Moving to Dubai with children
Choose the school before the house. From anywhere.
You are picking a school in a city you may never have lived in, on a deadline, in a market where sought-after schools can waitlist far ahead. This is exactly the search Dubai School Finder was built for: 200+ KHDA schools, estimated real costs, ranked to the area you are considering, checkable against official records in one click.
60 seconds. No account needed.
The relocation playbook, in four steps.
01
School first, house second
Dubai commutes decide daily life. Many relocating families pick the school first, then rent within a comfortable drive of it. Choosing the house first narrows your school options before you have seen them.
02
Search from anywhere
Drop a pin on the area you are considering, set your child's age, curriculum, and budget. Every fee shown is the estimated real cost: tuition plus bus, uniform, books, and activities, with tuition auto-verified against the regulator weekly.
03
Budget the whole journey
Fees rise with year groups, and two similar-looking schools can differ by six figures by graduation. The School Match Report adds up every grade from your child's start year and flags the fee jumps before you commit.
04
Apply before you land
Admissions timing varies by school, grade, and year, and sought-after schools can fill 12 to 18 months ahead. KHDA caps application fees at AED 500 each. Shortlist tightly, apply to your top choices in parallel, and confirm availability directly with each school.
The School Match Report · AED 99
Relocating blind? Get the full picture first.
Run the free search, shortlist your schools, then let Katib, our report agent, price the whole journey: estimated real costs, tuition added up to graduation per school, fee-jump warnings, and the order to apply in. A personalised PDF in your inbox in minutes, wherever in the world you are reading this.
One application fee is AED 500, non-refundable. This is AED 99.
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