Dubai Holding has partnered with Nord Anglia Education to extend premium international education across Dubai. As part of the arrangement, Dubai Holding will build purpose-built school facilities where Nord Anglia Education will operate, with the first campus to be opened at Dubai Production City.
The school will maintain a British curriculum with the target families in neighbouring communities, such as Jumeirah Golf Estates, Emirates Living, and Tilal Al Ghaf. More K-12 schools are also planned to be in other master-planned communities of Dubai Holding in the years ahead.
Omar Karim, CEO of Dubai Holding Investments, said the partnership “marks a significant milestone in our strategy to diversify our investment portfolio into high-value sectors. By integrating Nord Anglia’s educational excellence into our communities, we’re creating sustainable value while strengthening Dubai’s attractiveness and global position.”
Malek Al Malek, CEO of Dubai Holding Asset Management, stated, “High-quality education is a critical part of our ambition to create future-ready urban centres. Our role in developing these campuses will help meet the growing needs of our communities and provide students with a learning experience that fosters innovation, creativity, and global citizenship.”
Nord Anglia Education, a network of 89 day and boarding schools in 37 countries, added that the partnership would expose Dubai students to its Global Campus online system, which links them to over 100,000 students from around the world.
The global experience of students will include expeditions to Tanzania and Switzerland, high-level regional sport and performing arts programmes.
Andrew Fitzmaurice, CEO of Nord Anglia Education, reported, “Our collaboration with Dubai Holding will enable us to create new opportunities for families seeking premium international education. Nord Anglia’s personalised approach prepares students for the world of work and helps young people develop the confidence, creativity, and collaborative mindset needed to succeed in the future.”
The partnership also embraces the ties that Nord Anglia has with other institutions around the world, such as UNICEF, The Juilliard School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and IMG Academy, and incorporates social impact, performing arts, STEAM, sports, and wellbeing into day-to-day learning.
Dubai’s private education sector has experienced an impressive growth over the last few years, and it is facilitated by the Dubai Education Strategy 2033 (E33) and Dubai Economic Agenda (D33) as the government’s strategies to offer world-class opportunities for learning according to international standards.
The current Dubai campuses of Nord Anglia, Nord Anglia International School Dubai, and Swiss International Scientific School Dubai are ranked highly internationally and have recorded high IB, A-Level, and GCSE scores, with graduates joining all the top 100 Universities globally.
