Best Dubai School Fees Discounts for Academic Year 2022/23
Looking to enroll your child in a Dubai school for the upcoming academic school? These Dubai schools are offering some attractive school fees discounts for 2022/2023, with everything from generous founders offers to 100% scholarships on the menu.
Many of the discounts vary widely depending on which year you enter your child, and some discounts are valid only for a year, whereas others are valid for the entire time your child is at the school. We have excluded sibling discounts, but most schools will also offer a small percentage off fees for second, third, fourth children and onwards. The table below is a summary of the best top-line deals on offer for 2022/23, but please be sure to read on to find out the exact details and how they vary depending on your child’s year and other factors.
Here’s our run-down of the best Dubai school fees discounts for 2022/23 so far…
| School | Percentage off | Save up to | Lowest to highest discounted fees |
| Durham School Dubai | Up to 41% for one year | AED 35,700 | AED 38,340 – 51,300 |
| Royal Grammar School Guildford Dubai | 15% for two years | AED 10,000 | AED 63,750 – 82,450 |
| Bloom World Academy | Up to 50%* | AED 37,500*; or up to AED 10,000 | AED 32,000 – 72,000 |
| Citizens School | 20% | AED 13,000 | AED 36,000 – 52,000 |
| GEMS Al Khaleej International School | Up to 30% for new enrollments | AED 11,363 for some grades | AED 22,322 – 42,714 |
| GEMS Al Barsha National School | 5% | AED3,100 | AED 39,900 – 58,900 |
| Safa British School | Approx. 5-24% depending on the Year | AED10,000 | AED 32,000 – AED 58,000 |
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| GEMS Scholarships | Up to 100% | Full school fees | |
| Kent College | Up to 29% Corporate discount for Emirates Airline, FlyDubai and ICE/MHK Group | AED15,800 | AED 38,200 – 78,400 |
*for limited number of students, other discounts also available, see details below
The Royal Grammar School Guildford Dubai
This premium British-curriculum school – which opened in Dubai’s Tilal Al Ghaf area in September 2021 – brings with it the 500-year heritage of academic excellence of its prestigious parent school in the UK, with the bonus of an attractive 15% founders discount (guaranteed for two years) for families signing up for the 2022/23 academic year. Far from a franchise school, RGSGD has been designed with the ethos and guidance of the original British school at both its heart and its head; current Principal Clare Turnbull transferred directly from RGSG in the UK, and the school is owned by esteemed British education group Cognita. While fees at this school will always be at the premium end, the founders discount represents very good value for parents who wants a Tier 1 education for their child, at very little risk – since the school’s established a leadership and close links with the UK can reassure any family that it is as well equipped as possible to deliver an outstanding education for every child.
Discount details
Academic year 2022-23 – 15% Tuition Fee Concession
Exclusively for pupils enrolling into academic year 2022-23 and including:
– Fee concession guaranteed for 2 years
– Personal IT device included for 2 years
– First year uniform package
– Extended School Day: Early Bird Club & After-school care included (7.00am drop off – 4.30pm pick-up) subject to availability
– 2 school-led extracurricular activities subject to availability
| Year | Discounted Tuition Fees 2022-23 | Registration Fee |
| FS1 | 63,750 AED | 6,375 AED |
| FS2 | 68,000 AED | 6,800 AED |
| Year 1 | 77,350 AED | 7,735 AED |
| Year 2 | 77,350 AED | 7,735 AED |
| Year 3 | 77,350 AED | 7,735 AED |
| Year 4 | 77,350 AED | 7,735 AED |
| Year 5 | 82,450 AED | 8,245 AED |
| Year 6 | 82,450 AED | 8,245 AED |
| Year 7 | 82,450 AED |
Bloom World Academy
Bloom World Academy will launch this August 2022 on the previous site of Dwight School Dubai in Al Barsha, offering an International Baccalaureate curriculum education to students between the age of 4 years and 18 years – although it will initially open only to Year 9, with remaining years opening in a gradual, phased launch.
Bloom World Academy has made headlines for its innovative policies, which include offering flexible start times for families (between 7am and 9am), and a customised curriculum that is tailored around each child’s individual needs and achievements.
Bloom World Academy’s Founders Fee discount on the approved KHDA fees for the Academic Year 2022/2023 will apply for the first three years.
