Abuja and FCT
International schools in Abuja: 14 American, British and IB options, with fees where they are published
'International school' in Abuja means three different things: the American-curriculum, IB Diploma school (AISA) and the International Community School, built for the diplomatic community; the British-curriculum schools that run IGCSE and A Level (Lead British, Regent, Whiteplains, British Nigerian Academy, Cambridge International); and the Nigerian schools that add a British or Cambridge stream. This page lists them with the curriculum they actually teach and the fee with its source.
The international curriculum matters only if the plan is a university abroad; a family aiming at JAMB pays two to four times the fee for nothing it needs. The Abuja page covers the rest of the city's schools.
14 schools listed, 9 with a fee figure and its source. Updated 22 September 2026.
How this list is ordered
The American and IB schools first, then the British-curriculum schools, then the Nigerian schools with an international stream; within each, the schools with a sourced fee before those without. Position is not a judgement of teaching quality.
- •Curriculum actually taught: American, IB, British (IGCSE, A Level), or a Nigerian school with a British stream
- •Fee transparency
- •Day or boarding
- •Area
Fees. 'Published' was read on the school's own site; 'estimate' comes from the named third-party page linked beside it. AISA sets fees in US dollars. All figures exclude uniforms, books, transport and boarding extras unless the note says otherwise.
The list
| # | School | Area | Type | Fees | Why it is here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American, IB Diploma · Co-educational · Day School website | Durumi | International, day | Not published, ask the school AISA publishes tuition in US dollars on its admissions pages; the naira figure moves with the exchange rate, so check the current schedule there. | Named on three of the five lists. The only American-curriculum, IB Diploma secondary school in the capital; most students are children of diplomats and expatriate staff, and the fee sits at the top of the Abuja market. |
| 2 | British (IGCSE, A Level) · Co-educational · Day and boarding | Gwarinpa | Private, British curriculum, day and boarding | ₦900,000 to ₦2,400,000 per yearestimate Source: doris.school (2025) Range quoted for primary; secondary and A Level are higher. Confirm with the school. | Named on three of the five lists. Runs IGCSE and A Level and is one of the Abuja schools families use as a route to UK and North American universities. |
| 3 | British (IGCSE) · Co-educational · Day | Mabushi | Private, British curriculum, day | ₦2,900,000 to ₦3,200,000 per yearestimate Source: doris.school (2025) | Named on four of the five lists. Part of the Regent group that also runs the Maitama primary campus, so families can stay in one system from nursery to IGCSE. |
| 4 | British · Co-educational · Day and boarding | Jabi | Private, British curriculum, day and boarding | ₦551,250 to ₦750,000 per termestimate Source: SchoolsCompass (2025) Tuition ₦551,250 per term on SchoolsCompass, plus PTA levy, uniform, books and a ₦20,000 application fee. | Named on two of the five lists. British curriculum at a lower fee than the Maitama international schools, with boarding available; a common shortlist entry for Jabi, Utako and Life Camp families. |
| 5 | Nigerian Tulip International Colleges (NTIC) Nigerian with Cambridge options · Co-educational · Day and boarding | Wuse 2 (day) and Ushafa (boarding) | Private, day and boarding | Not published, ask the school Fees are given at admission. Recent third-party reports for the boarding campus are far above the day fee; confirm which campus you are quoted for. | Named on three of the five lists, and the Abuja school most often cited for science olympiad results. Two campuses: day in Wuse 2, boarding at Ushafa. |
| 6 | Nigerian and British · Co-educational · Day and boarding School website | Jahi | Private, day and boarding | ₦500,000 to ₦800,000 per termestimate Source: Nigeria Private Schools (2025) The school's own site lists a ₦50,000 commitment fee at admission. | Named on one of the five lists. A mid-fee Jahi option that runs both the Nigerian and British streams. |
| 7 | Aduvie International School Nigerian and British · Co-educational · Day and boarding | Jahi | Private, day and boarding | ₦1,350,000 to ₦1,800,000 per yearestimate Two sources disagree: ₦1.35m to ₦1.8m a year on one, ₦300,000 to ₦700,000 a term on the other. Confirm before budgeting. | Named on two of the five lists. Nursery to secondary on one Jahi campus, with a one-off capital fee in the first year. |
