International Schools in Basel, Switzerland

Basel’s international schools sit in a compact, multilingual region on the French and German borders, serving many expatriate families who work in the city’s large life-sciences and finance employers. The offer in the city includes English-medium International Baccalaureate (PYP/MYP/DP) schools alongside bilingual German - English schools that prepare students for the Swiss Matura and/or the IB, and a smaller number of schools using British/Cambridge syllabuses. Instruction is commonly in English with strong German (and often French) language pathways and EAL support for newcomers. Annual tuition varies by school and age from roughly the mid-CHF twenties into the high-CHF thirties per child, with additional one-off enrolment or development fees, transport and lunch costs to budget for; popular schools run rolling admissions but fill quickly, so families usually contact admissions as soon as they know their moving dates and expect waiting lists in some year groups.

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