Cambodia, Phnom Penh
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HOPE International School is on Street TryHeng 3 in Sangkat Krang Thnong, Khan Sen Sok, northwest Phnom Penh (close to the international airport). The school site gives a full postal address and phone contacts for the Front Office; the campus is described as a purpose-built site on the edge of the city with open spaces and sports fields.
HOPE runs from Preschool (entry from age 3) through Kindergarten and Primary (Grades 1–5), Middle School (Grades 6–8) and High School (Grades 9–12). High school students follow IGCSE in Grades 9–10 and may study either the IB Diploma or the HOPE School Diploma in Grades 11–12.
HOPE is an international, co-educational day school that serves children of Christian workers and other international families. The school also operates a homeschool support program; boarding is not described on the official school pages (some third‑party listings mention boarding provision, so confirm with the Admissions office).
The website refers to a Student Support Team and procedures for wellbeing and pastoral care, and the school notes support for English language learners. Third‑party school listings indicate HOPE offers learning‑support roles (for example a Student Wellbeing Coordinator, guidance counsellor and Academic Resource Centre support staff); contact the school for current details and eligibility.
HOPE is an international school based in Cambodia and was established to support missionary families; it is not presented as affiliated to a single foreign government or national system. Governance includes representatives from member mission organisations.
The school is explicitly Christian and describes its mission as providing Christ‑centred education; staff and board members sign a statement of Christian faith.
The campus opens to drop‑offs from about 7:30am and students arriving after 8:05am are recorded as late; whole‑school assemblies are scheduled around 7:50am and primary pickup procedures reference parents being allowed in hallways from about 2:25pm. The site also publishes a live school calendar (term dates, assemblies and half‑day events).
The school's public pages do not include a dedicated daily bus‑transportation page, though the school calendar shows buses used for sports/event trips (for example buses leaving for fixtures). Third‑party listings are inconsistent about whether a regular daily bus service is offered, so it's best to confirm current daily transport options (routes, costs and registration) with Admissions or the Front Office.
Application fees
- A non‑refundable application fee of USD 100 per student is payable at application (cash or bank transfer accepted).
One‑time / first‑year charges
- New‑student enrolment/registration fee: KHR 2,406,000 (example shown for Kindergarten 1 as a one‑time charge).
- Capital / school improvement charge (first year): KHR 4,090,200 (shown for K1).
- These one‑time items are added to the first year's tuition total.
Tuition fees by year group (annual totals by grade)
- Kindergartens (K1, K2): KHR 31,679,001 per year (each).
- K3 and Grades 1–5: KHR 46,475,901 per year (each).
- Grades 6–8: KHR 52,571,101 per year (each).
- Grades 9–10: KHR 63,558,502 per year (each).
- Grades 11–12: KHR 66,566,002 per year (each).
(Annual totals exclude the new‑student one‑time fees shown above.)
Billing schedule and payment terms
- New enrolments: once offered a place, families have one month to confirm by paying the required fee and specifying a start date.
- Accepted payment methods listed by the school include cash or check to the cashier and bank transfer via ABA Bank (school finance handles invoicing and payment processing).
Boarding fees
- The school operates as a day school (no boarding facility listed).
Other costs and typical additional charges
- Typical additional charges shown in the school fee schedule include capital/campus fees and materials or technology charges and separate meal/canteen costs; meals are provided through the school canteen and billed separately. Exact items and amounts are invoiced in the school's additional fees schedule.
Sibling discounts
- Multi‑child discounts published are: 5% for a second child, 15% for a third child, 25% for fourth and subsequent children (applied to tuition).
Refund information
- The application fee is explicitly non‑refundable. Refundability of other fees (enrolment, capital, tuition pro‑rata rules) is defined in the school's fee schedule and standard finance terms; the application fee is stated as non‑refundable.
Fee payment options
- Cash or check to the school cashier; bank transfer (ABA Bank). The school's finance office handles payment processing and schedules.
HOPE International School was established in 2002 and follows an English-medium international curriculum from preschool through Grade 12. The campus is located to the north‑west of Phnom Penh, close to the international airport and described on the school website as a purpose-built campus on the edge of the city overlooking rice fields and open spaces. HOPE offers early years provision reporting against the UK Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), a primary programme based on the UK national curriculum, IGCSE in Grades 9–10 and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in Grades 11–12. The school notes a student body of about 270 and runs service-learning (Vision in Action / VIA) and IB CAS requirements in its upper years. Detailed tuition and additional fee schedules are published as documents linked from the Admissions / Application & Fees page. (Sources: About Us; Curriculum; Application & Fees; Staff pages on HOPE's website).