Discount Details
The Bloom World Academy Founders School package for AY2022/23 includes:
• Founders Fees exclusively for students enrolling into academic year 2022/23 (Pre-KG – Grade 9)
• 50% discount for Grade 6 – Grade 9 students to the KHDA Approved Fees for AY2022/23 (for the first year, only up to a limited number of students)
• Founders Fees guaranteed for 3 years
• Personal IPAD/MacBook laptop included for 3 years (Grade 1 – 9)
• Daily (Monday to Thursday) school-led co-curricular activities
• School uniform package
• Sibling discounts
| Grade | KHDA Approved Fees | Founders Fees |
| Pre-KG | 50,000 | 40,000 |
| KG1 | 53,000 | 47,000 |
| KG2 | 55,000 | 50,000 |
| Grade 1 | 60,000 | 55,000 |
| Grade 2 | 60,000 | 55,000 |
| Grade 3 | 60,000 | 55,000 |
| Grade 4 | 60,000 | 55,000 |
| Grade 5 | 60,000 | 55,000 |
| Grade 6 | 70,000 | 64,000 |
| Grade 7 | 75,000 | 67,000 |
| Grade 8 | 75,000 | 67,000 |
| Grade 9 | 78,000 | 72,000 |
Durham School Dubai
Durham School Dubai – which will open in Dubai Investment Park this August 2022 – is the third international branch of one of England’s longest established day and boarding schools, Durham School. The original school was founded in 1414 and re-founded in 1541 by King Henry VIII. This impressive legacy and reputation will be translated into the UAE under the trusted leadership of Headmaster Mark Atkins, whose commitment to traditional values, the highest quality teaching, and an ethos of kindness, humility and moral integrity will attract any parents looking for a solid Tier 1 British education for their child.
Also attractive to parents will be the outstanding ROI represented in the school’s Founders Discount, which amount to some of the most competitive launch fees of any premium British school in Dubai, ever.
Discount Details
Founding Families Special Offer
To recognise founding families for supporting the school in its opening year, founding parents joining in Durham’s first academic term (starting August 2022) will now have the option to either take up to 41% off KHDA Approved Tuition Fee as Special Fees for 2022-23 OR enjoy a fixed Discounted Fee structure for three academic years.:
Option 1: Special Fees
| Year | KHDA Approved Fees | Special Fees for 2022-23 |
| FS 1 | 54,000 | 38,340 |
| FS 2 | 54,000 | 38,340 |
| Year 1 | 69,000 | 41,040 |
| Year 2 | 69,000 | 41,040 |
| Year 3 | 75,000 | 45,900 |
| Year 4 | 75,000 | 45,900 |
| Year 5 | 75,000 | 45,900 |
| Year 6 | 75,000 | 45,900 |
| Year 7 | 87,000 | 51,300 |
OR
Option 2: Three Year Discounted Fee Structure
| Year | KHDA Approved Fees | 2022/23 – 2024/25 |
| FS 1 | 54,000 | 42,600 |
| FS 2 | 54,000 | 42,600 |
| Year 1 | 69,000 | 45,600 |
| Year 2 | 69,000 | 45,600 |
| Year 3 | 75,000 | 51,000 |
| Year 4 | 75,000 | 51,000 |
| Year 5 | 75,000 | 51,000 |
| Year 6 | 75,000 | 51,000 |
| Year 7 | 87,000 | 57,000 |
| Year 8 | 87,000 | 57,000 |
Safa British School
Established in 2004, Safa British School is an English National Curriculum school that was initially designed as a dedicated Primary, but has since gone on to grow to an all-through school, which will eventually provide education all the way up to Year 13 (the oldest students are currently Year 10 in a phased launch). Historically founded as the Al Safa Private School, a much-loved small villa school in Jumeirah where it operated between 2005 and 2012, the school initially educated just 35 children.
Very quickly school the school expanded to a role of some 350 children and, in 2012, to meet demand, Safa British School moved to a location in Meydan Street at the edges of Al Quoz.
In September 2020, Safa British School relocated to a landmark site in Jumeirah with the results that, today, in our view, Safa British School qualifies as the most architecturally and thematically thoughtful and beautiful school built in the UAE in a generation.
With the second phase of the school’s development completed in January 2021, the school’s sporting, swimming, Design and Technology, and Science Labs infrastructure now ranks Outstanding Plus and equals if not betters the expected standard of Tier 1 Premium provision in the emirates.
Led by the Top Schools Award-winning Principal Zara Harrington, parents whose children join this charming community school for August 2022 will benefit from a lifetime discount on the KHDA approved fees.
| Year | KHDA Approved Fees | 2022/23 – 2024/25 |
| FS 1 | 42,000 | 32,000 |
| FS 2 | 46,000 | 44,000 |
| Year 1 | 46,000 | 44,500 |
| Year 2 | 50,000 | 44,500 |
| Year 3 | 50,000 | 44,500 |
| Year 4 | 54,000 | 46,000 |
| Year 5 | 54,000 | 47,000 |
| Year 6 | 56,000 | 47,000 |
| Year 7 | 58,000 | 52,000 |
| Year 8 | 60,000 | 52,000 |
| Year 9 | 62,000 | 54,000 |
| Year 10 | 65,000 | 58,000 |
NOTE:
Lifetime Discount: parents registering for Sept’22 will continue on the discounted fees till their children finish Year 9, subject to only annual approved percentage increases
Existing parents who have joined the school prior to September 2020 will continue on their founding family fees at the time of their joining the school, subject to annual approved percentage increase
Siblings joining will be on the discounted rates not founding family fees
Sibling Discounts: 15% on third sibling.
