Schools & childcare
expat-services.ch lists 3 hand-checked English-speaking kitas and daycare centres in Zug: futura Montessori Zug, kidsworld zug and Little Star Day School.
Besides English, they also work in German. Every profile shows the services, languages and contact details, checked by hand before going live. See also Language schools in Zug.
3 providers
Montessori daycare and kindergarten in Zug from 3 months to age 6; the canton recognises its kindergarten, taught in German and English.
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Is this your business?Kindergarten for ages 4-6 in Steinhausen run by the non-profit association work&life zug, with German and English day care, recognised by the canton.
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Is this your business?Bilingual German/English nurseries for children from 6 months to school entry, with four sites in Zug, Kilchberg and Zurich (Wollishofen, Sihlcity).
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Is this your business?Local facts
The City of Zug lists 22 daycare centres (Kitas) that it has licensed; the Fachstelle Kind Jugend Familie in the Stadthaus, on +41 58 728 95 50, answers questions about them (City of Zug, checked ).
City vouchers go to families whose child lives in the city, is older than three months and has not started first primary class, when the child attends a city-recognised Kita in the canton for at least 20% of a full week and the household's relevant income is below CHF 170,000 and taxable assets below CHF 500,000. Requests are filed in the Civo portal by the month before care starts, and a voucher is not paid retroactively. It is paid monthly to the parents, who still settle the Kita invoice themselves (stadtzug.ch, checked ).
The city's 2026/27 calculator assumes a full daily cost of CHF 160 for children over 18 months, with parents paying at least CHF 10 a day (City of Zug, checked ). The cantonal flat rate that began on 1 August 2026 is requested in the same portal and also applies to registered childminders (stadtzug.ch, checked ).
Foreign nationals arriving in Zug register with the cantonal migration office (Amt für Migration, Aabachstrasse 1) within 14 days (2026) (Amt für Migration Zug, checked ), EU/EFTA citizens by posting form A1. The City of Zug's residents' office in the Stadthaus receives the registration automatically and charges nothing (stadtzug.ch, checked ). Swiss citizens report a move through eUmzug. More in registering at your commune.
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