Our learning community currently includes children between the ages of 3 and 12 years old. Additional age groups will be introduced as Najmara continues to expand.

At present, our learning community is not equipped to accommodate all special needs. Ongoing initiatives are in progress to enhance inclusivity. This commitment aligns with the vision of the Dubai Disability Strategy, which aspires to create a fully cohesive and inclusive society.

The first academic year of the school launched in October 2024, and is now entering its third academic year, beginning in September 2026.

We are committed to ensure a price-point on par with other ‘outstanding’ rated schools in Dubai. We offer grants and scholarships to ensure the founding cohort mirrors the diversity aspirations at the core of the school’s principles.

Najmara is located in Safa Park, Dubai.

We follow a stage not age based approach and maintain a 1:4 guide-to-learner ratio at any time. In 2025-2026, our learning community will consist of two mixed-age groups (3-5 year olds and 6-12 year olds).

We will grow with our learners, and will begin offering subsequent learning stages as our learners progress and demonstrate readiness for advancement.

Dubai Future Foundation is behind this new project. Dubai Future Foundation's mission is to shape the future of Dubai. As part of it, DFF is interested in reimagining and designing the future of education to make Dubai one of the world’s foremost future cities.

We understand parents look to the KHDA for assurance that learning environments meet standards. Najmara is licensed and registered with the KHDA. We continue to work hand in hand with the KHDA as well as international accreditation bodies and educational transformation advisors from around the globe to ensure that our learning environments meet and exceed standards.

Yes. We intend to support learners and provide pathways through the cultivation of robust learning portfolios. Our learners will be supported to develop capabilities that, should they should to pursue it, will help them gain entry into tertiary studies.

If a receiving school requires an academic transcript, we can provide one. If moving to a different school is necessary then the child, in their time with us, will have honed the life-skills necessary to thrive anywhere: self-awareness; adaptability; communication; learning how to learn; resilience; self-advocacy; social-emotional-behavioural competency; and more.

Yes. Our commitment to global stewardship means we intentionally cultivate a learning community that is diverse in every respect. While Arabic language, Islamic values, and Emirati culture are meaningfully woven into our shared experiences, they form part of a broader and inclusive learning environment. Najmara values the richness that diverse backgrounds, traditions, and perspectives bring, and children from all cultures are an integral part of our community.

Our transdisciplinary approach embeds traditional subjects into thematic learning. Thus a project on insects involves: sculpting them (art); categorising them by number of legs (maths); creating bug poems (literacy); identifying place of origin (geography); exploring medicinal uses (science/ethics).

Learning is not content heavy. Hence your child focuses less on remembering scientific facts, which a discerning online search can provide, and more on how to be a scientist. As competent users of the Scientific Method your child can pursue any line of scientific enquiry they wish.

When a skills boost in any subject would benefit your child, we have the capacity for small group learning to fulfil individual needs and passions.

The Arabic and English languages comfortably co-exist in our school. Through immersion and direct teaching experiences your child takes their competency in these languages to the level that suits them.

Wellbeing is mental, physical and spiritual health and safety. Opportunities to learn and practice wellbeing skills are woven into the fabric of our day. Even taking attendance involves children self-identifying where they are on a scale of alertness and readiness to engage. During daily Barza, pertinent wellbeing skills are intentionally rehearsed — conflict resolution, positive self-talk, body bravery.

Our gently paced, agile approach means we seize learnable moments to facilitate wellbeing skill acquisition — when a child is angry, we pause, we come together to figure out which emotion modulation strategy they want to try and how the group can support them.

Children’s learning portfolios include personal wellbeing goals which they actively work on. We employ wellbeing specialists who facilitate small skill-enhancement groups for children and parenting workshops. All adults around the children model excellent wellbeing skills. Joining Barza demonstrates to children that physical health matters to the adults in their lives as well.

Parents are such an important part of our learning community. We envision parents being physically present on site, actively participating in workshops and events, contributing to their children’s learning profiles and journey, and being deeply immersed in shaping the experiences that make our community cohesive and forward-thinking.