16 Best International Schools in Singapore (October 2026)

It runs two full campuses from K1 to Grade 12, Dover and East, with 6,026 students from 117 nationalities and 80 home languages on the school's August 2026 figures. Up to Grade 10 it teaches its own concept-based programme, leading to a UWCSEA High School Diploma, and in Grades 11 and 12 students take the IB Diploma or a set of IB courses. There's boarding from Grade 8, and 30.9% of its boarders are scholars.

Budget for the first year carefully. On top of tuition of S$39,069 to S$49,926, a new family pays a S$4,992 enrolment fee and a development levy of S$9,537 in year one, which drops to S$5,166 after that. UWCSEA lists 1,048 activity options a year and 75 service groups, so the week fills up.

Everything sits on one 36-acre campus in Woodlands, two acres of it rainforest, with more than 4,000 students in 2024-25 holding 72 different passports between them. The school says it runs over 300 co-curricular and after-school programmes. The youngest children start in a Reggio Emilia-inspired Early Learning Center, and elementary has a Chinese Immersion Program. SAS is a non-profit and has been running since 1956.

Two things to know before you apply. SAS sorts applicants into lanes, and Lane 1 (a child or parent with a US passport or Green Card) pays a lower one-time registration fee, S$8,660 against S$9,900. It also says it can only take Singapore Citizens in Grades 1 to 12 who qualify for Lane 1. And Woodlands is a long way from the city, so I'd only shortlist SAS if you can live within easy reach of the north.

The A Level side did well too, with 63% of 2026 grades at A* or A. Tanglin was founded in 1925 and has just marked its centenary. It's a non-profit and a registered charity, and its 2025 British Schools Overseas inspection rated it Outstanding, the top grade, after an Outstanding rating in 2022. Spear's named it one of the world's top 100 private schools in 2026.

It's also one of the dearer schools here. Tuition for 2026-27 runs from S$36,300 in Nursery to S$58,080 in Sixth Form, and new families pay a S$4,500 enrolment fee and a S$4,500 capital levy on top. For a family that wants a traditional British school and time to decide between A Levels and the IB, I think the price is fair.

In the Chinese-English bilingual classes two teachers share each class, and children learn in Chinese one day and English the next. CIS says its students come from more than 60 nations. Its Class of 2026 earned 37 bilingual IB Diplomas, and two students scored 44.

In Grades 11 and 12 students can take the full IB Diploma or an Extended Pathway that mixes IB courses, AP courses and online electives, which helps a teenager who isn't suited to six IB subjects. Tuition runs from S$20,780 for half-day Nursery to S$53,500 in Grades 11 and 12, with a S$5,500 confirmation fee for a first child and a one-time S$4,500 facilities fee.

The school opened in 2009 and takes children from 18 months, with the youngest at its Early Learning Village on Chuan Lane and Grades 1 to 12 at the Woodleigh campus. It says its community spans more than 75 nationalities, and that 95% of its graduates were accepted by one of their top two university choices.

The joining costs add up. On top of tuition of S$49,040 to S$56,110 from Grade 1, a new Woodleigh student pays a S$950 application fee, a S$4,140 enrolment fee and a S$8,320 facility fee, S$13,410 in all. Early Years tuition starts at S$20,420 a year for three full days a week.

It has been on its 12-acre Dover Road site for more than 50 years and is part of Nord Anglia Education. Students take I/GCSEs, then the IB Diploma or BTEC courses, and in 2025, 54% of its I/GCSE grades were A* or A. Families come from more than 60 countries.

Mainstream tuition runs from S$30,198 in Nursery to S$47,982 in Years 12 and 13. The support pathways cost more, up to S$60,579 a year for Pathway 3, so ask which pathway the school recommends before you budget. New families also pay a S$3,555 registration fee, and everyone pays a S$3,189 Building Fund fee each year.

AIS says it offers more than 55 subjects and more than 300 co-curricular programmes, with students from over 50 nationalities, and that every graduate gets a university place. It takes children from two months old in infant care up to 18, and the campus is a seven-minute walk from Lorong Chuan MRT.

For 2027, tuition runs from S$20,136 for three days a week in Pre-Nursery to S$54,744 in Years 10 to 12, plus a yearly technology fee of S$370 to S$610. A new student from Prep to Year 12 also pays a S$4,450 enrolment fee and a S$6,200 facility fee.

It's a full IB continuum school, PYP, MYP and Diploma, and in Grades 11 and 12 students can take AP courses or a WASC-accredited high school diploma instead. The school runs its own AI programme and a future skills programme called XCLerate, and there's a Chinese-English bilingual track from Pre-K to Grade 5. The campus in Yishun covers five hectares and five buildings.

Its fee page was one of the clearest I read. Tuition runs from S$27,580 in Nursery to S$49,810 in Grades 11 and 12, plus a S$6,355 enrolment fee and a S$3,000 yearly development fee, and the school states there are no other materials, technology or facility levies. The S$288 application fee is the lowest on this list.

