Services
expat-services.ch lists 5 hand-checked English-speaking schools and childcare providers in Bern: Feusi Preschool English, Gymnasium Kirchenfeld, Gymnasium Lerbermatt, International School of Berne (ISBerne) and Rockmybaby Swiss.
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 Bern.
5 providers
Bilingual German-English preschool of the Feusi education centre in Guemligen near Bern, for children from age 3 until kindergarten.
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Is this your business?Public upper-secondary school in Bern offering a bilingual Matura in German and English (or German and French) from the first year.
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Is this your business?Public upper-secondary school in Koeniz near Bern offering a bilingual Matura in German and English.
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Is this your business?IB World School near Bern for ages 3-18, offering the IB programmes in English with German and French taught as languages.
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Is this your business?Childcare recruitment agency placing nannies and newborn care specialists with families in several Swiss regions; also recruits household and education staff and offers payroll.
Local facts
The city runs its public schools in six school districts through the Schulamt (+41 31 321 64 60), and the school heads assign pupils, so there is no free choice of school (bern.ch, checked ). The cut-off for kindergarten entry is a fourth birthday on or before 31 July (bern.ch, checked ). Courses for pupils who speak another language belong to the school's special support measures (City of Bern, checked ).
Childcare vouchers reduce the cost of Kitas and day-family organisations that accept them. From 1 August 2026 the maximum cantonal reduction for a kindergarten-age child is CHF 78.80 a day in a Kita and CHF 8.90 an hour in a day family; city residents also receive an income-dependent supplement of up to CHF 31 a day, plus up to CHF 20 a day for babies up to 12 months (bern.ch, checked ).
Families apply to Familie & Quartier Stadt Bern (+41 31 321 51 15), online through kiBon, once a contract with the Kita exists. The complete application is due in the month before care begins, as vouchers are not paid retroactively, and each voucher runs from 1 August to 31 July (bern.ch, checked ). For school holidays the city runs «Ferieninseln» programmes (City of Bern, checked ).
Foreign nationals register at the Einwohnerdienste, Migration und Fremdenpolizei (EMF) at Predigergasse 5, whose counter is open Monday to Friday from 10.00 to 16.00 and until 18.00 on Thursdays (City of Bern, checked ). Registration is due within 14 days of arrival, by web form for EU/EFTA citizens and by posted paper form for other nationals (bern.ch, checked ). The cantonal tariff lists CHF 25 for entering the registration (Canton of Bern, checked ). See registering at your commune.
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