Victory Heights Primary School
About Victory Heights Primary School
Victory Heights Primary School is a British curriculum primary school in Dubai Sports City that opened in August 2013. It follows the English National Curriculum from FS1 through Year 6 under its vision of Nurture, Challenge and Excel. KHDA rated the school Outstanding in both 2022-23 and 2023-24, and a British Schools Overseas inspection in April 2025 judged it an outstanding school delivering an outstanding quality of education. English, mathematics and science are Outstanding in both phases. At the January 2024 KHDA inspection it had 1,006 pupils on roll and 80 students of determination, taught by 66 teachers and 39 teaching assistants, a ratio of about 1:15; the April 2025 BSO inspection recorded 1,040 pupils. The school runs as a split site, with Foundation Stage in a separate purpose-built building at the Al Fay entrance into Victory Heights Villas.
Fees read from the school's published 2026-27 fee schedule; KHDA rating from its 2023-24 inspection report. Last checked 21 August 2026. How Talem verifies →
Annual tuition fees
Fees for 2026/2027, per year group. Excludes registration, uniform, and transport.
Tuition for 2026/27 runs from AED 40,138 in Foundation 1 to AED 54,733 in Year 6, matching the KHDA-approved fees, and the school says it does not anticipate an increase. Fees are paid in three termly instalments due 31 August 2026, 4 January 2027 and 12 April 2027, and payment is only accepted once the KHDA parent contract is signed. New students pay an enrolment fee of 10% of annual tuition within 7 days of the offer, from AED 4,015 in Foundation 1 to AED 5,473 in Year 6, deducted from first-term fees; existing families pay 5% by 2 May 2026. Both are refundable only with 60 days' notice before the start date. A medical fee of AED 525 is optional and annual. Learning enhancement, English as an additional language and one-to-one shadow support are charged as agreed with the school. Tuition excludes transport, uniform, food, field trips, clubs and holiday camps, and 5% VAT applies to everything except tuition and transport.
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KHDA Rating
KHDA 2023–2024 inspection
Stages & pathways
Early Years Foundation Stage
FS1 - FS2UK EYFS framework in a purpose-built, separate Foundation Stage building with its own playground. Play-based, child-led learning drawing on the Curiosity Approach, Reggio Emilia and Montessori, with particular emphasis on communication and language, physical development and social-emotional growth.
Key Stage 1
Year 1 - Year 2National Curriculum for England. Cluster design gives each year group its own wing with a shared indoor activity area, and continuous provision with open-ended materials carries the exploratory approach forward from the Early Years.
Key Stage 2
Year 3 - Year 6National Curriculum for England. Spanish is taught in Key Stage 2 as a modern foreign language. Progress is tracked with GL Progress Tests, the New Group Reading Test and CAT4, and the ELLI Learning Powers, built around seven animal characters, run through the curriculum.
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Facilities
Indoor Swimming Pool
Indoor, competition-length swimming pool.
Junior Gymnasium
Dedicated gymnasium for PE lessons
3G Playing Field
Outdoor field for rugby, football, and hockey
Multi-Purpose Court
Netball, basketball, and tennis facilities
Multi-Purpose Hall
Large indoor hall for sports, assemblies, and productions
Shaded Play Areas
High-quality playground equipment with safety surfaces
Library
A well-stocked library in the primary school, with a library bus for younger children.
STEAM Labs
Dedicated STEAM Labs where pupils explore design projects, cooking, sewing, robotics, coding, animation and 3D printing, following the school's F.U.N. philosophy of Flourish, Unleash creativity and Navigate challenges.
Extra-curricular activities
School leadership
Sasha Crabb
Principal
Founding Principal, invested in the vision and culture of Victory Heights Primary from inception, having helped design the building, the curriculum, the uniform and the ethos. One of the longest-serving Principals in Dubai, she completed her NPQH in 2006 and has led leadership programmes with UCL. She worked as an educational leader in Egypt, London and Wales before Dubai, and was named Principal of the Year by Educational Journal Magazine in 2017 and by SchoolsCompared in the UAE in 2019.
Matthew Hawley
Headteacher
Michelle Choytooa
Inclusion Champion
Alex Quinn
Assistant Headteacher
Jade Harper
Assistant Headteacher
Sasha Quinn
Assistant Head EYFS
Mirna Hamie
Head of Arabic
Reehan Kamamji
Head of Islamic
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Where we are
Dubai Sports City, Al Hebiah 4, Dubailand, Dubai, UAE
