GEMS Royal Dubai School fees 2026–27 by year group
2023–24 · Al Mizhar · 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 50,753
2025–26: AED 50,753 · 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 Royal Dubai School, 2026–27 compared with 2025–26
| Year group | Tuition 2026–27 | Tuition 2025–26 | Change | All schools |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation Stage | ||||
| FS1 | AED 40,252 | AED 40,252 | Same | FS1 → |
| FS2 | AED 50,753 | AED 50,753 | Same | FS2 → |
| Primary | ||||
| Year 1 | AED 50,753 | AED 50,753 | Same | Year 1 → |
| Year 2 | AED 50,753 | AED 50,753 | Same | Year 2 → |
| Year 3 | AED 50,753 | AED 50,753 | Same | Year 3 → |
| Year 4 | AED 50,753 | AED 50,753 | Same | Year 4 → |
| Year 5 | AED 50,753 | AED 50,753 | Same | Year 5 → |
| Year 6 | AED 50,753 | AED 50,753 | Same | Year 6 → |
| Secondary | ||||
| Year 7 | AED 76,762 | AED 61,410approved AED 76,762 | SameAfter discount: AED 15,352 more (smaller discount). | Year 7 → |
| Year 8 | AED 76,763 | AED 61,410approved AED 76,763 | SameAfter discount: AED 15,353 more (smaller discount). | Year 8 → |
GEMS Royal Dubai School publishes 2026–27 tuition for 10 year groups: AED 40,252 (FS1) to AED 76,763 (Year 8). Compared with 2025–26, KHDA's approved tuition is unchanged in every year group that appears on both sheets.
The discount on the 2026–27 sheet is smaller than on the 2025–26 sheet, so the fee after the discount is higher in two year groups; the school did not raise its approved fee.
The Change column compares KHDA's approved tuition; where the fee after the discount moved by a different amount, a second line in the row says so and why.
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.
The school's 2026–27 sheet also prints Year 9 (AED 76,763). KHDA's directory lists the school up to Year 8, so that year group is not in the table.
The school's 2026–27 sheets also price a group for children under three, which KHDA names by age, ECC (2-3): AED 40,000.
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
What a year costs
What a year costs, Year 1, 2026–27
- Tuition
- AED 50,753
- KHDA's total for the year
- AED 50,753
Required, but not in KHDA's total: uniform, books and the like, bought from the school or elsewhere
- Uniform
- AED 600 to AED 2,233
- Laptop/Digital Device
- AED 515
- School ID Card ReplacementOnly when needed; not paid every year
- AED 20
A year, before optional servicesAED 51,868 to AED 53,501
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%
- Sibling 3
- up to 15%
- Sibling 4
- up to 25%
- Sibling 5
- up to 50%
- Privilege Cards
- up to 3%
- Referrals
- 4%
- Scholarship
- up to 100%
- Humanitarian Financial Aid
- up to 100%
- Corporate
- up to 25%
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 600 to AED 2,233Per year, by year group.
- Laptop/Digital DeviceAED 515Per year, the same for every year group.
Optional
- School ID Card ReplacementAED 20Only when needed, such as a replacement; not paid every year.
- TransportAED 5,830 to AED 10,710Per year, by year group.
- Extracurricular Activitiesup to AED 1,000Per year, by year group.
- CanteenAED 20 to AED 4,600Per year, by year group.
- Class photographAED 40 to AED 400Per year, by year group.
- Club ActivitiesAED 60 to AED 3,400Per year, by year group.
- Educational Local TripAED 10 to AED 3,000Per year, by year group.
- Learning Support AssistantsAED 16,650 to AED 70,000Per year, by year group.
- National Agenda Parameter TestsAED 150 to AED 400Per year, by year group.
- Sibling Clubup to AED 3,600Per year, by year group.
- Skill development programmesAED 4,000 to AED 10,000Per year, by year group.
- Special Needs SupportAED 20,000 to AED 45,000Per year, by year group.
- English Language Immersion ProgramAED 5,700 to AED 12,000Per year, by year group.
