This page compares 5 international schools in Cape Town with lower published tuition, drawn from the 6 schools ExpatSchoolGuide lists in the city. The lowest published annual fee is ZAR 78,440 and the highest in this comparison set is ZAR 306,990, quoted in ZAR.
"Affordable" here means lower published tuition relative to other schools in Cape Town — not a judgement about quality, and not an objective list of the cheapest schools in the city. Fees vary by year group and rise through secondary school, and most schools charge registration, transport, uniform and examination costs on top of tuition.
| School | Curriculum | Ages | Lowest published fee | Highest published fee | Currency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reddam House Atlantic Seaboard | IEB | 1-18 | 78,440 | 186,470 | ZAR |
| Herschel Girls' School | IEB | 3-18 | 83,730 | 171,450 | ZAR |
| German International School Cape Town | German Curriculum South African Curriculum International Baccalaureate (IB Diploma) | 3-18 | 97,200 | 97,200 | ZAR |
| Bishops Diocesan College | British | 6-18 | 97,635 | 306,990 | ZAR |
| International School of Cape Town | Cambridge International | 3-18 | 100,000 | 228,000 | ZAR |
| School | Curriculum | Ages | Annual fees |
|---|---|---|---|
| American International School of Cape Town | American | 2-18 | Not published |
The figures above are annual tuition as published by each school, quoted in ZAR. Where a school publishes a range, the lower figure normally applies to the earliest year groups and the higher figure to the senior school. Application and registration fees, deposits, transport, uniform, meals, trips and external examination entries are commonly billed separately.
Across this comparison set the curricula on offer are IEB (2 schools), German Curriculum South African Curriculum International Baccalaureate (IB Diploma) (1 school), British (1 school), Cambridge International (1 school).
The age ranges above show the full span each school covers. A school with a lower starting fee may still cost more overall if fees step up sharply at secondary level, so check the published fee for the year group your child will enter and the years after it.
ExpatSchoolGuide does not rank schools by price alone. Among the 5 schools in Cape Town that publish tuition, the lowest published annual fee is ZAR 78,440 at Reddam House Atlantic Seaboard. Published fees usually cover tuition only and vary by year group, so confirm current figures with the school.
Across the schools compared here, published annual tuition runs from ZAR 78,440 to ZAR 306,990 (ZAR). Registration, transport, uniform and examination charges are normally additional and are not included in these figures.
The comparison table lists the 5 schools in Cape Town with the lowest published annual tuition in the ExpatSchoolGuide dataset, alongside curriculum and age range. A further 1 school in Cape Town do not publish fees and are shown separately as "Not published".
Yes. Bishops Diocesan College teaches a British curriculum and has the lowest published annual tuition among British-curriculum schools in this comparison, starting at ZAR 97,635.
The lower-fee schools compared here teach IEB, German Curriculum South African Curriculum International Baccalaureate (IB Diploma), British, Cambridge International. Curriculum information comes from each school's own published material. Accreditation and examination centre status should be confirmed directly with the school.
This page compares the international schools ExpatSchoolGuide already lists in Cape Town, ordered by the lowest annual tuition each school publishes. It is not an editorial ranking, no school pays to be included or excluded, and fees a school does not publish are shown as "Not published" rather than estimated.