Guides to the school curricula being followed in UAE schools

Curriculum	Country of origin	No. of schools
UK National Curriculum	United Kingdom	206	View schools
A Level	United Kingdom	119	View schools
EYFS	United Kingdom	306	View schools
GCSE	United Kingdom	91	View schools
IGCSE	United Kingdom	157	View schools
IB DP	Switzerland	62	View schools
IB	Switzerland	48	View schools
US HS Diploma	United States of America	105	View schools
AS Level	United Kingdom	107	View schools
IB PYP	Switzerland	41	View schools
BTEC Level 3 Diploma	United Kingdom	63	View schools
Common Core	United States of America	84	View schools
CBSE	India	93	View schools
IB MYP	Switzerland	32	View schools
International A Level	United Kingdom	62	View schools
AP	United States of America	33	View schools
Montessori	Italy	45	View schools
SAT	United States of America	31	View schools
Cambridge Secondary	United Kingdom	21	View schools
IB CP	Switzerland	23	View schools
Specialist SEN		20	View schools
UAE MoE	United Arab Emirates	42	View schools
Cambridge Primary	United Kingdom	18	View schools
Singapore MoE	Singapore	0	View schools
NGSS	United States of America	24	View schools
Reggio Emilia	Italy	16	View schools
French	France	15	View schools
IPC	United Kingdom	4	View schools
Blended Early Years		20	View schools
IBDP Courses	Switzerland	12	View schools
Creative Curriculum	United States of America	13	View schools
Bespoke Curriculum		9	View schools
AERO	United States of America	4	View schools
Canadian	Canada	9	View schools
ASDAN	United Kingdom	13	View schools
Sports		9	View schools
BTEC Level 2 Diploma	United Kingdom	11	View schools
SABIS	Lebanon	11	View schools
Jolly Phonics	United Kingdom	11	View schools
Hong Kong	Hong Kong	0	View schools
Australian	Australia	3	View schools
Philippines	Philippines	9	View schools
FBISE	Pakistan	6	View schools
German	Germany	3	View schools
Chinese	China	1	View schools
CISCE	India	6	View schools
Japanese	Japan	2	View schools
DELF	France	3	View schools
Iranian	Iran	5	View schools
T Levels	United Kingdom	1	View schools
ACT	United States of America	0	View schools
CfE (Scotland)	United Kingdom	0	View schools
Highers & Advanced Highers	United Kingdom	0	View schools
IMYC	United Kingdom	0	View schools
Cambridge Early Years	United Kingdom	0	View schools
EYFS-Harvard		2	View schools
Intl Pre-School	United States of America	1	View schools
Progressive U.S.	United States of America	1	View schools
Spanish Curriculum	Spain	1	View schools
Te Whāriki	New Zealand	2	View schools
Thai	Thailand	0	View schools
Baccalauréat	France	1	View schools
Baccalauréat International	France	1	View schools
Brevêt des Collèges	France	1	View schools
Russian	Russia	1	View schools
Swiss	Switzerland	0	View schools

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