Dubai English Speaking College fees 2026–27 by year group
2023–24 · Academic 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 7, 2026–27
AED 84,325
2025–26: AED 84,325 · unchanged
Every year group from Year 7 to the last, in the cost planner
Tuition 2026–27 and 2025–26 by year group
Annual tuition by year group, Dubai English Speaking College, 2026–27 compared with 2025–26
| Year group | Tuition 2026–27 | Tuition 2025–26 | Change | All schools |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secondary | ||||
| Year 7 | AED 84,325 | AED 84,325 | Same | Year 7 → |
| Year 8 | AED 84,325 | AED 84,325 | Same | Year 8 → |
| Year 9 | AED 84,325 | AED 84,325 | Same | Year 9 → |
| Year 10 | AED 84,325 | AED 84,325 | Same | Year 10 → |
| Year 11 | AED 84,325 | AED 84,325 | Same | Year 11 → |
| Post-16 | ||||
| Year 12 | AED 90,633 | AED 90,633 | Same | Year 12 → |
| Year 13 | AED 90,633 | AED 90,633 | Same | Year 13 → |
Dubai English Speaking College publishes 2026–27 tuition for seven year groups: AED 84,325 (Year 7 to Year 11) to AED 90,633 (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: Year 7 · Year 8 · Year 9 · Year 10 · Year 11 · Year 12 · Year 13
What a year costs
What a year costs, Year 7, 2026–27
- Tuition
- AED 84,325
- KHDA's total for the year
- AED 84,325
Required, but not in KHDA's total: uniform, books and the like, bought from the school or elsewhere
- Uniform
- AED 565 to AED 900
A year, before optional servicesAED 84,890 to AED 85,225
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
- 100%
- Sibling 3
- 5%
- Sibling 4
- 10%
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 565 to AED 900Per year, by year group.
Optional
- TransportAED 7,100 to AED 7,999Per year, by year group.
No single total for Year 7 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 7, 2026–27What school costs beyond tuition in DubaiWhat «mandatory fees» means
Fee history since 2011–12
Tuition at Dubai English Speaking College for two year groups (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.
Year 7 approved tuition at Dubai English Speaking College: AED 74,219 in 2015–16, AED 84,325 in 2026–27
Approved tuition before any discount, AED, by academic year
Year 7: 2015–16 AED 74,219, 2016–17 AED 74,219, 2022–23 AED 73,708, 2023–24 AED 78,720, 2024–25 AED 81,082, 2025–26 AED 84,325, 2026–27 AED 84,325; Year 13: 2011–12 AED 63,500, 2012–13 AED 66,358, 2013–14 AED 71,003, 2014–15 AED 74,553, 2015–16 AED 79,772, 2016–17 AED 79,772, 2022–23 AED 79,222, 2023–24 AED 84,609, 2024–25 AED 87,147, 2025–26 AED 90,633, 2026–27 AED 90,633
Left and right arrow keys read each year. The table has every value.
Year 7 approved tuition at Dubai English Speaking College: AED 74,219 in 2015–16, AED 84,325 in 2026–27 All 11 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 Year 7 · Year 13
The eight nearest British schools to Dubai English Speaking College with a 2026–27 fee; the farthest is 7.3 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 Dubai English Speaking College, 2026–27 tuition and KHDA rating
| School | Distance | Area | KHDA rating | Year 7 | Year 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEMS Wellington Academy – Silicon Oasis | 1.8 km | Dubai Silicon Oasis | 2023–24 | Year 7: AED 75,719 | Year 13: AED 89,246 |
| The Aquila School | 2.4 km | Dubailand | 2023–24 | Year 7: AED 64,897 | Year 13: AED 77,876 |
| GEMS First Point School | 2.9 km | Dubailand | 2023–24 | Year 7: AED 64,102 | Year 13: AED 75,756 |
| Rugby School | 4.7 km | Meydan City | No rating yet | Year 7: AED 85,500 | Year 13: AED 108,000 |
| Repton School | 4.9 km | Nad Al Sheba | 2023–24 | Year 7: AED 81,121 | Year 13: AED 102,753 |
| International School of Creative Science Nad Al Sheba | 5.2 km | Nad Al Sheba | 2023–24 | Year 7: AED 53,734 | Year 13: AED 65,504 |
| Kings School Nad Al Sheba | 5.5 km | Nad Al Sheba | 2023–24 | Year 7: AED 80,817 | Year 13: AED 99,392 |
| GEMS Winchester School | 7.3 km | Dubailand | 2023–24 | Year 7: AED 27,160 | Year 13: AED 38,403 |
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 Dubai English Speaking College, 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.
- Year 7: of the 91 British schools publishing 2026–27 tuition for it, 79 charge less than Dubai English Speaking College (AED 84,325) and 11 charge more. Every school's Year 7 fee, 2026–27
- Year 13: of the 67 British schools publishing 2026–27 tuition for it, 51 charge less than Dubai English Speaking College (AED 90,633) and 15 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 Dubai English Speaking College Outstanding in its 2023–24 inspection report, the latest published.
Dubai English Speaking College KHDA rating by year, the judgements and what inspectors wroteWhat KHDA's six levels mean
Sources
- KHDA Fees Fact Sheets 2026–27, Dubai English Speaking College: tuition by year group, other charges. Open the Year 7 sheet on KHDA's site
- KHDA Fees Fact Sheets 2025–26, Dubai English Speaking College: 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 Dubai English Speaking College 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 is 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?
Yes. The school's 2026–27 sheet lists sibling discounts on a scale that starts at «Sibling 3»; «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, Dubai English Speaking College teaches Year 7 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.