The Arbor School fees 2026–27 by year group
2023–24 · Al Furjan · 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 63,300
approved AED 68,257
2025–26: AED 61,500 · approved tuition unchanged. After discount: AED 1,800 more (smaller discount).
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 Arbor School, 2026–27 compared with 2025–26
| Year group | Tuition 2026–27 | Tuition 2025–26 | Change | All schools |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation Stage | ||||
| FS1 | AED 49,500approved AED 58,806 | AED 49,500approved AED 58,806 | Same | FS1 → |
| FS2 | AED 54,580approved AED 58,806 | AED 54,580approved AED 58,806 | Same | FS2 → |
| Primary | ||||
| Year 1 | AED 63,300approved AED 68,257 | AED 61,500approved AED 68,257 | SameAfter discount: AED 1,800 more (smaller discount). | Year 1 → |
| Year 2 | AED 63,300approved AED 68,257 | AED 61,500approved AED 68,257 | SameAfter discount: AED 1,800 more (smaller discount). | Year 2 → |
| Year 3 | AED 69,000approved AED 74,558 | AED 65,500approved AED 74,558 | SameAfter discount: AED 3,500 more (smaller discount). | Year 3 → |
| Year 4 | AED 69,000approved AED 74,558 | AED 65,500approved AED 74,558 | SameAfter discount: AED 3,500 more (smaller discount). | Year 4 → |
| Year 5 | AED 72,000approved AED 79,808 | AED 70,200approved AED 79,808 | SameAfter discount: AED 1,800 more (smaller discount). | Year 5 → |
| Year 6 | AED 72,000approved AED 79,808 | AED 70,200approved AED 79,808 | SameAfter discount: AED 1,800 more (smaller discount). | Year 6 → |
| Secondary | ||||
| Year 7 | AED 80,500approved AED 89,259 | AED 80,500approved AED 89,259 | Same | Year 7 → |
| Year 8 | AED 80,500approved AED 89,259 | AED 80,500approved AED 89,259 | Same | Year 8 → |
| Year 9 | AED 87,700approved AED 94,510 | AED 85,000approved AED 94,510 | SameAfter discount: AED 2,700 more (smaller discount). | Year 9 → |
| Year 10 | AED 87,700approved AED 94,510 | AED 85,000approved AED 94,510 | SameAfter discount: AED 2,700 more (smaller discount). | Year 10 → |
| Year 11 | AED 87,700approved AED 94,510 | AED 85,000approved AED 94,510 | SameAfter discount: AED 2,700 more (smaller discount). | Year 11 → |
| Post-16 | ||||
| Year 12 | AED 92,500approved AED 97,232 | AED 90,250approved AED 97,232 | SameAfter discount: AED 2,250 more (smaller discount). | Year 12 → |
| Year 13 | AED 92,500approved AED 97,232 | AED 90,250approved AED 97,232 | SameAfter discount: AED 2,250 more (smaller discount). | Year 13 → |
The Arbor School publishes 2026–27 tuition for 15 year groups: AED 49,500 (FS1) to AED 92,500 (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 discount on the 2026–27 sheet is smaller than on the 2025–26 sheet, so the fee after the discount is higher in 11 year groups; the school did not raise its approved fee.
The first figure is the fee after the discount the school's 2026–27 sheet lists, with KHDA's approved tuition beneath it; the Change column compares KHDA's approved tuition, and where the fee after the discount moved by a different amount, a second line in the row says so and why. 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.
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 68,257
- Discount on tuition
- −AED 4,957
- KHDA's total for the year
- AED 63,300
Required, but not in KHDA's total: uniform, books and the like, bought from the school or elsewhere
- Uniform
- AED 750 to AED 1,000
A year, before optional servicesAED 64,050 to AED 64,300
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
- Siblings 1 to 4
- 10%
- School Employees
- up to 100%
- Emirati Students
- 10%
- Embassies
- 10%
- Government Employees
- 10%
- Early Payment
- 3%
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 4,226 to AED 9,306Taken off tuition, by year group. Year 1: AED 4,957.
Required by the school
- UniformAED 750 to AED 1,000Per year, by year group.
- Laptop/Digital DeviceAED 2,000 to AED 3,500Per year, by year group.
Optional
- TransportAED 7,000 to AED 10,000Per year, by year group.
- Extracurricular Activitiesup to AED 4,000Per year, by year group.
- CanteenAED 2,500 to AED 9,500Per year, by year group.
