New Dawn Private School
Also known as: NDPS
New Dawn Private School is a private British curriculum school in Muhaisnah 4, Dubai, from FS1 to Year 7. KHDA has not inspected it yet. Tuition for 2026–27 is AED 13,500 to AED 18,000 a year, depending on the year group.
Source: KHDA Fees Fact Sheet 2026–27.
- rating
- Not rated yetKHDA has not inspected it yetWhat the ratings mean
- fee
- AED 13,500 – 18,000a year, FS1 to Year 7, 2026–27Fees by year group at every school
- whole
- Which year group?See its fee and the cost to the end of school
- students
- 293 students2024–25, KHDA school directory
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Fees at this school, 2026–27
AED 13,500 – 18,000a year, FS1 to Year 7, 2026–27
Not included: transport, uniform, books, trips, sibling discounts.
KHDA Fees Fact Sheet 2026–27.
Overview
Admissions
- Places
- KHDA does not publish how many places are free at a school or its waiting list. Ask the school directly, and early.
- Year groups
- FS1 to Year 7Which year group for your child? → September 2027 intake →
- Age on entry
- Counted on 31 December of the year of entry, for a child registering in a UAE school for the first time from 2026–27 (31 August before that).Source UAE Ministry of Education, 17 December 2025
- Apply
- ndps.aeprincipal@ndps.aeTelephone and e-mail as KHDA's school directory lists them, checked 18 September 2026. What its own website says about admissions → How admission works across Dubai →
- Fees on entry
- «New Students — Application Fees : AED 500 (Assessment fees included)»«New Students — Enrolment Fees : Up to 10% of the tuition fees non refundable & deductible from the 1st term fees»Source KHDA Fees Fact Sheet 2026–27, FS1
- Inspections
- KHDA has not inspected this school yet. KHDA’s visits resume in 2026–27. A full inspection brings a new rating; a shorter monitoring visit does not. Ratings and reports →Source KHDA, 3 June 2026
The school
- Curriculum
- British
- Year groups
- FS1–Year 7
- Gender
- Not availableKHDA states the gender of students only in inspection reports, and this school has not been inspected yet.
- Languages of instruction
- Not published in the KHDA open data workbook or the KHDA directory listing we read.
- Founded
- 2024
- Principal
- Sean Paul Lewis
- Website
- ndps.ae
- Back to text, source A
KHDA school directory 2024–25
Checked 16 September 2026.
Fees 2026–27
New Dawn Private School tuition for 2026–27 is AED 13,500 (FS2) to AED 18,000 (Year 7) across nine year groups, as published in the school's KHDA Fees Fact Sheet 2026–27, after the discount the school lists; KHDA's approved tuition is AED 21,500 to AED 25,000.Note 1Source A: Fees Fact Sheet 2026–27
Approved tuition is unchanged from 2025–26 in every year group; after the discount on each year's sheet, the fee is lower in all nine year groups.
Annual tuition by year group, New Dawn Private School, 2026–27 compared with 2025–26
| Year group | 2026–27Source A: Fees Fact Sheet 2026–27 | 2025–26Source B: Fees Fact Sheet 2025–26 |
|---|---|---|
| Foundation Stage | ||
| FS1 | AED 14,000approved AED 21,500 | AED 21,500 |
| FS2 | AED 13,500approved AED 21,500 | AED 21,500 |
| Primary | ||
| Year 1 | AED 15,000approved AED 23,000 | AED 23,000 |
| Year 2 | AED 15,000approved AED 23,000 | AED 23,000 |
| Year 3 | AED 16,000approved AED 23,000 | AED 23,000 |
| Year 4 | AED 16,000approved AED 24,000 | AED 24,000 |
| Year 5 | AED 17,000approved AED 24,000 | AED 24,000 |
| Year 6 | AED 17,000approved AED 24,000 | AED 24,000 |
| Secondary | ||
| Year 7 | AED 18,000approved AED 25,000 | AED 25,000 |
Checked 16 September 2026.
