Arcadia British School fees 2026–27 by year group
2023–24 · Jumeirah Village Triangle · British · School profile
Tuition for each year group from the school's KHDA Fees Fact Sheet, with the 2025–26 figure and the change. Below it: the other charges the sheet lists and what nearby British schools charge.
Year 1, 2026–27
AED 77,839
2025–26: AED 77,839 · unchanged
Every year group from Year 1 to the last, in the cost planner
Tuition 2026–27 and 2025–26 by year group
Annual tuition by year group, Arcadia British School, 2026–27 compared with 2025–26
| Year group | Tuition 2026–27 | Tuition 2025–26 | Change | All schools |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation Stage | ||||
| FS1 | AED 67,687 | AED 67,687 | Same | FS1 → |
| FS2 | AED 67,687 | AED 67,687 | Same | FS2 → |
| Primary | ||||
| Year 1 | AED 77,839 | AED 77,839 | Same | Year 1 → |
| Year 2 | AED 77,839 | AED 77,839 | Same | Year 2 → |
| Year 3 | AED 77,839 | AED 77,839 | Same | Year 3 → |
| Year 4 | AED 77,839 | AED 77,839 | Same | Year 4 → |
| Year 5 | AED 77,839 | AED 77,839 | Same | Year 5 → |
| Year 6 | AED 77,839 | AED 77,839 | Same | Year 6 → |
| Secondary | ||||
| Year 7 | AED 82,893 | AED 82,893 | Same | Year 7 → |
| Year 8 | AED 88,419 | AED 88,419 | Same | Year 8 → |
| Year 9 | AED 88,419 | AED 88,419 | Same | Year 9 → |
| Year 10 | AED 93,945 | AED 93,945 | Same | Year 10 → |
| Year 11 | AED 93,945 | AED 93,945 | Same | Year 11 → |
| Post-16 | ||||
| Year 12 | AED 96,209 | AED 96,209 | Same | Year 12 → |
| Year 13 | AED 96,209 | AED 96,209 | Same | Year 13 → |
Arcadia British School publishes 2026–27 tuition for 15 year groups: AED 67,687 (FS1 and FS2) to AED 96,209 (Year 12 and Year 13). Compared with 2025–26, KHDA's approved tuition is unchanged in every year group that appears on both sheets.
Tuition only, as KHDA gives it for each year group; other charges such as uniform, books and transport are listed separately below. A year group the school does not teach is not in the table.
KHDA Fees Fact Sheets. Checked against KHDA on 16 September 2026.
Every school's fee for: FS1 · FS2 · Year 1 · Year 2 · Year 3 · Year 4 · Year 5 · Year 6 · Year 7 · Year 8 · Year 9 · Year 10 · Year 11 · Year 12 · Year 13
What a year costs
What a year costs, Year 1, 2026–27
- Tuition
- AED 77,839
- KHDA's total for the year
- AED 77,839
Required, but not in KHDA's total: uniform, books and the like, bought from the school or elsewhere
- Uniform
- AED 1,000 to AED 2,000
- School ID Card ReplacementOnly when needed; not paid every year
- AED 50
A year, before optional servicesAED 78,839 to AED 79,839
Joining and re-enrolling
- Re-enrollment fees · Existing Students
- Up to 5% of the tuition fees or AED 500 (whichever is higher), non-refundable and deductible from the 1st term fees
- Application Fees · New Students
- AED 500 (Assessment fees included)
- Enrolment Fees · New Students
- Up to 10% of the tuition fees, non-refundable and deductible from the 1st term fees
Other discounts the school states
- New Students
- 15%
- Corporate
- up to 30%
- Sibling 1
- 5%
- Sibling 2
- 10%
- Siblings 3 to 4
- 15%
- Sibling 5
- 20%
- Founders
- 30%
The school requested not to increase the tuition fees for the academic year 2026–27. Fees Fact Sheet 2026–27
Ranges are shown as KHDA prints them, never as a single middle figure.
