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Al Amana Private School
An affordable Cambridge British school in the Halwan area of Sharjah, mostly serving local Emirati and Arab families looking for English-medium instruction within an Islamic frame. Fees are well below the Sharjah international school average.
In brief
An affordable Cambridge British school in the Halwan area of Sharjah, mostly serving local Emirati and Arab families looking for English-medium instruction within an Islamic frame. Fees are well below the Sharjah international school average.
Al Amana runs from FS2 to Year 11 and is the only private FS2 to Year 11 Cambridge school in Sharjah at this price point, with annual fees from around AED 9,670 to AED 14,120. IGCSEs are the senior-school anchor. The school sits in Al Ramla West, off Al Wahda Street, and runs bus routes that reach into Ajman and Dubai for an extra fee.
Parents describe a caring environment, qualified teachers, and a school that takes communication with families seriously. SPEA inspectors have noted enthusiastic engagement from students and a well-organised curriculum that balances academic and non-academic subjects. The most frequent complaints relate to admin responsiveness rather than teaching. The school works for families wanting a value-for-money British curriculum option close to home, and is less of a fit for families looking for the broader co-curricular range of higher-fee Sharjah schools.
Fees
| Fee | Age | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| FS2 Tuition (incl. books) | 4 | Annual | AED 9,670 |
| Year 1 Tuition (incl. books) | 5 | Annual | AED 9,670 |
| Year 2 Tuition (incl. books) | 6 | Annual | AED 10,667 |
| Year 3 Tuition (incl. books) | 7 | Annual | AED 10,642 |
| Year 4 Tuition (incl. books) | 8 | Annual | AED 11,351 |
| Year 5 Tuition (incl. books) | 9 | Annual | AED 11,371 |
| Year 6 Tuition (incl. books) | 10 | Annual | AED 11,948 |
| Year 7 Tuition (incl. books) | 11 | Annual | AED 11,923 |
| Year 8 Tuition (incl. books) | 12 | Annual | AED 12,069 |
| Year 9 Tuition (incl. books) | 13 | Annual | AED 12,890 |
| Year 10 Tuition (incl. books) | 14 | Annual | AED 13,269 |
| Year 11 Tuition (incl. books) | 15 | Annual | AED 14,120 |
| Transportation (Sharjah) | Annual | AED 3,600 | |
| Transportation (Ajman) | Annual | AED 3,800 | |
| Reservation | One-time | AED 500 |
Reviews
- The strongest signal is a parent survey leaning sharply negative, with response volume large enough to be representative.
- Survey themes are unusually pointed for a UAE school: every responding parent said they were unsatisfied with the level of feedback they received from the school.
- Parents reported children not enjoying school in the majority of responses, only partial satisfaction with academic outcomes, and concerns about the disciplinary policy and how bullying is handled.
- Sport was described as selective rather than inclusive; parents only partly agreed that the fees represented good value.
- The headline conclusion in the WSA write-up is that reviewing parents "would not recommend" the school to others, which is rare even among schools with mixed signal.
- Counterweight: separate aggregator sites carry positive comments from former parents praising long-tenure teachers and the loving early-years atmosphere, so the picture is not uniformly negative.
Head of school
Abdul Azeez
Education is the basis of all progress. Its purpose is to inculcate humanitarian values, wisdom, compassion, courage and reliability in students. Academic excellence along with active participation in co-curricular activities complete the process of education and it gives me immense pleasure that the school is progressing in all its endeavors towards the overall development of the students.