Portugal, Lisbon
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Rua Dr. Sá Carneiro 80, Colares, Sintra, Portugal. Located in Colares within the Sintra-Cascais Natural Park. Situated just a short commute from Lisbon. Accessible to Cascais, Sintra, and surrounding areas.
PRE-PRIMARY (ages 3-5); PRIMARY (ages 5-10)
International school
Portugal
Free van service to Cascais. The transportation service is certified, licensed, inspected and fully insured. Starting in September 2024, the van will pick up at a central location in Cascais at 07:50 and drop off at the same location at 16:30.
Application fee
- EUR 50.
Enrollment (confirmation) fee
- EUR 1,500 payable to confirm an offered place.
Tuition fees by year group (per term / per year)
- Detailed tuition amounts by year group and the per-term / per-year breakdown are published in the school's formal "Education Fees" schedule. This schedule is hosted in the school's secured admissions materials and is not presented as line-item tuition amounts in the public admissions text that is accessible without that document. Therefore per-term and per-year numeric tuition figures are not available in the publicly accessible admissions content.
Billing schedule and payment terms
- The enrollment fee of EUR 1,500 is required to confirm an accepted place. The first tuition payment is due on July 15. No additional publicly posted billing dates, installment schedules, or penalty/late-payment terms are shown in the accessible admissions text.
Boarding fees
- Not applicable. The school serves ages 3 through primary and does not offer boarding provision.
Other costs or fees (uniforms, lunches, activities, transport, etc.)
- The public admissions information specifies the application fee and the enrollment fee but does not list published charges for uniforms, meals, school trips, extracurricular activities, transport, learning resources, or similar ancillary items. These categories are commonly charged by schools but no line-item amounts for them are publicly posted in the accessible admissions material.
Refund information
- No publicly posted refund policy or details about refundability of the application or enrollment fees appears in the accessible admissions text. The admissions material does not state whether the enrollment fee is refundable in whole or in part.
Fee payment options
- Publicly accessible admissions content does not specify accepted payment methods (for example, bank transfer, credit card, direct debit). For payment method details and the complete fee schedule, the school's secured admissions materials are used. The school's admissions contact is admissions@hyphaportugal.com.
Summary of available fee facts and missing details
- Confirmed, published items: Application fee EUR 50; Enrollment fee EUR 1,500 to confirm a place; the first tuition payment is due on July 15; the school serves ages 3 through primary (no boarding).
- Missing from publicly accessible admissions content: the detailed tuition amounts per year group and per term, a full billing calendar and payment terms beyond the July 15 first-payment date, published ancillary fees (uniform, meals, trips, activities), a published refund policy, and explicit accepted payment methods. The school's formal "Education Fees" schedule (hosted in the school's admissions materials) contains the complete numeric fee schedule but is held in the secure admissions document area and was not retrievable without access.
Hypha International School offers Cambridge Primary education for ages 3 to 10, with a Portugal-based program for families abroad. The primary curriculum follows the Cambridge International framework, supplemented by specialist subjects such as music, physical education and art, many taught in Portuguese. From Year 2, students have Portuguese literacy lessons twice a week. Entrepreneurship is embedded through project-based time, developing leadership, problem-solving and creativity. A strong emphasis on nature supports learning through Forest School and outdoor exploration. The school sits in 7000 square meters of gardens and woodland, and students spend over three hours a day outdoors for lunch, play and learning. Meals follow a balanced menu, with a soup starter and a no-sugar policy. A free, certified transport service runs to Cascais, with pickup at 07:50 and drop-off at 16:30. Pre-primary pedagogy includes Forest School, Reggio Emilia, and Montessori approaches, plus a Sensory Room and Creative Studio. Global access.