The Aquila School fees 2026–27 by year group
2023–24 · Dubailand · 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 54,081
2025–26: AED 54,081 · 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, The Aquila School, 2026–27 compared with 2025–26
| Year group | Tuition 2026–27 | Tuition 2025–26 | Change | All schools |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation Stage | ||||
| FS1 | AED 48,673 | AED 48,673 | Same | FS1 → |
| FS2 | AED 51,917 | AED 51,917 | Same | FS2 → |
| Primary | ||||
| Year 1 | AED 54,081 | AED 54,081 | Same | Year 1 → |
| Year 2 | AED 54,081 | AED 54,081 | Same | Year 2 → |
| Year 3 | AED 56,244 | AED 56,244 | Same | Year 3 → |
| Year 4 | AED 56,244 | AED 56,244 | Same | Year 4 → |
| Year 5 | AED 59,489 | AED 59,489 | Same | Year 5 → |
| Year 6 | AED 59,489 | AED 59,489 | Same | Year 6 → |
| Secondary | ||||
| Year 7 | AED 64,897 | AED 64,897 | Same | Year 7 → |
| Year 8 | AED 64,897 | AED 64,897 | Same | Year 8 → |
| Year 9 | AED 71,386 | AED 71,386 | Same | Year 9 → |
| Year 10 | AED 71,386 | AED 71,386 | Same | Year 10 → |
| Year 11 | AED 71,386 | AED 71,386 | Same | Year 11 → |
| Post-16 | ||||
| Year 12 | AED 77,876 | AED 77,876 | Same | Year 12 → |
| Year 13 | AED 77,876 | AED 77,876 | Same | Year 13 → |
The Aquila School publishes 2026–27 tuition for 15 year groups: AED 48,673 (FS1) to AED 77,876 (Year 12 and Year 13). 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 · 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 54,081
- KHDA's total for the year
- AED 54,081
Required, but not in KHDA's total: uniform, books and the like, bought from the school or elsewhere
- Uniform
- AED 1,000 to AED 2,300
- Books
- AED 100 to AED 2,000
- School ID Card ReplacementOnly when needed; not paid every year
- AED 50 to AED 100
A year, before optional servicesAED 55,181 to AED 58,381
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 1
- 5%
- Sibling 2
- 15%
- Sibling 3
- 25%
- Sibling 4
- 100%
- Siblings 5 to 6
- 25%
- Referrals
- AED 1,000
- Corporate
- up to 20%
- School Management Concession
- up to 75%
- School Employees
- up to 100%
- Early Payment
- up to 7%
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 1,000 to AED 2,300Per year, by year group.
- BooksAED 100 to AED 2,000Per year, by year group.
- StationeryAED 100 to AED 200Per year, by year group.
- Laptop/Digital DeviceAED 2,500 to AED 3,000Per year, by year group.
Optional
- School ID Card ReplacementAED 50 to AED 100Only when needed, such as a replacement; not paid every year.
- TransportAED 5,980 to AED 8,337Per year, by year group.
- Extracurricular ActivitiesAED 25 to AED 3,500Per year, by year group.
- School TripsAED 25 to AED 1,000Per year, by year group.
- CanteenAED 25 to AED 4,550Per year, by year group.
- Club ActivitiesAED 25 to AED 10,000Per year, by year group.
- Learning Support AssistantsAED 120 to AED 75,000Per year, by year group.
- Overnight campAED 25 to AED 2,000Per year, by year group.
- School PhotographsAED 100 to AED 1,500Per year, by year group.
- Special Needs SupportAED 400 to AED 240,000Per year, by year group.
- Summer CampAED 25 to AED 2,000Per year, by year group.
- Winter CampAED 25 to AED 2,000Per year, by year group.
- School EventsAED 25 to AED 500Per year, by year group.
- English Language Immersion ProgramAED 120 to AED 84,000Per year, by year group.
- Costumes for school eventsAED 40 to AED 650Per year, by year group.
- Educational Local TripAED 800 to AED 4,500Per year, by year group.
- CompetitionsAED 50 to AED 4,500Per year, by year group.
- Educational Overseas TripAED 4,500 to AED 18,500Per year, by year group.
- Skill development programmesAED 12 to AED 1,000Per year, by year group.
