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expat-services.ch lists 5 hand-checked English-speaking schools and childcare providers in Adliswil: Lumos School, Montessori House of Kids, Spanischkurs Zürich, Spring Academy Zürich and Zurich International School (ZIS).
Besides English, they also work in German, French, Italian and Spanish. Every profile shows the services, languages and contact details, checked by hand before going live.
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Bilingual German–English private school in Adliswil for Grades 1–9 on Lehrplan 21, with project work, expeditions and a home-learning Friday.
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Is this your business?Bilingual German–English Montessori school in Adliswil with kindergarten (3–6) and elementary (6–12) on the Zurich curriculum, next to its own daycare from 4 months.
Private 1:1 Spanish lessons for adults, 100% online, with Alejandro Rivero, Spanish Language Expert with 25+ years of teaching experience.
Bilingual German–English neuroinclusive school in Adliswil for Grades 3–9 on Lehrplan 21, for children with ADHD, autism and other neurodivergent profiles.
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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
Registration papers for kindergarten are posted at the end of November or in December to every Adliswil household with a child old enough for the coming school year, and the school holds an information evening in January in German and another in English for parents who do not speak German (Stadt Adliswil, checked ). For August 2027 the cut-off is 31 July 2027 and school starts on 17 August 2027; a one-year deferral needs a written request, now filed through the city's online counter (Stadt Adliswil, checked ).
For children below kindergarten age, the city pays Betreuungsgutscheine to residents with taxable income under CHF 95,000 and wealth under CHF 300,000, provided the parents work, study or look for work, with minimum workloads of 20% for single parents and 120% for couples (Stadt Adliswil, checked ). Eleven Kitas count as recognised, among them the city's own Kinderhaus Werd (Stadt Adliswil, checked ). Applications go to the Sozialberatung, take up to five weeks and are not paid retroactively; a decision is valid for 12 months (Stadt Adliswil, checked ).
After-school care for pupils from kindergarten age offers lunch from 12:00 to 13:30 and an afternoon programme until 18:00. A place is assured for registrations received by 30 April, fees depend on the parents' taxable income, and notice for the new school year also falls on 30 April (Schule Adliswil, checked ).
Newcomers register at the Einwohnerwesen, Zürichstrasse 10, within 14 days of moving in (Stadt Adliswil, checked ). People arriving from abroad register in person at the counter; no appointment is needed, but the city asks for the documents by email beforehand because the process takes about 30 minutes per person (Stadt Adliswil, checked ). The fee is CHF 40 per adult, plus the migration office's permit fees for foreign nationals (Stadt Adliswil, checked ). See registering at your commune.
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