GEMS Modern Academy fees 2026–27 by year group
2023–24 · Nad Al Sheba 3 · Indian ICSE · 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.
KG2, 2026–27
AED 38,246
2025–26: AED 38,246 · unchanged
Every year group from KG2 to the last, in the cost planner
Tuition 2026–27 and 2025–26 by year group
Annual tuition by year group, GEMS Modern Academy, 2026–27 compared with 2025–26
| Year group | Tuition 2026–27 | Tuition 2025–26 | Change | All schools |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | ||||
| Pre-KG | AED 30,983 | AED 30,983 | Same | Pre-KG → |
| KG1 | AED 38,246 | AED 38,246 | Same | KG1 → |
| KG2 | AED 38,246 | AED 38,246 | Same | KG2 → |
| Primary | ||||
| Grade 1 | AED 43,311 | AED 43,311 | Same | Grade 1 → |
| Grade 2 | AED 43,311 | AED 43,311 | Same | Grade 2 → |
| Grade 3 | AED 45,670 | AED 45,670 | Same | Grade 3 → |
| Grade 4 | AED 45,670 | AED 45,670 | Same | Grade 4 → |
| Grade 5 | AED 48,173 | AED 48,173 | Same | Grade 5 → |
| Grade 6 | AED 48,173 | AED 48,173 | Same | Grade 6 → |
| Secondary | ||||
| Grade 7 | AED 48,173 | AED 48,173 | Same | Grade 7 → |
| Grade 8 | AED 48,173 | AED 48,173 | Same | Grade 8 → |
| Grade 9 | AED 51,345 | AED 51,345 | Same | Grade 9 → |
| Grade 10 | AED 51,345 | AED 51,345 | Same | Grade 10 → |
| Post-16 | ||||
| Grade 11 | AED 56,706 | AED 56,706 | Same | Grade 11 → |
| Grade 12 | AED 56,706 | AED 56,706 | Same | Grade 12 → |
GEMS Modern Academy publishes 2026–27 tuition for 15 year groups: AED 30,983 (Pre-KG) to AED 56,706 (Grade 11 and Grade 12). 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: Pre-KG · KG1 · KG2 · Grade 1 · Grade 2 · Grade 3 · Grade 4 · Grade 5 · Grade 6 · Grade 7 · Grade 8 · Grade 9 · Grade 10 · Grade 11 · Grade 12
What a year costs
What a year costs, KG2, 2026–27
- Tuition
- AED 38,246
- School DiaryCharged by the school, part of KHDA's total
- AED 15
- ID CardCharged by the school, part of KHDA's total
- AED 10
- KHDA's total for the year
- AED 38,271
Required, but not in KHDA's total: uniform, books and the like, bought from the school or elsewhere
- Uniform
- AED 600 to AED 2,000
- Books
- AED 125 to AED 200
- Stationery
- AED 60
A year, before optional servicesAED 39,056 to AED 40,531
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 3
- up to 15%
- Sibling 4
- up to 25%
- Sibling 5
- up to 50%
- School Employees
- up to 100%
- Scholarship - Academic
- up to 40%
- Corporate
- up to 10%
- Advance fees
- up to 3%
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
- School DiaryAED 15Per year, the same for every year group.
- ID CardAED 10Per year, the same for every year group.
- UniformAED 600 to AED 3,000Per year, by year group.
- BooksAED 45 to AED 1,700Per year, by year group.
- StationeryAED 50 to AED 75Per year, by year group. KG2: AED 60.
Optional
- TransportAED 5,900 to AED 9,400Per year, by year group.
- Learning Support AssistantsAED 2,800 to AED 5,000Per year, by year group.
- Summer CampAED 1,000 to AED 2,250Per year, by year group.
- TennisAED 140 to AED 200Per year, by year group.
- Theatre ArtAED 140 to AED 200Per year, by year group.
- Educational Local TripAED 100 to AED 1,800Per year, by year group.
- KarateAED 175 to AED 250Per year, by year group.
- CanteenAED 15 to AED 2,500Per year, by year group.
- French Language Immersion ProgramAED 350 to AED 1,500Per year, by year group.
- Malhaar Centre for Performing ArtsAED 200 to AED 400Per year, by year group.
- Spanish language immersion programAED 800Per year, by year group.
- Educational Overseas TripAED 3,000 to AED 20,000Per year, by year group.
- Overnight campAED 100 to AED 150Per year, by year group.
- Psychometric AssessmentAED 150 to AED 250Per year, by year group.
- Duke of Edinburgh International AwardAED 275 to AED 1,800Per year, by year group.
- Class photographAED 50 to AED 110Per year, by year group.
- Enrichment ActivitiesAED 6,000 to AED 12,000Per year, by year group.
No single total for KG2 here: 2 required payments are ranges or have no single amount. «What a year costs» gives the year as a range.