- Back to text, note 1
The range names the lowest and highest tuition on one Fees Fact Sheet. Fees are never averaged across year groups.
- Back to text, source A
Fees Fact Sheet 2026–27
Tuition for 9 year groups.
Checked 16 September 2026.
- Back to text, source B
Fees Fact Sheet 2025–26
Tuition for 9 year groups.
Checked 16 September 2026.
- Back to text, note 2
Change compares the same year group in the two fact sheets. Fees are never averaged across year groups.
New Dawn Private School fees 2026–27 by year group Also the 2025–26 figures, fees since 2024–25 and other charges.
Tuition as listed on the school's KHDA Fees Fact Sheet, after the discount it lists («Discount on Tuition fees»), with the approved tuition beneath. The sheet is issued for one academic year and lists other discount schemes separately, «as applicable»; confirm the amount with the school.
What a year costs, FS1, 2026–27
Showing FS1. Choose another year group above to see its costs.
- Tuition
- AED 21,500
- Discount on tuition
- −AED 7,500
- KHDA's total for the year
- AED 14,000
Required, but not in KHDA's total: uniform, books and the like, bought from the school or elsewhere
- Uniform
- AED 500
- Stationery
- AED 200
- Laptop/Digital Device
- AED 500
- School ID Card ReplacementOnly when needed; not paid every year
- AED 50
A year, before optional servicesAED 15,200
Joining and re-enrolling
- Re-enrollment fees · Existing Students
- Up to 5% of the tuition fees or AED 500 (whichever is higher), non-refundable and deductible from the 1st term fees
- Application Fees · New Students
- AED 500 (Assessment fees included)
- Enrolment Fees · New Students
- Up to 10% of the tuition fees, non-refundable and deductible from the 1st term fees
Other discounts the school states
- Sibling 1
- 5%
- School Employees
- 50%
- Welcoming Discount
- up to 10%
- Scholarship
- up to 50%
- Referrals
- AED 250
- Humanitarian Financial Aid
- up to 15%
- Privilege Cards
- 5%
The school requested not to increase the tuition fees for the academic year 2026–27. Fees Fact Sheet 2026–27
Ranges are shown as KHDA prints them, never as a single middle figure.
Inspection
KHDA ratings
No Full Inspection Report yet. The school opened in 2024–25.
What the KHDA scale means
KHDA rates schools on six levels. Good is the level KHDA expects of every school; Acceptable is the minimum level it requires.
- «Quality of performance substantially exceeds the expectation of the UAE»23 schools in Dubai hold it now
- «Quality of performance exceeds the expectation of the UAE»47 schools in Dubai hold it now
- «Quality of performance meets the expectation of the UAE»«This is the expected level for every school in the UAE»85 schools in Dubai hold it now
- «Quality of performance meets the minimum level of quality required in the UAE»«This is the minimum level for every school in the UAE»52 schools in Dubai hold it now
- «Quality of performance is below the expectation of the UAE»No school in Dubai holds it now
- «Quality of performance is significantly below the expectation of the UAE»No school in Dubai holds it now
New Dawn Private School has not been inspected yet. «Not yet inspected» is a state, not a rank: it never counts as Weak.
Reports before 2015–16 used four levels, not these six. 21 of Dubai's 228 open schools hold no six-level rating yet. Counted the way Market Statistics counts ratings, for the schools open today.
Source UAE School Inspection Framework 2015–16, p. 19 (KHDA)
History
No rating yet
This school has no published KHDA inspection report yet. Opened in 2024–25.
Findings
No rating yet
This school has no published KHDA inspection report yet.
Leadership
Subjects
No Full Inspection Report yet. The school opened in 2024–25.
