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For UAE families with children in government schools and private schools following the Ministry of Education (MoE) curriculum, the wait is almost over. The Ministry has confirmed that end-of-year results for the 2025-2026 academic year will be released across two days, Sunday, July 12 and Monday, July 13, 2026, with a staggered schedule from the oldest grades down to the youngest.

For students, the moment marks the formal close of an academic year that ran through significant disruption (regional conflict, cancelled examinations, the introduction of Group A resit protocols and a nationwide anti-cheating framework for centrally administered electronic tests). For parents, it also opens the summer break in earnest, with progression decisions for the next academic year now able to be finalised.

Here is the full schedule, how to access results, and the practical steps UAE families should take in the days ahead.

The full results schedule

The Ministry's results release follows a clear seniority-first order. Older students who need results earliest for university applications and progression decisions receive them first, followed by the younger grades the following day.

Sunday, July 12, 2026:

• Grade 12: results available from 10am
• Grades 9 to 11: results available from 12pm (noon)

Monday, July 13, 2026:

• Grades 5 to 8: results available from 10am
• Grades 1 to 4: results available from 12pm (noon)

For families with children in multiple grades, this means older siblings receive their results a day before younger ones. Setting expectations at home in advance can help avoid confusion, particularly for younger children who may see older siblings receiving news and wonder when their own moment comes.

How students and parents access results

Results will be released through the official MoE Student Portal. Students and parents will need their standard portal login credentials to view the results from the designated release time for each grade level.

The Ministry has also confirmed that official digital certificates will be available for printing directly from the Student Portal via the electronic verification service. Certificate printing windows are set at 8pm to midnight on the same day results are released for each grade level.

Practical steps to take now:

• Check that the family's Student Portal login credentials are working ahead of results day. This is a small step that saves considerable frustration on the day itself.
• Ensure a stable internet connection and a working printer or PDF-saving process ready for the certificate printing window in the evening.
• Save digital copies of the certificate as PDF as well as printing physical copies, so families have both formats archived.

What this results release covers

The July 12-13 schedule covers students in Grades 1 to 12 in government schools and private schools that follow the MoE curriculum. It does not cover:

• IB Diploma Programme results, which were released globally on July 6 following the International Baccalaureate's May 2026 examination cycle. UAE students received their IB Diploma results through the NECM framework this year following the cancellation of examinations amid regional security concerns. The Class of 2026 posted a remarkable outcome with four UAE students achieving the perfect 45 points.
• CBSE Class 12 results, which were released in May with the first phase of verification and re-evaluation outcomes made available in June.
• British curriculum GCSE, IGCSE and A Level results, which follow different examination calendars, typically August for A Levels and IGCSEs.

For UAE families with children across multiple curriculum types (which is common in international households), each curriculum has its own results calendar. The July 12-13 dates apply only to the MoE curriculum.

What the results mean for progression

For most students, the results are the final formal signal of successful completion of the current academic year and progression to the next grade. Practical implications:

Grade 12 students: These are the results that determine formal secondary school completion and are used for UAE university applications through the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MoHESR) equivalency and admission processes. Grade 12 students planning higher education should be ready to submit updated results as soon as they are available to the universities they have applied to, whether in the UAE or internationally.

Grades 9 to 11: These results determine progression through the senior secondary years. Grade 11 students in particular should be reviewing their results carefully as their Grade 12 subject choices, university preferences and career pathways start crystallising.

Grades 5 to 8: These are important progression markers, particularly for students transitioning between primary and secondary phases. Grade 8 results, for example, position students for the transition to Grade 9 and the start of upper secondary study.

Grades 1 to 4: These are the youngest students, and the results here should be understood in the context of the wider approach to early years and primary assessment. Centralised examinations for Grades 3 and 4 were replaced by School-Based Summative Assessments (SSA) across all subjects for the 2025-26 academic year, in line with the Ministry's developmental approach to younger pupils. Grades 1 and 2 continue to be assessed entirely through school-based evaluation.

What happens for students who did not pass

For any student who did not achieve the minimum passing grade in Group A subjects, the Ministry's resit examination framework provides a formal second chance. Resits are administered electronically for Grades 5 to 12, with specific eligibility categories now allowing certain students to sit resits remotely, including People of Determination, students undergoing medical treatment, students abroad for approved reasons, and minors in juvenile care centres.

Students who need resits should coordinate through their school's exam coordinator, who can walk families through the process and confirm applicable dates and formats.

What UAE families should do on results day

For parents opening results with their children on July 12 or 13, a few practical steps make the day easier for the whole household.

Set the family up in advance. Confirm that the Student Portal login works, know where the family will be at the release time, and have a plan for how the moment will be handled. Younger children in particular do best when the news is opened calmly, with a parent present.

Focus on the whole year, not the single number. The results reflect an entire academic year of effort. Whatever the specific outcome, framing the moment as a milestone in an ongoing journey (rather than a final verdict) supports children's healthy relationship with academic assessment.

Print and save the certificate on the release day. The 8pm to midnight window is generous but time-limited. Setting a reminder for 8pm on the evening of the release day ensures the certificate is safely printed and archived.

For older students planning next steps, gather all relevant documents. Grade 12 students, in particular, should have their results ready to submit to universities and to MoHESR for equivalency processing, alongside supporting documents like transcripts, personal statements and reference letters.

Take the summer seriously. Once results are received, the academic year is genuinely over. UAE families have almost eight weeks of summer break ahead, and how families use this time matters. Between the Nord Anglia Permission to Play Report showing that most UAE parents feel guilty about unproductive time, and MAP Growth data showing that maths skills in particular can slip 20 to 30 per cent over the summer without light engagement, the balance between rest and reset is worth thinking about now, not in mid-August.

The wider context

The 2025-26 results release closes an academic year that was, by any measure, exceptional. Regional security concerns during the US-Israel-Iran conflict reshaped the exam calendar, with in-school electronic testing under a new anti-cheating framework, resit protocols for students who did not initially pass, and NECM-based grading for the IB cohort. Alongside the disruption, the UAE education system also saw significant policy moves: the KHDA 2026-27 fee freeze, the resumption of KHDA inspections under a new model, the launch of Project Nova bringing AI into the country's education infrastructure, the expansion of the national scholarship system, and the country's strongest-ever performance in the QS World University Rankings 2027.

For UAE families, the July 12-13 results release is the final institutional moment of the academic year. It marks the point at which one year ends and the next begins. Whatever the specific outcome for any individual student, the wider system has held together through an unusually difficult year, and it has done so in a way that will continue to serve UAE children well through the years ahead.

Results day itself is a moment. What comes next, the summer break, the September start, the transition into new grades and new schools, is where the real growth continues. For UAE families opening results this weekend, congratulations on getting to this point, whatever the specific numbers say. The next academic year starts sooner than it feels right now.

Sources:

Khaleej Times, "UAE announces 2025-26 school results dates, timings for Grades 1-12" by Nandini Sircar (July 8, 2026). https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/education/2025-26-uae-school-results-july-12-13-grades-1-12 

Gulf News, "UAE Ministry of Education announces exam results schedule for all grades" by Huda Ata (July 8, 2026). https://gulfnews.com/uae/education/uae-ministry-of-education-announces-exam-results-schedule-for-all-grades-1.500600746