Schools & childcare
expat-services.ch lists 23 hand-checked English-speaking bilingual schools in Zürich, including 7 Bears, Cantaleum Zürich, d’Insle Montessori School and Dayschool (Trilingual Dayschool DEF).
Besides English, they also work in German and French. Every profile shows the services, languages and contact details, checked by hand before going live. See also Language schools in Zürich.
23 providers
Bilingual German–English kindergarten in Zurich-Seefeld on the canton’s register of approved private schools, run alongside a day nursery.
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Is this your business?Bilingual German–English day school with a music focus in Zurich for kindergarten to Grade 6, on Lehrplan 21, working with the Zurich boys’ and girls’ choirs.
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Is this your business?Montessori kindergarten and primary school in Zurich-Seefeld for ages 3–12, taught in German and English with French added, covering Lehrplan 21.
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Is this your business?Trilingual German–English–French private kindergarten within a daycare in Zurich (Kreis 6) for children from age 4, on the Zurich curriculum.
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Is this your business?Private day school in Zurich-Oerlikon for kindergarten and Grades 1–6 on the Zurich curriculum, taught mainly in German with English lessons from kindergarten.
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Is this your business?Private Gymnasium in Zurich with monolingual and bilingual German–English tracks, from preparatory class 5 to the Swiss Matura.
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Is this your business?Non-profit bilingual German–English school in Zurich-Seebach from daycare (3 months) to Grade 6, taught half in English and half in German on Lehrplan 21.
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Is this your business?Bilingual German–English all-day kindergarten in Zurich-Wipkingen for ages 4–6 on Lehrplan 21, alongside a daycare for children from 4 months.
Bilingual German–English private kindergarten in Rüschlikon for ages 4–7 on Lehrplan 21, with French from kindergarten age, plus a Krippe and pre-kindergarten.
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Is this your business?Bilingual German–English private kindergartens in lakeside villas in Zollikon and Rüschlikon for ages about 4–6, based on Lehrplan 21.
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Is this your business?Montessori day school in Zurich-Wollishofen from kindergarten (age 3) to Grade 9 on Lehrplan 21, in German and English, with English and French from cycle 2.
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Is this your business?Private school and Kita in Geroldswil from 18 months to Grade 9, on Lehrplan 21 with Montessori-oriented early levels and a Sek-A-oriented secondary level.
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Is this your business?Bilingual German–English Montessori kindergarten in Winkel for ages 3 to 6 with full-day care; a daycare for children under 3 is in the same building.
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Is this your business?Bilingual Montessori kindergarten for ages 3–6 in Zurich-Enge, open 7:30–18:00, alongside an early-childhood group for children from 5 months.
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Is this your business?Bilingual German–English kindergartens in Thalwil (Lehrplan 21) and Oberrieden (Montessori), with pre-school groups from age 3 and a daycare in Oberrieden.
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Is this your business?Bilingual German–English Montessori day school in Zurich-Enge for ages 3–12, from Children’s House to Grade 6, on the AMI curriculum and Lehrplan 21.
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Is this your business?Bilingual German–English private school in Zurich and Uster for kindergarten to Grade 9 on Lehrplan 21, mixed-age and project-based; an IB Diploma candidate school.
Group of bilingual German/English day schools from kindergarten to upper secondary at seven Swiss sites, leading to a bilingual Swiss Matura or the IB Diploma.
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Is this your business?Self-directed bilingual learning centre in Zurich for lower-secondary-age teenagers, with mentoring and self-study for IGCSE and A Level exams taken externally.
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Is this your business?Montessori kindergarten and primary school in Zurich (Neptunstrasse, Sonnenbergstrasse), German-led with English and French immersion, run alongside sister school d’Insle.
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Is this your business?Multilingual German–English–French day school in Zurich-Seefeld and Küsnacht, from nursery to Grade 6 plus its own Gymnasium, on Lehrplan 21 and the UK National Curriculum.
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Is this your business?Bilingual German–English free learning community in Embrach for kindergarten to lower-secondary age, run by the non-profit association New Earth Schools.
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Is this your business?Bilingual German–English private kindergarten with daycare in Zurich-Wiedikon on Lehrplan 21, with one English- and one German-speaking teacher per group.
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Is this your business?Local facts
Private schools in the canton need a permit and are supervised by the Education Directorate, which grants it where the education is equivalent to public school; they follow the Zurich curriculum so that pupils can switch between private and public school (Canton of Zurich, checked ). The register of 23 September 2026 has 215 entries, 49 of them marked bilingual, and 23 of those have a Zurich postcode (our count from the register) (Canton of Zurich, checked ). The rule that limits foreign-language schools to temporary residents does not apply to bilingual schools that teach the Zurich curriculum (Volksschulamt, checked ).
The Education Directorate carries out no quality control, and the school law applies to private schools only where it says so: schools set their own lesson times, absences, holidays and discipline, and there is no appeal body for marks or promotion decisions (Canton of Zurich, checked ). The canton lists a written school contract among the points to settle, including fees with or without extras, notice terms and the place of jurisdiction (Canton of Zurich, checked ). Zurich's tax office does not accept school fees as childcare costs (Zurich tax office, checked ).
Seven private upper secondary schools are recognised by the canton and can award their own Matura; others only prepare students for the federal Matura exam (Canton of Zurich, checked ).
Arrivals from abroad register in person at the Personenmeldeamt Zürich Süd in the Stadthaus, Stadthausquai 17, with a booked appointment, and only once they actually live in the city (City of Zurich, checked ). The deadline is 14 days (2026) (City of Zurich, checked ); the fee is CHF 40 per adult, plus the cantonal migration office’s permit fees for foreign nationals (City of Zurich, checked ). More in our guide to registering at your commune.
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