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KHDA School ratings 2023: Indian School Inspection Results Published
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Dubai’s Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) has released the latest Indian school inspection reports for 2022-23.

Every year the KHDA inspects Dubai schools in partnership with the Dubai Schools Inspection Bureau (DSIB). The aim of the inspections is to raise the standard of education within the Emirate’s schools using a common framework across all schools and curricula. Schools are rated on a scale of 6 results from Outstanding, Very Good, Good, Acceptable, Weak to Very Weak.

A total of 32 Schools offer an Indian curriculum in Dubai, attended by 85,588 students; DSIB visits were conducted in all of these schools during the 2022-2023 inspection cycle.

This is the first time all schools have been inspected since before the pandemic, when school inspections were paused.

This is also the first time that inspections have put a specific focus on happiness in schools, with every single school now also being rated on the KHDA’s new Wellbeing Framework of 2022.

And this is the first year that parents have been put at the heart of the KHDA school rating results: Customised Parent Summary Reports are now available for each school to give you all the info you need to know quickly.

A full table of the best Indian schools in Dubai will be released shortly. For now, here are the key findings from the latest 2022-23 inspections in Indian curriculum schools in Dubai.

What do the latest KHDA school ratings show about Indian schools?

The latest round of KHDA inspections show that the quality of education provided by Indian-curriculum schools has continued to improve since the last full inspection cycle. In fact, the proportion of students attending Very Good schools has increased to 42%, up from 37% in 2019-20. Six schools educating more than 6000 students also improved their overall inspection rating.

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How happy are children in Indian schools in Dubai?

Results from the KHDA’s latest Wellbeing Framework inspection show that more than three quarters (78%) of schools have wellbeing provision rated High or Very High. Inclusion has also improved in Indian schools in Dubai; around 85% of students of determination now enrolled in schools which provide them a good or better quality of education.

What areas do Indian schools in Dubai need to work on?

Common to many of the Indian schools in Dubai inspected by the KHDA were these key focus areas. The KHDA reports that schools should focus on improving the following:

ARABIC

Improve the quality of teaching and students’ attainment and progress in Arabic as an additional language.

EARLY YEARS

Improve the quality of teaching and the rate of progress of children in kindergarten .

CONSISTENCY OF TEACHING

Improve teaching, learning and assessment so that they are more consistently evaluated as good or better – particularly in the primary phase.

USE OF DATA

Ensure that all teachers make effective use of assessment data to fully meet the individual learning needs of students, including students of determination.

IMPROVEMENT PLANNING

Improve school self-evaluation and improvement planning processes at all levels of leadership, including governance.

PEDAGOGY

Provide opportunities for students to develop skills of inquiry and critical thinking by adopting more student-led learning approaches

Wellbeing of students and staff in Indian schools in Dubai

The KHDA inspectors rated schools based on the Wellbeing Framework for the first time this year. In three quarters of schools, the quality of wellbeing provision and outcomes are rated at a high or very high level.

No schools are judged as a low-quality level for wellbeing.

The overall Wellbeing results for Indian schools are:

  • 19% of Indian schools: Very High Level of Wellbeing
  • 22% of Indian schools: High Level of Wellbeing
  • 59% of Indian schools: Moderate Level of Wellbeing

CARING FOR STUDENTS

Nearly half of the schools are judged to be at a very high level of quality for the care they provide to students. These schools are proactive in identifying and addressing the most effective strategies to enable students’ access to wellbeing support. They provided individualised care, guidance and support for students.

SETTING AND PURSUING A WELLBEING VISION

In nearly half of the schools, leaders and their school communities successfully pursue a vision of wellbeing that permeates school life. In these schools, leaders ensure that wellbeing is prioritised highly. They work successfully to engage and collaborate with all stakeholders to build individual and collective wellbeing. of wellbeing. This includes internal stakeholder surveys, externally validated surveys, standardised assessments, and the outcome of wellbeing monitoring systems. These schools develop a solid capacity to further improve support strategies and monitoring systems.

USING DATA AND INFORMATION

A quarter of schools use wellbeing data and information in a highly effective way. These schools systematically collect, analyse and use data and other information to monitor and refine their whole school approach to the promotion

SUSTAINING AND EMBEDDING IMPROVEMENT

In a quarter of the schools, governors and leaders systematically review and evaluative wellbeing across their communities, accurately selecting improvement priorities and constructing effective wellbeing development plans. In these schools, governing boards have well informed members who monitor, support and challenge school leaders; holding them to account for the extent to which they successfully promote wellbeing across the school

Inclusion in Indian schools in Dubai

A total of 5,245 students of determination attend Indian curriculum schools. 85% of these students (4,443) are enrolled in schools which provide them a good or better quality of education, compared to 74% (3,082) in 2019-2020.

The most significant change was in the percentage of Students of Determination attending schools with very good overall provision, increasing from 17% to 29%.

Although there is improvement in the overall provision of inclusion, the accuracy of schools’ identification of students of determination fell from 69% Good or better in 2019-2020 to 59% in 2022-2023.

How are Indian schools in Dubai performing in international assessments?

According to the KHDA, students in Indian curriculum schools are rapidly improving their performance in international assessments such as PISA, TIMSS. 84% of inspected schools either met or achieved above their very challenging targets.

Leaders in Indian curriculum schools make much better use of the data that arises from international assessments – improving teaching and learning.

Leaders in 69% of inspected schools either met or exceeded KHDA expectations.

Indian curriculum schools are rapidly improving the reading levels, critical thinking and problem-solving skills of students. 53% of inspected schools show improvements in learning skills that either met or exceeded KHDA expectations.

Learn more about Indian Schools in Dubai and how to read the KHDA inspection ratings here.

See the KHDA infographics on the latest Indian school inspection ratings here.

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