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Homeschooling in United Arab Emirates

Expat families in Dubai and Abu Dhabi move often and need a curriculum that travels. An Oxford-aligned track transfers cleanly into British-curriculum schools anywhere in the world.

KHDA, ADEK or the Ministry of EducationAEDGrowing expat and national home-learning community

Legal status

Permitted with approval from the relevant education authority in each emirate.

Regulator

KHDA, ADEK or the Ministry of Education

School year

September–June

Common curricula

Oxford-aligned, British curriculum, American curriculum

What to do first in United Arab Emirates

Before choosing a curriculum, establish your legal position. It takes about an hour and prevents the single most common source of first-year stress. Permitted with approval from the relevant education authority in each emirate. Contact KHDA, ADEK or the Ministry of Education to confirm what applies to your family, write down exactly what you owe and by when, and put the deadlines in a calendar.

  1. 1Confirm the current requirements with KHDA, ADEK or the Ministry of Education.
  2. 2Write down every deadline and diarise it.
  3. 3Choose two subjects to do properly — maths and English — and leave the rest for term two.
  4. 4Block out the hours you will actually teach, then protect them.
  5. 5Set up record-keeping on day one rather than in the week before a review.

What Fayferz families in United Arab Emirates tell us matters

  • Transcript exports are formatted for school-transfer applications.
  • Matches British-curriculum year groups for smooth re-entry to school.
  • Timezone-friendly: all lessons are self-paced, no fixed class times.

Homeschooling in United Arab Emirates: common questions

Is homeschooling legal in United Arab Emirates?

Yes. Permitted with approval from the relevant education authority in each emirate. The body responsible is KHDA, ADEK or the Ministry of Education. Requirements change from time to time, so confirm the current position with them before you withdraw a child from school or begin teaching at home.

Which curriculum do homeschooling families in United Arab Emirates usually follow?

The most common choices are Oxford-aligned, British curriculum, American curriculum. Fayferz provides an Oxford-aligned sequence for FYP, KG and Grades 1–8, with downloadable mapping documents so you can show how our units correspond to the local scheme.

What records should I keep in United Arab Emirates?

Four documents answer almost every request: a dated attendance log, a written learning plan listing subjects and assessment methods, two or three dated work samples per subject per term, and assessment results over time. Fayferz generates all four from your children's course activity and exports them as PDFs.

When does the United Arab Emirates school year run?

September–June. Fayferz courses are sequenced by lesson number rather than by calendar date, so you can start at any point in the year and a missed week never leaves you out of step.

This guide is general information for orientation, not legal advice. Confirm your obligations with KHDA, ADEK or the Ministry of Education before acting on anything here.

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Courses families here start with

Oxford-aligned sequences that transfer cleanly into British-curriculum schools anywhere in the world — useful whether you plan to stay home or return to school later.

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