Deira International School fees 2026–27 by year group
2023–24 · Dubai Festival City · 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 58,034
2025–26: AED 58,034 · 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, Deira International School, 2026–27 compared with 2025–26
| Year group | Tuition 2026–27 | Tuition 2025–26 | Change | All schools |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation Stage | ||||
| FS1 | AED 44,616 | AED 44,616 | Same | FS1 → |
| FS2 | AED 44,616 | AED 44,616 | Same | FS2 → |
| Primary | ||||
| Year 1 | AED 58,034 | AED 58,034 | Same | Year 1 → |
| Year 2 | AED 58,034 | AED 58,034 | Same | Year 2 → |
| Year 3 | AED 58,034 | AED 58,034 | Same | Year 3 → |
| Year 4 | AED 58,034 | AED 58,034 | Same | Year 4 → |
| Year 5 | AED 58,034 | AED 58,034 | Same | Year 5 → |
| Year 6 | AED 63,057 | AED 63,057 | Same | Year 6 → |
| Secondary | ||||
| Year 7 | AED 63,057 | AED 63,057 | Same | Year 7 → |
| Year 8 | AED 68,094 | AED 68,094 | Same | Year 8 → |
| Year 9 | AED 68,094 | AED 68,094 | Same | Year 9 → |
| Year 10 | AED 71,453 | AED 71,453 | Same | Year 10 → |
| Year 11 | AED 81,501 | AED 81,501 | Same | Year 11 → |
| Post-16 | ||||
| Year 12 | AED 89,889 | AED 89,889 | Same | Year 12 → |
| Year 13 | AED 89,889 | AED 89,889 | Same | Year 13 → |
Deira International School publishes 2026–27 tuition for 15 year groups: AED 44,616 (FS1 and FS2) to AED 89,889 (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 58,034
- KHDA's total for the year
- AED 58,034
Required, but not in KHDA's total: uniform, books and the like, bought from the school or elsewhere
- Uniform
- AED 1 to AED 1,000
- School ID Card ReplacementOnly when needed; not paid every year
- AED 1 to AED 60
A year, before optional servicesAED 58,035 to AED 59,034
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
- School Employees
- up to 100%
- Early Payment
- up to 4%
- Siblings 3 to 8
- 20%
- Humanitarian Financial Aid
- up to 100%
- Corporate
- up to 50%
The sheet's sibling discounts start at «Sibling 3», as it names them.
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 to AED 1,000Per year, by year group.
Optional
- School ID Card ReplacementAED 1 to AED 60Only when needed, such as a replacement; not paid every year.
- TransportAED 1 to AED 12,000Per year, by year group.
- Extracurricular ActivitiesAED 1 to AED 15,000Per year, by year group.
- MedicalAED 1 to AED 1,000Per year, by year group.
- School TripsAED 1 to AED 5,000Per year, by year group.
- Class photographAED 1 to AED 1,000Per year, by year group.
- Club ActivitiesAED 1 to AED 10,000Per year, by year group.
- Educational Overseas TripAED 1 to AED 25,000Per year, by year group.
- Enrichment ActivitiesAED 1 to AED 5,000Per year, by year group.
- Graduation ceremonyAED 1 to AED 2,000Per year, by year group.
- Interschool CompetitionsAED 1 to AED 1,000Per year, by year group.
- Learning Support AssistantsAED 1 to AED 60,000Per year, by year group.
- Music ConcertAED 1 to AED 1,000Per year, by year group.
- Overnight campAED 1 to AED 5,000Per year, by year group.
- School MagazineAED 1 to AED 300Per year, by year group.
- Sibling ClubAED 1 to AED 8,000Per year, by year group.
- Sport CampAED 1 to AED 3,000Per year, by year group.
- Summer CampAED 1 to AED 5,000Per year, by year group.
- Winter CampAED 1 to AED 5,000Per year, by year group.
