Faith
Qur’an and character
Recitation, memorisation, understanding and good character for every child, taught in a way every Muslim family can share. A scholars’ panel oversees it.
A planned school · Ages {ages} · Dubai
Faith at the centre. A real business in their hands.
A new full-time school for Muslim families in Dubai, launching September 2027.
Register interest
No payment is taken today.
Every project is a team project
Children learn to plan, share the work and decide together, the way real businesses run.
Three things every child gets
Learning
An academic core at their own pace
Mornings are for the academic core. It adapts to your child, so they move at their own pace.
Enterprise
Every child runs a real business
Each term, the team sells, builds, tests and grows a real venture, and gives to charity from what it earns. Children learn honest selling and fair contracts by doing them, and learn charity by giving.
Why we are building it
Many families in Dubai face the same choice: a strong academic school or a faith-centred one.
We want both for our children.
PLUS the confidence that comes from building something real.
A week at Ummah Next
A simple picture of the school day.
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Morning
Memorisation circle
The day opens with recitation and memorisation in a small circle.
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Morning
Maths at their own pace
The adaptive academic core lets each child move on when ready, or take more time.
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Dhuhr and Asr
Prayer in congregation
Dhuhr and Asr are each prayed in congregation, at their own time. The lesson under way when the adhan is called finishes, then everyone prays.
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Afternoon
The venture
The team designs a product, sells it, counts the profit and gives to charity from its earnings.
Real projects. Real businesses.
Ideas don’t stay on paper. Each term, the team turns one into a venture with real customers and real profit.
How it works
- Diploma
- An American high school diploma issued by an accredited US online school that we partner with. Older students will sit Advanced Placement (AP) exams, set by the US College Board and taken in Dubai. They give an external exam grade for entry into universities in the UK and elsewhere.
- Studios
- Mixed-age studios of about 15 children, each led by a guide. The first studio will be in Dubai; we are currently scouting locations.
- Leadership
- A school director runs the school. A head of learning leads teaching. A scholars’ panel oversees the Qur’an and Islamic-ethics core.
- Prayer
- Prayer is built into the day. Dhuhr and Asr are each prayed in congregation, at their own time. A lesson is never cut short: the lesson under way when the adhan is called finishes, then everyone prays.
- Opening
- Planned for September 2027, with a founding cohort of 40 children aged {ages}.
- Permits
- We are confirming the permit route with KHDA, Dubai’s education regulator, before we open. We will open only with the right permit in place, and deposits are fully refundable if we don’t.
Fees and founding families
The planned fee is AED 45,000 a year, with sibling discounts and bursaries.
The founding-family promise
We open only if places for 40 children are committed by 31 March 2027. Founding families get:
- First places.
- A say in how the first year runs.
- Refundable deposits, opening in January 2027.
The road to opening
- NowRegister your family’s interest. No payment.
- January 2027Refundable deposits open.
- 31 March 2027Places for 40 children need to be committed.
- September 2027Planned opening, if we reach 40 children.
Today we are only collecting interest. No payment is taken.
Register your family’s interest
It takes two minutes and costs nothing.
Thank you. Your family is on the list.
What happens next
- We’ll invite you to a family information evening.
- Refundable deposits open in January 2027.
- We open in September 2027 only if places for 40 children are committed by 31 March 2027.
We’ve got your question and will reply by email.
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Questions and answers
Who is setting up the school?
A group of Muslim education and entrepreneurship professionals who are passionate about nurturing the next generation of Muslim entrepreneurs.
Is it licensed?
We are confirming the permit route with KHDA, Dubai’s education regulator, before we open. We will open only with the right permit in place, and deposits are fully refundable if we don’t.
What diploma will my child get?
An American high school diploma, issued by an accredited US online school that we partner with. We are choosing the partner school now and will tell registered families which one. The diploma is earned through course credits across the high school years, not one set of final exams, so the business programme sits alongside it instead of competing with exam preparation. Your child studies with their studio each day at an Ummah Next centre in Dubai: {host}.
We also plan for older students to sit Advanced Placement (AP) exams, set by the US College Board and taken in Dubai. They give an external exam grade, which universities in the UK and elsewhere usually ask for alongside an American diploma.
What ages?
{agesAnswer} Children learn in mixed-age studios of about 15, each led by a guide.
How do prayers fit into the day?
Dhuhr and Asr are each prayed in congregation, at their own time. A lesson is never cut short: the lesson under way when the adhan is called finishes, then everyone prays together.
What does it cost?
The planned fee is AED 45,000 a year, with sibling discounts and bursaries. Today we are only collecting interest. No payment is taken.
What happens next?
We’ll invite registered families to a family information evening. Refundable deposits open in January 2027. The school opens in September 2027 only if places for 40 children are committed by 31 March 2027.
Is there an after-school programme?
Yes. Martial arts for boys and girls, in separate areas, at the planned Ummah Next gym. Tick the box in the form if you are interested.