Topic · 6 pieces · Updated October 2026
School fees in Dubai
KHDA approves each private school's fees and publishes them, year group by year group, in the school's Fees Fact Sheet for the academic year. A fee belongs to a grade and a year, so the fair comparison is the same year group in the same year across schools, never an «average fee» of a school.
The pieces below read those published fees: what one year group costs across Dubai, how the main curricula compare at the same age, and how far an employer's education allowance goes. The fee tables and the whole-schooling calculator use the same records.
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Guide · October 2026
Education allowance in Dubai, 2026–27: how many schools fit your amount
An employer's allowance of AED 30,000 to 100,000 a year against every 2026–27 fee: how many schools fit by year group and curriculum, and what tuition leaves out.
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Data story · October 2026
School fees by curriculum in Dubai
Six curricula, five year groups, one age scale: the middle fee of each curriculum in 2026–27, how far its schools spread around it, and what fourteen years add up to.
Data story · September 2026
Year 5 school fees in Dubai
One year group, every published fee: where the middle half sits, where the KHDA ratings sit on the price ladder, and the Good schools at low fees.
Guide · October 2026
Public or private school in Dubai: who can join a government school
Government schools in Dubai admit expatriate children on fixed conditions; this guide quotes them from the UAE government portal and dates the check. Most families choose among the private schools KHDA inspects, and the guide shows where to start.
Guide · October 2026
FS1 and FS2 in Dubai: ages, fees and which schools start at FS1
FS1 at three, FS2 at four, on the 31 December cut-off. How the two years map to Pre-KG and KG1, what schools charged for them in 2026–27, and why not every school opens at FS1.
Data story · October 2026
State of Dubai Private Schools 2026
Nine years of KHDA data in one place: how many schools Dubai has, how their ratings moved across six inspection cycles, and what the same year group costs in 2026–27.
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