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Durham School Dubai has announced an offer to recognise founding families for supporting the school in its opening year.

Durham School Dubai 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. Amongst the who’s who of alumni, Dominic Cummins, former Chief of Staff to Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, stands out as the most notable.

Famous alumni of Durham School include Dominic Cummings, here picture with Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Dominic Cummings (pictured left) with Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (pictured right)

Photograph of the young Domic Cummins at Durham School.

Photograph of the younger Dominic Cummins taken at Durham School. This period of his education is widely seen as playing a key role in shaping the Machiavellian tactician behind Vote Leave and Boris Johnson’s Election victory.

Founding parents joining in Durham’s first academic term will now have the option to either:

(1) take a further 10% discount on the first year’s fees; or,

(2) enjoy a fixed discounted fee structure for three years.

This means that, for parents who opt to take the additional 10% discount, annual fees will start as low as AED 38,340 for FS1 and FS2.

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Taken together, the new launch fee structure see FS1 school fees reduce from KHDA approved fees of AED 54,000 to AED 38,340, a reduction of some AED 15,660. In Year 8, the KHDA approved fees of AED 87,000 are reduced to AED 51,300, a saving of AED 35,700. The term 1 fees, too, includes the 10% Registration deposit. A further 5% discount is extended to the third and every subsequent child. A further 5% discount is extended to all families who pay the annual tuition fees in full in advance of the first day of the academic year.

Taken together, these are some of the most competitive launch fees of any new Tier 1 premium British school to have opened in Dubai to date. We rate ROI for parents as outstanding.

Option 1: Durham School Dubai revised fees structure including Found Family Discounts 2022-23 – 1 YEAR FIXED

Year Group Application fee Registration Deposit Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Total
FS1 500 3,834 11,502 11,502 11,502 38,340
FS 2 500 3,834 11,502 11,502 11,502 38,340
Year 1 500 4,104 12,312 12,312 12,312 41,040
Year 2 500 4,104 12,312 12,312 12,312 41,040
Year 3 500 4,590 13,770 13,770 13,770 45,900
Year 4 500 4,590 13,770 13,770 13,770 45,900
Year 5 500 4,590 13,770 13,770 13,770 45,900
Year 6 500 4,590 13,770 13,770 13,770 45,900
Year 7 500 5,130 15,390 15,390 15,390 51,300
Year 8 500 5,130 15,390 15,390 15,390 51,300

For families who would prefer the security of a fixed founders fees structure, fees are still reduced on a scale from AED 42,600 in FS1 (from KHDA approved fees of AED 54,00) to AED 66,000 in Year 8 (from KHDA approved fees of AED 87,000). Full details of the fixed 3-year launch fee offer can be found in the table below:

Option 2: Durham School Dubai revised fees structure including Found Family Discounts 2022-23 – 3 YEAR FIXED

Year Age Key Stage KHDA Approved Fees 2022/23

Discounted Fees
AED

2023/24

Discounted Fees
AED

FS 1 3-4 EYFS 54,000 42,600 42,600
FS 2 4-5 EYFS 54,000 42,600 42,600
Year 1 5-6 KS 1 69,000 45,600 45,600
Year 2 6-7 KS 1 69,000 45,600 45,600
Year 3 7-8 KS 2 75,000 51,000 51,000
Year 4 8-9 KS 2 75,000 51,000 51,000
Year 5 9-10 KS 2 75,000 51,000 51,000
Year 6 10-11 KS 2 75,000 51,000 51,000
Year 7 11-12 KS 3 87,000 57,000 57,000
Year 8 12-13 KS 3 87,000 57,000 57,000
Year 9* 13-14 KS 4 93,000 66,000

Mark Atkins, Headmaster, Durham School Dubai, explained the founding family discounts to SchoolsCompared.com as follows:

“I am delighted that we can reward those families who have placed their faith in us at the start of this exciting journey.

Offering such competitive fees for a prestigious 600 year old branch school underlines Durham’s intent to make high quality traditional British education as affordable and accessible as possible.”

The decision to offer generous Founding discounts also reflects growing concerns at the rising costs of living and inflation facing parents – and evidence a school set on being responsive to parents from ‘Day One.” More on rising costs against a background of some not-for-profit schools actually raising fees this year can be found here and here.

For further information on founding school fee options at Durham, parents can contact the Durham School Dubai dedicated Parent Hotline on 050 164 2122. Alternatively, arrangements to visit the school can be made by email to [email protected]. Drop in visits (without appointment) to meet the Headmaster are available every Tuesday morning between 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. and on Saturday mornings between 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

Further information:

Durham School Dubai announces major launch founding fee offer for parents offering the best RPOI for any Tier 1 British school launch to date in Dubai.

Read our First Looks review of Durham School Dubai here.

Read “The big interview” – Mark Atkins, Headmaster, Durham School Dubai on the importance of British values and the launch of a UK heavyweight in Dubai.”

Read about whether British education is still the best in the world for power and influence.

Visit the official Durham School Dubai web site here.

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Jon Westley
Jon Westley is the Editor of SchoolsCompared.com and WhichSchoolAdvisor.com UK. You can email him at jonathanwestley [at] schoolscompared.com

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