Relocation Guide

International schools

International and bilingual schools following IB, British, or American curricula, for families who move often or want English-language teaching.

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    Geneva · since 1924

    Ecolint runs a bilingual English-French model and the full IB continuum across three Geneva-area campuses, La Grande Boissiere in the city, La Chataigneraie in Founex, and Campus des Nations near the UN district. It's a day school taking children from age 3 through 18. The student body spans around 140 nationalities.

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    Zurich International School

    4.6

    Waedenswil

    Zurich International School is a non-profit day school for ages 3 to 18, spread across a primary campus in Waedenswil and a secondary campus in Adliswil. Teaching is in English, with a bilingual English-German pathway for younger children. The Upper School leads to the IB Diploma or Advanced Placement courses.

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    Institut Le Rosey

    4.8

    Rolle · since 1880

    Le Rosey is a full boarding school for ages 8 to 18, with a main campus at Rolle on Lake Geneva and a winter campus in Gstaad where the whole school moves from January to March. Teaching is bilingual in English and French, and students choose a main language for most subjects. The final years lead to the IB Diploma or the French Baccalaureate.

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    International School Basel

    4.5

    Reinach

    International School Basel is a not-for-profit, English-language day school running the full IB continuum for ages 3 to 19 across three campuses in the Basel region. The main site sits in Reinach, in canton Basel-Landschaft. Bilingual English-German learning is available in the Junior School.

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    Baar · since 1961

    ISZL is a non-profit, English-language day school for ages 3 to 18, running across two campuses in the canton of Zug. Younger years attend the Zug Campus in Baar, and high schoolers move to the Riverside Campus in Huenenberg. It offers the full IB continuum, the Primary Years, Middle Years, and Diploma programmes.

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    Montagnola · since 1956

    TASIS is an American day and boarding school in Montagnola, on the hillside above Lugano in Italian-speaking Ticino. English is the main language of instruction, and younger students study in parallel English and Italian. Older students can take the American Diploma with Advanced Placement courses or the IB Diploma, and boarding starts in grade 6.

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    Aiglon College

    4.6

    Villars-sur-Ollon · since 1949

    Aiglon is a mostly boarding school in the alpine village of Chesieres, above Villars-sur-Ollon in canton Vaud. It teaches in English from the junior years up to the IB Diploma, with Cambridge IGCSE in the middle years. Outdoor education and expeditions are built into the timetable, and around 480 students attend from over 60 countries.

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    Zumikon · since 1971

    ICS is an English-language day school in Zumikon, just outside Zurich, taking children from 24 months to age 18. It runs all three International Baccalaureate programmes, the Primary Years, Middle Years, and Diploma, which is unusual for the Zurich area. Around 800 students attend, drawn from more than 50 nationalities.

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    Geneva English School

    4.4

    Genthod · since 1961

    Geneva English School follows the English National Curriculum for ages 3 to 18, with GCSE and A Level exams in the senior years. It's a day school on two campuses, primary in Genthod and secondary in Versoix, both on Lake Geneva. Teaching is in English, with more than 60 nationalities among the families.

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    Lausanne · since 1882

    Brillantmont is a small day and boarding school in central Lausanne, taking students roughly from age 13 to 18. It teaches in English and offers Cambridge IGCSE and A Levels alongside a high school diploma track. Run and owned by the same family since the 1880s, it keeps year groups deliberately small.