GEMS Al Barsha National School fees 2026–27 by year group
2023–24 · Al Barsha South · 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 56,244
2025–26: AED 56,244 · 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, GEMS Al Barsha National School, 2026–27 compared with 2025–26
| Year group | Tuition 2026–27 | Tuition 2025–26 | Change | All schools |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation Stage | ||||
| FS1 | AED 45,428 | AED 45,428 | Same | FS1 → |
| FS2 | AED 56,244 | AED 56,244 | Same | FS2 → |
| Primary | ||||
| Year 1 | AED 56,244 | AED 56,244 | Same | Year 1 → |
| Year 2 | AED 56,244 | AED 56,244 | Same | Year 2 → |
| Year 3 | AED 56,244 | AED 56,244 | Same | Year 3 → |
| Year 4 | AED 56,244 | AED 56,244 | Same | Year 4 → |
| Year 5 | AED 56,244 | AED 56,244 | Same | Year 5 → |
| Year 6 | AED 56,244 | AED 56,244 | Same | Year 6 → |
| Secondary | ||||
| Year 7 | AED 61,652 | AED 61,652 | Same | Year 7 → |
| Year 8 | AED 61,652 | AED 61,652 | Same | Year 8 → |
| Year 9 | AED 61,652 | AED 61,652 | Same | Year 9 → |
| Year 10 | AED 67,060 | AED 67,060 | Same | Year 10 → |
| Year 11 | AED 67,060 | AED 67,060 | Same | Year 11 → |
| Post-16 | ||||
| Year 12 | AED 67,060 | AED 67,060 | Same | Year 12 → |
| Year 13 | AED 67,060 | AED 67,060 | Same | Year 13 → |
GEMS Al Barsha National School publishes 2026–27 tuition for 15 year groups: AED 45,428 (FS1) to AED 67,060 (Year 10 to 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 56,244
- KHDA's total for the year
- AED 56,244
Required, but not in KHDA's total: uniform, books and the like, bought from the school or elsewhere
- Uniform
- AED 600 to AED 2,250
- Laptop/Digital Device
- AED 515
- School ID Card ReplacementOnly when needed; not paid every year
- AED 20 to AED 50
A year, before optional servicesAED 57,359 to AED 59,009
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%
- Founders
- up to 20%
- Humanitarian Financial Aid
- up to 100%
- Referrals
- up to 4%
- Government Employees
- up to 10%
- Corporate
- up to 10%
- Privilege Cards
- up to 3%
- Scholarship - Academic
- up to 75%
- Scholarship - Academic
- 100%
- School Management Concession
- up to 15%
- Sibling 4
- up to 25%
- Siblings 5 to 6
- up to 50%
The sheet's sibling discounts start at «Sibling 4», 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 600 to AED 2,250Per year, by year group.
- Laptop/Digital DeviceAED 515Per year, the same for every year group.
Optional
- School ID Card ReplacementAED 20 to AED 50Only when needed, such as a replacement; not paid every year.
- TransportAED 7,350 to AED 9,250Per year, by year group.
- Extracurricular ActivitiesAED 50 to AED 2,500Per year, by year group.
- CanteenAED 50 to AED 1,850Per year, by year group.
- Class photographAED 60 to AED 750Per year, by year group.
- Costumes for school eventsAED 100 to AED 500Per year, by year group.
- Educational Local TripAED 50 to AED 1,000Per year, by year group.
- Graduation ceremonyAED 1,000 to AED 3,000Per year, by year group.
- Interschool CompetitionsAED 100 to AED 500Per year, by year group.
- Learning Support AssistantsAED 62,700Per year, the same for every year group.
- National Agenda Parameter TestsAED 150 to AED 400Per year, by year group.
- School MagazineAED 100 to AED 500Per year, by year group.
- Special Needs SupportAED 5,000 to AED 45,000Per year, by year group.
- English language immersion programAED 5,000 to AED 10,000Per year, by year group.
- Aptitude TestAED 500Per year, the same for every year group.
- Customized Student Documentation ServicesAED 20Per year, the same for every year group.
- Sport CampAED 60 to AED 1,000Per year, by year group.
- Enrichment ActivitiesAED 25 to AED 125Per year, by year group.
- Arabic Benchmark TestAED 40 to AED 125Per year, by year group.
