Credence High School is a CBSE-affiliated co-educational Indian school in

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. It was established in 2014 to provide education to the children of

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n expatriates and is located off

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, in

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. The school is rated ''Good'' by

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, the education regulating body of the UAE and hosts students of over thirty nationalities.

Overview

Credence High School was founded in 2014 by a group of Indian expatriate businessmen, led by

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, Nalapad Ahmed Abdulla and Sameer K. Mohamed to provide education mainly to Indian expatriate children. The school follows Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) curriculum. The staff strength of the school is 143 who host a student strength of 596, comprising 30 nationalities. Deepika Thapar Singh serves as the principal of the school while it is chaired by Nalapad Ahmed Abdulla, one of the founders.

Location

The school is located off

Sheikh Zayed road E 11 ( ar, شارع ﺇ ١١) is a highway in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The longest road in the Emirates, it stretches from Al-Silah in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and ends in Ras al-Khaimah emirate, running roughly parallel to UAE's coastl ...

, Dubai.

Facilities

The School complex is housed in a 25,700 square feet building on 2.8 hectares (7 acres) of land. It has a capacity to admit 3000 students and the facilities include a library, laboratories, dance and music hall, purpose-built indoor hall for sports and cultural activities, swimming pool, athletic track, courts for volleyball, basketball and cricket, and a football ground.

Extra-curricular activities

The school has a Student Council which governs student activities. The student council includes elected students for different sports, literary and cultural activities. It organizes ''UAE Quiz Masters Tournament'', an annual inter-school quiz competition which attracts participants from various other schools in the UAE.

KHDA inspection report

The

(KHDA) has rated the school ''Good'' for the year 2017-18 academic year.

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