Star International School Mirdif

KHDA approved the same tuition for 2026-27 as last year, but the school reduced the discount it applies to that cap, so the price families actually pay rose by about 6% in every year group. The school publishes both figures itself: an approved fee of AED 34,179 in FS1 rising to 73,508 in Sixth Form, against a discounted fee of AED 32,730 rising to 57,510. The reduction is largest in the senior years, worth AED 15,998 in Years 12 and 13. FS2 is the one year group with no discount, so its approved and payable figures are the same at AED 35,014. A separate digital and physical resource fee of AED 700 to 1,200 by year group is charged on top of tuition and covers learning materials and CAT4-style assessments. A new applicant pays AED 500 to apply, assessment included, plus an enrolment fee of up to 10% of tuition which is deducted from the first term but not refunded; returning families pay up to 5% or AED 500, whichever is higher, and there is a separate non-refundable medical fee. Tuition is paid in three termly instalments of roughly 40%, 30% and 30%, with the discount already built into each. A returned cheque is charged at AED 250. Uniform, transport, meals, trips and Chromebooks are provided by third parties and billed separately; optional transport runs AED 6,500 to 11,000 a year. Further eligibility-gated discounts, applied on top of the discounted fee and limited to one per child, include sibling rates of 10% to 20% from the second child, 10% for ESAAD, FAZAA, Al Futtaim, Al Ghurair and Majid Al Futtaim employees, 20% for Emirates Platinum cardholders on an eldest child, and scholarships for Year 10 and Year 12 entrants.