Citizens School fees 2026–27 by year group
2024–25 · Al Satwa · 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 65,000
2025–26: AED 61,750 · approved tuition unchanged. After discount: AED 3,250 more (smaller discount).
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, Citizens School, 2026–27 compared with 2025–26
| Year group | Tuition 2026–27 | Tuition 2025–26 | Change | All schools |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation Stage | ||||
| FS1 | AED 45,000 | AED 40,500approved AED 45,000 | SameAfter discount: AED 4,500 more (smaller discount). | FS1 → |
| FS2 | AED 55,000 | AED 49,500approved AED 55,000 | SameAfter discount: AED 5,500 more (smaller discount). | FS2 → |
| Primary | ||||
| Year 1 | AED 65,000 | AED 61,750approved AED 65,000 | SameAfter discount: AED 3,250 more (smaller discount). | Year 1 → |
| Year 2 | AED 65,000 | AED 61,750approved AED 65,000 | SameAfter discount: AED 3,250 more (smaller discount). | Year 2 → |
| Year 3 | AED 65,000 | AED 61,750approved AED 65,000 | SameAfter discount: AED 3,250 more (smaller discount). | Year 3 → |
| Year 4 | AED 65,000 | AED 61,750approved AED 65,000 | SameAfter discount: AED 3,250 more (smaller discount). | Year 4 → |
| Year 5 | AED 65,000 | AED 61,750approved AED 65,000 | SameAfter discount: AED 3,250 more (smaller discount). | Year 5 → |
| Year 6 | AED 65,000 | AED 61,750approved AED 65,000 | SameAfter discount: AED 3,250 more (smaller discount). | Year 6 → |
| Secondary | ||||
| Year 7 | AED 75,000 | AED 67,500approved AED 75,000 | SameAfter discount: AED 7,500 more (smaller discount). | Year 7 → |
| Year 8 | AED 75,000 | AED 67,500approved AED 75,000 | SameAfter discount: AED 7,500 more (smaller discount). | Year 8 → |
| Year 9 | AED 80,000 | AED 72,000approved AED 80,000 | SameAfter discount: AED 8,000 more (smaller discount). | Year 9 → |
Citizens School publishes 2026–27 tuition for 11 year groups: AED 45,000 (FS1) to AED 80,000 (Year 9). Compared with 2025–26, KHDA's approved tuition is unchanged in every year group that appears on both sheets.
The discount on the 2026–27 sheet is smaller than on the 2025–26 sheet, so the fee after the discount is higher in all 11 year groups; the school did not raise its approved fee.
The Change column compares KHDA's approved tuition; where the fee after the discount moved by a different amount, a second line in the row says so and why.
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.
The school's 2026–27 sheet also prints Year 10 (AED 85,000). KHDA's directory lists the school up to Year 9, so that year group is not in the table.
The school's 2026–27 sheets also price three groups for children under three, which KHDA names by age, ECC (0-1), ECC (1-2) and ECC (2-3): AED 42,150 each.
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
What a year costs
What a year costs, Year 1, 2026–27
- Tuition
- AED 65,000
- KHDA's total for the year
- AED 65,000
Required, but not in KHDA's total: uniform, books and the like, bought from the school or elsewhere
- Uniform
- AED 700 to AED 1,000
A year, before optional servicesAED 65,700 to AED 66,000
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
- Sibling 1
- 5%
- Siblings 2 to 4
- 10%
- School Management Concession
- up to 100%
- School Employees
- up to 100%
- Scholarship
- up to 30%
- Referrals
- up to 2.5%
- Privilege Cards
- up to 5%
- Founders
- up to 10%
- Enrollment Fees
- 100%
- Early Payment
- up to 2.5%
- Corporate
- up to 10%
- Emirati Students
- 10%
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 700 to AED 1,000Per year, by year group.
Optional
- TransportAED 10,000 to AED 13,000Per year, by year group.
- Extracurricular ActivitiesAED 4,000 to AED 5,000Per year, by year group.
- School TripsAED 50 to AED 300Per year, by year group.
- CanteenAED 4,000 to AED 6,000Per year, by year group.
- Class photographAED 100 to AED 300Per year, by year group.
- Costumes for school eventsAED 100 to AED 200Per year, by year group.
- Learning Support AssistantsAED 70,000 to AED 100,000Per year, by year group.
- Sibling ClubAED 50Per year, the same for every year group.
- Sport CampAED 200 to AED 1,000Per year, by year group.