- Aptitude TestAED 500Per year, the same for every year group.
- Costumes for school eventsup to AED 400Per year, by year group.
- Interschool Competitionsup to AED 250Per year, by year group.
- Educational Overseas TripAED 3,500 to AED 20,000Per 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 Royal Dubai School for three year groups (FS1, Year 7 and Year 8) in every year KHDA published a figure, 2022–23 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 GEMS Royal Dubai School: AED 38,331 in 2022–23, AED 40,252 in 2026–27
Approved tuition before any discount, AED, by academic year
FS1: 2022–23 AED 38,331, 2023–24 AED 38,331, 2024–25 AED 39,328, 2025–26 AED 40,252, 2026–27 AED 40,252; Year 7: 2024–25 AED 75,000, 2025–26 AED 76,762, 2026–27 AED 76,762; Year 8: 2025–26 AED 76,763, 2026–27 AED 76,763
Left and right arrow keys read each year. The table has every value.
FS1 approved tuition at GEMS Royal Dubai School: AED 38,331 in 2022–23, AED 40,252 in 2026–27 All 5 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 FS1 · Year 7 · Year 8
The eight nearest British schools to GEMS Royal Dubai School with a 2026–27 fee; the farthest is 5.6 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 Royal Dubai School, 2026–27 tuition and KHDA rating
| School | Distance | Area | KHDA rating | FS1 | Year 7 | Year 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arab Unity School | 0.9 km | Al Mizhar | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 6,462 | Year 7: AED 7,755 | Year 8: AED 7,755 |
| GEMS Founders School – Al Mizhar | 1.4 km | Al Mizhar | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 24,877 | Year 7: AED 32,448 | Year 8: AED 32,448 |
| Star International School – Mirdif | 2.7 km | Mirdif | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 32,730 | Year 7: AED 51,660 | Year 8: AED 51,660 |
| The School of Research Science | 4.0 km | Al Warqa | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 37,163 | Year 7: AED 55,199 | Year 8: AED 60,168 |
| Deira Private School | 4.1 km | Al Twar | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 22,867 | Year 7: AED 32,925 | Year 8: AED 32,925 |
| Hampton Heights International School | 4.5 km | Al Twar | No rating yet | FS1: AED 12,850 | Year 7: AED 19,950 | Year 8: AED 19,950 |
| New Dawn Private School | 5.1 km | Muhaisnah | No rating yet | FS1: AED 14,000 | Year 7: AED 18,000 | Year 8: AED 25,000 |
| Pace Modern British School | 5.6 km | Al Rashidiya | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 20,267 | Year 7: AED 26,043 | Year 8: AED 27,093 |
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 Royal Dubai 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, 50 charge less than GEMS Royal Dubai School (AED 40,252) and 42 charge more. Every school's FS1 fee, 2026–27
- Year 7: of the 91 British schools publishing 2026–27 tuition for it, 69 charge less than GEMS Royal Dubai School (AED 76,762) and 21 charge more. Every school's Year 7 fee, 2026–27
- Year 8: of the 91 British schools publishing 2026–27 tuition for it, 68 charge less than GEMS Royal Dubai School (AED 76,763) and 22 charge more. Every school's Year 8 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 Royal Dubai School Very good in its 2023–24 inspection report, the latest published.
GEMS Royal Dubai School KHDA rating by year, the judgements and what inspectors wroteWhat KHDA's six levels mean
Sources
- KHDA Fees Fact Sheets 2026–27, GEMS Royal Dubai School: tuition by year group, other charges. Open the Year 1 sheet on KHDA's site
- KHDA Fees Fact Sheets 2025–26, GEMS Royal Dubai 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 Royal Dubai 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. The discount on the 2026–27 sheet is smaller than on the 2025–26 sheet, so the fee after the discount is higher in two year groups; the school did not raise its approved fee.
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 Royal Dubai School teaches FS1 to Year 8, and the 2026–27 sheet prices each of them. The sheet also prints Year 9, which is not in the table. 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.