Arabic at every school in Dubai: at least 4 lessons a week from Year 2 to Year 10 for a child of non-Arab nationality. Arab children have 4 to 6 lessons to Year 13; Muslim children also study Islamic Education.Source KHDA, Guidelines on National Mandatory Subjects, page 14 (opens in a new tab)
Calendar 2026–27: term dates and holidays
31 Aug 2026 to 2 Jul 2027 · 185 school days
- National Day
- 2 Dec 2026 to 3 Dec 20262 days
- Winter break includes New year’s day
- 14 Dec 2026 to 1 Jan 202719 days
- Eid al-Fitr
- 8 Mar 2027 to 11 Mar 20274 daysexpected, subject to moon sighting
- Spring break
- 5 Apr 2027 to 9 Apr 20275 days
- Eid al-Adha
- 17 May 2027 to 18 May 20272 daysexpected, subject to moon sighting
Public holidays are tentative and subject to official government announcements (KHDA).
Source Source A: KHDA school directory 2026–27
Fridays: every private school in Dubai finishes by 11:30, since 9 January 2026.Source The National, 19 Dec 2025 (opens in a new tab)
During Ramadan, whose dates follow the moon, KHDA caps the school day at five hours; each school confirms its own times.Source Gulf News (opens in a new tab)
How these dates compare with other Dubai schools: holidays 2026–27, break by break
- Back to text, source A
KHDA school directory 2026–27
Checked 18 September 2026.
Activities
Sports and activities
What the school lists on its own website and what KHDA’s inspectors mention in their reports. An activity missing here may still be offered.
Neither the school’s website nor KHDA’s reports we read name a specific sport or activity.
Facilities
- Playing field
- Sports hall
- Music rooms
- Art studio
- Back to text, source A
School website, read 23 September 2026
Checked 23 September 2026.
On the school's website
What the school says about itself on ndps.ae, read on 22 September 2026. The school's own words, not checked by KHDA; a figure here is the school's own count. Bus routes and bus fees can change each year, so confirm with the school. The site's name beside a line opens that page.
Admissions
- «Parents should pay the Application Fee of AED 500 by visiting the school to initiate the registration process.» ndps.ae on the school's website, opens in a new tab
- «A non-refundable Placement Test Fee of AED 300 is also payable at registration.» ndps.ae on the school's website, opens in a new tab
- «To secure the seat, a confirmation fee equal to 10% of the annual tuition fee will need to be paid after you accept the offer.» ndps.ae on the school's website, opens in a new tab
- «This amount must be paid within 7 working days to confirm the seat.» ndps.ae on the school's website, opens in a new tab
- Back to text, source A
School website, read 22 September 2026
Checked 22 September 2026.
Students
- Students, 2024–25
- 293 Source A: KHDA school directory 2024–25
- Back to text, source A
KHDA school directory 2024–25
Checked 16 September 2026.
Snapshots by year
Students and staff by academic year, New Dawn Private School
| Year | Students |
|---|---|
| 2024–25 | 293 |
Location
- Address
- Muhaisnah Fourth
- Phone and email
- principal@ndps.aePrincipal: Sean Paul Lewis
- As KHDA's directory listed it on 2026-09-18. Source A: KHDA school directory 2026–27
Around the school
Schools nearby
Within 10 km, by straight-line distance, not a route.
- United International Private School
0.3 km · 2023–24 · Other, Philippine
- Gulf Model School
0.4 km · 2023–24 · Indian CBSE
- St Mary High School Muhaisnah
0.6 km · 2023–24 · British
- Philadelphia Private School
0.9 km · 2023–24 · American, IB
- Russian International School
1.0 km · 2023–24 · Other, Russian
All 13 schools in MuhaisnahAll British curriculum schools in Dubai
- Back to text, source A
KHDA school directory 2026–27
Checked 18 September 2026.
Sources
Every document behind this page. Official documents open on the KHDA site in a new tab.
Fees Fact Sheets · web page, English
KHDA school directory · web page, English
KHDA school directory 2026–27 (opens in a new tab)KHDA school directory 2024–25 (opens in a new tab)
School website · web page, English
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