| 8 | Nigerian and British · Co-educational · Day | Maitama | Private, day | ₦400,000 per termestimate Source: Best Nigerian Schools (2024) Listed from ₦400,000 per term, about ₦1.2m a year, in a 2024 round-up. | Named on two of the five lists. A Maitama school with fees well under the international schools around it. |
| 9 | Funtaj International School Nigerian and British · Co-educational · Day and boarding | Gudu | Private, day and boarding | Not published, ask the school Source: Best Nigerian Schools (2024) Listed among Abuja schools with annual fees under ₦1.5m in 2024. | Named on two of the five lists. Long-established on the Apo and Gudu side with both day and boarding places. |
| 10 | Chrisland School, Abuja Nigerian and British · Co-educational · Day | Wuse 2 | Private, day | Not published, ask the school Chrisland publishes Lagos figures more readily than Abuja ones; ask the Abuja campus directly. | Named on one of the five lists. The Abuja campus of the Lagos Chrisland group, nursery to secondary in one place. |
| 11 | International Community School, Abuja American and British streams · Co-educational · Day | Abuja | International, day | ₦5,700,000 per yearestimate Source: doris.school (2026) Annual tuition from ₦5.7m for 2026/27 on the source; Nigeria Private Schools lists ₦500,000 to ₦1.2m a term. | One of the older international schools in the capital, serving the diplomatic community alongside AISA. |
| 12 | British Nigerian Academy British · Co-educational · Day | Abuja | Private, British curriculum, day | ₦1,503,000 to ₦2,250,000 per yearestimate Source: doris.school (2026) ₦501,000 to ₦750,000 a term on the source, shown here as a year. | A British-curriculum day school at the mid-fee end of the Abuja international market. |
| 13 | Cambridge International School, Abuja British (Cambridge) · Co-educational · Day | Wuse 2 | Private, British curriculum, day | Not published, ask the school No schedule published by the institution or a source we would cite. | A Cambridge-curriculum day school in Wuse 2. |
| 14 | Mumtaz International School Nigerian and British · Co-educational · Day | Lugbe | Private, day | Not published, ask the school No schedule published by the institution or a source we would cite. | A Lugbe school on the SchoolViya list of Abuja's top secondary schools. |
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By area
Maitama, Wuse and Asokoro
The international and British-curriculum schools cluster here, and so do the highest fees in the city. If you live in these districts, Regent, Centagon, Olumawu, Chrisland and Pacesetters are all within a short drive.
Jabi, Utako and Jahi
The mid-fee British-stream schools: Whiteplains, Glisten and Aduvie. Boarding is available at all three, which matters for families in the satellite towns.
Gwarinpa and Life Camp
Lead British is the anchor here. Gwarinpa also has the largest number of private day schools in the FCT register, most of them under ₦300,000 a term.
Lugbe, Gudu, Apo and Airport Road
Premiere Academy, Funtaj and FGBC Apo. Faith Academy is further out on the Keffi road. Fees on this side run lower than the city centre for comparable facilities.
Bwari, Kubwa and Kwali
The two unity colleges outside the city, and Kubwa's long tail of affordable private day schools. Loyola Jesuit sits on the Karu side, east of the city.
Which curriculum for which plan
The American diploma and the IB Diploma lead to US, Canadian and most European universities; the British route through IGCSE and A Level leads to the UK, Ireland and much of the Commonwealth, and is accepted by US universities too. A Nigerian school with a Cambridge stream sits students for both WAEC and IGCSE, which keeps the Nigerian university route open. Decide the destination first and the curriculum follows.
Questions parents ask about schools in Abuja
How much do international schools in Abuja cost?
From about ₦1.5m a year at the British-curriculum day schools, through ₦3m to ₦6m at the mid-tier, to the top of the market at AISA, which sets its fees in US dollars. The table gives the figure and its source for each school.
Which Abuja international schools have boarding?
Lead British, Whiteplains, NTIC (Ushafa campus), Glisten, Aduvie and Funtaj. AISA, Regent, International Community School and the Cambridge and British Nigerian schools are day only.
Do international schools in Abuja also sit WAEC?
The Nigerian schools with a British stream do; the purely American and British schools generally do not, which closes the JAMB route unless the student sits WAEC privately.
Why does this page not show results?
Because no Abuja school publishes IGCSE, IB or WAEC results in a comparable form and we will not print a number we cannot source.