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Dubai School Atlas: Dubai’s private schools on one map, with KHDA sources
Families choosing a private school in Dubai filter by area, year group, fees and curriculum, compare schools and ask questions in plain language. Answers link to the school profiles and KHDA reports they draw on.
- Status
- Live, open to the public
- Users
- Families choosing a private school in Dubai
- Data
- KHDA inspection reports, Fees Fact Sheets, KHDA school directory
- Our role
- Product design, data pipeline, AI assistant, web application
- Problem
- KHDA ratings, fees and curricula are public, but they are spread across thousands of PDF reports and fee sheets published over almost two decades.
- What we built
- A public data platform: map-based School Finder, school profiles, comparison, budget tool, statistics and AI assistant, all reading from one sourced data model.
- Result
- Families build a shortlist in one place and can check any rating, fee or quote against its original KHDA document.
The problem
KHDA publishes a Full Inspection Report for each inspection and a Fees Fact Sheet every academic year. Families comparing schools need both, for the right year group and academic year. The rating scale changed in 2015–16, and full inspections were paused in 2024–25 and 2025–26, so most schools’ latest rating is from 2023–24. A rating or fee without its source and year cannot be checked.
What we built
One data model holds each school’s KHDA ratings, inspection findings, fees by year group, curricula and location. Every page and the AI assistant read from it. The School Finder starts from where a family lives or works, the child’s year group and a fee limit. Schools that miss exactly one condition are listed separately, grouped by what they miss.
Data and sources
The data comes from KHDA: more than 1,900 Full Inspection Reports from 2008–09 onward, more than 500 Fees Fact Sheets, Parent Reports and the school directory. Languages and activities appear only when a school states them. Each value shows its document and last-checked date. Fees are listed by year group and academic year, never averaged. A public Corrections page lists every correction with its date and source.
AI answers with sources
Families ask in their own words, for example: British schools near Dubai Marina rated Very good or better, Year 5 fees under AED 70,000. Every finding from an inspection report links to its report page; quotes link to the paragraph. Each quote is marked as supporting, contradicting or only mentioning the statement. When the reports do not say enough, the answer says so.
The result
Dubai School Atlas is live at dubaischoolatlas.com. A family can go from a question to a shortlist, compare 2 to 5 schools and estimate the cost to the final school year. The same approach fits organizations that publish or rely on regulated records, such as inspection reports, permits or registers: one data model, every figure linked to its source.
What the product does
- School Finder: area, year group, fee, curriculum and rating filters, or a drawn area
- Almost fit: schools one condition short of the search
- School profiles: rating with report year and page; fees and history by year group
- Compare: 2 to 5 schools side by side
- School costs: schools within a budget, per year or in total
- Market Statistics, Guides and Insights: each figure with its source
- Ask: AI answers with quotes from the KHDA reports
- About the data: every source, method and correction, in public
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