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Cambodia, Phnom Penh
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The Giving Tree International School is located at House
The school offers Early Years programmes starting with accompanied Baby Playgroups (12 months+) and continues through Primary up to Primary 6. The school publishes a grade-level entry guide and operates the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (IB‑PYP).
The school is an international, mixed‑gender (boys and girls) day school; its enrolment form requests gender and other standard student details. There are no boarding facilities shown on the school website.
The school lists named Learning Assistants and several SEN Assistant roles on its staff pages and includes questions about Additional Educational Needs on its enrolment form, and it publishes an Admissions & Inclusion policy in the school policies section. Families should discuss specific needs with admissions to see available arrangements.
The Giving Tree is an independent international school based in Phnom Penh and does not advertise affiliation to a particular foreign government or national system on its website.
The school site does not list a religious affiliation; its materials describe an IB, child‑centred curriculum without religious designation.
The school office hours are published as 7:30 am–4:00 pm (Monday–Friday); Early Years enrolment materials show both full‑day and half‑day options for young children and the school calendar sets term dates and events. For exact classroom start/finish times and break/lunch arrangements (which can differ by year group) contact admissions.
The school website does not advertise a regular school bus service; third‑party school listings also indicate no school‑provided bus. If you need daily transport, contact the admissions office to confirm current arrangements or local transport options.
Enrolment and application fees
- Enrolment Fee (new students only): USD 700, one-time payment due upon acceptance of an offer.
- Capital Fee: USD 550 per year, payable in full before a child can start school; due date for the capital fee listed as 31 May.
Tuition fees (by year group and payment plan)
Three payment plans are offered: Full Year (single payment), Semester (two payments), or Term (four payments). The amounts below are shown as USD for the 2025–26 fee schedule.
- Early Years 1 & 2 (12 months to 3 years):
- Half day — Full year: USD 3,370; Semester: USD 1,797; Per term: USD 920.
- Full day — Full year: USD 4,494; Semester: USD 2,367; Per term: USD 1,215.
- Early Years 3 & 4 (3–5 years):
- Half day — Full year: USD 3,919; Semester: USD 2,038; Per term: USD 1,040.
- Full day — Full year: USD 5,121; Semester: USD 2,696; Per term: USD 1,380.
- Pre-Primary (5–6 years): Full year: USD 5,671; Semester: USD 2,985; Per term: USD 1,530.
- Primary 1 to Primary 6: Full year: USD 6,745; Semester: USD 3,550; Per term: USD 1,810.
Billing schedule and payment terms
- Due dates (as shown in the fee schedule):
- Term 1 / Semester 1 / Annual payment: due 30 June.
- Term 2: due 30 September.
- Term 3 / Semester 2: due 12 December.
- Term 4: due 8 March.
- The capital fee due date is shown as 31 May.
- Invoices are issued one month prior to the payment deadline. Penalties for late payment apply (5% charged per month on unpaid fees). Up to a 5-day delay may be granted with prior written agreement from the Finance office. If fees remain unpaid for two weeks the school reserves the right to disenrol the student.
- Late-enrolment charge: if enrolling after more than 50% of a term has passed, the charge is 50% of one term's tuition.
- Family / sibling discount: 10% off tuition for the second child, 15% for the third, and 20% for the fourth (discount applied to the youngest attending siblings). The school also indicates an enrolment-fee waiver for siblings in some cases.
Boarding fees
- Boarding is not listed in the school's programme offerings (the school provides Early Years and Primary programmes only); no boarding fees are included in the published fee schedule.
Other costs and optional fees
- Lunch (optional): Vegetarian option USD 320 per semester; Protein option USD 350 per semester.
- Extended pick-up (3:30–5:00 pm): USD 50 per month.
- After-school activities: typically USD 10–15 per one-hour session (per activity).
- Learning support: charged according to individual need; fee determined case-by-case.
- All other one-off or ancillary fees (application-related, materials, activity fees) are treated as separate from tuition and are described in the fee schedule as non-refundable.
Refund information
- Tuition refunds are considered only for full quarters (terms) or full semesters not attended; refunds are calculated on a term or semester basis as applicable. Finance charges are applied before refunds: 5% deduction for tuition and 20% deduction for the capital fee (as shown in the refund terms). If you withdraw 30 or more days before a term/semester installment due date a refund is guaranteed; withdrawing less than 30 days before the installment due date generally results in a 50% refund; withdrawal on or after the installment due date makes the parent responsible for that term's fee. The Fee Schedule indicates that other fees (non-tuition) are non-refundable.
- The school's Fee Schedule includes additional notes on force majeure and the school's obligations and limitations regarding refunds in exceptional circumstances.
Fee payment options
- Electronic / Bank transfer: payments must include the invoice number and/or student name. A copy of the bank transfer remittance slip should be scanned and sent to the Finance office to ensure proper credit.
- Cash: cash payments may be accepted only in USD.
- Cheque: listed as an accepted payment method.
Key administrative notes
- Invoices are normally issued one month prior to the payment deadline. The school may apply penalties for late payment and reserves the right to disenrol students for non-payment. Parents with unexpected financial hardship may apply in writing to the Finance office for a short-term variation of the payment plan.
If you require any specific line-item repeated exactly as shown above, the fee schedule PDF provides the official numeric breakdown for the 2025–26 academic year.
The Giving Tree International School (TGTIS) in Phnom Penh began as a nursery in 2008 and now offers Early Years and Primary education. The school is fully authorised to deliver the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) and provides part- and full-time options from accompanied Baby Playgroups (12 months+) up to Primary 6. Specialist lessons listed on the school site include Art, Music, Swimming, Makerspace, ICT, STEM, Physical Education and Languages; the site also shows named specialist teachers for French and Chinese. The school publishes an annual fee schedule (USD) and an enrolment packet with age/grade guides and policies. TGTIS describes itself as serving Khmer and international learners in the BKK1 area of central Phnom Penh and notes plans to introduce the Middle Years Programme (MYP) from August 2026.
