Glendale International School fees 2026–27 by year group
2025–26 · Oud Metha · 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 46,800
2025–26: AED 46,800 · 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, Glendale International School, 2026–27 compared with 2025–26
| Year group | Tuition 2026–27 | Tuition 2025–26 | Change | All schools |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation Stage | ||||
| FS1 | AED 42,000 | AED 42,000 | Same | FS1 → |
| FS2 | AED 42,000 | AED 42,000 | Same | FS2 → |
| Primary | ||||
| Year 1 | AED 46,800 | AED 46,800 | Same | Year 1 → |
| Year 2 | AED 48,000 | AED 48,000 | Same | Year 2 → |
| Year 3 | AED 48,000 | AED 48,000 | Same | Year 3 → |
| Year 4 | AED 51,600 | AED 51,600 | Same | Year 4 → |
| Year 5 | AED 51,600 | AED 51,600 | Same | Year 5 → |
| Year 6 | AED 55,200 | AED 55,200 | Same | Year 6 → |
| Secondary | ||||
| Year 7 | AED 55,200 | AED 55,200 | Same | Year 7 → |
| Year 8 | AED 57,600 | AED 57,600 | Same | Year 8 → |
Glendale International School publishes 2026–27 tuition for 10 year groups: AED 42,000 (FS1 and FS2) to AED 57,600 (Year 8). 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.
The school's 2026–27 sheet also prints Year 9 (AED 57,600). KHDA's directory lists the school up to Year 8, so that year group 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
What a year costs
What a year costs, Year 1, 2026–27
- Tuition
- AED 46,800
- KHDA's total for the year
- AED 46,800
Required, but not in KHDA's total: uniform, books and the like, bought from the school or elsewhere
- Uniform
- AED 650 to AED 800
- Laptop/Digital Device
- AED 1,500 to AED 5,000
- School ID Card ReplacementOnly when needed; not paid every year
- AED 75
A year, before optional servicesAED 48,950 to AED 52,600
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
- Founders
- up to 17.6%
- School Employees
- up to 100%
- School Management Concession
- up to 100%
- Privilege Cards
- up to 30%
- Humanitarian Financial Aid
- up to 100%
- Referrals
- AED 1,000
- Scholarship
- AED 2,000
- Siblings 1 to 3
- 10%
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 650 to AED 800Per year, by year group.
- Laptop/Digital DeviceAED 1,500 to AED 5,000Per year, by year group.
Optional
- School ID Card ReplacementAED 75Only when needed, such as a replacement; not paid every year.
- TransportAED 5,700 to AED 8,000Per year, by year group.
- Extracurricular ActivitiesAED 200 to AED 1,000Per year, by year group.
- School TripsAED 200 to AED 400Per year, by year group.
- Annual DayAED 150 to AED 300Per year, by year group.
- Arabic Benchmark TestAED 150 to AED 300Per year, by year group.
- Class photographAED 75 to AED 150Per year, by year group.
- CompetitionsAED 200 to AED 500Per year, by year group.
- Costumes for school eventsAED 150 to AED 300Per year, by year group.
- Educational Local TripAED 200 to AED 400Per year, by year group.
- KG GraduationAED 150 to AED 300Per year, by year group.
- Kinder ClubAED 600 to AED 1,000Per year, by year group.
- Summer CampAED 1,500 to AED 5,000Per year, by year group.
- Winter CampAED 500 to AED 1,000Per year, by year group.
- Spring CampAED 500 to AED 1,000Per year, by year group.
- External SEND AssessmentAED 500 to AED 1,000Per year, by year group.
No single total for Year 1 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 Year 1, 2026–27What school costs beyond tuition in DubaiWhat «mandatory fees» means
Fee history since 2023–24
Tuition at Glendale International School for three year groups (FS1, Year 7 and Year 8) in every year KHDA published a figure, 2023–24 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 Glendale International School: AED 42,000, unchanged since 2023–24
Approved tuition before any discount, AED, by academic year
FS1: 2023–24 AED 42,000, 2024–25 AED 42,000, 2025–26 AED 42,000, 2026–27 AED 42,000; Year 7: 2024–25 AED 55,200, 2025–26 AED 55,200, 2026–27 AED 55,200; Year 8: 2025–26 AED 57,600, 2026–27 AED 57,600
Left and right arrow keys read each year. The table has every value.
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 Glendale International School with a 2026–27 fee; the farthest is 6.3 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 Glendale International School, 2026–27 tuition and KHDA rating
| School | Distance | Area | KHDA rating | FS1 | Year 7 | Year 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai Gem Private School | 0.1 km | Oud Metha | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 13,519 | Year 7: AED 17,463 | Year 8: AED 18,537 |
| Dubai English Speaking School | 0.4 km | Umm Hurair | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 43,084 | Year 7: Ends at Year 6 | Year 8: Ends at Year 6 |
| St. Mary's Catholic High School | 0.6 km | Umm Hurair | 2023–24 | FS1: Starts at Year 1 | Year 7: AED 9,815 | Year 8: AED 9,815 |
| English Language Private School | 0.7 km | Umm Hurair | 2023–24 | FS1: Starts at FS2 | Year 7: AED 7,284 | Year 8: AED 8,641 |
| The Apple International Community School | 1.8 km | Al Karama | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 15,850 | Year 7: AED 19,131 | Year 8: AED 19,131 |
| Grammar School | 3.6 km | Al Garhoud | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 5,120 | Year 7: AED 5,760 | Year 8: AED 5,760 |
| Citizens School | 5.7 km | Al Satwa | 2024–25 | FS1: AED 45,000 | Year 7: AED 75,000 | Year 8: AED 75,000 |
| Queen International School | 6.3 km | Deira | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 17,175 | Year 7: AED 17,494 | Year 8: AED 18,471 |
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 Glendale International 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, 52 charge less than Glendale International School (AED 42,000), one charges the same and 39 charge more. Every school's FS1 fee, 2026–27
- Year 7: of the 91 British schools publishing 2026–27 tuition for it, 47 charge less than Glendale International School (AED 55,200) and 43 charge more. Every school's Year 7 fee, 2026–27
- Year 8: of the 91 British schools publishing 2026–27 tuition for it, 47 charge less than Glendale International School (AED 57,600) and 43 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 Glendale International School Acceptable in its 2025–26 inspection report, the latest published.
Glendale International School KHDA rating by year, the judgements and what inspectors wroteWhat KHDA's six levels mean
Sources
- KHDA Fees Fact Sheets 2026–27, Glendale International School: tuition by year group, other charges. Open the Year 1 sheet on KHDA's site
- KHDA Fees Fact Sheets 2025–26, Glendale International School: the 2025–26 column.
- KHDA register of fees (open data) and Fees Fact Sheets, 2023–24 to 2026–27: the fee history.
- KHDA inspection report, 2025–26: the rating.
Checked against KHDA on 16 September 2026.
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Questions about Glendale International 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 «Siblings 1 to 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, Glendale International 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.