GEMS Jumeirah Primary School

GEMS Jumeirah Primary School is located in Al Safa 1, Street No. 19, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The campus sits in the Jumeirah area with easy access to Sheikh Zayed Road and surrounding communities such as Jumeirah and Safa. It is well connected to major transport routes and serves Dubai's international resident community. GPS coordinates: N25°10.539', E055°14.275'.

The school runs from Foundation Stage to Year 6, generally for children aged about 3 to 11. Foundation Stage includes FS1 and FS2, followed by Key Stage 1 (Year 1–Year 2) and Key Stage 2 (Year 3–Year 6).

The school is co-educational and operates as a day (non-boarding) school.

The school represents over seventy nationalities. The most represented nationality is British. Local students account for about 4% of the student body, while international students make up approximately 96%.

JPS Connect is the Inclusion department. It provides wellbeing support, Learning Support for literacy and numeracy, English Language Learning (ELL) support, one-to-one or small-group interventions, and access to external services such as Speech and Language, Occupational Therapy, and Educational Psychology. The school also uses Learning Support Assistants (LSAs) and specialist programmes (e.g., Lexia Core 5, The Listening Program) to support diverse learners. Medical care is provided on site by Dubai Health Authority–registered nurses and an on-site doctor.

No formal country affiliation is stated. The curriculum is the National Curriculum in England (British curriculum) and is delivered within Dubai as part of the GEMS Education network.

There is no formal religious affiliation noted; the school emphasises inclusive education for a diverse, international student body.

Foundation Stage 1 starts with a daily drop-off from 7:15am to 7:40am and a pickup from 12:30pm (Mon–Thu) or 11:15–11:30am (Fri). Foundation Stage 2 to Year 6 follow the same 7:15am–7:40am arrival window, with a pickup from 2:30–2:45pm (Mon–Thu) and 11:15–11:30am (Fri). Registration occurs at 7:40am.

School transport is outsourced to School Transport Services LLC (STS). The service uses a large, safety-focused fleet with CCTV, ADAS cameras, GPS tracking, RFID, and a 24/7 Operations Control Centre. To register, contact the school's Service Delivery Executive; bus fees can be paid online, and routes are coordinated through STS with the provider handling availability and queries.

The curriculum is bespoke, based on the UK Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework and the National Curriculum for England, with Foundation Stage for FS1–FS2 and a Primary Phase for Years 1–6. Foundation Stage follows the EYFS seven areas of learning and development. In the Primary Phase, core subjects include English, Mathematics, Science, Arabic, French, Islamic Education, Moral, Social and Cultural Studies, Art, Music, and Physical Education. The school also offers an English Language Learner (ELL) program to support pupils whose first language is not English. Pedagogy features include In the Moment Planning, Conceptual Learning, and the High Performance Learning framework to guide curriculum delivery and challenge. The progression is organized into Foundation Stage (FS1–FS2) and Primary Phase (Years 1–6), with the Primary Phase further described as KS1 and KS2 in line with the National Curriculum for England.

JPS Connect and Wellbeing supports Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) through a fully inclusive approach that promotes the social and emotional wellbeing of all pupils, families and staff using a PERMA-based model of positive psychology, with a Wellbeing Team that includes Psychologists Helene de Bergeyck and Olivia Gavin and a Student Counsellor, Natalie Sinclair.

JPS Connect delivers inclusive SEN support: the Inclusion department provides wellbeing support from school counsellors and learning support from Learning Support Assistants (LSAs), one-to-one or one-to-two LSA provisions with Individual Education Plans (IEPs) developed via Team Around the Child meetings, specialist literacy and numeracy provision, English Language Learning (ELL) support led by an ELL Coordinator, The Listening Program, enrichment for Gifted and Talented students, and access to external services such as Speech and Language, Occupational Therapy and Educational Psychologist assessments; Head of Inclusion is Jodie Quinn.

The English Language Learners (ELL) programme supports children whose first language is not English by assessing needs, providing targeted intervention that combines direct English language instruction with content-based sessions, and boosting vocabulary and comprehension through the Lexia Core 5 program; the ELL Programme Coordinator is Manique Piyatunga.

The Wellbeing Department aims to promote and protect the social and emotional wellbeing of all JPS pupils, families and staff, using the PERMA model to foster a positive community, emotions, health, relationships, achievement and mindset; the Wellbeing Team includes Psychologists Helene de Bergeyck and Olivia Gavin and a Student Counsellor, Natalie Sinclair.

GEMS Jumeirah Primary School has a Designated Safeguarding Lead (Emma Hurst, Deputy Principal) with Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads Rachel Higgins (Principal/CEO) and Olivia Gavin (Head of Wellbeing); safeguarding policy aligns with UAE child protection requirements, and staff receive mandated safeguarding training; there is a whistleblowing policy and a School Safeguarding contact number +971 4 394 3500; the school also provides a Medical Department with two DHA-registered nurses and a full-time doctor.