Dubai · Ib · fees published for 2026/27

What each school costs from KG 1 to Year 13

Talem publishes every year group’s fee at both schools, so the honest comparison is the whole bill, not a range.

Dubai International Academy
AED 936,850
15 year groups, KG 1 to Year 13
GEMS Wellington Academy - Silicon Oasis
AED 1,011,952
16 year groups, Nursery to Year 13
Difference
AED 75,102
8% more at GEMS Wellington Academy - Silicon Oasis

The two schools publish a different number of year groups (15 and 16), so the totals cover different spans. The per-year figures below are the like-for-like comparison.

Dubai International Academy per year
AED 62,457
average across the ladder
GEMS Wellington Academy - Silicon Oasis per year
AED 63,247
average across the ladder
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How the gap opens up

Dubai International AcademyGEMS Wellington Academy - Silicon Oasis

Cumulative tuition, one point per year group.

0200k400k600k800k1000kKG 1Year 4Year 9Year 13

Year by year

Every figure below is the fee each school publishes for that year group.

Year groupDubai International AcademyGEMS Wellington Academy - Silicon OasisDifference
KG 144,97945,428+449
KG 250,72640,340-10,386
Year 151,20250,099-1,103
Year 257,98350,099-7,884
Year 357,98350,099-7,884
Year 457,98350,099-7,884
Year 557,98350,099-7,884
Year 657,98350,099-7,884
Year 765,22450,099-15,125
Year 865,22475,719+10,495
Year 965,22479,045+13,821
Year 1072,48279,045+6,563
Year 1172,48281,595+9,113
Year 1279,69681,595+1,899
Year 1379,69689,246+9,550

GEMS Wellington Academy - Silicon Oasis publishes 1 further year group that Dubai International Academy does not, so those rows have no counterpart above.