Open the KHDA Fees Fact Sheet for KG2, 2026–27What school costs beyond tuition in DubaiWhat «mandatory fees» means
Fee history since 2013–14
Tuition at GEMS Modern Academy for three year groups (Pre-KG, Grade 6 and Grade 12) in every year KHDA published a figure, 2013–14 to 2026–27; not every year group goes back that far. A year with no KHDA figure is left out, not estimated.
Pre-KG approved tuition at GEMS Modern Academy: AED 28,065 in 2017–18, AED 30,983 in 2026–27
Approved tuition before any discount, AED, by academic year
Pre-KG: 2017–18 AED 28,065, 2018–19 AED 28,065, 2019–20 AED 28,646, 2020–21 AED 28,646, 2021–22 AED 28,646, 2022–23 AED 28,646, 2023–24 AED 29,505, 2024–25 AED 30,272, 2025–26 AED 30,983, 2026–27 AED 30,983; Grade 6: 2013–14 AED 35,722, 2014–15 AED 36,965, 2015–16 AED 39,124, 2016–17 AED 41,636, 2017–18 AED 43,635, 2018–19 AED 43,635, 2019–20 AED 44,538, 2020–21 AED 44,538, 2021–22 AED 44,538, 2022–23 AED 44,538, 2023–24 AED 45,874, 2024–25 AED 47,067, 2025–26 AED 48,173, 2026–27 AED 48,173; Grade 12: 2013–14 AED 42,050, 2014–15 AED 43,513, 2015–16 AED 46,054, 2016–17 AED 56,431, 2017–18 AED 51,364, 2018–19 AED 51,364, 2019–20 AED 60,365, 2020–21 AED 52,427, 2021–22 AED 52,427, 2022–23 AED 52,427, 2023–24 AED 54,000, 2024–25 AED 55,404, 2025–26 AED 56,706, 2026–27 AED 56,706
Left and right arrow keys read each year. The table has every value.
Pre-KG approved tuition at GEMS Modern Academy: AED 28,065 in 2017–18, AED 30,983 in 2026–27 All 14 rows.
| Academic year | Pre-KGAED | Grade 6AED | Grade 12AED |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013–14 | Not availableNote 1 | 35,722 | 42,050 |
| 2014–15 | Not availableNote 1 | 36,965 | 43,513 |
| 2015–16 | Not availableNote 1 | 39,124 | 46,054 |
| 2016–17 | Not availableNote 1 | 41,636 | 56,431 |
| 2017–18 | 28,065 | 43,635 | 51,364 |
| 2018–19 | 28,065 | 43,635 | 51,364 |
| 2019–20 | 28,646 | 44,538 | 60,365 |
| 2020–21 | 28,646 | 44,538 | 52,427 |
| 2021–22 | 28,646 | 44,538 | 52,427 |
| 2022–23 | 28,646 | 44,538 | 52,427 |
| 2023–24 | 29,505 | 45,874 | 54,000 |
| 2024–25 | 30,272 | 47,067 | 55,404 |
| 2025–26 | 30,983 | 48,173 | 56,706 |
| 2026–27 | 30,983 | 48,173 | 56,706 |
- 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
How the fee compares with other Indian ICSE schools
For each year group: how many Indian ICSE schools in Dubai with a 2026–27 fee charge less than GEMS Modern Academy, 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.
- Pre-KG: of the three Indian ICSE schools publishing 2026–27 tuition for it, two charge less than GEMS Modern Academy (AED 30,983) and none charges more. Every school's Pre-KG fee, 2026–27
- Grade 6: of the three Indian ICSE schools publishing 2026–27 tuition for it, two charge less than GEMS Modern Academy (AED 48,173) and none charges more. Every school's Grade 6 fee, 2026–27
- Grade 12: of the three Indian ICSE schools publishing 2026–27 tuition for it, two charge less than GEMS Modern Academy (AED 56,706) and none charges more. Every school's Grade 12 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.
KHDA rating
KHDA rated GEMS Modern Academy Outstanding in its 2023–24 inspection report, the latest published.
GEMS Modern Academy KHDA rating by year, the judgements and what inspectors wroteWhat KHDA's six levels mean
Sources
- KHDA Fees Fact Sheets 2026–27, GEMS Modern Academy: tuition by year group, other charges. Open the KG2 sheet on KHDA's site
- KHDA Fees Fact Sheets 2025–26, GEMS Modern Academy: the 2025–26 column.
- KHDA register of fees (open data) and Fees Fact Sheets, 2013–14 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 Modern Academy 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 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, GEMS Modern Academy teaches Pre-KG to Grade 12, 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 Indian ICSE schools?
«How the fee compares» above counts, for each year group, how many Indian ICSE schools charge less and how many charge more for 2026–27.
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.