- Educational Overseas TripAED 2,500 to AED 22,500Per 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 GEMS Al Barsha National School for three year groups (FS1, Year 7 and Year 13) in every year KHDA published a figure, 2022–23 to 2026–27. A year with no KHDA figure is left out, not estimated.
FS1 approved tuition at GEMS Al Barsha National School: AED 42,000 in 2022–23, AED 45,428 in 2026–27
Approved tuition before any discount, AED, by academic year
FS1: 2022–23 AED 42,000, 2023–24 AED 43,260, 2024–25 AED 44,385, 2025–26 AED 45,428, 2026–27 AED 45,428; Year 7: 2022–23 AED 57,000, 2023–24 AED 58,710, 2024–25 AED 60,236, 2025–26 AED 61,652, 2026–27 AED 61,652; Year 13: 2022–23 AED 62,000, 2023–24 AED 63,860, 2024–25 AED 65,520, 2025–26 AED 67,060, 2026–27 AED 67,060
Left and right arrow keys read each year. The table has every value.
FS1 approved tuition at GEMS Al Barsha National School: AED 42,000 in 2022–23, AED 45,428 in 2026–27 All 5 rows.
| Academic year | FS1AED | Year 7AED | Year 13AED |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022–23 | 42,000 | 57,000 | 62,000 |
| 2023–24 | 43,260 | 58,710 | 63,860 |
| 2024–25 | 44,385 | 60,236 | 65,520 |
| 2025–26 | 45,428 | 61,652 | 67,060 |
| 2026–27 | 45,428 | 61,652 | 67,060 |
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 GEMS Al Barsha National School with a 2026–27 fee; the farthest is 3.7 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 GEMS Al Barsha National School, 2026–27 tuition and KHDA rating
| School | Distance | Area | KHDA rating | FS1 | Year 7 | Year 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton College Dubai | 0.2 km | Al Barsha South | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 67,384 | Year 7: AED 90,170 | Year 13: AED 111,062 |
| GEMS Founders School – Al Barsha South | 0.3 km | Al Barsha South | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 24,749 | Year 7: AED 32,624 | Year 13: AED 37,124 |
| Dubai Heights Academy | 0.5 km | Al Barsha South | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 35,000 | Year 7: AED 58,000 | Year 13: AED 70,000 |
| Repton Al Barsha | 1.2 km | Al Barsha South | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 53,540 | Year 7: AED 89,774 | Year 13: AED 89,774 |
| Nord Anglia International School | 2.0 km | Al Barsha South | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 69,625 | Year 7: AED 92,832 | Year 13: AED 105,288 |
| Kings School Al Barsha | 2.2 km | Dubai Hills | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 57,999 | Year 7: AED 88,615 | Year 13: AED 110,108 |
| Safa Community School | 2.7 km | Al Barsha South | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 54,437 | Year 7: AED 75,286 | Year 13: AED 89,440 |
| Smart Vision School | 3.7 km | Al Barsha | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 32,450 | Year 7: AED 49,900 | Year 13: AED 77,806 |
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 GEMS Al Barsha National 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, 59 charge less than GEMS Al Barsha National School (AED 45,428), one charges the same and 32 charge more. Every school's FS1 fee, 2026–27
- Year 7: of the 91 British schools publishing 2026–27 tuition for it, 54 charge less than GEMS Al Barsha National School (AED 61,652) and 36 charge more. Every school's Year 7 fee, 2026–27
- Year 13: of the 67 British schools publishing 2026–27 tuition for it, 32 charge less than GEMS Al Barsha National School (AED 67,060) and 34 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 GEMS Al Barsha National School Acceptable in its 2023–24 inspection report, the latest published.
GEMS Al Barsha National School KHDA rating by year, the judgements and what inspectors wroteWhat KHDA's six levels mean
Sources
- KHDA Fees Fact Sheets 2026–27, GEMS Al Barsha National School: tuition by year group, other charges. Open the Year 1 sheet on KHDA's site
- KHDA Fees Fact Sheets 2025–26, GEMS Al Barsha National 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 GEMS Al Barsha National 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?
Yes. The school's 2026–27 sheet lists sibling discounts on a scale that starts at «Sibling 4»; «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, GEMS Al Barsha National 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.