- Aptitude TestAED 1 to AED 525Per 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 2011–12
Tuition at Deira International School for three year groups (FS1, Year 7 and Year 13) in every year KHDA published a figure, 2011–12 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 Deira International School: AED 36,289 in 2015–16, AED 44,616 in 2026–27
Approved tuition before any discount, AED, by academic year
FS1: 2015–16 AED 36,289, 2016–17 AED 38,328, 2017–18 AED 39,938, 2018–19 AED 39,938, 2019–20 AED 40,657, 2020–21 AED 40,657, 2021–22 AED 40,657, 2022–23 AED 40,657, 2023–24 AED 42,487, 2024–25 AED 43,592, 2025–26 AED 44,616, 2026–27 AED 44,616; Year 7: 2011–12 AED 40,980, 2012–13 AED 44,875, 2013–14 AED 49,138, 2014–15 AED 49,138, 2015–16 AED 51,290, 2016–17 AED 54,171, 2017–18 AED 56,446, 2018–19 AED 56,446, 2019–20 AED 57,462, 2020–21 AED 57,462, 2021–22 AED 57,462, 2022–23 AED 57,462, 2023–24 AED 60,048, 2024–25 AED 61,609, 2025–26 AED 63,057, 2026–27 AED 63,057; Year 13: 2011–12 AED 58,420, 2012–13 AED 63,970, 2013–14 AED 70,046, 2014–15 AED 70,047, 2015–16 AED 73,115, 2016–17 AED 77,222, 2017–18 AED 80,465, 2018–19 AED 80,465, 2019–20 AED 81,913, 2020–21 AED 81,913, 2021–22 AED 81,913, 2022–23 AED 81,913, 2023–24 AED 85,599, 2024–25 AED 87,825, 2025–26 AED 89,889, 2026–27 AED 89,889
Left and right arrow keys read each year. The table has every value.
FS1 approved tuition at Deira International School: AED 36,289 in 2015–16, AED 44,616 in 2026–27 All 16 rows.
| Academic year | FS1AED | Year 7AED | Year 13AED |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | Not availableNote 1 | 40,980 | 58,420 |
| 2012–13 | Not availableNote 1 | 44,875 | 63,970 |
| 2013–14 | Not availableNote 1 | 49,138 | 70,046 |
| 2014–15 | Not availableNote 1 | 49,138 | 70,047 |
| 2015–16 | 36,289 | 51,290 | 73,115 |
| 2016–17 | 38,328 | 54,171 | 77,222 |
| 2017–18 | 39,938 | 56,446 | 80,465 |
| 2018–19 | 39,938 | 56,446 | 80,465 |
| 2019–20 | 40,657 | 57,462 | 81,913 |
| 2020–21 | 40,657 | 57,462 | 81,913 |
| 2021–22 | 40,657 | 57,462 | 81,913 |
| 2022–23 | 40,657 | 57,462 | 81,913 |
| 2023–24 | 42,487 | 60,048 | 85,599 |
| 2024–25 | 43,592 | 61,609 | 87,825 |
| 2025–26 | 44,616 | 63,057 | 89,889 |
| 2026–27 | 44,616 | 63,057 | 89,889 |
- 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 Deira International School with a 2026–27 fee; the farthest is 4.5 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 Deira International School, 2026–27 tuition and KHDA rating
| School | Distance | Area | KHDA rating | FS1 | Year 7 | Year 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pace Modern British School | 2.1 km | Al Rashidiya | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 20,267 | Year 7: AED 26,043 | Year 13: Ends at Year 10 |
| The City School International Private | 2.6 km | Nadd Al Hamar | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 14,781 | Year 7: AED 17,833 | Year 13: AED 35,694 |
| Grammar School | 3.3 km | Al Garhoud | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 5,120 | Year 7: AED 5,760 | Year 13: AED 7,040 |
| Cedar School | 3.6 km | Al Warqa | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 20,195 | Year 7: AED 29,262 | Year 13: Ends at Year 9 |
| Newlands School | 4.1 km | Al Warqa | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 21,372 | Year 7: AED 32,058 | Year 13: AED 40,072 |
| Deira Private School | 4.1 km | Al Twar | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 22,867 | Year 7: AED 32,925 | Year 13: Ends at Year 9 |
| Hampton Heights International School | 4.2 km | Al Twar | No rating yet | FS1: AED 12,850 | Year 7: AED 19,950 | Year 13: Ends at Year 7 |
| Star International School – Mirdif | 4.5 km | Mirdif | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 32,730 | Year 7: AED 51,660 | Year 13: AED 57,510 |
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 Deira International 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, 57 charge less than Deira International School (AED 44,616) and 35 charge more. Every school's FS1 fee, 2026–27
- Year 7: of the 91 British schools publishing 2026–27 tuition for it, 56 charge less than Deira International School (AED 63,057) and 34 charge more. Every school's Year 7 fee, 2026–27
- Year 13: of the 67 British schools publishing 2026–27 tuition for it, 50 charge less than Deira International School (AED 89,889) and 16 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 Deira International School Outstanding in its 2023–24 inspection report, the latest published.
Deira International School KHDA rating by year, the judgements and what inspectors wroteWhat KHDA's six levels mean
Sources
- KHDA Fees Fact Sheets 2026–27, Deira International School: tuition by year group, other charges. Open the Year 1 sheet on KHDA's site
- KHDA Fees Fact Sheets 2025–26, Deira International School: the 2025–26 column.
- KHDA register of fees (open data) and Fees Fact Sheets, 2011–12 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 Deira International 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 «Siblings 3 to 8», for FS1 to Year 11; 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, Deira International 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.