- Duke of Edinburgh International AwardAED 1,800 to AED 10,000Per 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 2018–19
Tuition at The Aquila School for three year groups (FS1, Year 7 and Year 13) in every year KHDA published a figure, 2018–19 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 The Aquila School: AED 45,000 in 2018–19, AED 48,673 in 2026–27
Approved tuition before any discount, AED, by academic year
FS1: 2018–19 AED 45,000, 2019–20 AED 45,000, 2020–21 AED 45,000, 2021–22 AED 45,000, 2022–23 AED 45,000, 2023–24 AED 46,350, 2024–25 AED 47,555, 2025–26 AED 48,673, 2026–27 AED 48,673; Year 7: 2019–20 AED 60,000, 2020–21 AED 60,000, 2021–22 AED 60,000, 2022–23 AED 60,000, 2023–24 AED 61,800, 2024–25 AED 63,407, 2025–26 AED 64,897, 2026–27 AED 64,897; Year 13: 2025–26 AED 77,876, 2026–27 AED 77,876
Left and right arrow keys read each year. The table has every value.
FS1 approved tuition at The Aquila School: AED 45,000 in 2018–19, AED 48,673 in 2026–27 All 9 rows.
| Academic year | FS1AED | Year 7AED | Year 13AED |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–19 | 45,000 | Not availableNote 1 | Not availableNote 1 |
| 2019–20 | 45,000 | 60,000 | Not availableNote 1 |
| 2020–21 | 45,000 | 60,000 | Not availableNote 1 |
| 2021–22 | 45,000 | 60,000 | Not availableNote 1 |
| 2022–23 | 45,000 | 60,000 | Not availableNote 1 |
| 2023–24 | 46,350 | 61,800 | Not availableNote 1 |
| 2024–25 | 47,555 | 63,407 | Not availableNote 1 |
| 2025–26 | 48,673 | 64,897 | 77,876 |
| 2026–27 | 48,673 | 64,897 | 77,876 |
- 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 The Aquila School with a 2026–27 fee; the farthest is 5.8 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 The Aquila School, 2026–27 tuition and KHDA rating
| School | Distance | Area | KHDA rating | FS1 | Year 7 | Year 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEMS First Point School | 0.7 km | Dubailand | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 44,288 | Year 7: AED 64,102 | Year 13: AED 75,756 |
| Dubai English Speaking College | 2.4 km | Academic City | 2023–24 | FS1: Starts at Year 7 | Year 7: AED 84,325 | Year 13: AED 90,633 |
| Dubai English Speaking School – Academic City | 2.7 km | Academic City | No rating yet | FS1: AED 65,000 | Year 7: No 2026–27 figure | Year 13: No 2026–27 figure |
| GEMS Wellington Academy – Silicon Oasis | 3.3 km | Dubai Silicon Oasis | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 40,340 | Year 7: AED 75,719 | Year 13: AED 89,246 |
| Rugby School | 4.7 km | Meydan City | No rating yet | FS1: AED 59,518 | Year 7: AED 85,500 | Year 13: AED 108,000 |
| Al Fanar School | 5.1 km | Nad Al Sheba | No rating yet | FS1: AED 67,086 | Year 7: No 2026–27 figure | Year 13: No 2026–27 figure |
| GEMS Winchester School | 5.3 km | Dubailand | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 20,370 | Year 7: AED 27,160 | Year 13: AED 38,403 |
| Victory Heights Primary School City of Arabia | 5.8 km | Dubailand | No rating yet | FS1: AED 40,000 | Year 7: No 2026–27 figure | Year 13: No 2026–27 figure |
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 The Aquila 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, 65 charge less than The Aquila School (AED 48,673) and 27 charge more. Every school's FS1 fee, 2026–27
- Year 7: of the 91 British schools publishing 2026–27 tuition for it, 59 charge less than The Aquila School (AED 64,897) and 31 charge more. Every school's Year 7 fee, 2026–27
- Year 13: of the 67 British schools publishing 2026–27 tuition for it, 40 charge less than The Aquila School (AED 77,876) and 26 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 The Aquila School Good in its 2023–24 inspection report, the latest published.
The Aquila School KHDA rating by year, the judgements and what inspectors wroteWhat KHDA's six levels mean
Sources
- KHDA Fees Fact Sheets 2026–27, The Aquila School: tuition by year group, other charges. Open the Year 1 sheet on KHDA's site
- KHDA Fees Fact Sheets 2025–26, The Aquila School: the 2025–26 column.
- KHDA register of fees (open data) and Fees Fact Sheets, 2018–19 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 The Aquila 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 «Sibling 1»; «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, The Aquila School 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.