The community is mixed: more than 60 nationalities, and the school says 44% of its students are bilingual. It lists more than 115 co-curricular activities and 35 service opportunities. Nexus builds its teaching around one question for children, what problems do they want to solve, and I like that framing for a teenager.

Tuition for 2026-27 runs from S$26,600 for half-day Nursery to S$50,800 in Years 12 and 13, and covers stationery and day trips. New students pay a S$1,090 application fee and a S$5,123 enrolment fee, and every family pays a S$2,000 development levy each year.

Both streams did well in 2026. The 64 IB Diploma graduates had a 100% pass rate and a 35.7 average, with 23.4% earning a bilingual diploma, and the Abitur class averaged 2.2. GESS is a not-for-profit school with more than 70 nationalities, and in Grades 8 and 9 students can join its Junior Engineer Academy, working on engineering problems with partners such as Bosch.

Fees sit below most British and American schools here. The German stream starts at S$28,855 a year and the IB Diploma years top out at S$43,990. Add a one-time S$3,950 entrance fee and a S$6,130 development levy each year, which GESS halves from the second year.

Mandarin starts at two. Every class in DUCKS, the kindergarten and infant school for ages 2 to 7, has a native Mandarin-speaking teacher working beside the English-speaking class teacher, and Mandarin stays compulsory in the Senior School. In 2026, 29 students earned the IB Bilingual Diploma. The school opened in 2014 and had about 2,967 students from more than 50 countries in 2024-25, with boarding at Oldham Hall for S$46,700 a year on top of tuition.

Its Year 13 fee is the highest tuition on this list: S$59,220, against S$21,080 for half-day Nursery. New families pay a S$1,500 application fee, a S$4,000 enrolment fee and a S$4,500 capital levy. The campus is in Bukit Batok, so it suits families in the west. If your child needs a head start in Mandarin, my Chinese tuition guide lists centres that teach it.

It has been running since 1995, and its campus is on Bukit Tinggi Road. Its Class of 2026, the largest in the school's history, had a 100% IB pass rate, a 35-point average and 21% scoring 40 or more. Students come from more than 55 nationalities, and the school runs about 15 mother tongue programmes.

Its fees are easy to plan around. Tuition runs from S$30,554 in Kindergarten to S$41,512 in Years 12 and 13, the application fee is S$325, the one-off confirmation fee is S$3,250, and there's a S$2,828 development fee each year. Chatsworth says it charges no re-enrolment fee.

Older students follow the French national curriculum as part of the AEFE network of French schools abroad, sitting the Brevet, IGCSEs in Grade 10 and the French Baccalauréat, with an international option called the BFI. The 2026 Bac class had a 100% pass rate, and 45% earned the top Très Bien grade. The Ang Mo Kio campus has more than 70 nationalities.

Tuition tops out at S$35,325 in the lycée. The one-off costs are a S$1,090 application fee, a S$4,360 first-time registration fee and a S$5,170 school fees advance that comes back when you leave, and returning families pay S$1,635 to re-enrol each year. Fees are voted on every November at the school's General Assembly, on recommendations from parent representatives.

It's linked to Brighton College in the UK, which leads on curriculum and ethos, while the Cognita group runs the school day to day. One thing to watch: the exam results on its homepage are the UK school's, not Singapore's, and the Sixth Form is too new to have A Level results, so ask for the Singapore school's own IGCSE figures. Senior pupils sit IGCSEs set by Cambridge and Pearson Edexcel.

Fees run from S$17,859 for five half days in Pre-Nursery to S$52,266 in Years 12 and 13, plus a S$3,633 facility fee each year. New pupils pay a S$1,107 application fee, a S$4,090 enrolment fee and a S$3,680 development fund. The campus is a 10-minute walk from Lorong Chuan MRT.

It's owned by the Methodist Church of Singapore and belongs to the Anglo-Chinese School family, which goes back to 1886. MOE lists it as one of three privately funded schools that Returning Singaporeans can join without MOE approval, and it also takes Singaporean students straight from the PSLE. Its international students come from more than 30 nationalities, with boarding and homestay for those who need it. In 2025, 27.66% of its IB candidates scored 40 or more, and one got a perfect 45.

Annual tuition for 2027 is S$31,610 in Years 1 to 4, S$35,970 in the FIB/Pre-IB year, S$41,420 in Year 5 and S$30,520 in Year 6. New students pay a S$3,270 registration fee, a S$1,000 development fund and a refundable S$6,000 deposit, and Student's Pass holders add S$654 for pastoral care and S$366.80 for insurance each year.

It runs under licence from The Perse School in Cambridge, which has more than 400 years of history, and keeps close ties with it. The youngest children, from Nursery to Year 2, get daily Mandarin lessons in an English-Mandarin bilingual approach. The campus is on Chestnut Drive in Upper Bukit Timah.

As a young school it hasn't published exam results that I could find, so ask what its first IGCSE classes achieved. The one-off costs are a S$1,635 application fee and an assessment fee of S$981 to S$2,180 depending on age, and the Sixth Form fee is set at S$36,599, with the tuition part due for review in February 2027.