As abc150 said the fees for DESS are QR22,620 per year but forgot to mention the registration fee per family so add another QR1,500 plus there is also the Assesment fee QR250 thats just one school. but you will find that to get into a school you will have to apply to more than one and all the fees vary some are more than this and will also requirea refunduble QR10,000 deposit (refufndble only when child leaves the school and providing all fee's and charges are paid). I am not tryng to scare you of coming but as abc150 also said earlier its also the reason why a lot of people dont cope so well here. attached is a link to a website with most of the schools here in qatar listed so do what I did go through it sought out the ones you want to apply for and apply for them all. the only thing is It does not include Cambrigde or Newtown schools. This might also help when negotiating for the school fee's as you can get a good idea of how much you will have to out lay in this area.

www.indexuae.com/qatar/qatarcat.php?keytext=Schools - 10k -