Other charges on the KHDA Fees Fact Sheet, 2026–27
Beyond tuition, the school's 2026–27 sheet lists the charges below, as the school's own figures or ranges. Confirm them with the school before you sign.
Other payments, 2026–27
Required by the school
- UniformAED 1,000 to AED 2,000Per year, by year group.
Optional
- School ID Card ReplacementAED 50Only when needed, such as a replacement; not paid every year.
- TransportAED 5,000 to AED 10,500Per year, by year group.
- CanteenAED 1 to AED 50Per year, by year group.
- Costumes for school eventsAED 50 to AED 500Per year, by year group.
- Duke of Edinburgh International AwardAED 100 to AED 1,000Per year, by year group.
- Educational Local TripAED 50 to AED 3,000Per year, by year group.
- Educational Overseas TripAED 1,500 to AED 10,000Per year, by year group.
- Kinder ClubAED 35 to AED 100Per year, by year group.
- Learning Support AssistantsAED 1,500 to AED 75,000Per year, by year group.
- School International TripsAED 3,000 to AED 15,000Per year, by year group.
- School Local Field TripsAED 25 to AED 2,500Per year, by year group.
No single total for Year 1 here: 1 required payment is a range or has no single amount. «What a year costs» gives the year as a range.
Open the KHDA Fees Fact Sheet for Year 1, 2026–27What school costs beyond tuition in DubaiWhat «mandatory fees» means
Fee history since 2022–23
Tuition at Arcadia British School for three year groups (FS1, Year 7 and Year 13) in every year KHDA published a figure, 2022–23 to 2026–27; not every year group goes back that far. A year with no KHDA figure is left out, not estimated.
FS1 approved tuition at Arcadia British School: AED 61,242 in 2022–23, AED 67,687 in 2026–27
Approved tuition before any discount, AED, by academic year
FS1: 2022–23 AED 61,242, 2023–24 AED 64,457, 2024–25 AED 66,133, 2025–26 AED 67,687, 2026–27 AED 67,687; Year 7: 2022–23 AED 75,000, 2023–24 AED 78,938, 2024–25 AED 80,990, 2025–26 AED 82,893, 2026–27 AED 82,893; Year 13: 2025–26 AED 96,209, 2026–27 AED 96,209
Left and right arrow keys read each year. The table has every value.
FS1 approved tuition at Arcadia British School: AED 61,242 in 2022–23, AED 67,687 in 2026–27 All 5 rows.
- 1. No KHDA figure
Figures are KHDA's approved tuition for the year group, before any discount, so one year can be set against another. How fees moved across Dubai: fee rises by year
Nearby British schools: tuition at FS1 · Year 7 · Year 13
The eight nearest British schools to Arcadia British School with a 2026–27 fee; the farthest is 4.8 km away. Each row gives the school's 2026–27 tuition for the same year groups and its KHDA rating with the year; its figures open its fees page.
British schools near Arcadia British School, 2026–27 tuition and KHDA rating
| School | Distance | Area | KHDA rating | FS1 | Year 7 | Year 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunmarke School | 1.1 km | Jumeirah Village Triangle | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 54,104 | Year 7: AED 84,338 | Year 13: AED 91,643 |
| Dubai British School | 1.6 km | Emirates Hills | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 53,027 | Year 7: AED 71,976 | Year 13: AED 79,541 |
| Dubai British School Jumeirah Park | 2.5 km | Jumeirah Park | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 55,350 | Year 7: AED 77,490 | Year 13: AED 83,015 |
| Arcadia Global School | 3.7 km | Al Furjan | 2025–26 | FS1: AED 40,000 | Year 7: AED 61,000 | Year 13: Ends at Year 9 |
| Victory Heights Primary School | 4.2 km | Dubai Sports City | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 40,138 | Year 7: Ends at Year 6 | Year 13: Ends at Year 6 |
| GEMS School of Research and Innovation | 4.6 km | Dubai Sports City | No rating yet | FS1: AED 116,000 | Year 7: AED 161,000 | Year 13: No 2026–27 figure |
| Regent International Private School | 4.8 km | The Greens | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 49,076 | Year 7: AED 67,031 | Year 13: AED 73,225 |
| Nord Anglia International School | 4.8 km | Al Barsha South | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 69,625 | Year 7: AED 92,832 | Year 13: AED 105,288 |
Distances are in a straight line, not by road. The order is by distance, not by fee. «No 2026–27 figure» means the school's sheet lists no fee for that year group. «Starts at» and «Ends at» follow the year groups in KHDA's directory for that school.
