Brighton College Dubai

What the school is

School family, curriculum and campus

Brighton College Dubai belongs to an international school family associated with Brighton College in the UK and operated in partnership with Cognita. The family briefing describes schools in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Bangkok, Dubai, Singapore and Hanoi. The UK college is a registered charity; that status should not be assumed to describe the legal or financial structure of the Dubai school.

The Dubai school also reports British Schools Overseas accreditation and membership of COBIS and BSME, organisations supporting British international schools. These are separate from its KHDA rating.

Published descriptions put the campus at approximately 40,000 square metres, with a black-box theatre, ceramics studio, STEAM and robotics facilities, two pools and a 400-metre athletics track. Most secondary pupils take nine I/GCSEs. The cited curriculum profile describes 22 A-level subjects and four BTEC pathways; confirm which choices will run for the intended intake.

Academics in practice

Published results and inspection findings

WhichSchoolAdvisor reports that the 2025 A-level cohort achieved 49% of grades at A*–A and 82% at A*–B, with a 100% pass rate. Its reported A*–A figures for 2024 and 2023 were 47% and 45%. The school’s homepage reports 33% of A-level grades at A* in 2026, its fourth graduating cohort. At I/GCSE in 2025, the reported figures were 41% of grades at 9–8, 90% at 9–5 and 98% at 9–4.

The secondary sources disagree on the 2025 A-level figures: WhichSchoolAdvisor gives 49% at A*–A, while edcare gives 52%. The figures above follow WhichSchoolAdvisor’s series. Ask for the school’s results document, including cohort sizes and the complete grade distribution, before making a comparison with another school.

The 2023–24 KHDA inspection rated the school Very Good overall. The cited summary records Outstanding personal development and social responsibility across phases. It identifies Arabic and Islamic Education as development areas, with Acceptable judgements in secondary and post-16 provision compared with Good in primary.

Admissions and cost

Admissions, fees and the calendar

The KHDA-approved 2026–27 fees are AED 70,539 for FS1, AED 88,174 for FS2, AED 94,786 for Years 1–4, AED 100,298 for Years 5–8, AED 112,421 for Year 9 and AED 117,933 for Years 10–13. The college is currently discounting those approved fees for 2026–27: the tuition actually charged runs from AED 67,384 in FS1 and AED 74,445 in Year 1 to AED 90,170 in Year 7, AED 100,376 in Year 10 and AED 111,062 in Year 13, payable in three termly instalments.

The official fee page lists more than 200 college-run co-curricular activities, a sibling club, careers guidance and transport to sports fixtures among the tuition inclusions. It also lists sibling discounts of 5% for the second and third child, 10% for the fourth and 15% from the fifth.

The fee page lists additional charges for out-of-hours activities, optional trips, food, school transport and examinations. Transport to sports fixtures is distinct from the daily school bus. Ask whether application and registration payments are credited to tuition or refundable.

The family experience

Location, community and the daily reality

The campus is between Hessa Street and Umm Suqeim Street in Al Barsha South, near several other international schools.

The school describes its values as curiosity, confidence and kindness. On a visit, ask how staff help new pupils settle in, how tutors communicate with families and how concerns are handled. Families whose children will study Arabic or Islamic Education should also discuss the school’s response to the dated inspection findings in those subjects.