Nahda Academy

A primary-led British school in Jeddah using an integrated British Montessori model layered with Arabic and Islamic studies. Opened in 2018, with Maths No Problem accreditation across the primary years.

Nahda has been a Maths No Problem accredited school since opening, with all Year 1 to Year 6 pupils on the textbooks and workbooks. Yearly fees run SAR 39,300 to SAR 75,380, with a higher first-year figure for one-time joining fees. The school is small enough that the head and senior team are close to families day-to-day.

Parents describe a warm, emotionally literate environment with an unusually strong feel for early-years pedagogy and a careful balance between British academic structure and Arabic and Islamic content. Extracurricular runs across sport and arts. Track record is still building as the early cohorts move up. Best fit for Saudi and regional Muslim families wanting a British primary education with serious Islamic identity and a Montessori-influenced classroom feel.

• One r/Internationalteachers post groups Nahda Academy with Nun Academy and AGS as Jeddah's second tier, behind JPGS, AISJ and BISJ; pay is described as decent but not top of market.
• The student body is around ninety per cent Saudi, marketed as a boutique British curriculum with Montessori early years and Arabic-Islamic integration.
• Public parent reviews are sparse; school-published material emphasises mathematics mastery training and small class size.
• No independent critical signal surfaced; sample is too small to call sentiment beyond positioning.