How the fee compares with other British schools
For each year group: how many British schools in Dubai with a 2026–27 fee charge less than Arcadia British School, and how many charge more. This is a count, not a ranking; a fee says nothing about a school's rating or whether it has places available.
- FS1: of the 93 British schools publishing 2026–27 tuition for it, 89 charge less than Arcadia British School (AED 67,687) and three charge more. Every school's FS1 fee, 2026–27
- Year 7: of the 91 British schools publishing 2026–27 tuition for it, 77 charge less than Arcadia British School (AED 82,893) and 13 charge more. Every school's Year 7 fee, 2026–27
- Year 13: of the 67 British schools publishing 2026–27 tuition for it, 56 charge less than Arcadia British School (AED 96,209) and 10 charge more. Every school's Year 13 fee, 2026–27
Counted from the fee each school's 2026–27 KHDA Fees Fact Sheet gives for the year group, after any discount it lists, the same basis as the fee pages by year group. A discount can be for one year or conditional, so the count can shift when a discount ends. Lowest British fees by year group, with KHDA ratings
KHDA rating
KHDA rated Arcadia British School Very good in its 2023–24 inspection report, the latest published.
Arcadia British School KHDA rating by year, the judgements and what inspectors wroteWhat KHDA's six levels mean
Sources
- KHDA Fees Fact Sheets 2026–27, Arcadia British School: tuition by year group, other charges. Open the Year 1 sheet on KHDA's site
- KHDA Fees Fact Sheets 2025–26, Arcadia British School: the 2025–26 column.
- KHDA register of fees (open data) and Fees Fact Sheets, 2022–23 to 2026–27: the fee history.
- KHDA inspection report, 2023–24: the rating.
Checked against KHDA on 16 September 2026.
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Questions about Arcadia British School fees
Does the fee include books, uniform or transport?
No. The figures above are tuition only. The school's 2026–27 sheet lists the other charges in «Other charges» above; transport and trips are priced as a range the school may charge up to. What school costs beyond tuition in Dubai
What was the fee last year?
KHDA's approved tuition for 2025–26 was the same as for 2026–27 in every year group on both sheets; the 2025–26 column shows each figure.
Is there a sibling discount?
For some year groups. The school's 2026–27 sheets list sibling discounts, on a scale that starts at «Sibling 1», for FS1 to Year 12; choose a year group above and «Other discounts the school states» in «What a year costs» gives them. Ask the school which apply to your family.
Which year group is the entry point?
By KHDA's directory, Arcadia British School teaches FS1 to Year 13, and the 2026–27 sheet prices each of them. Which year group a child joins depends on age; enter a birth date and the year-group page works it out. Find the year group by birth date
How does the fee compare with other British schools?
«How the fee compares» above counts, for each year group, how many British schools charge less and how many charge more for 2026–27. «Nearby schools» lists the eight nearest with their figures and ratings.
Will the fee rise next year?
For 2027–28, no figure is published yet: it appears only when KHDA publishes the school's sheet. In most years KHDA sets, through the Education Cost Index, how much a school may raise its fee. KHDA confirmed there will be no increase in private school fees for the 2026–27 school year. The sheet's own line on increases is in «What a year costs» above.