GEMS Wellington Academy – Dubai Hills fees 2026–27 by year group
2023–24 · Dubai Hills · 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 59,862
approved AED 77,923
2025–26: AED 59,862 · 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 Wellington Academy – Dubai Hills, 2026–27 compared with 2025–26
| Year group | Tuition 2026–27 | Tuition 2025–26 | Change | All schools |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation Stage | ||||
| FS1 | AED 47,527approved AED 62,338 | AED 47,527approved AED 62,338 | Same | FS1 → |
| FS2 | AED 59,862approved AED 77,923 | AED 59,862approved AED 77,923 | Same | FS2 → |
| Primary | ||||
| Year 1 | AED 59,862approved AED 77,923 | AED 59,862approved AED 77,923 | Same | Year 1 → |
| Year 2 | AED 59,862approved AED 77,923 | AED 59,862approved AED 77,923 | Same | Year 2 → |
| Year 3 | AED 59,862approved AED 77,923 | AED 59,862approved AED 77,923 | Same | Year 3 → |
| Year 4 | AED 59,862approved AED 77,923 | AED 59,862approved AED 77,923 | Same | Year 4 → |
| Year 5 | AED 59,862approved AED 77,923 | AED 59,862approved AED 77,923 | Same | Year 5 → |
| Year 6 | AED 59,862approved AED 77,923 | AED 59,862approved AED 77,923 | Same | Year 6 → |
| Secondary | ||||
| Year 7 | AED 82,540approved AED 101,900 | AED 82,540approved AED 101,900 | Same | Year 7 → |
| Year 8 | AED 82,540approved AED 101,900 | AED 82,540approved AED 101,900 | Same | Year 8 → |
| Year 9 | AED 82,540approved AED 101,900 | AED 82,540approved AED 101,900 | Same | Year 9 → |
| Year 10 | AED 92,879approved AED 109,800 | AED 92,879approved AED 109,800 | Same | Year 10 → |
| Year 11 | AED 92,879approved AED 109,800 | AED 92,879approved AED 109,800 | Same | Year 11 → |
| Post-16 | ||||
| Year 12 | AED 93,959approved AED 109,800 | AED 93,959approved AED 109,800 | Same | Year 12 → |
| Year 13 | AED 93,959approved AED 109,800 | AED 93,959approved AED 109,800 | Same | Year 13 → |
GEMS Wellington Academy – Dubai Hills publishes 2026–27 tuition for 15 year groups: AED 47,527 (FS1) to AED 93,959 (Year 12 and Year 13). Compared with 2025–26, KHDA's approved tuition is unchanged in every year group that appears on both sheets.
The first figure is the fee after the discount the school's 2026–27 sheet lists, with KHDA's approved tuition beneath it. A discount can be conditional or for one year only, so confirm it with the school.
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 sheets also price a group for children under three, which KHDA names by age, ECC (2-3): AED 51,917.
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 77,923
- Discount on tuitionThe fact sheet's rate, rounded: 23.18%
- −AED 18,061
- KHDA's total for the year
- AED 59,862
Required, but not in KHDA's total: uniform, books and the like, bought from the school or elsewhere
- Uniform
- AED 900 to AED 2,000
- Laptop/Digital Device
- AED 515
- School ID Card ReplacementOnly when needed; not paid every year
- AED 20
A year, before optional servicesAED 61,277 to AED 62,377
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 20%
- Siblings 4 to 5
- up to 50%
- School Employees
- up to 100%
- Referrals
- up to 4%
- Privilege Cards
- up to 3%
- Humanitarian Financial Aid
- up to 100%
- Corporate
- up to 11%
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
Taken off tuition
- Discount on tuition feesAED 14,811 to AED 19,360Taken off tuition, by year group. Year 1: AED 18,061.
Required by the school
- UniformAED 900 to AED 2,000Per 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 5,500 to AED 10,000Per year, by year group.
- Extracurricular ActivitiesAED 6,000 to AED 12,000Per year, by year group.
- CanteenAED 20 to AED 4,800Per year, by year group.
- Class photographAED 100 to AED 500Per year, by year group.
- Club ActivitiesAED 1,500 to AED 15,000Per year, by year group.
- Costumes for school eventsAED 1,000 to AED 3,000Per year, by year group.
- Enrichment ActivitiesAED 250 to AED 10,000Per year, by year group.
- Learning Support AssistantsAED 6,500 to AED 65,000Per year, by year group.
- National Agenda Parameter TestsAED 150 to AED 400Per year, by year group.
- Skill development programmesAED 4,000 to AED 37,000Per year, by year group.
- Special Needs SupportAED 20,000 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.
- Educational Local TripAED 20 to AED 3,500Per year, by year group.
- Educational Overseas TripAED 7,000 to AED 20,000Per year, by year group.
- Duke of Edinburgh International AwardAED 700 to AED 3,000Per 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 2013–14
Tuition at GEMS Wellington Academy – Dubai Hills for three year groups (FS1, Year 7 and Year 13) 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.
