Bilingual schools in Adliswil

The Volksschulamt's register of approved private schools, dated 23 September 2026, shows three schools marked bilingual German–English with sites in Adliswil: a Montessori kindergarten and primary school, and two schools covering primary and secondary levels (Volksschulamt, checked 21 Oct 2026). The register also places the upper campus of one of the canton's five foreign-language schools at Moostrasse 15, but those schools follow different admission rules from bilingual ones (Volksschulamt, checked 21 Oct 2026).

Foreign-language schools may take only children whose families live in the canton temporarily, usually for under five years, plan to move abroad or are finishing schooling begun elsewhere; bilingual schools that teach the Zurich curriculum are outside that rule (Volksschulamt, checked 21 Oct 2026). A bilingual school needs a cantonal permit and has to offer education equivalent to the public Volksschule, so pupils can switch between the two; the canton does not check teaching quality, and there is no appeal against a private school's marks or promotion decisions (zh.ch, checked 21 Oct 2026).

Adliswil's Schulverwaltung (Zürichstrasse 10, 044 711 78 60) only monitors that compulsory schooling is met when parents choose a private school (zh.ch, checked 21 Oct 2026) (Stadt Adliswil, checked 21 Oct 2026). Full-time bilingual places mostly cost CHF 25,000 to 34,000 a year in 2026–27, according to the Zurich schools guide.

Newcomers register at the Einwohnerwesen, Zürichstrasse 10, within 14 days of moving in (Stadt Adliswil, checked 21 Oct 2026). People arriving from abroad register in person at the counter; no appointment is needed, but the city asks for the documents by email beforehand because the process takes about 30 minutes per person (Stadt Adliswil, checked 21 Oct 2026). The fee is CHF 40 per adult, plus the migration office's permit fees for foreign nationals (Stadt Adliswil, checked 21 Oct 2026). See registering at your commune.