Emirates Internation School Competitors

GEMS Education is one of the world’s leading private K-12 education providers, educating over 200,000 students from 176+ nationalities across its global network of owned and managed schools. With nearly half a million alumni, GEMS has built a legacy of impact that spans generations and continents. Established in Dubai in 1959, GEMS remains a family-founded and family-led organisation, guided by its visionary founder and chairman Sunny Varkey, and his sons Dino Varkey (Group CEO) and Jay Varkey (Deputy Group CEO). With a focus on delivering high-quality education to students from all walks of life, GEMS offers a wide range of curricula and learning pathways. Each year, GEMS students graduate into the world’s top universities, including all eight Ivy League institutions and every UK Russell Group university, and go on to become leaders, innovators, and changemakers in every sector. Through its expanding school network and philanthropic initiatives, GEMS is committed to its mission: to put a quality education within reach of every learner, everywhere.

Founded in 1886, the first school in what later became the SABIS® Network was established to provide a top-quality education that would make a difference in the lives of students. SABIS® is a global education network that has an active presence in 21 countries on five continents. Schools in the SABIS® Network educate over 70,000 students and implement a proven, proprietary system. SABIS® Network schools provide students with a top-quality education that prepares them to meet the challenges of a changing world.

King’s Education was established in 2004 with the opening of the flagship Kings’ School Dubai - a KHDA ‘Outstanding’ rated centre of learning covering Foundation Stage and Primary. Today, the Dubai-headquartered group’s portfolio of highly respected British curriculum schools also includes Kings’ School Al Barsha (Foundation through to Sixth Form) and King’s School Nad Al Sheba (Foundation Stage and Primary). Across all three locations, globally acknowledged British educational standards and a bespoke curriculum are combined with outstanding facilities, ranging from high-tech classrooms and laboratories to dedicated performing arts spaces and world-class sporting facilities. Collectively, we are committed to do ‘The Best by Every Child’ and our growing family of responsible, independent and empowered global citizens, representing 70 nationalities, is championed by highly qualified British and Irish teachers and an international team of administration and support staff. For more information, go to kings-edu.com.