Top 27 Affordable All-Through UK Schools in the UAE by Rating, Fees

Photograph highlighting our focus on the top affordable British curriculum schools in the UAE

by Lis ONealMarch 7, 2018

Updated April 2018 – The SchoolsCompared.com pick of the most affordable British curriculum schools in the UAE

Educating your children from the age of 3 or 4 to 18 years of age is a huge financial commitment for most parents. It is all too easy to choose a school when children are young, without necessarily considering the long-term costs involved. Options have been limited in the past, with parents having to choose between quality of education and fees. With the more recent addition of schools offering affordable fees and the increased focus by the regulators on school improvement, parents now finally have more choice. In the following we look at our pick of the most affordable British curriculum schools offering what we see as a good mix of value and quality of provision for families.

SchoolsCompared.com has researched the options that we believe provide proven quality at fees that are affordable (no more than AED 50,000* for the final grade/year). Our list of the Top 27 affordable all-through UK curriculum schools throughout the UAE is based on ADEK/KHDA ratings of Good or above, since this is the minimum rating the regulators expect schools to achieve, in addition to fees within the affordable range. *(We have made one exception where the fees for year 13 are AED2,000 over our limit). The fees listed also include additional fees such as books, resource fees, computer fees – any that are a requirement above and beyond tuition.

Where schools are located in emirates that have not yet rolled out the Unified Inspection process, we have based their inclusion in our pick of the top affordable British curriculum schools on the reputation of the owners, the accreditation and inspection of the school by British Schools of the Middle East (BSME) or BSO (British Schools Overseas) or the personal knowledge of the SchoolsCompared,com or WhichSchoolAdvisor.com teams.

School	Location	ADEK/KHDA rating	Lowest fee	Highest fee

The Winchester School	Jebel Ali	Very Good	AED13,542	AED30,210
Merryland School	Mussafah	Very Good	AED23,850	AED42,500
The Westminster School	Al Nahda	Good	AED8,101	AED15,243
Apple International School	Al Qusais	Good	AED8,250	AED15,960
St. Mary’s Catholic High School	Oud Metha	Good	AED8,322	AED16,117
Rosary School, Sharjah	Muweilah	n/a	AED9,980	AED11,650
Al Ameen Private School	Al Nahda	Good	AED10,400	AED14,220
Al Diyafah High School	Al Qusais	Good	AED10,800	AED22,930
Pristine Private School	Al Nahda	Good	AED13,700	AED22,900
Al Najah Private School*	MBZ	Good	AED13,800	AED30,600
Dubai Scholars Private School	Al Qusais	Good	AED14,341	AED29,500
Queen International School	Hor Al Anz	Good	AED14,380	AED28,970
GEMS Winchester School, Abu Dhabi	Baniyas	Good	AED14,700	AED27,300
Fujairah Academy **	Fujairah	BSME/BSO	AED15,000	AED34,000
Al Salam Private School	Al Nahda	Good	AED17,080	AED31,100
Dubai Gem Private School	Oud Metha	Good	AED17,815	AED31,225
Cambridge International School Dubai	Garhoud	Good	AED18,175	AED25,152
Victoria English School Sharjah	Al Azra	n/a	AED19,600	AED36,500
International School of Creative Science Sharjah	Muweilah	n/a	AED21,700	AED40,100
Star International School	Al Twar	Good	AED20,365	AED52,630
GEMS Founders School***	Al Barsha South	n/a	AED20,900	AED27,550
Sheffield Private School	Al Nahda	Good	AED21,400	AED40,365
GEMS Wesgreen International School, Sharjah	Muweilah	n/a	AED22,410	AED49,665
GEMS Winchester School, Fujeirah	Fujeirah	n/a	AED22,700	AED32,400
Good Will Children’s School, Abu Dhabi ****	Mussafah	Good	AED24,800	AED29,900
Scholars International Academy, Sharjah	Muweilah	BMSE/BSO	AED25,420	AED39,900
Diyafah International School, Abu Dhabi*****	Mussafah	Good	AED25,900	AED37,600

Notes:

* Al Najah School offers UK curriculum to year 11/grade 10 and the IB Diploma programme for years 12/13.

** Fujeirah Academy does not publish its fees; however we understand that they are within this range.

*** GEMS Founders fees include discounts on the KHDA approved fees for the first two years of operation. Approved fees are within the affordable range.