Nairobi international school fees (2026/2027)
What 7 international schools in Nairobi actually charge, ranked by annual tuition at age 16. These are published fees, not “starting from” figures — registration, capital levies and deposits are listed separately below.
Every school, most expensive first
| Rank | School | Age 16 tuition |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hillcrest International SchoolHigh | KSh 4,560,300 |
| 2 | Braeburn SchoolMedium | KSh 3,756,600 |
| 3 | Peponi SchoolHigh | KSh 2,929,110 |
| 4 | Brookhouse SchoolMedium | KSh 2,820,000 |
| 5 | Lycee Francais Denis DiderotHigh | KSh 2,292,740 |
| 6 | Aga Khan Academy NairobiMedium | KSh 1,620,000 |
| 7 | Nairobi International SchoolHigh | KSh 1,260,000 |
| — | The Banda SchoolHigh | no age-16 fee |
1 of the 8 schools listed stop before age 16 and have no age-16 fee, so they are not in the figures above. Ranked on annual tuition at age 16; entry costs are one-off and additional.
What the figures include
Tuition is the annual fee for the academic year shown, in KSh (KES). It is the school’s own published figure for the age band a child falls into.
Entry costs are charged once, before or at enrolment, and are separate from tuition: an application fee, a non-refundable registration fee, sometimes a capital levy, and a refundable security deposit. The entry-cost column is the sum of those four.
What is not in these numbers: transport, uniforms, lunches, trips, examination entries, English-language support and any annual capital or building fee billed separately by some schools. Where a school bills in two currencies, only the local leg is ranked.