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Dubai School Fees Report 2024-25

What private school really costs in Dubai — entry-level annual fees across 200 schools, computed directly from KHDA-published fee schedules. Updated automatically as new fees are published.

AED 26K

Median entry fee

AED 13K–AED 46K

Middle 50% of schools

AED 3K

Lowest

AED 95K

Highest

Across 62 schools with fees published in both years, the median entry-level fee changed +2.6% versus 2023-24.

How Dubai schools split by budget

Share of schools by entry-level annual fee. Each band links to the live, filterable list.

Under AED 40K132 schools →
AED 40–75K61 schools →
AED 75K+7 schools →

Fees by curriculum

Median entry-level fee per curriculum (minimum 3 schools with published fees).

IB14 schoolsmedian AED 55K (AED 29K–AED 95K)
British88 schoolsmedian AED 40K (AED 4K–AED 93K)
French7 schoolsmedian AED 40K (AED 29K–AED 57K)
American34 schoolsmedian AED 28K (AED 9K–AED 65K)
Indian CBSE33 schoolsmedian AED 12K (AED 3K–AED 35K)
Other16 schoolsmedian AED 11K (AED 3K–AED 52K)
UAE National8 schoolsmedian AED 8K (AED 6K–AED 12K)

Most affordable

Iranian Salman Farsi Boys SchoolAED 2,612Crescent English SchoolAED 2,793Iranian Khadije Kobra SchoolAED 3,595Little Flower English SchoolAED 3,749Gulf Model SchoolAED 3,875The Central SchoolAED 4,081New Indian Model SchoolAED 4,363H.H.Shaikh Rashid Al Maktoum Pakistani SchoolAED 4,400English Language Private SchoolAED 4,424Al Sadiq Islamic English SchoolAED 4,579
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Premium tier

North London Collegiate School Middle East L.L.C - FZAED 95,389Dubai CollegeAED 93,220Dubai English Speaking CollegeAED 81,082Royal Grammar School Guildford L.L.CAED 79,515Brighton College Dubai L.L.CAED 77,534Jumeirah CollegeAED 77,133GEMS World AcademyAED 75,292Dwight School L.L.CAED 72,504GEMS Wellington Academy Al Khail L.L.CAED 68,521Nord Anglia International School L.L.CAED 68,026
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Methodology & citation

Every figure on this page is computed from KHDA-published fee schedules for the 2024-25 academic year across 200Dubai private schools — no estimates. “Entry-level fee” means the lowest published annual tuition fee for the school (typically the earliest grade); fees for higher grades are usually higher. Figures refresh automatically as new schedules are published. Cite as: SchoolWise UAE, Dubai School Fees Report 2024-25, with a link to this page. See also KHDA Ratings Movers and how we rank schools.