- School Local Field Tripsup to AED 500Per year, by year group.
- School Tripsup to AED 15,000Per year, by year group.
- Duke of Edinburgh International AwardAED 300 to AED 3,500Per 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 2018–19
Tuition at The Arbor 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 Arbor School: AED 56,000 in 2018–19, AED 58,806 in 2026–27
Approved tuition before any discount, AED, by academic year
FS1: 2018–19 AED 56,000, 2019–20 AED 56,000, 2020–21 AED 56,000, 2021–22 AED 56,000, 2022–23 AED 56,000, 2023–24 AED 56,000, 2024–25 AED 57,456, 2025–26 AED 58,806, 2026–27 AED 58,806; Year 7: 2019–20 AED 85,000, 2020–21 AED 85,000, 2021–22 AED 85,000, 2022–23 AED 85,000, 2023–24 AED 85,000, 2024–25 AED 87,210, 2025–26 AED 89,259, 2026–27 AED 89,259; Year 13: 2025–26 AED 97,232, 2026–27 AED 97,232
Left and right arrow keys read each year. The table has every value.
FS1 approved tuition at The Arbor School: AED 56,000 in 2018–19, AED 58,806 in 2026–27 All 9 rows.
| Academic year | FS1AED | Year 7AED | Year 13AED |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–19 | 56,000 | Not availableNote 1 | Not availableNote 1 |
| 2019–20 | 56,000 | 85,000 | Not availableNote 1 |
| 2020–21 | 56,000 | 85,000 | Not availableNote 1 |
| 2021–22 | 56,000 | 85,000 | Not availableNote 1 |
| 2022–23 | 56,000 | 85,000 | Not availableNote 1 |
| 2023–24 | 56,000 | 85,000 | Not availableNote 1 |
| 2024–25 | 57,456 | 87,210 | Not availableNote 1 |
| 2025–26 | 58,806 | 89,259 | 97,232 |
| 2026–27 | 58,806 | 89,259 | 97,232 |
- 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 Arbor School with a 2026–27 fee; the farthest is 5.2 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 Arbor School, 2026–27 tuition and KHDA rating
| School | Distance | Area | KHDA rating | FS1 | Year 7 | Year 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcadia Global School | 1.5 km | Al Furjan | 2025–26 | FS1: AED 40,000 | Year 7: AED 61,000 | Year 13: Ends at Year 9 |
| The Winchester School – Jebel Ali | 2.5 km | Jebel Ali | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 14,950 | Year 7: AED 19,936 | Year 13: AED 33,352 |
| Al Ghaf Private School | 2.5 km | Jebel Ali | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 35,000 | Year 7: AED 49,500 | Year 13: Ends at Year 8 |
| Dubai British School Jumeirah Park | 3.0 km | Jumeirah Park | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 55,350 | Year 7: AED 77,490 | Year 13: AED 83,015 |
| Durham School | 3.4 km | Dubai Investment Park | 2024–25 | FS1: AED 55,269 | Year 7: AED 89,044 | Year 13: Ends at Year 11 |
| Dove Green Private School | 3.5 km | Dubai Investment Park | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 42,000 | Year 7: AED 55,000 | Year 13: Ends at Year 11 |
| Dubai British School | 4.8 km | Emirates Hills | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 53,027 | Year 7: AED 71,976 | Year 13: AED 79,541 |
| Arcadia British School | 5.2 km | Jumeirah Village Triangle | 2023–24 | FS1: AED 67,687 | Year 7: AED 82,893 | Year 13: AED 96,209 |
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 Arbor 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, 68 charge less than The Arbor School (AED 49,500) and 24 charge more. Every school's FS1 fee, 2026–27
- Year 7: of the 91 British schools publishing 2026–27 tuition for it, 72 charge less than The Arbor School (AED 80,500) and 18 charge more. Every school's Year 7 fee, 2026–27
- Year 13: of the 67 British schools publishing 2026–27 tuition for it, 53 charge less than The Arbor School (AED 92,500) and 13 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 Arbor School Good in its 2023–24 inspection report, the latest published.
The Arbor School KHDA rating by year, the judgements and what inspectors wroteWhat KHDA's six levels mean
Sources
- KHDA Fees Fact Sheets 2026–27, The Arbor School: tuition by year group, discount on tuition, other charges. Open the Year 1 sheet on KHDA's site
- KHDA Fees Fact Sheets 2025–26, The Arbor 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 Arbor 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 11 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 «Siblings 1 to 4»; «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, The Arbor 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.