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The Olympia Schools, located in the Trung Văn New Urban Area of Nam Từ Liêm District, Hanoi, is a bilingual day school serving children from age 4 (kindergarten) up through Grade 12. Founded in 2003, it offers a strong Vietnamese national curriculum supplemented with international elements. Since 2022, The Olympia Schools has been authorised to deliver the IB Diploma Programme for its upper-secondary students. Teachers deliver instruction in both Vietnamese and English, supported by a large international staff. The school’s strengths include its commitment to STEM and scientific inquiry, an enriched academic environment via IB and bilingual learning, and a vibrant arts program under its Arts/Technology/Music (ATM) faculty. Students engage in research projects, creative arts, community and sustainability initiatives, and benefit from services such as school bus transport and school meals. With its mixture of rigorous academics, bilingual instruction, and varied extracurricular opportunities, Olympia provides a clear pathway for families seeking a globally minded education grounded in Vietnamese context.
The school is located in the Trung Văn New Urban Area in the Nam Từ Liêm district — a suburban residential area of Hanoi. The school is situated near parks and local amenities such as the church Nhà thờ Phùng Khoang. The school is in a suburban-urban fringe region rather than the historic city center.
The Olympia Schools has 1,200 pupils, typical class sizes of 20, instruction in English.
The Olympia Schools is located in the Trung Văn New Urban Area, Nam Từ Liêm (South Từ Liêm), Hanoi, Vietnam. The campus sits in a residential suburb of Hanoi, offering relatively easy access from the city via urban roads; it is a familiar address within Hanoi’s urban-suburban belt.
The Olympia Schools includes Kindergarten (pre-primary), Primary School, Middle School, and High School. Thus, offering education for children from the early age of 4 through the grade 12.
The Olympia Schools is a co-educational day-school. The school does not provide boarding or residential facilities.
The Olympia Schools does not disclose any information on additional learning support. The school allows psychological screening of students at entry and periodically thereafter. The school employs a school psychologist to monitor student mental health and can coordinate with specialists when needed. This indicates some provision for emotional, social or behavioral support. Though the school does not specify a full “SEN department” or specialized classes.
The school does not claim an affiliation to a foreign (non-Vietnamese) government or national system. It describes itself as a bilingual Vietnamese school with international elements.
The Olympia Schools does not have a stated religious affiliation.
The school does not publicly disclose information regarding their day structure.
The Olympia Schools offers a student transportation service. They use 16-seat Ford Transit vans, provided by a long-term transport partner with over 12 years’ cooperation. The service covers multiple routes across Hanoi (50 routes), and operates with safety protocols. Drivers and supervisors are professionally trained. Supervisors mark attendance using a face-recognition system that informs parents. Parents may drop off children as early as 6:30 a.m. and collect them until 5:30 p.m. under this service.
Annual tuition at The Olympia Schools ranges from VND 138,000,000 to VND 868,000,000 for 2026/27.
The Olympia Schools teaches IB (DP), Bespoke Curriculum for students aged 4 to 18.
The school delivers a full Vietnamese national curriculum from Kindergarten through High School, but enhances it with international content and bilingual instruction (Vietnamese + English).
From the 2022-2023 academic year, Olympia is licensed as an “IB World School” and offers the IB Diploma Programme (IB DP) for upper-secondary students (typically Grades 11–12).
In Primary and Middle School, students follow the bilingual/vietnamese-based programme rooted in national requirements, supplemented with international-method teaching, project-based learning, and integration of English in subjects such as Math, Science and Drama.
In addition, students have opportunities for electives, clubs, and specialized lessons, across all school stages, which support development of skills beyond the standard curriculum.
The Olympia Schools operates a dedicated School Psychology Department that delivers emotional-social learning and support across all school levels. They offer group-level and individual-level SEL interventions: prevention programs, in-school lessons about emotional-social skills, and integration of SEL into learning and extracurricular activities. When needed, individual students may receive weekly personal counselling. The counsellor works with teachers and parents, and maintains confidentiality of student information.
The Olympia Schools does not publicly indicate comprehensive SEN-specific support beyond the general psychological counselling services.
The Olympia Schools does not publicly disclose a dedicated EAL programme or extra English-as-an-additional-language support services.
Mental wellbeing is explicitly addressed through the School Psychology Department. The school describes this support as spanning prevention, group-based wellbeing programs, and individual counselling for emotional, behavioural, or social difficulties.
The Olympia Schools publishes a detailed Child Protection Policy describing procedures, responsibilities, and reporting mechanisms. The policy outlines forms of abuse, reporting steps, confidentiality rules, and the roles of the Head of Schools, Board of Principals, teachers, parents, and students. It includes a four-step process for handling concerns: reporting, investigation, action, and case closure. It also contains safety guidelines for students, staff, and parents.
The Olympia Schools does not provide a detailed step by step admissions guide.
The Olympia Schools does not publicly disclose any scholarship offerings.
The Olympia Schools does not provide information regarding waitlist.