Qatar Academy Sidra

QA Sidra is located in Education City, Doha, Qatar. It sits on the Qatar Foundation campus, with access to the Foundation's facilities and proximity to Sidra Medical Center and other universities within Education City. The Education City precinct is well connected to central Doha by major roads.

QA Sidra serves Preschool through Grade 12. The school is organized into an Early Education Center (PK-3), Primary School (KG-5), and Senior School (6-12). The school offers the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP), Middle Years Programme (MYP), and Diploma Programme (DP).

Co-educational, international school. It is part of the Qatar Foundation's Pre-University Education network. There is no boarding facility indicated.

QA Sidra aims to be inclusive and serves a limited number of students with learning differences. Support depends on the diagnosis and current abilities; families should provide relevant records during admissions; the Admissions Committee reviews, and accommodations may be documented through an IAP/ILP/IALP as appropriate.

Affiliated with the Qatar Foundation and located within the State of Qatar.

Aligned with Islamic and Qatari values.

School days run Sunday through Thursday. Early Education Center hours are 7:00 am–2:00 pm; Primary is 7:00 am–3:00 pm; Senior School is 7:00 am–5:00 pm. On PK-3, some schedules show 7:00 am–12:00 pm while KG–Grade 12 may have 7:00 am–2:00 pm or 1:00 pm on Tuesdays depending on level.

QA Sidra does not provide a school bus service; most students are driven to school by parents or a private driver.

Application & Registration Fees

- Application fee (one‑time, non‑refundable): QAR 500.
- Registration / enrolment fee (one‑time, payable on acceptance): QAR 3,000.

Annual tuition and related mandatory annual charges (by age / year group)

- Kindergarten 1 (age 3): Annual tuition QAR 46,033; Technology fee QAR 2,000; Educational resources fee QAR 1,000. Annual total (excluding one‑time application/registration) QAR 49,033. First‑year total including application and registration: QAR 52,533.

- Kindergarten 2 (age 4): Annual total QAR 49,033 (tuition + technology + resources).

- Kindergarten 3 and Grades 1–5 (age 5–10): Annual total QAR 55,656.

- Grades 6–10 (age 11–15): Annual total QAR 68,967.

- Grades 11–12 (age 16–17): Annual total QAR 77,556.

(Note: the figures above present the published annual totals in Qatari riyals; the KG1 example shows the separate items used to form the annual total.)

Approximate per‑term amounts (inferred)

- The school's published figures are annual. Where parents require a term figure, the per‑term amounts below are calculated by dividing the published annual total by three (approximate term invoices):
- KG1 / KG2: QAR 49,033 per year → approx. QAR 16,344 per term.
- KG3 / Grades 1–5: QAR 55,656 per year → QAR 18,552 per term.
- Grades 6–10: QAR 68,967 per year → QAR 22,989 per term.
- Grades 11–12: QAR 77,556 per year → QAR 25,852 per term.

(These per‑term amounts are an arithmetic division of the published annual totals and are identified here as calculated estimates rather than directly published term invoices.)

Billing schedule and payment terms

- An application invoice is issued when the application is submitted; the application fee is charged at that stage. The registration fee is charged on acceptance.
- Invoices for tuition and ancillary charges are issued by the school's admissions/accounts process; the school operates an online admissions/invoicing system. Payment instructions appear on the school's invoices.

Boarding fees

- No boarding programme or boarding fees are listed for Qatar Academy Sidra; the school operates as a day school.

Other costs and typical ancillary charges

- Technology fee (annual): QAR 2,000 (listed as a separate annual charge).
- Educational resources / learning materials fee (annual): QAR 1,000 (listed as a separate annual charge).
- Uniforms: Students wear a school uniform; uniform cost is not published in the fee table and is provided to families on acceptance. Lunch options and school meal purchases are available and billed separately when selected.
- Optional charges commonly billed separately (not published as fixed amounts): school lunch plans, extracurricular activities, school trip costs, and exam fees for external assessments. No fixed public prices for these items were found in the published fee summary.

Refund information and withdrawal

- The application fee is non‑refundable.
- The school publishes a withdrawal process for Qatar Foundation schools and processes withdrawal requests; a specific tuition/refund schedule for registration fees or prorated tuition refunds was not published in the fee summary available. Parents completing withdrawal are invited to an exit meeting and the school processes withdrawal paperwork as described in the admissions materials.

Fee payment options

- The admissions and invoicing workflow is electronic and uses the school's online admissions system; invoices include payment instructions. Online card payment and bank transfer are commonly supported by the admissions/invoicing platforms used by Qatar Foundation schools. Specific accepted payment methods for each invoice (bank account details, online payment link, or card instructions) are provided on the invoice.

Notes on items not published or not found in the public fee summary

- The school's admissions pages list approved fee structure documents for the 2025–2026 academic year, but a term‑by‑term official invoice schedule (exact invoice dates, payment deadlines, detailed late‑payment penalties, and a formal tuition refund table) was not available in the publicly accessible fee summary that was retrieved. The per‑term amounts above are calculated estimates based on the published annual totals. Where the fee summary names ancillary charges (uniform, lunch, activity costs) it does not publish fixed prices for each of those items.

If you need the precise term invoice dates, payment deadlines, or the school's full published refund schedule for tuition/registration, those items are contained in the school's official fee structure documents and the school's billing/invoice notices.

The school represents 37+ nationalities with about 60% of students who are Qatari and the remaining 40% international. The mix reflects a strong local presence alongside a diverse international student body.