Services
expat-services.ch lists 3 hand-checked English-speaking schools and childcare providers in Dübendorf: Acton Academy Dübendorf, Lycée Français International de Zurich (LFiZ) and Spanischkurs Zürich.
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.
3 providers
Acton Academy kindergarten and primary school in Dübendorf for ages 4–12, with self-directed learning and guides, based on Lehrplan 21; lessons began in August 2026.
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Is this your business?French AEFE school in Dübendorf for ages 3–18 on the French national curriculum to the French Baccalauréat, with a French–German track recognised by the canton.
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Is this your business?Private 1:1 Spanish lessons for adults, 100% online, with Alejandro Rivero, Spanish Language Expert with 25+ years of teaching experience.
Local facts
Dübendorf's primary school (Usterstrasse 16) and its lower secondary school, shared with Schwerzenbach (Neuhausstrasse 23), have their own administrations, and the canton's Kantonsschule Stadelhofen keeps a branch at Kriesbachstrasse 25 (Stadt Dübendorf, checked ). The primary school invites the parents of future kindergarten children to an online evening each March, 23 March 2026 in the latest round, and keeps recordings machine-translated from German into 15 languages, among them English, French, Spanish and Hindi (Primarschule Dübendorf, checked ). Seven private schools in the town are on the Volksschulamt's register, two of them marked bilingual, German–English and German–French (Volksschulamt, checked ).
Preparation starts earlier: the city assesses children's language level about 18 months before kindergarten, invites parents to an evening two years ahead, and offers free courses for parents of small children, with intercultural mediators called Brückenbauerinnen and a Familienzentrum at Wallisellenstrasse 51 (Stadt Dübendorf, checked ).
The Fachstelle Subventionen sets income-based parental contributions from pre-school age to the end of primary school for residents who pay tax in Dübendorf, covering private Kitas that signed a cooperation agreement with the city, day families, school-age care and the municipal crèche Zwinggarten; for pre-school children, work, training or job-seeking has to be shown (Primarschule Dübendorf, checked ). Registration for the Hort closes at the end of February for new customers, and later requests carry no guarantee of a place (Primarschule Dübendorf, checked ) (Primarschule Dübendorf, checked ).
Newcomers register with the Einwohnerdienste at the Stadthaus, Usterstrasse 2, no later than 14 days after moving in (Stadt Dübendorf, checked ). The counter is open Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 09:00 to 11:30 and 13:30 to 16:00, Tuesday from 13:30 to 19:00 and Friday from 07:00 to 14:00 (Stadt Dübendorf, checked ). The office also advises international customers on matters concerning foreign nationals (Stadt Dübendorf, checked ). See registering at your commune.
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