Sharjah Public School

Sharjah Public School sits firmly in the value tier of Sharjah private education. The SPEA-published fee range for the current academic period is AED 8,202 to AED 15,117 annually, making it one of the most affordable Cambridge-pathway schools in the emirate. For context, many Good or Very Good rated Cambridge schools in Sharjah charge between AED 25,000 and AED 55,000 per year. The SPS fee structure reflects a school that has deliberately kept costs accessible for its core community of Egyptian, Pakistani, and wider Arab expatriate families. The school's own website references fees from an earlier period (the 2011/12 academic year showed KG fees of AED 6,300 rising to AED 12,100 for Grade 12), confirming the school's longstanding commitment to affordability. The current SPEA-verified range of AED 8,202 to AED 15,117 represents the regulatory-approved fees. Additional costs include transport (provided externally), books (historically around AED 400 for KG rising to AED 1,500 for upper secondary years), and uniforms - none of which are included in the headline tuition fee. The school does not publish detailed fee breakdowns by year group on its website, and the fee schedule available via SPEA is the primary reference. On value for money, the honest editorial verdict is this: at AED 8,000-15,000 per year for a Cambridge IGCSE and A Level pathway with a 1:11 teacher ratio, SPS offers genuine structural value. However, the Acceptable SPEA rating, the 20% teacher turnover, the weak mathematics provision in Phase 2, and the limited facilities mean that parents are not getting a premium product - they are getting an affordable functional education. For families for whom cost is a primary constraint and who want Cambridge credentials with a strong UAE cultural grounding, the value proposition is real. For families who can stretch to AED 20,000-30,000, there are significantly stronger-rated schools in Sharjah that may represent better long-term value for their child's outcomes.