Schools & childcare
expat-services.ch lists 5 hand-checked international schools in Basel: Academia International School Basel, École française de Bâle, ELA Basel, The Swiss British School of Basel, International School Basel (ISB) and Way Up.
They work in English, German and French. Every profile shows the services, languages and contact details, checked by hand before going live. See also Language schools in Basel.
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Secondary school in Basel for Years 7–12: lower secondary (Lehrplan 21 and Key Stage 3), then IGCSEs and International A Levels taught in English.
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Is this your business?French-curriculum school in Basel from the maternelle (age 3) to the 6e class, on two sites; the canton lists it as preparing for the French and Swiss school systems.
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Is this your business?British school in Basel following the Cambridge International Curriculum from Reception to Year 9, with an Advanced stream that also leads into the Swiss system.
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Is this your business?Not-for-profit English-language IB World School for ages 3-19 on three campuses near Basel (Aesch, Reinach); PYP, MYP and Diploma, with an English-German option in the junior school.
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Is this your business?Small school in Basel for teenagers, from school year 7 to IGCSEs and International A Levels, in collaboration with Wolsey Hall Oxford.
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Is this your business?Local facts
Private schools in Basel-Stadt need a permit from the Education Department, which supervises them under §§ 130–134 of the School Act and reviews each permit every four years (bs.ch, checked ) (Schulgesetz BS, checked ). A school with a foreign or international curriculum must also teach German to an extent set by the school administration (Schulgesetz BS, checked ). The canton's list of approved private schools, dated 5 August 2026, marks those with a transfer agreement; pupils from other private schools sit an entrance exam in the 8th or 11th school year, counting kindergarten, to move into state secondary or upper-secondary school (bs.ch, checked ) (bs.ch, checked ).
Parents carry the cost of private school in Basel-Stadt, while Basel-Landschaft residents can apply for up to CHF 2,500 a year towards fees (bs.ch, checked ) (Bildungsgesetz BL, checked ). Special-needs teaching, German as a second language and gifted support are provided by the private school itself, which may charge for them (bs.ch, checked ). Published 2026–27 tuition across the Basel schools in the directory's guide runs from CHF 8,400 for a Montessori kindergarten to CHF 38,000 for the final IB years (Montessori-Brigitte, checked ) (ISB, checked ); the two cantons' lists include eleven schools with an international curriculum or German and English teaching (bs.ch, checked ) (data.bl.ch, checked ).
Newcomers register with the Einwohneramt of Bevölkerungsdienste und Migration at Spiegelgasse 6; from 2 November 2026 its counters work from a temporary building on Schwarzwaldallee, opposite Badischer Bahnhof. The deadline is 14 days (2026) (Einwohneramt BS, checked ): the date of the online booking counts, not the date of the appointment. Registration costs CHF 25 per person (Einwohneramt BS, checked ). The general steps are in registering at your commune.
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