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Kyoto International School

Japan, Kyoto

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Foundational information about the school

Location
Kyoto International School is located in Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It operates on two campuses in central Kyoto: Juraku Campus at 317 Kitatawara-cho, Kamigyo-ku 602-8247, and Taiken Campus at 536-1 Waraya-Cho, Kamigyo-ku 602-8144. The school describes itself as being in the heart of Kyoto, reflecting its central city location. The Juraku and Taiken campuses are both in Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto.

Levels
KIS provides the International Baccalaureate (IB) continuum from Early Years through Secondary. It currently serves Early Years through Grade 10 and is expanding to complete Grade 12 by 2026, with Grade 11 planned to open in 2025 and Grade 12 in 2026. This makes KIS Kyoto's Rostered K–12 IB school once the expansion is complete.

School Type
The school is co-educational and operates as a day school. It is a not-for-profit institution.

Additional Learning Support
KIS provides a dedicated student wellbeing and support team to address student needs. The school also maintains a Child Safeguarding Policy. Specific SEN accommodations are not publicly detailed on the main pages.

Country Affiliation
There is no formal country affiliation stated for Kyoto International School; it is described as an international IB World School.

Religious Affiliation
Kyoto International School does not indicate any religious affiliation.

Day Structure
The school publishes Saturday session hours: 8:30 am to 3:30 pm. The nearest bus stop is 堀川中立売, served by Kyoto City Bus routes 9, 12, and 50. The campus entrances are on the east side during visits. Weekday start and end times are not publicly published on the main pages.

Bus Service
The school provides bus-access information for international families. The nearest bus stop is 堀川中立売 (Horikawa Nakadachiuri) and bus routes 9, 12, and 50 stop there. There is nearby coin parking around the campus, and visitors are advised to park in nearby facilities if needed.

Fees
Application and one-time enrolment fees

- Application fee (new students): ¥31,500.
- Registration / Admission (enrolment) fee (one-time, payable on acceptance): ¥220,000.
- Emergency kit (one-time): ¥5,500.

Tuition fees by year group (annual amounts)

- Early years / Pre‑K and Primary (Pre‑K to Grade 5): annual tuition is reported in the range of approximately ¥1,262,000 to ¥1,287,000 in current public fee listings.
- Middle / Lower secondary (Grades 6 to 10): annual tuition is reported in the range of approximately ¥1,626,000 to ¥1,659,000 in current public fee listings.

(Several publicly available school-fee summaries present these amounts as the annual tuition for the relevant school sections; amounts published by different school-information services are consistent to within a small range.)

Annual / recurring additional fees

- Building & facilities / capital fee (annual): approximately ¥181,000.
- EAL (English as an Additional Language) support fee (annual, where applicable): approximately ¥100,000.
- PTA dues (per family, annual): ¥3,000.
- Other possible recurring charges noted in public fee summaries: technology / program charges, excursion costs, and optional co‑curricular activity fees (amounts vary by activity and year group).

Boarding fees

- Boarding is not applicable. The school does not offer boarding facilities.

Billing schedule and payment terms

- Public fee summaries list annual tuition amounts but do not publish a detailed, single, public term-by-term billing schedule in the school-fee summaries that are widely available. The school's admissions information and published fee overviews show annual tuition amounts and the one-time fees above, but explicit term dates, invoice issue dates, and installment due‑date schedules were not present in the publicly accessible fee listings reviewed.

Refunds and non‑refundable items

- Public fee summaries identify application/one‑time fees as one‑off charges; a clear, detailed public refund policy (for application fees, registration fees, and tuition in the event of withdrawal) was not found in the fee summaries reviewed. No explicit, full refund timetable for tuition or one‑time fees was located in the publicly available fee summaries.

Uniforms and other school-supplied items

- Uniforms and branded school items are available through the school shop; uniform and merchandise costs are charged separately (prices vary by item).

Fee payment options and methods

- Application and admissions payments are handled through the school's OpenApply application portal. OpenApply supports multiple payment methods including credit card, PayPal/Flywire integrations, and bank transfer; these payment channels are commonly enabled for admissions and invoicing. This means application and invoice payments may be made by credit card or bank transfer where those methods have been enabled by the school through OpenApply.

Summary of what was found and where public information was limited

- Publicly accessible school-fee listings and independent school‑information services consistently list a ¥31,500 application fee, a ¥220,000 registration/admission fee, an emergency kit charge (¥5,500), building & facilities fees (around ¥181,000), and the recurring tuition bands shown above for Pre‑K/Primary and Middle school.
- The publicly available materials reviewed do not present a detailed, itemised term-by-term invoice schedule, nor a clearly published, line‑by‑line refund timetable for every listed fee. The school's admissions information confirms that boarding is not offered.

If you will include these figures in an external database, use the annual fee amounts and the one‑time fees above. The principal public references used to compile these figures include the school's admissions pages and current independent school‑directory fee summaries.

Pupil Nationality Mix
Public information indicates approximately 130 students in the school, representing around 20 countries. The exact distribution of nationalities, the most common nationality, and the local-to-international ratio are not publicly published.
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The school at a glance
Instructs in English
Fees ¥1,530,000 - 1,916,000
Ages 3 - 16 years
Pupil numbers 130
Type Co-educational
Opened 1957
Bus Service No
Availability Not shared by this school

Kyoto International School (KIS) has served Kyoto since 1957 and describes itself as the city’s only IB Continuum School. KIS offers the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP), Middle Years Programme (MYP) and Diploma Programme (DP). The school currently provides learning from Early Years through Grade 10, with plans to expand to Grade 12 by 2026. KIS lists campus spaces that include classrooms, a library, a playground and a gymnasium. Student life includes a House Team system and after-school options such as Bukatsu (clubs) and activities like calligraphy, gardening, board games, dance, sport and STEM, with additional paid lessons such as coding, drama, basketball and piano.

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