International schools in Dubai

Dubai's international schools serve Emirati and long-resident families as well as newly arrived expatriates, and every private school is inspected and fee-regulated by the KHDA.

6 schools
USD 26,900 median top-year fee
6 British
1 IB

6 schools · highest fees first · lowest first

Dubai College
USD 26,500–30,000/yr
British · Al Sufouh · Ages 11–18
Selective not-for-profit secondary in Al Sufouh, set up by Emiri decree in 1978 and run by a board of governors — English curriculum to GCSE/IGCSE, then A-levels.
Jumeirah English Speaking School Arabian Ranches
USD 14,700–28,500/yr
British · IB · Arabian Ranches · Ages 3–18
JESS's not-for-profit all-through campus in Arabian Ranches since 2005 — English National Curriculum and GCSEs, then the IB Diploma or BTEC in the sixth form.
Jumeirah College
USD 21,500–26,900/yr
British · Al Safa · Ages 11–18
GEMS Education's secondary school off Al Wasl Road in Al Safa, open since 1999 — the English National Curriculum from Year 7 through GCSEs to AS and A levels.
DESS College
USD 23,000–24,700/yr
British · Academic City · Ages 11–18
The not-for-profit Dubai English Speaking Schools' secondary in Academic City (opened 2005 as DESC) — English National Curriculum to GCSE, then A levels, BTEC or RSL.
Kings' School Dubai
USD 12,800–19,600/yr
British · Umm Suqeim · Ages 3–11
Kings' Education's founding school, opened in 2004 in Umm Suqeim 3 — a primary running the EYFS and English National Curriculum from FS1 to Year 6.
Jumeirah English Speaking School Jumeirah
USD 14,700–17,700/yr
British · Al Safa · Ages 3–11
JESS's original school (1975), in Al Safa 1 since 1976 — a not-for-profit primary on the English National Curriculum, FS1 to Year 6, feeding JESS Arabian Ranches.

Fees converted to USD at recent rates.

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