Kyoto International School

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Annual Fees

Name	Age	Fee	Track	Conditions
Emergency kit (one-time)	0	5,500 JPY	N/A	One-time emergency kit charge
Application (new students)	0	31,500 JPY	N/A	One-time application fee; payable on submission
Registration / Admission (enrolment) fee	0	220,000 JPY	N/A	One-time enrolment fee; payable on acceptance
Pre-K	3	1,458,500 JPY	Early years	Base tuition: ¥1,274,500 (range ¥1,262,000–¥1,287,000); annual building & facilities fee: ¥181,000; PTA dues: ¥3,000; EAL: ¥100,000 may apply if needed
Grade 1	4	1,458,500 JPY	Early years / Primary	Base tuition: ¥1,274,500 (range ¥1,262,000–¥1,287,000); annual building & facilities fee: ¥181,000; PTA dues: ¥3,000; EAL: ¥100,000 may apply if needed
Grade 2	5	1,458,500 JPY	Early years / Primary	Base tuition: ¥1,274,500 (range ¥1,262,000–¥1,287,000); annual building & facilities fee: ¥181,000; PTA dues: ¥3,000; EAL: ¥100,000 may apply if needed
Grade 3	6	1,458,500 JPY	Early years / Primary	Base tuition: ¥1,274,500 (range ¥1,262,000–¥1,287,000); annual building & facilities fee: ¥181,000; PTA dues: ¥3,000; EAL: ¥100,000 may apply if needed
Grade 4	7	1,458,500 JPY	Early years / Primary	Base tuition: ¥1,274,500 (range ¥1,262,000–¥1,287,000); annual building & facilities fee: ¥181,000; PTA dues: ¥3,000; EAL: ¥100,000 may apply if needed
Grade 5	8	1,458,500 JPY	Early years / Primary	Base tuition: ¥1,274,500 (range ¥1,262,000–¥1,287,000); annual building & facilities fee: ¥181,000; PTA dues: ¥3,000; EAL: ¥100,000 may apply if needed
Grade 6	11	1,826,500 JPY	Middle School / Lower Secondary	Base tuition: ¥1,642,500 (range ¥1,626,000–¥1,659,000); annual building & facilities fee: ¥181,000; PTA dues: ¥3,000; EAL: ¥100,000 may apply if needed
Grade 7	12	1,826,500 JPY	Middle School / Lower Secondary	Base tuition: ¥1,642,500 (range ¥1,626,000–¥1,659,000); annual building & facilities fee: ¥181,000; PTA dues: ¥3,000; EAL: ¥100,000 may apply if needed
Grade 8	13	1,826,500 JPY	Middle School / Lower Secondary	Base tuition: ¥1,642,500 (range ¥1,626,000–¥1,659,000); annual building & facilities fee: ¥181,000; PTA dues: ¥3,000; EAL: ¥100,000 may apply if needed
Grade 9	14	1,826,500 JPY	Middle School / Lower Secondary	Base tuition: ¥1,642,500 (range ¥1,626,000–¥1,659,000); annual building & facilities fee: ¥181,000; PTA dues: ¥3,000; EAL: ¥100,000 may apply if needed
Grade 10	15	1,826,500 JPY	Middle School / Lower Secondary	Base tuition: ¥1,642,500 (range ¥1,626,000–¥1,659,000); annual building & facilities fee: ¥181,000; PTA dues: ¥3,000; EAL: ¥100,000 may apply if needed

Application Fees

Name	Fee	Conditions
Application Fee	31,500 JPY	New student application

Enrollment Fees

Name	Fee	Conditions
Enrollment Fee	220,000 JPY	Registration/admission fee, payable on acceptance

Additional Fees

Name	Fee	Conditions
EAL support (if applicable)	100,000 JPY	annual, where applicable
Family PTA dues	3,000 JPY	per family, annual

Fee Breakdown

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.

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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

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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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