GEMS Al Khaleej International School
One of only four US curriculum schools operated by GEMS Education in the UAE, Al Khaleej International School (AKIS) was established in July 1992, and has just this year relocated from its previous site in Al Garhoud to a brand new campus in the Al Warqa 4 neighbourhood of Dubai. The move to the new campus, which occupies 9.27 acres with a total built-up area of 26,795 sqm, will allow the school to meet increasing demand by raising its capacity to approximately 4,000 students.
Following the move, families will be able to claim a significant discount on the KHDA-approved fees, for at least the next two years
| Grade | KHDA Approved Fees | Special Fees for 2022-23 | Special fees 2023-24 |
| Pre-KG | 31,372 | 22,322 | 22,323 |
| KG 1 | 33,372 | 22,322 | 22,323 |
| KG 2 | 33,372 | 22,322 | 22,323 |
| Grade 1 | 36,716 | 25,353 | 25,353 |
| Grade 2 | 36,716 | 25,353 | 25,353 |
| Grade 3 | 36,716 | 25,353 | 25,353 |
| Grade 4 | 38,835 | 30,038 | 30,038 |
| Grade 5 | 39,281 | 30,038 | 30,038 |
| Grade 6 | 39,281 | 30,038 | 30,038 |
| Grade 7 | 40,883 | 36,100 | 36,100 |
| Grade 8 | 40,883 | 36,100 | 36,100 |
| Grade 9 | 40,883 | 36,100 | 36,100 |
| Grade 10 | 48,195 | 42,714 | 42,714 |
| Grade 11 | 48,195 | 42,714 | 42,714 |
| Grade 12 | 48,195 | 42,714 | 42,714 |
GEMS Al Barsha National School
GEMS Al Barsha National School follows the English National Curriculum including the Early Years Foundation Stage and the National Curriculum from Year 1 to Year 9. It offers IGCSE in Years 10 and 11 and ‘AS‘ and ‘A’ Levels for Years 12 and 13. Children in the Foundation Stage to Year 2 split 50% of their learning time between Arabic and English. Spanish is offered from Year 5 as an additional language.
| Year | KHDA Approved Fees | 2022/23 Fees with 5% discounts |
| FS 1 | 42,000 | 39,900 |
| FS 2 | 52,000 | 49,400 |
| Year 1 | 52,000 | 49,400 |
| Year 2 | 52,000 | 49,400 |
| Year 3 | 52,000 | 49,400 |
| Year 4 | 52,000 | 49,400 |
| Year 5 | 52,000 | 49,400 |
| Year 6 | 52,000 | 49,400 |
| Year 7 | 57,000 | 54,150 |
| Year 8 | 57,000 | 54,150 |
| Year 9 | 57,000 | 54,150 |
| Year 10 | 62,000 | 58,900 |
| Year 11 | 62,000 | 58,900 |
| Year 12 | 62,000 | 58,900 |
| Year 13 | 62,000 | 58,900 |
Citizens School Dubai
Citizens School Dubai is a new British curriculum school being launched this August 2022 by Blenheim Schools – part of the well-known UK-based Chatsworth Schools family – and Education Ventures Company (EVC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Al Zarooni Emirates Investments (ZEI). Located on a landmark 7.6 acre hub site opposite City Walk, this bold and ambitious new school boasts a range of unique points of differentiation – not least its custom-built curriculum. Using the UK National Curriculum as its standard, the ‘Citizens’ Tapestry’ builds upon the blueprint with six key threads – Mindset; Entrepreneur; Health & Wellbeing; Sustainable Leadership; Global; and Digital Literacy – forming an education system it describes as comprehensive, holistic, inclusive, and fun. Citizens is offering an attractive 20% founders fee discount, which will have a lifetime guarantee while students are at the school.
Discount details
Founding students joining in 2022-23 will benefit from a Citizens School Founding Family discount of 20% applied on the KHDA approved fees for as long as those children are enrolled at Citizens School.
| Year | KHDA Approved Fees | Discounted fees |
| FS 1 | 45,000 | 36,000 |
| FS 2 | 55,000 | 44,000 |
| Year 1 | 65,000 | 52,000 |
| Year 2 | 65,000 | 52,000 |
| Year 3 | 65,000 | 52,000 |
| Year 4 | 65,000 | 52,000 |
| Year 5 | 65,000 | 52,000 |
| Year 6 | 65,000 | 52,000 |
| Year 7 | 87,000 | 57,000 |
| Year 8 | 87,000 | 57,000 |
Notes to schools offering school fees discounts:
If your school is offering school fees discounts or scholarships in 2022-2023, please contact me at [email protected] with comprehensive details so these may be shared with parents.
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