This page compares 10 international schools in Geneva with lower published tuition, drawn from the 16 schools ExpatSchoolGuide lists in the city. The lowest published annual fee is 1,308 and the highest in this comparison set is 36,540, quoted in € / CHF.
"Affordable" here means lower published tuition relative to other schools in Geneva — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English National Programme at CSI Ferney-Voltaire | English National Curriculum (Primary Programme), English National Curriculum (Secondary Programme), British, Option Internationale du Baccalauréat (OIB / BFI), Bilingual (English–French) | 5-18 | 1,308 | 5,232 | € |
| Montessori School of Geneva | Montessori | 3-6 | 9,500 | 16,800 | CHF |
| Institut International de Lancy | French Bilingual / British Bilingual / French-English Bilingual / English / French /IB | 3-19 | 10,060 | 30,390 | CHF |
| Deutsche Schule Genf | German | 3-18 | 11,450 | 14,600 | CHF |
| Institut Florimont | French, IB | 3-18 | 15,000 | 28,000 | CHF |
| International School of Lausanne | IB | 3-18 | 18,000 | 32,000 | CHF |
| Geneva English School | British / English National Curriculum, leading to GCSE and A Levels | 3-18 | 19,300 | 36,500 | CHF |
| International School of Geneva (Ecolint) | IB, Bilingual (English–French), British, Swiss Maturité | 3-18 | 20,000 | 35,000 | CHF |
| Campus des Nations (Ecolint) | IB Primary Years Programme, IB Middle Years Programme, IB Diploma Programme, IB Career-related Programme | 3-18 | 20,000 | 36,540 | CHF |
| La Grande Boissière (Ecolint) | Universal Learning Programme, IB Diploma Programme, Bilingual (English–French) | 3-18 | 20,000 | 36,540 | CHF |
The figures above are annual tuition as published by each school, quoted in € / CHF. 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 Bilingual (English–French) (3 schools), IB (3 schools), British (2 schools), IB Diploma Programme (2 schools), English National Curriculum (Primary Programme) (1 school), English National Curriculum (Secondary Programme) (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 16 schools in Geneva that publish tuition, the lowest published annual fee is 1,308 at English National Programme at CSI Ferney-Voltaire. 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 1,308 to 36,540 (€ / CHF). Registration, transport, uniform and examination charges are normally additional and are not included in these figures.
The comparison table lists the 10 schools in Geneva with the lowest published annual tuition in the ExpatSchoolGuide dataset, alongside curriculum and age range. A further 0 schools in Geneva do not publish fees and are shown separately as "Not published".
Yes. English National Programme at CSI Ferney-Voltaire teaches a British curriculum and has the lowest published annual tuition among British-curriculum schools in this comparison, starting at € 1,308.
The lower-fee schools compared here teach Bilingual (English–French), IB, British, IB Diploma Programme, English National Curriculum (Primary Programme), English National Curriculum (Secondary Programme). 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 Geneva, 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.