The International School of Choueifat – Khalifa City is a private, co-educational school in Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi, established in 2006 and part of the global SABIS network. It follows the SABIS Educational System — a structured, mastery-driven international curriculum drawing on US and UK frameworks, built around the SABIS Point System and the Academic Monitoring System (AMS) — from Pre-KG to Grade 12, with the student-led SABIS Student Life Organization (SLO). The upper school offers IGCSE (Grades 10-11), Advanced Placement and SAT (Grade 12) and the SABIS High School Diploma. Rated Very Good by ADEK in the AY 2024/25 cycle — the school's best-ever rating, improved from Good — it serves 3,306 students from 65 nationalities, the largest group Emirati, with outstanding results in AP and IGCSE sciences and mathematics.
SABIS
Pre-KG – Grade 12
+2
2006
Fees for 2025/2026, per year group. Excludes registration, uniform, and transport.
Tuition for 2026/27 is confirmed unchanged from 2025/26 under the ADEK approved fee schedule. Books, uniform and bus transport are charged separately.
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ADEK 2024–2025 inspection
SABIS early childhood: phonics, early literacy and numeracy, English-medium foundation, with Arabic.
SABIS elementary with English, Mathematics and Science accelerated up to a year ahead, plus Arabic, Islamic Education, UAE Social Studies and ICT. GL Progress Tests from Grade 3.
Deepening core subjects with world languages and Business/ICT, preparing for IGCSE; continuous SABIS assessment.
Subject choice and college preparation leading to Cambridge IGCSE (Grades 10-11), Advanced Placement and SAT (Grade 12) and the SABIS High School Diploma, supported by the student-led SABIS Student Life Organization (SLO).
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Director of The International School of Choueifat – Khalifa City, leading the SABIS-network school to its best-ever ADEK Very Good rating.
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Al Asayel Street, Khalifa City, PO Box 502, Abu Dhabi, UAE
