Australian International School Sharjah

Tuesday 21 May 2013 (UAE)

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Grade/Year	ELC	Prep	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Annual fees (AED) 2010-2011	30,000	30,000	30,000	33,000	33,000	35,400	35,400	40,200	40,200	43,200	43,200	54,000
Annual fees (AED) 2009-2010	24,996	24,996	24,996	27,498	27,498	29,496	29,496	33,498	33,498	35,994	35,994	45,000
Stationery Pack 2009-2010	320	340	460	350	425	520	430	720	720	800	800	800
Annual fees (AED) 2008-2009	24,996	24,996	24,996	27,498	27,498	29,496	29,496	33,498	33,498	35,994	35,994
Annual fees (AED) 2007-2008	17,994	20,385	21,294	21,294	23,301	23,301	25,647	25,647	27,981	29,949
Annual fees (AED) 2006-2007	15,530	15,530	17,970	17,970	19,680	19,680	21,725	21,725	23,880
Annual fees (AED) 2005-2006	15,530	15,530	17,970	17,970	19,680	19,680	21,725	21,725

Fee information in italics unconfirmed, exact fee schedule not supplied.
Application fee AED 150, Placement fee AED 1000 (non-refundable).
Tuition fees include books (on loan to students) but exclude stationery, transport, and uniforms
AIS school bus transport service available for AED 1650 per student per term (AED 4950 per year) for 2009-2010?

AIS / IAS plans to increase fees by 20% approved by the UAE Education Ministry after only 10% approved by the Sharjah Education Zone (SEZ) according to a Gulf News report - The Sharjah Educational Zone had previously rejected the school's request for a 20 per cent hike applicable from September this year. Fawzia Hassan Gareeb, Director of Sharjah Educational Zone, said a 10 per cent increase was approved. The school then approached the ministry.
The school reportedly has financial difficulties - The school's principal, Anett Wilson, said the school has been in the red since its opening. "In case the request is not approved," Wilson wrote to parents, "the school will have to take certain procedures to cut its losses. These may include lowering wages, increasing the number of students in classes and shutting down some classes."
AIS website unavailable when checked.

The Australian International School in Sharjah (AIS) has been accepted as an IB World school from March 2010 according to the IBO website, and will offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB) from September 2010.
Excellence Scholarships available for students entering Grade 11 to study the IB Diploma. Register with school for the AIS scholarship day (date 15 May 2010).
Tuition fees information for 2009-2010 not supplied but previous information indicated they would be unchanged from 2008-2009.

Contact details updated from AIS website (previous tel number was +971-6-5337722)
Head of Primary School is Jane Guiver (was at Corinda State High School in Queensland, Australia?)
Head of Middle School is Mark Ionn (was at Eagleby South State School in Queensland, Australia?)
Grade 10 to open in 2009-2010, grade 11 to open in 2010-2011, grade 12 to open in 2011-2012
Fees for grade 10 in 2009-2010 are given as AED 45,000 per year on AIS Sharjah website, Fees for other grades 2009-2010 same as 2008-2009.
Application fee AED 150, Placement fee AED 1000 (non-refundable). Bus transportation AED 1650 per student per term.

The Australian International School in Sharjah opened with K-6 students, extended to grade 7 in September 2006, grade 8 in September 2007, and eventually will be K-12.
Queensland P-12 curriculum used. School established in partnership with the Queensland Government education department?
Facilities include large, indoor multipurpose activity rooms, art and music teaching areas, networked computer laboratory, library, parent waiting areas with free internet access, 25m indoor swimming pool, multipurpose hall and gymnasium stadium. More expansion in 2007 planned.
Staffed with western qualified teachers.
PO Box, fees not obvious on website, not supplied.
Fees AED 18,000-30,000 for academic year 2007/2008, inclusive of loan books, exclude transport (add AED 1166 per term for 2007), uniforms and stationery.
Application fee AED 150, Placement fee AED 1000 (non-refundable).

School Name	Founded	Tel	Level	Curriculum	Qualifications	School Fees	Comments
Al Shola Private School		+971-6-5583453	K-12	Arabic/UAE	UAE	2,500-8,000
Choueifat Sharjah	1975	+971-6-5582211	K-12	Choueifat	SABIS	12,000-24,000	CS comments
Ibn Seena English School	1978	+971-6-5582071	K-12	Indian/UK	A-level, O-level	5,320-10,384	ISES comments
Sharjah English College	September 2005	+971-6-5589304	secondary	UK	GCSE
Sharjah English School	1974	+971-6-5589304	K-12	UK	GCSE, AS, A-Level	21,000-55,000	SES comments

Many popular schools are full for 2013-2014. New schools in Sharjah might have places.
Allow extra for books, extra-curricular activities, uniforms, trips, etc if not included in school fees.

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