Reigate Grammar School Riyadh, Riyadh | International Schools Guide

The Riyadh franchise of the 350-year-old British grammar school, formerly the Multinational School and rebranded after a 2021 partnership with Reigate UK and ADECO ownership.

RGS Riyadh runs two campuses, the Ghirnatah site for KS3 and Sixth Form and the purpose-built Qurtoba primary site that opened in 2024 for Nursery to Year 6. The school sits under the Royal Commission for Riyadh City international schools programme, follows the English National Curriculum through IGCSE and is building toward A Level, and was BSO-accredited at launch. Enrolment has grown fast since the 2022 rebrand, with more than 1,700 pupils across 60-plus nationalities and both sites projected to be at capacity by end of 2025-26.

Families describe a friendly, firm pastoral tone, capable teaching, strong support for English-as-additional-language pupils, and a visible head. The harder edges in feedback flag a uniform regime that some find heavy and a perception that academic stretch in the mainstream classroom can be uneven where EAL provision has been the focus. A serious British contender in Riyadh that is still scaling its upper years.

Year level	Age	Fee
Nursery (3-4)	3	SAR 45,368
Reception (4-5)	4	SAR 46,973
Year 1 (5-6)	5	SAR 48,685
Year 2 (6-7)	6	SAR 55,640
Year 3 (7-8)	7	SAR 55,961
Years 4-6 (8-11)	8	SAR 59,920
Years 7-9 (11-14)	11	SAR 65,538
Years 10-11 (14-16)	14	SAR 71,155
Year 12 (16-17)	16	SAR 76,773
Year 13 (17-18)	17	SAR 80,143

Year level

Age

Fee

Nursery (3-4)

SAR 45,368

Reception (4-5)

SAR 46,973

Year 1 (5-6)

SAR 48,685

Year 2 (6-7)

SAR 55,640

Year 3 (7-8)

SAR 55,961

Years 4-6 (8-11)

SAR 59,920

Years 7-9 (11-14)

SAR 65,538

Years 10-11 (14-16)

SAR 71,155

Year 12 (16-17)

SAR 76,773

Year 13 (17-18)

SAR 80,143

Item	Age	Fee
Admin Processing Fee (non-refundable)		SAR 1,000
Holding Fee (non-refundable, deducted from first term)		SAR 5,000

Item

Age

Fee

Admin Processing Fee (non-refundable)

SAR 1,000

Holding Fee (non-refundable, deducted from first term)

SAR 5,000

The rebrand of the former Multinational School Riyadh (MSR), now under the Reigate Grammar International umbrella; expat parents routinely place it in the city's top tier alongside the American School and BISR.
Parents who post praise the welcoming front-of-house, individual attention from teachers, and a strong community feel; one parent said they are 'very happy with their high standards in education and wellbeing'.
One dissenting review on the same platform calls overall academic level 'low' while still praising the EAL teachers, which fits a wider pattern in Riyadh of mixed expectations between former-MSR cohorts and incoming British-curriculum families.
Review pool is small (single-digit reviews on most platforms), so weight individual posts accordingly.

City-tier positioning. Riyadh expats list it in the top three international schools alongside AIS-R and BISR.

Community and pastoral. Parents flag friendly reception staff, accessible teachers, and a tight parent community as the main draw.

Academic standard. Most reviews praise teaching; at least one parent rates overall academic level as low, with EAL provision singled out as stronger.

Sample size. Low review volume; both and middling pools sit on five-or-fewer ratings.

Mr. Karim Murcia