Dubai English Speaking School – Academic City fees 2026–27 by year group
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Tuition for each year group from the school's first KHDA Fees Fact Sheet, 2026–27. Below it: the other charges the sheet lists and what nearby British schools charge.
Year 1, 2026–27
AED 75,000
First year published
Every year group from Year 1 to the last, in the cost planner
Tuition 2026–27 by year group
Annual tuition by year group, Dubai English Speaking School – Academic City, 2026–27
Dubai English Speaking School – Academic City publishes 2026–27 tuition for eight year groups: AED 65,000 (FS1) to AED 75,000 (FS2 to Year 6). It is the school's first KHDA Fees Fact Sheet, so there is no earlier year to compare.
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
What a year costs
What a year costs, Year 1, 2026–27
- Tuition
- AED 75,000
- KHDA's total for the year
- AED 75,000
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 75,565 to AED 75,900
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
- 90%
- 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 8,000 to AED 8,500Per 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
Nearby British schools: tuition at FS1 · Year 6
The eight nearest British schools to Dubai English Speaking School – Academic City with a 2026–27 fee; the farthest is 5.9 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 School – Academic City, 2026–27 tuition and KHDA rating
| School | Distance | Area | KHDA rating | FS1 | Year 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEMS Wellington Academy – Silicon Oasis | 2.2 km | Dubai Silicon Oasis | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 40,340 | Year 6: AED 50,099 |
| The Aquila School | 2.7 km | Dubailand | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 48,673 | Year 6: AED 59,489 |
| GEMS First Point School | 3.3 km | Dubailand | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 44,288 | Year 6: AED 58,274 |
| Al Fanar School | 5.0 km | Nad Al Sheba | No rating yet | FS1: AED 67,086 | Year 6: AED 78,334 |
| Rugby School | 5.2 km | Meydan City | No rating yet | FS1: AED 59,518 | Year 6: AED 85,500 |
| Repton School | 5.2 km | Nad Al Sheba | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 57,178 | Year 6: AED 75,953 |
| International School of Creative Science Nad Al Sheba | 5.5 km | Nad Al Sheba | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 34,287 | Year 6: AED 45,034 |
| Kings School Nad Al Sheba | 5.9 km | Nad Al Sheba | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 57,499 | Year 6: AED 72,305 |
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 School – Academic City, 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, 86 charge less than Dubai English Speaking School – Academic City (AED 65,000) and six charge more. Every school's FS1 fee, 2026–27
- Year 6: of the 99 British schools publishing 2026–27 tuition for it, 88 charge less than Dubai English Speaking School – Academic City (AED 75,000) and 10 charge more. Every school's Year 6 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
Dubai English Speaking School – Academic City has no published KHDA inspection report yet. «No rating yet» is a status, not a rating, and says nothing about the school's quality.
The inspection in full, with quotes from the reportWhat KHDA's six levels mean
Sources
- KHDA Fees Fact Sheets 2026–27, Dubai English Speaking School – Academic City: tuition by year group, other charges. Open the Year 1 sheet on KHDA's site
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 Dubai English Speaking School – Academic City 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?
2026–27 is the first year KHDA has published a Fees Fact Sheet for Dubai English Speaking School – Academic City, so there is no earlier figure on file.
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?
KHDA's directory publishes no year groups for Dubai English Speaking School – Academic City; its 2026–27 sheet prices FS1 to Year 6. 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.