Schools & childcare
expat-services.ch lists 11 hand-checked English-speaking kitas and daycare centres in Zürich, including Akidemy, globegarden, Joey Kinderkrippe Zürich Wollishofen and kids & co City.
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.
11 providers
Bilingual German–English Kita for children from 4 months to kindergarten age, with sites in Zürich (Manegg, Maneggplatz, Rigiplatz), Adliswil and Zollikon.
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Is this your business?Network of 80+ daycare centres across Switzerland for infants to kindergarten age, with after-school and holiday care; English and German programme options.
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Is this your business?Kita in Zürich Wollishofen caring for children from 3 months in German and English; open Mon–Fri 07:00–19:00; subsidised places listed on the city map.
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Is this your business?Kita near Selnau station where English-speaking assistants work several hours a day in the groups, speaking only English with the children (immersion model).
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Is this your business?Kita at Europaallee near Zürich main station with an English assistant who brings English into everyday care; English-language information page.
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Is this your business?Bilingual German–English Kita in Zürich Kreis 6 for children from 3 months to school entry, with 48 places. Run under the pop e poppa name.
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Is this your business?Kita at two sites in Zürich Kreis 6 where German and English are lived side by side, with a forest group; babies from 3 months.
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Is this your business?Bilingual German–English Kita and forest daycare in Zürich Witikon, with a baby group and a forest group, from 3 months; private and subsidised places.
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Is this your business?Multilingual daycare and school network with 11 sites in Vaud, Geneva, Fribourg and Zurich-Altstetten; care from about 4 months to school age, French/English environment.
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Is this your business?Bilingual German–English Kita, preschool and afterschool club in Zürich Witikon; daycare for children from 4 months to 4 years, full or half days.
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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 counts about 340 private daycare centres, which provide most of more than 12,000 places, besides 11 city-run centres and two satellites at 12 sites (City of Zurich, checked ). Centres take children from three months until kindergarten, and the city map shows every centre with a valid operating permit, coloured by subsidised places and marked for German-language support (City of Zurich, checked ) (City of Zurich, checked ).
A subsidy needs two confirmations: the contribution factor from the Schools and Sports Department, based on income and wealth, and the number of care days the city funds, from the Social Department; reasons include work, training, job search, volunteering and the children's language integration (City of Zurich, checked ). The city pays the subsidy to the centre, which bills a lower parental fee, and it is not granted retroactively (City of Zurich, checked ). The standard cost of a full day is CHF 135.80, and subsidies stop at a relevant household amount of CHF 100,000 (2026 (ordinance in force from 1 Jan 2026)) (VO KB, checked ) (VO KB, checked ). The minimum parental contribution is CHF 48 a month for one care day a week and CHF 240 for five (City of Zurich, checked ).
Costs of centres, after-school care and childminders for children under 14 can be deducted from cantonal taxes up to a ceiling per child, with a list of payments attached to the return (Zurich tax office, 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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