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International schools, researched for expat families

A new city. A new school system. One calmer way to figure it out.

NewSchoolRun helps expat parents understand international schools before the admissions deadline does — researched city guides, school profiles with sourced fees, and honest caveats across the Gulf, Asia and beyond.

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Start with your city

The tier-one expat school cities

Each city guide starts with the regulator, the curriculum mix, the fee reality and the admissions calendar — then names the schools we have researched in depth.

01DubaiThe Gulf’s largest school market: 227 schools, a public regulator — and a citywide tuition freeze for 2026-27.02Abu DhabiThe capital’s ADEK-regulated market is smaller, steadier and, at the top end, cheaper than Dubai’s.03SingaporeAsia’s most mature market: the region’s deepest IB bench, fees topping S$58,000 — and the state decides who may attend.04RiyadhThe Gulf’s fastest-growing market under Vision 2030 — seats at the established schools are genuinely scarce.05JeddahThe Red Sea port’s long-established British and American schools — calmer, cheaper at the top, and changing fast.

What makes us different

Written to an editorial standard you can audit.

Deep research, not directory filler

Every page starts as a research dossier: a source table, claim-by-claim notes, and a review pass before publication. No scraped fee tables, no brochure copy.

Sourced fees and named evidence

Fee figures, debenture prices and admissions rules are attributed at the sentence to the school, the regulator or a named publication — so you can check them yourself.

Honest caveats, stated loudly

What we cannot verify, we label as unverified. What is judgment, we label as judgment. And when we get something wrong, the correction is public.

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Featured guides

For the questions expat parents ask each other

Admissions calendars, fee realities, debentures, regulator ratings — the explainers families pass around WhatsApp groups, written to our evidence standard.

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Featured school profiles

Researched school by school, claim by claim

Profiles that separate verified facts from judgment — what the documents show, what they cannot tell you, and the questions to ask on a tour.

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Dubai · School profile

Dubai College

The 1978 British secondary in Al Sufouh — GCSE and A-level, selective entry. Our exemplar profile: the standard every profile is held to.

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Singapore · School profile

UWC South East Asia

The mission-driven IB giant with two campuses, a real scholarship engine — and Singapore’s only on-site boarding.

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The wider map

More cities are on the run

Beyond the tier-one hubs we publish researched guides for Hong Kong, Bangkok, Doha, Kuala Lumpur and a growing list of tier-two and tier-three cities — each opened only when its first school profiles pass review. No placeholders.

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For schools

Reach families at the decision moment.

High-intent readers

Our readers are relocating families actively shortlisting schools — the audience admissions teams care about most.

Clearly labeled placements

Sponsored visibility is always marked and never changes what our research says. Accuracy is the product.

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A correction, a question, a city we should open next?

Parents write in with ground truth; schools write in with documents; everyone can flag an error. Corrections are answered publicly — it is part of the standard.

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