FS1 approved tuition at GEMS Wellington Academy – Dubai Hills: AED 52,000 in 2015–16, AED 62,338 in 2026–27
Approved tuition before any discount, AED, by academic year
FS1: 2015–16 AED 52,000, 2016–17 AED 54,504, 2017–18 AED 56,466, 2018–19 AED 56,466, 2019–20 AED 57,635, 2020–21 AED 57,635, 2021–22 AED 57,635, 2022–23 AED 57,635, 2023–24 AED 59,364, 2024–25 AED 60,907, 2025–26 AED 62,338, 2026–27 AED 62,338; Year 7: 2013–14 AED 65,000, 2014–15 AED 65,000, 2015–16 AED 85,000, 2016–17 AED 89,093, 2017–18 AED 92,300, 2018–19 AED 92,300, 2019–20 AED 94,211, 2020–21 AED 94,211, 2021–22 AED 94,211, 2022–23 AED 94,211, 2023–24 AED 97,037, 2024–25 AED 99,560, 2025–26 AED 101,900, 2026–27 AED 101,900; Year 13: 2019–20 AED 101,515, 2020–21 AED 101,515, 2021–22 AED 101,515, 2022–23 AED 101,515, 2023–24 AED 104,560, 2024–25 AED 107,279, 2025–26 AED 109,800, 2026–27 AED 109,800
Left and right arrow keys read each year. The table has every value.
FS1 approved tuition at GEMS Wellington Academy – Dubai Hills: AED 52,000 in 2015–16, AED 62,338 in 2026–27 All 14 rows.
| Academic year | FS1AED | Year 7AED | Year 13AED |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013–14 | Not availableNote 1 | 65,000 | Not availableNote 1 |
| 2014–15 | Not availableNote 1 | 65,000 | Not availableNote 1 |
| 2015–16 | 52,000 | 85,000 | Not availableNote 1 |
| 2016–17 | 54,504 | 89,093 | Not availableNote 1 |
| 2017–18 | 56,466 | 92,300 | Not availableNote 1 |
| 2018–19 | 56,466 | 92,300 | Not availableNote 1 |
| 2019–20 | 57,635 | 94,211 | 101,515 |
| 2020–21 | 57,635 | 94,211 | 101,515 |
| 2021–22 | 57,635 | 94,211 | 101,515 |
| 2022–23 | 57,635 | 94,211 | 101,515 |
| 2023–24 | 59,364 | 97,037 | 104,560 |
| 2024–25 | 60,907 | 99,560 | 107,279 |
| 2025–26 | 62,338 | 101,900 | 109,800 |
| 2026–27 | 62,338 | 101,900 | 109,800 |
- 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 13
The eight nearest British schools to GEMS Wellington Academy – Dubai Hills with a 2026–27 fee; the farthest is 5.1 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 Wellington Academy – Dubai Hills, 2026–27 tuition and KHDA rating
| School | Distance | Area | KHDA rating | FS1 | Year 7 | Year 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEMS New Millennium School | 0.3 km | Dubai Hills | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 23,143 | Year 7: AED 31,244 | Year 13: AED 32,580 |
| Springdales School | 2.9 km | Al Quoz | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 14,534 | Year 7: AED 28,210 | Year 13: AED 32,960 |
| Oak Tree Primary School | 2.9 km | Al Quoz | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 16,225 | Year 7: Ends at Year 6 | Year 13: Ends at Year 6 |
| Kings School Al Barsha | 4.5 km | Dubai Hills | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 57,999 | Year 7: AED 88,615 | Year 13: AED 110,108 |
| Emirates International School – Jumeirah | 4.7 km | Umm Al Sheif | 2023–24 | FS1: No 2026–27 figure | Year 7: AED 60,716 | Year 13: AED 81,872 |
| Smart Vision School | 4.7 km | Al Barsha | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 32,450 | Year 7: AED 49,900 | Year 13: AED 77,806 |
| Repton Al Barsha | 5.1 km | Al Barsha South | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 53,540 | Year 7: AED 89,774 | Year 13: AED 89,774 |
| Horizon International School | 5.1 km | Umm Al Sheif | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 38,832 | Year 7: AED 61,587 | Year 13: AED 73,124 |
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 Wellington Academy – Dubai Hills, 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, 63 charge less than GEMS Wellington Academy – Dubai Hills (AED 47,527), one charges the same and 28 charge more. Every school's FS1 fee, 2026–27
- Year 7: of the 91 British schools publishing 2026–27 tuition for it, 75 charge less than GEMS Wellington Academy – Dubai Hills (AED 82,540), one charges the same and 14 charge more. Every school's Year 7 fee, 2026–27
- Year 13: of the 67 British schools publishing 2026–27 tuition for it, 55 charge less than GEMS Wellington Academy – Dubai Hills (AED 93,959) and 11 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 Wellington Academy – Dubai Hills Very good in its 2023–24 inspection report, the latest published.
GEMS Wellington Academy – Dubai Hills KHDA rating by year, the judgements and what inspectors wroteWhat KHDA's six levels mean
Sources
- KHDA Fees Fact Sheets 2026–27, GEMS Wellington Academy – Dubai Hills: tuition by year group, discount on tuition, other charges. Open the Year 1 sheet on KHDA's site
- KHDA Fees Fact Sheets 2025–26, GEMS Wellington Academy – Dubai Hills: 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 Wellington Academy – Dubai Hills 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.
Why are there two figures in some rows?
The first is the fee after the discount the school's 2026–27 sheet lists; the second, «approved», is the tuition KHDA approved for that year group. The note under the table says when to confirm a discount with the school.
Which year group is the entry point?
By KHDA's directory, GEMS Wellington Academy – Dubai Hills 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.