Kings School Dubai fees 2026–27 by year group
2023–24 · Umm Suqeim 3 · 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 59,491
2025–26: AED 59,491 · 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, Kings School Dubai, 2026–27 compared with 2025–26
| Year group | Tuition 2026–27 | Tuition 2025–26 | Change | All schools |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation Stage | ||||
| FS1 | AED 47,179 | AED 47,179 | Same | FS1 → |
| FS2 | AED 47,179 | AED 47,179 | Same | FS2 → |
| Primary | ||||
| Year 1 | AED 59,491 | AED 59,491 | Same | Year 1 → |
| Year 2 | AED 59,491 | AED 59,491 | Same | Year 2 → |
| Year 3 | AED 59,491 | AED 59,491 | Same | Year 3 → |
| Year 4 | AED 59,491 | AED 59,491 | Same | Year 4 → |
| Year 5 | AED 71,801 | AED 71,801 | Same | Year 5 → |
| Year 6 | AED 71,801 | AED 71,801 | Same | Year 6 → |
Kings School Dubai publishes 2026–27 tuition for eight year groups: AED 47,179 (FS1 and FS2) to AED 71,801 (Year 5 and Year 6). 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
What a year costs
What a year costs, Year 1, 2026–27
- Tuition
- AED 59,491
- KHDA's total for the year
- AED 59,491
Required, but not in KHDA's total: uniform, books and the like, bought from the school or elsewhere
- Uniform
- AED 60 to AED 2,200
A year, before optional servicesAED 59,551 to AED 61,691
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%
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 60 to AED 2,200Per year, by year group.
Optional
- School TripsAED 50 to AED 4,500Per year, by year group.
- Learning Support Assistantsup to AED 93,000Per 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 2017–18
Tuition at Kings School Dubai for two year groups (FS1 and Year 6) in every year KHDA published a figure, 2017–18 to 2026–27. A year with no KHDA figure is left out, not estimated.
FS1 approved tuition at Kings School Dubai: AED 42,734 in 2017–18, AED 47,179 in 2026–27
Approved tuition before any discount, AED, by academic year
FS1: 2017–18 AED 42,734, 2018–19 AED 42,734, 2019–20 AED 43,619, 2020–21 AED 43,619, 2021–22 AED 43,619, 2022–23 AED 43,619, 2023–24 AED 44,928, 2024–25 AED 46,096, 2025–26 AED 47,179, 2026–27 AED 47,179; Year 6: 2017–18 AED 65,037, 2018–19 AED 65,037, 2019–20 AED 66,383, 2020–21 AED 66,383, 2021–22 AED 66,383, 2022–23 AED 66,383, 2023–24 AED 68,374, 2024–25 AED 70,152, 2025–26 AED 71,801, 2026–27 AED 71,801
Left and right arrow keys read each year. The table has every value.
FS1 approved tuition at Kings School Dubai: AED 42,734 in 2017–18, AED 47,179 in 2026–27 All 10 rows.
| Academic year | FS1AED | Year 6AED |
|---|---|---|
| 2017–18 | 42,734 | 65,037 |
| 2018–19 | 42,734 | 65,037 |
| 2019–20 | 43,619 | 66,383 |
| 2020–21 | 43,619 | 66,383 |
| 2021–22 | 43,619 | 66,383 |
| 2022–23 | 43,619 | 66,383 |
| 2023–24 | 44,928 | 68,374 |
| 2024–25 | 46,096 | 70,152 |
| 2025–26 | 47,179 | 71,801 |
| 2026–27 | 47,179 | 71,801 |
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 6
The eight nearest British schools to Kings School Dubai with a 2026–27 fee; the farthest is 5.5 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 Kings School Dubai, 2026–27 tuition and KHDA rating
| School | Distance | Area | KHDA rating | FS1 | Year 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raffles International School | 0.2 km | Umm Suqeim | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 34,055 | Year 6: AED 63,748 |
| Horizon International School | 0.9 km | Umm Al Sheif | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 38,832 | Year 6: AED 54,377 |
| Emirates International School – Jumeirah | 1.4 km | Umm Al Sheif | 2023–24 | FS1: No 2026–27 figure | Year 6: AED 51,510 |
| BC Academy International School | 2.1 km | Umm Suqeim | No rating yet | FS1: Starts at Year 1 | Year 6: AED 60,000 |
| GEMS Wellington International School | 3.0 km | Al Sufouh | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 47,527 | Year 6: AED 59,862 |
| Smart Vision School | 3.5 km | Al Barsha | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 32,450 | Year 6: AED 49,900 |
| Oak Tree Primary School | 5.4 km | Al Quoz | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 16,225 | Year 6: AED 27,041 |
| The English College Dubai | 5.5 km | Al Safa | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 52,112 | Year 6: AED 57,196 |
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 Kings School Dubai, 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, 62 charge less than Kings School Dubai (AED 47,179) and 30 charge more. Every school's FS1 fee, 2026–27
- Year 6: of the 99 British schools publishing 2026–27 tuition for it, 83 charge less than Kings School Dubai (AED 71,801) and 15 charge more. Every school's Year 6 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 Kings School Dubai Outstanding in its 2023–24 inspection report, the latest published.
Kings School Dubai KHDA rating by year, the judgements and what inspectors wroteWhat KHDA's six levels mean
Sources
- KHDA Fees Fact Sheets 2026–27, Kings School Dubai: tuition by year group, other charges. Open the Year 1 sheet on KHDA's site
- KHDA Fees Fact Sheets 2025–26, Kings School Dubai: the 2025–26 column.
- KHDA register of fees (open data) and Fees Fact Sheets, 2017–18 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 Kings School Dubai 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; 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?
The school's 2026–27 KHDA sheet does not list one. It lists other discounts; «What a year costs» above gives them. Ask the school; a discount offered outside the sheet is not on this page.
Which year group is the entry point?
By KHDA's directory, Kings School Dubai teaches FS1 to Year 6, 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.