Safa British School

Safa British School is located in Al Safa 1, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The campus is in the Jumeirah area near Safa Park and other residential neighbourhoods. The school moved in 2020 to a purpose-built Al Safa 1 campus to consolidate facilities for Foundation Stage through to the sixth form. The area is well served by roads and is accessible by car with nearby main routes.

The school provides an all-through education from Foundation Stage 1 through Year 13, covering early years, primary, secondary and sixth form.

The school is co-educational (gender of entry is Mixed) and follows an all-through British curriculum from FS1 to Year 13, with a dedicated Sixth Form area on campus.

Inclusion is central to Safa British School. The Inclusion Team coordinates personalised interventions, curriculum adaptations and environmental adjustments. The Bridge Learning Centre partners with the school to support Students of Determination (e.g., ASD, ADHD, Down Syndrome) with on-site ABA therapy, speech and occupational therapy, and integrated specialist input, delivered alongside the British curriculum.

British Schools Overseas status (UK-aligned international school outside the United Kingdom).

No explicit religious affiliation; the admissions policy states the school accepts students regardless of religion.

School days run on weekdays with Monday–Thursday schedules and ECAs on Fridays. Morning drop-offs begin around 07:15 for most year groups, with end times typically ranging from around 14:30 to 15:30 depending on year group; FS may have earlier dismissal times.

Bus transportation is provided by School Transport Services (STS). STS buses are equipped with safety features (GPS, CCTV, child check button, etc.), and parents can track journeys via an app. The published timetable shows Foundation Stage arrivals around 07:25 with afternoon departures around 12:45, Year 1–6 around 07:25–14:30, and Year 7–11 around 07:25–16:10; a separate schedule indicates later pickups for some groups. Bus fees are billed termly and service is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

School fees — Academic year September 2025 to August 2026

Annual tuition (by year group) and equivalent termly amount (school issues term invoices; re-registration is charged in the third-term invoice):

- FS1 — Annual AED 45,428. Termly (annual divided across three term invoices): AED 15,143 per term.
- FS2 — Annual AED 49,754. Termly: AED 16,585 per term.
- Year 1 — Annual AED 49,754. Termly: AED 16,585 per term.
- Year 2 — Annual AED 54,081. Termly: AED 18,027 per term.
- Year 3 — Annual AED 54,081. Termly: AED 18,027 per term.
- Year 4 — Annual AED 58,407. Termly: AED 19,469 per term.
- Year 5 — Annual AED 58,407. Termly: AED 19,469 per term.
- Year 6 — Annual AED 60,571. Termly: AED 20,190 per term.
- Year 7 — Annual AED 62,733. Termly: AED 20,911 per term.
- Year 8 — Annual AED 64,897. Termly: AED 21,632 per term.
- Year 9 — Annual AED 67,060. Termly: AED 22,353 per term.
- Year 10 — Annual AED 70,305. Termly: AED 23,435 per term.
- Year 11 — Annual AED 70,305. Termly: AED 23,435 per term.
- Year 12 — Annual AED 73,550. Termly: AED 24,517 per term.
- Year 13 — Annual AED 73,550. Termly: AED 24,517 per term.

Application fee

- A one-time application fee of AED 500 is charged for new applications. The application fee is refundable if the school does not offer a place; it is non-refundable if the school offers a place and the family chooses not to accept it. The application (assessment) fee is not deductible from tuition if a place is accepted.

Enrolment / re-registration / deposit rules

- New-student enrolment (admission) fee: the school may charge an enrolment/admission fee up to a percentage of tuition as a deposit; the fact sheets note enrolment fees may be charged (up to 10% of the tuition fee) and are non-refundable but deductible from the first term fees. Re-enrolment (existing students) re-registration fees are stated as up to 5% of tuition or AED 500 (whichever is higher), non-refundable and deductible from first term fees. For existing students, a re-registration fee of AED 2,000 is charged in the third-term invoice and is then offset against the following academic year's Term 1 invoice. Places are secured only once the deposit has been provided to the school.

Billing schedule and payment terms

- Invoices are issued on a term basis (school issues term invoices; the re-registration fee appears on the third-term invoice). Annual tuition is shown above; standard practice for the school is to invoice across the three academic terms.

- Payment terms: accepted methods include cash, cheque (payable to Safa British School) and bank transfer to the school's AED account (RAK Bank). Bank account details and the remittance email (accountant@safabritishschool.com) are provided for transfers. Credit-card acceptance is not listed among the standard options.

Boarding fees

- Boarding is not applicable. The school operates as a day school for FS1 through Year 13. No boarding fees are listed.

Other costs and optional charges (typical ranges shown on KHDA fact sheets)

- Uniform: AED 800 to AED 1,500.
- Stationery: AED 35 to AED 300.
- Laptop / digital device: AED 1,000 to AED 4,000.
- School ID card replacement: AED 150.
- Transport (optional): AED 2,000 to AED 10,000 depending on route and year group.
- Extracurricular activities and clubs (optional): ranges given from roughly AED 100 up to AED 45,000 for the broad set of activities and trips; individual items (competitions, costumes, camps, theatre, photography, school magazine, etc.) have smaller specified ranges.
- Medical / school clinic contributions (optional range): AED 500 to AED 2,000.
- Local field trips, canteen, special activities and consumables: variable individual charges typically ranging from AED 10 up to a few thousand AED depending on activity.

Sibling discount

- A sibling discount of 15% is applied from the third child onwards towards tuition fees. Additional employee or other discount schemes may apply as noted in the fact sheets.

Refund information (tuition and deposits)

- Application fee: refundable only if the school does not offer a place; non-refundable if a place is offered and declined.

- Deposits, enrolment or re-registration fees follow the KHDA school-fees framework: deposits or admission/re-registration fees are generally non-refundable if the student chooses not to return or not to take up an offered place, except under specified circumstances (for example, family relocation). When a tuition refund applies, the KHDA framework provides the calculation method (deductions based on attendance duration; the fee-per-month value is calculated by dividing the annual tuition by 10). The school references the KHDA fee framework for its refund policy.

Summary of payment channels and bank details

- Accepted payment methods: cash, cheque (to ‘Safa British School'), bank transfer to the school's AED account at RAK Bank. The RAK Bank account name, account number, SWIFT and IBAN are provided for fee transfers; remittance notifications are requested to the school's accounts email.

Note: all figures above are stated for the academic year September 2025 – August 2026 and are presented as published for that year.

The school represents students from more than 80 nationalities and cultures, with around 1,600 students in the 3–18 age range. The most common nationalities are not published, and no official local-to-international ratio is provided.