Annual tuition at NNEF International School of Almaty ranges from KZT 9,050 to KZT 10,050,000 for 2026/27.
Application & entrance fees
- Entrance (one‑time) fee for new students: KZT 400,000. This entrance fee is payable at enrolment and is applied to confirm the student's place.
- Admission / placement test fee (where applicable): KZT 12,000 (fee for the entrance test).
Tuition fees by year group (annual amounts and billing)
- Preschool / Kindergarten (full day): KZT 3,230,000 per year. Meal fee: KZT 610,000 per year.
- Kindergarten (part day, until 14:00): KZT 2,250,000 per year. Meal fee: KZT 430,000 per year.
- Pre‑school (separate category where published): KZT 3,890,000 per year. Meal fee: KZT 720,000 per year.
- Primary (Grades 1–4):
- Russian / Kazakh taught streams: KZT 5,170,000 per year. Meal fee: KZT 780,000 per year.
- English taught stream: KZT 6,205,000 per year. Meal fee: KZT 780,000 per year.
- Grades with advanced mathematics (as separately listed): KZT 3,650,000 per year (Russian stream). Meal fee: KZT 780,000 per year.
- Middle school (Grades 5–8):
- Russian / Kazakh taught streams: KZT 5,790,000 per year. Meal fee: KZT 840,000 per year.
- English taught stream: KZT 7,140,000 per year. Meal fee: KZT 840,000 per year.
- Lower secondary / IGCSE years (Grades 9–10):
- Russian / Kazakh taught streams: KZT 5,790,000 per year. Meal fee: KZT 880,000 per year.
- English taught stream: KZT 7,140,000 per year. Meal fee: KZT 880,000 per year.
- Grade 11 (Kazakhstani national programme): KZT 5,950,000 per year. Meal fee: KZT 880,000 per year.
- Grades 11–12 (IB Diploma Programme):
- Full IB Diploma Programme: KZT 9,170,000 per year. Meal fee: KZT 880,000 per year.
- IB Diploma courses (partial/individual courses): KZT 8,120,000 per year. Meal fee: KZT 880,000 per year.
Fees for foreign (non‑resident) families (annual)
- Preschool / Kindergarten: USD 13,450 (preschool/ kindergarten full day). Meal fee shown in KZT per year (e.g., KZT 610,000).
- Kindergarten (part day): USD 9,050; Meal fee: KZT 430,000.
- Pre‑school: USD 13,800; Meal fee: KZT 720,000.
- Primary (Grades 1–4): USD 17,500; Meal fee: KZT 780,000.
- Middle school (Grades 5–8): USD 21,500; Meal fee: KZT 840,000.
- IGCSE years (Grades 9–10): USD 21,300; Meal fee: KZT 880,000.
- IB Diploma (Grades 11–12): USD 26,700 (full Diploma); Meal fee: KZT 880,000. Individual course option: USD 25,850.
Billing schedule and payment terms
- School tuition (K‑12): invoiced as an annual fee; standard instalment schedule is two equal payments: 50% due by September 1 and 50% due by December 15. A 5% discount is offered for full payment of the annual tuition by the early‑payment deadline (by September 1).
- Kindergarten / preschool tuition: billed quarterly with payment deadlines typically by August 1, November 1, February 1 and May 1. Meal fees follow the same split schedule as tuition (50%/50% or quarterly for preschool). A 5% discount is offered for full payment of the meal fee by the early‑payment deadline.
- Sibling discounts: when multiple children from the same family attend schools within the same NNEF system, a 5% discount applies to the second child and a 10% discount applies to the third and subsequent children (discount applies to tuition only, not meals).
- Late payment consequences: late or missed payments may result in temporary suspension from classes, withholding of documents, or restriction from examinations until the account is settled. Bank charges for international transfers are typically borne by the payer.
Boarding fees
- Boarding is not published as part of this school's provision. The school and its NNEF‑affiliated branches operate as day schools; no boarding fee schedule is published.
Other costs and recurring charges
- Meal / cafeteria fees: published per year (see amounts above per year group). Meal fees are billed separately from tuition and follow the same payment deadlines.
- Uniform: a school uniform is required; uniform shop arrangements and opening dates are published but itemised uniform prices are not itemised in the standard tariff schedule. Expect separate, one‑off uniform purchases.
- Optional or additional academic charges: examination fees, external exam or IB registration charges, elective trips, some extracurricular activities and certain specialist services (EAL, learning support where applicable) may incur additional fees beyond the published tuition and meal fees. Itemised charges for these are not listed in the standard tariff table.
Refund information
- Entrance fee: recorded as a one‑time fee applied to reserve a place; at least one public profile lists the entrance/placement fee as non‑refundable. Published tuition schedules do not include a detailed, line‑by‑line refund policy in the tariff table.
- Tuition refunds (withdrawal or cancellation): no specific pro‑rata refund rules or timelines for withdrawing families are published in the standard tariff announcement that accompanies the 2026–2027 tariffs. Families should expect enrolment agreements to set the precise refund or cancellation terms.
Fee payment options
- Bank transfer to the school / NNEF Foundation accounts (payments to the NNEF foundation or the school's designated bank account) is the principal published payment method; international fees for non‑resident families are published in USD and may be payable in USD or in KZT at the National Bank exchange rate on the date of payment. Bank charges are typically borne by the payer.
- Other payment methods (credit card, in‑person payments, online payment portals): the published tariff tables and notices reference payment to the foundation and bank details rather than a full menu of card or online options; banks and local payment arrangements are commonly used. For specific card or online portal acceptance, refer to the school's finance office.
Summary of findings and data limitations
- The numeric tuition and meal fees above are taken from the NNEF system's published tariff announcements for the 2026–2027 academic year as published by NNEF‑affiliated schools (examples include the Miras branch tariffs and publicly collated school profiles). These published tariffs set the annual fees, entrance fee and the payment schedule (50% by early‑September / 50% by mid‑December for school tuition; quarterly deadlines for preschool).
- The standard tariff tables published for 2026–2027 do not include a full itemised price list for uniforms, a detailed pro‑rata tuition refund table, or a comprehensive list of every incidental charge (some optional program fees and external exam fees are handled separately). Where an item (for example, uniform item prices or precise refund conditions) is not itemised in the standard tariff notice, the school's finance or admissions office normally sets that detail in the enrolment agreement.
If you require these figures formatted or extracted to a database field layout, the published 2026–2027 tariff notices above provide the line items by grade and by resident / foreign status used here.