- Graduation ceremonyAED 100 to AED 200Per year, by year group.
- Graduation KitAED 100 to AED 200Per year, by year group.
- Arabic Benchmark TestAED 50 to AED 100Per year, by year group.
- National Agenda Parameter TestsAED 50 to AED 100Per year, by year group.
- Robotic DeviceAED 1,000 to AED 2,000Per year, by year group.
- School International TripsAED 8,000 to AED 15,000Per year, by year group.
- School ID Card ReplacementAED 50Only when needed, such as a replacement; not paid every year.
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 Citizens School for three year groups (FS1, Year 7 and Year 9) 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 Citizens School: AED 45,000, unchanged since 2022–23
Approved tuition before any discount, AED, by academic year
FS1: 2022–23 AED 45,000, 2023–24 AED 45,000, 2024–25 AED 45,000, 2025–26 AED 45,000, 2026–27 AED 45,000; Year 7: 2023–24 AED 75,000, 2024–25 AED 75,000, 2025–26 AED 75,000, 2026–27 AED 75,000; Year 9: 2025–26 AED 80,000, 2026–27 AED 80,000
Left and right arrow keys read each year. The table has every value.
FS1 approved tuition at Citizens School: AED 45,000, unchanged since 2022–23 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 9
The eight nearest British schools to Citizens School with a 2026–27 fee; the farthest is 5.2 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 Citizens School, 2026–27 tuition and KHDA rating
| School | Distance | Area | KHDA rating | FS1 | Year 7 | Year 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horizons English School | 2.7 km | Al Wasl | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 31,503 | Year 7: Ends at Year 6 | Year 9: Ends at Year 6 |
| Dubai British School Jumeira | 2.8 km | Al Wasl | No rating yet | FS1: AED 51,477 | Year 7: AED 69,872 | Year 9: Ends at Year 8 |
| Jumeirah English Speaking School | 4.1 km | Al Safa | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 54,131 | Year 7: Ends at Year 6 | Year 9: Ends at Year 6 |
| Safa British School | 4.4 km | Al Safa | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 45,428 | Year 7: AED 62,733 | Year 9: AED 67,060 |
| GEMS Jumeira Primary School | 4.7 km | Al Safa | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 44,200 | Year 7: Ends at Year 6 | Year 9: Ends at Year 6 |
| Jumeirah College | 4.8 km | Al Safa | 2023–24 | FS1: Starts at Year 7 | Year 7: AED 78,946 | Year 9: AED 78,946 |
| Hartland International School | 5.1 km | Meydan City | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 48,781 | Year 7: AED 83,285 | Year 9: AED 83,285 |
| The Apple International Community School | 5.2 km | Al Karama | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 15,850 | Year 7: AED 19,131 | Year 9: AED 19,550 |
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 Citizens 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, 58 charge less than Citizens School (AED 45,000) and 34 charge more. Every school's FS1 fee, 2026–27
- Year 7: of the 91 British schools publishing 2026–27 tuition for it, 65 charge less than Citizens School (AED 75,000) and 25 charge more. Every school's Year 7 fee, 2026–27
- Year 9: of the 83 British schools publishing 2026–27 tuition for it, 63 charge less than Citizens School (AED 80,000) and 19 charge more. Every school's Year 9 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 Citizens School Good in its 2024–25 inspection report, the latest published.
Citizens School KHDA rating by year, the judgements and what inspectors wroteWhat KHDA's six levels mean
Sources
- KHDA Fees Fact Sheets 2026–27, Citizens School: tuition by year group, other charges. Open the Year 1 sheet on KHDA's site
- KHDA Fees Fact Sheets 2025–26, Citizens 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, 2024–25: the rating.
Checked against KHDA on 16 September 2026.
How Dubai School Atlas reads KHDA documentsWhat a Fees Fact Sheet is
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Questions about Citizens 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. The discount on the 2026–27 sheet is smaller than on the 2025–26 sheet, so the fee after the discount is higher in all 11 year groups; the school did not raise its approved fee.
Is there a sibling discount?
Yes. The school's 2026–27 sheet lists sibling discounts on a scale that starts at «Sibling 1»; «Other discounts the school states» in «What a year costs» above gives each one, as listed. Not every discount may apply to every family, so ask the school which apply to yours.
Which year group is the entry point?
By KHDA's directory, Citizens School teaches FS1 to Year 9, and the 2026–27 sheet prices each of them. The sheet also prints Year 10, which is not in the table. 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.