMS Legacy School
GEMS Legacy School is a co-educational Indian CBSE school in Al Garhoud, Dubai, operated by GEMS Education. It began with seven teachers in portacabins in Karama under founding headmistress Bernadette Pinto, moved to Al Garhoud in 1990 and evolved into The Kindergarten Starters. KHDA's October 2023 inspection recorded 6,316 students on roll, of whom 696 are students of determination, and rated the school Good overall, Good for wellbeing and Good for the provision and outcomes of students of determination. In 2026 the school presented its first CBSE Grade 10 cohort: 255 of 257 registered students sat the examinations, all of them passed, and the school average was 85%, with 41% scoring 90% or above. Grade 11 opens for the 2026-27 academic year. The school is staffed by 353 teachers, including 9 special educators and 4 counsellors, on a 23,500 square metre campus with 227 classrooms.
Fees read from the school's published 2026-27 fee schedule; KHDA rating from its 2023-24 inspection report. Last checked 10 July 2026. How Talem verifies →
Annual tuition fees
Fees for 2026/2027, per year group. Excludes registration, uniform, and transport.
Fees shown are the school's published 2026-27 table, matching its KHDA fee fact sheets, and KHDA records that the school requested no increase for the year. Grade 11 opened for 2026-27 at AED 21,092, the school's first senior secondary cohort; no Grade 12 is announced. The academic year runs April to March and tuition is charged over ten months, April to June and September to March. Mandatory once-a-year services are charged on top of tuition: an e-resource fee of AED 350 for KG1 and KG2, AED 500 for Grades 1 to 5 and AED 700 for Grades 6 to 11, an ID card at AED 10.50 and a diary at AED 21, both inclusive of VAT. Transport is run by STS and priced separately.
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KHDA Rating
KHDA 2023–2024 inspection
Stages & pathways
Kindergarten
KG1–KG2Foundation stage fostering curiosity, imagination, and early learning. Play-based and structured activities developing literacy, numeracy, and social-emotional skills.
Primary School
Grades 1–5CBSE primary curriculum developing positive attitudes, healthy habits, and strong academic foundations. The Ready to Read and Right to Read literacy programmes support language development. Technology-integrated learning through the Immersive Learning Classroom.
Middle School
Grades 6–8Broader CBSE curriculum with subject specialisation. Emphasis on building empathy, adaptive thinking, and academic rigour. Robotics lab and innovation programmes supplement core learning.
Secondary School
Grades 9-11CBSE secondary curriculum preparing students for the All India Secondary School Examination (AISSE) at the end of Grade 10. Board-level examinations are internationally recognised for further education pathways.
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Facilities
Immersive Learning Classroom
Immersive learning classroom
Robotics Lab
Robotics lab supporting the school's innovation programme
Science Labs
The CBSE disclosure records four laboratories including computer labs, each 66 sqm
ICT and Multimedia Centre
Children are taught with presentations and projectors from an early age
Research Centre
Students develop investigation skills, researching, collating, applying, analysing and integrating information
Resource Centre
Science, mathematics and life skills resource centres, equipped with Promethean boards
Library
A 66 sqm library stocked across a variety of subjects
Reading Rooms (Grades 1 and 2)
Reading rooms for Grades 1 and 2, with reading materials and strategies and tracked progress
Extra-curricular activities
School leadership
Asha Alexander
Principal and CEO
Head of School at GEMS Legacy School, Dubai. Leads the school's focus on raising achievement, raising aspirations, and enriching partnerships.
Latha Venkateswar
Vice Principal
Bhawna Sajnani
Chief Digital and Innovation Officer - CDIO
Alethea Vaz
Dean of Studies / Head of Secondary
Anita Krishnan
Head of Primary
Aswathy Vinod
Head of Middle School
Neena Rosalind Cherian
Head of Kindergarten
Ananya Chakraborty
Deputized Head of Lower Primary and Head of Professional Development
Namitha Sadan
Head of Curriculum / TLC Science Grade 3 - 5
Leona Rodrigues
Deputy Head of Curriculum Grades KG - 5 / TLC Social Sciences Grade 3 - 5
Mareen Mathew
Head of Assessments / Educational Supervisor - Grade 11
Bhuvana Ramakrishnan
Head of Inclusion
Lourdes Oliva Mascarenhas
Head of Pastoral Care and Designated Safeguarding Lead - Primary
Viny Agnes
Head of Pastoral Care and Designated Safeguarding Lead - Secondary
Tiju George Joseph
Manager - School Operations
Maria Dcruz
Registrar
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Where we are
Al Garhoud, Dubai, UAE
