Schools & childcare
expat-services.ch lists 6 hand-checked English-speaking international schools in Zürich, including Academia International School, Children First, Inter-Community School Zurich (ICS Zurich) and Japanese School in Zurich.
Besides English, they also work in German, Italian and Japanese. Every profile shows the services, languages and contact details, checked by hand before going live. See also Language schools in Zürich.
6 providers
Secondary school in Zurich-Oerlikon and Winterthur: bilingual lower secondary (Years 7–8), then IGCSE and International A Levels taught in English.
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Is this your business?Bilingual English–German kindergarten and primary school in Zurich-Seefeld on a British–Montessori curriculum, approved by the canton as a foreign-language school.
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Is this your business?IB World School in Zumikon near Zurich for ages 2-18, offering PYP, MYP and IB Diploma, including bilingual diploma options.
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Is this your business?Japanese day school in Uster for six elementary and three junior high grades, following Japan’s national curriculum in Japanese, with German and English lessons.
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Is this your business?Italian–German bilingual state kindergarten and primary school plus the Fermi lower secondary school in Zurich, combining Italy’s curriculum with Lehrplan 21.
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Is this your business?Non-profit IB day school for ages 3-18 south of Zurich, with a primary campus in Wädenswil and a secondary campus in Adliswil; AP courses and an English/German bilingual pathway.
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Is this your business?Local facts
Five schools on the canton's register of 23 September 2026 are approved as foreign-language schools, and only one of them has a Zurich postcode; the others are in Zumikon, Wallisellen, Uster and Wädenswil (our count from the register) (Canton of Zurich, checked ). A child can attend one if the parents live in the canton only temporarily, credibly plan to move to a foreign-language country, or want to finish a school career begun in a non-German-speaking canton or country (Canton of Zurich, checked ). The Volksschulamt counts a stay of under five years as temporary and can grant exceptions on a reasoned request; schools check the conditions, parents confirm them on forms and schools report to the canton each September (Volksschulamt, checked ).
Published 2026-27 tuition at English-language international schools in the canton runs from CHF 13,100 (nursery, half days) to CHF 40,300 (final two grades), another school lists CHF 16,900 to 39,700, and both charge a one-off capital or infrastructure contribution of CHF 5,000 from the kindergarten years (published fee schedule, checked ) (published fee schedule, checked ). Both also charge a CHF 500 application fee, one of them admits students throughout the year, aims to answer within ten working days and keeps a waiting pool when no place is free (published fee schedule, checked ) (published admissions page, 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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