The British School

The British School, Rio de Janeiro is located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. There are two Schools, with three sites: Zona Sul School in the South Zone (Botafogo and Urca) and Barra School in the Barra da Tijuca area. Botafogo hosts Early Years and Primary; Urca hosts Secondary; Barra hosts Primary and Secondary. Addresses are Botafogo: R. Real Grandeza, 99; Urca: Av. Pasteur, 429; Barra: Av. Celia Ribeiro da Silva Mendes, 600; official address: Rua Mario Autuori, 100.

Early Years & Primary; Secondary - IGCSE & IB

The school is a non-profit, independent and co-educational day school.

Maintained by Associação Britânica de Educação (ABE), the body of parents of British and Commonwealth nationalities.

Application fees

- No separate application or annual re‑enrolment fee is listed. Families complete an online application and the school does not show a published, separate application charge.

Donation – Development Fund (one‑time entry fee)

- A one‑time contribution to the school's Development Fund is charged when a child enters the school. Values are revised annually. The Development Fund is used for major development projects and is controlled by the Board of Governors.

Tuition (structure and what is covered) — amounts not published

- Tuition is charged as monthly fees, with 12 monthly instalments per year (January through December). All fee values are expressed in Brazilian Reais (R$).

- The monthly fee covers: regular classes (approximately 8:00–15:00 with the full curriculum), music/arts/drama/ICT/PE, additional language lessons where applicable (French/Spanish), registration fees for external examinations (IGCSE and IB), student programmes (Student Council, House System), guidance and careers support, meals (snacks and lunch), learning materials (books, stationery, many art and music materials), and daytrips.

- Specific numeric tuition amounts by year group, and per‑term or per‑year totals, are not published in the publicly available fee information. The school issues monthly fee schedules in R$; the exact amounts for each year group and any per‑term breakdown are provided by the school rather than listed as public tables.

Billing schedule and payment terms

- Billing structure: fees are billed as 12 monthly instalments covering the calendar year (January–December).

- Backdated start months: for children joining in February, fee payments are required from January of the entry year; for children joining in August, fee payments are required from July of the entry year (i.e., backdated).

- There are no sibling discounts and no annual re‑enrolment fees.

- Legal billing requirement: the person responsible for fee payments must hold a Brazilian CPF number. All official receipts (Nota Fiscal Carioca) are issued in that person's name; without a CPF it will not be possible to issue a bank slip (invoice) and the child's start date may be held back.

Boarding fees

- The British School is a non‑profit independent day school; boarding is not provided. No boarding fees apply.

Other costs and fees (explicit exclusions from monthly tuition)

- The following are not included in monthly tuition and must be paid separately by parents:
- Extra‑curricular activity fees (after‑school classes such as ballet, judo, capoeira, gymnastics, football, etc.; charged per activity).
- School uniform costs (uniforms are purchased externally).
- Transport to school (school buses are arranged by third‑party providers and billed separately by those companies).
- Residential and international trips (year‑group trips and other residential trips for programmes such as Duke of Edinburgh, MUN, CAS, etc.).
- Some personal school materials and certain Portuguese books where applicable.
- Optional services contracted directly by parents with third parties (e.g., school photos, professional media).

- Examples of typical residential trips organised in previous years include trips for Year 5 through Year 13; costs for transport and accommodation for these trips are additional to tuition.

Refund and reimbursement information

- Reimbursement of the one‑time Development Fund (Donation): if a parent withdraws a child within two years of the child starting at the school, they may request repayment of the Required Donation as follows:
- 50% refund if departure occurs within the first year after entry.
- 25% refund if departure occurs within the second year after entry.
- No refund is available after two years.

- Returning students who previously left and then return are not charged an additional Donation or return fee.

Fee payment options and invoicing

- Official receipts are issued as Nota Fiscal Carioca in the name of the payer with a CPF. The school makes and issues bank slips (invoices) for payments; issuance of a bank slip requires a CPF number. These points indicate billing via bank slip (boleto) and formal invoicing. No other specific payment methods (credit card or direct bank transfer) are listed in the published fee information.

Practical notes for parents

- Fees are stated in Brazilian Reais (R$) and are revised annually.
- The school follows a southern hemisphere academic calendar (classes from February to December) which is relevant to placement and the billing calendar.


Admissions, payment queries or requests for the current numeric fee schedule (monthly amounts by year group, term totals and any applicable one‑time figures) are handled by the school's Admissions and Finance teams; families are advised to use the school's admissions channel to request the documented fee breakdown and invoice options.

Over 2,000 students; more than 60 nationalities represented. Brazilian students make up about 73% of the student body, with the remaining 27% international.