School Fee Hike: List of Dubai Schools That CAN Raise Their Fees

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Watch out – 90% of private schools in Dubai are going for school fee hike this coming year!

You might be super excited with your child’s school progressing from ‘Good’ to ‘Outstanding’, but the new school fee hike is bound to freak you out! The freeze on all school fees prevailing last year has finally ended and a new fee framework has come into play.

New Framework for School Fee Hike

According to the new fee framework announced by HH Sheikh Hamdan, Crown Prince of Dubai, schools can raise fees anywhere from 2.07% to 4.14% depending on how their ratings improved from the last inspection cycle by Dubai School Inspection Bureau (DSIB).

Schools that maintained their rating can increase their fees by 2.07%, the same value of the Education Cost Index (ECI)
Schools whose ratings have improved from very weak to weak, or weak to acceptable, or acceptable to good, can increase fees by 4.14%, that’s twice the ECI
Schools whose ratings improved from good to very good can increase fees by 3.6225%, that’s 1.75 times the ECI
Schools whose ratings improved from very good to outstanding can increase fees by 3.105%, that’s 1.5 times the ECI

Schools eligible for 3.105% School Fee Hike

Jumeirah English Speaking School (Br)
Horizons English School
Dubai English Speaking School
Kings School Al Barsha

Schools eligible for 3.62% School Fee Hike

Raffles International School – Umm Suqeim South branch
Regent International Private School
Kings School Nad Al Sheba
Sunmarke School
Ranches Primary School

Schools that cannot increase fees because their ratings dropped

Lycee Francais International Georges Pompidou School (Dubai branch)
The School of Research Science
Queen International School
International Concept Education
Pakistan Educational Academy
Grammar School

Taaleem Reduces Fees

Despite the new school fee framework, some schools continue their decision to freeze or even reduce fees in the coming academic year. Taaleem is one of them. As UAE’s biggest private school groups consistently rating ‘Outstanding’ to ‘Good’, it considers the increasing cost of living and has gone for improving quality and sensitive pricing in 2019-2020.