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Switzerland, Zug
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The school has a team of more than 40 teachers and around 150 students aged 3–12. It supports each child individually, welcomes diversity, and aims to nurture intelligence, creativity and personality. It fosters independence, empathy and healthy self-esteem, and provides a lively community with a broad range of extracurricular activities and after‑school care.
The school provides individual support for each child.
From pre‑kindergarten through Year 6 the school delivers a bilingual German/English education, with English taught by native speakers and English instruction based on the Cambridge international curriculum.
The school aims to help students mature into strong personalities, recognise talents and overcome barriers, and to develop self-esteem and resilience, while fostering social responsibility and a lifelong love of learning.
Terra Nova Bilingual School in Küsnacht near Zürich offers a bilingual German–English education for ages 3 to 12, based on the Swiss curriculum with English taught through Cambridge Primary. In primary years, instruction in language, mathematics, science and social studies is delivered in parallel in German and English by native speakers, with French introduced from Year 5. Pre-Kindergarten (age 3) is bilingual with a 1:6 ratio; Kindergarten (age 4) is a two-year program split 50/50 between High German and English. After Year 6, the school joins Academia Group Switzerland and provides a pathway to higher education through Academia International School Basel, Winterthur and Zurich, including a Pre-IGCSE for Years 7–8, followed by IGCSE and International A Levels. The campus serves around 150 students with more than 40 teachers. Highlights include after-school programs, ski camps, cultural and language activities, and a school bus connecting Meilen and Tiefenbrunnen. Lunch is included daily.
