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From Aiglon to Le Rosey, here's how Switzerland's elite boarding schools compare on academics, fit, and family experience.
An honest three-way comparison of the IB Diploma, British A-Levels and American AP — including workload, university placement, and what each rewards.
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Sending a 12-year-old to boarding is the single hardest decision in international school choice. We've spent a decade helping families navigate it — here's what actually matters.
Beyond the Le Rosey and Aiglon names, Swiss boarding hides 20+ schools with very different cultures, costs, and outcomes. Here's the operational guide to choosing in 2026.
Tuition is the headline number. The total cost — boarding, travel, ancillaries, insurance, summer programs — is often 15-25% higher than the published number. Here's the honest accounting across the five major boarding markets.
Most families start the international school search 3-6 months too late. Here's the realistic 12-month timeline for September entry — what to do each month, when to involve advisors, and which deadlines really matter.
Beyond the marketing, what does the IB Diploma actually demand of a 16-year-old, and how do top universities really read it? A practitioner's guide.
The Netherlands quietly hosts one of Europe's most cost-effective international school markets — thanks to a Dutch government subsidy that keeps fees a fraction of London or Geneva. Here's the operational guide for 2026, school-by-school.
Westminster School and Charterhouse are two of the oldest and most respected HMC schools in England, both fully co-educational since 2021. Here's how they actually differ on campus, curriculum, cost, and who each one is right for.
Marlborough College and Stowe School are both co-educational UK boarding schools on country estates, but the lived experience, academic identity, and family culture are different. Here's how they actually compare in 2026.
Brighton College and Wellington College are two of the most-cited co-educational UK boarding schools, both offering IB alongside A-Level. Here's how they actually differ on campus, cohort, curriculum, cost, and who each one is right for in 2026.
Aiglon and Beau Soleil are alpine neighbours in the Villars area but operate fundamentally different schooling models — Round Square expedition pedagogy versus Continental European elite tradition. Here's how they actually compare in 2026.
TASIS Switzerland (Lugano) and TASIS England (Surrey) are sister schools in the same TASIS Foundation, both running American Diploma + AP + IB Diploma. Same ethos, fundamentally different environments. Here's how they actually compare in 2026.
Beyond Eton and Harrow, UK boarding hides 30+ schools at different tiers, costs, curricular paths and cohort cultures. Here's the operational guide for choosing in 2026 — tier by tier, with verified fees, admissions reality, and family-profile recommendations.
Beyond the Swiss alpine boarding names, Switzerland hides 25+ IB World Schools serving expat families relocating for finance, pharma, UN, EPFL, ASML and more. Here's the operational guide for choosing in 2026 — city by city, with verified fees and family-profile recommendations.
France hosts one of Europe's most established international school markets — bilingual flagships in Paris, historic boarding in Normandy, English-medium options on the Côte d'Azur. Here's the operational guide for choosing in 2026, region by region.
Austria's international school market clusters around Vienna (UN agencies, finance, tech) and Salzburg (IB boarding). Here's the operational guide for choosing in 2026 — the Vienna day-school options, the Salzburgerland boarding alternatives, and the cost realities for relocating Turkish families.
Le Rosey is widely cited as the world's most expensive school — but the school's distinctive identity goes far beyond price. Two seasonal campuses, 67 nationalities, IB + French Bac in parallel, and a deeply specific cohort culture. Here's the honest 2026 guide.
Schule Schloss Salem — founded in 1920 by Prince Max von Baden and Kurt Hahn on Lake Constance — is the German Abitur boarding school that gave the world Gordonstoun and Outward Bound. Here's the operational 2026 guide.
École Jeannine Manuel was France's first bilingual French-English co-ed school when founded in 1954 — and remains the bilingual flagship 70 years later. Three credentials at sixth form, sous-contrat fees, exceptional university outcomes. Here's the operational 2026 guide.
Founded in 1899 by Edmond Demolins as France's first 'new education' boarding school, École des Roches sits on a 60-hectare Normandy estate offering the French Baccalauréat, IB Diploma, and Cambridge IGCSE in parallel. Here's the operational 2026 guide.
AMADEUS International School Vienna is one of the few Vienna international schools offering both day and full boarding, with the full IB Continuum from age 3 to 18 and a distinctive arts-and-music emphasis. Here's the operational 2026 guide.
AICS is Amsterdam's flagship international school — a DAIS-subsidised IB World School where families pay a fraction of comparable London or Geneva fees for the same IB Continuum. Here's the operational 2026 guide.
Brillantmont and Collège du Léman are the two main Lake Geneva Anglo-elite alternatives to Le Rosey — both in the Lausanne-Versoix corridor, both bilingual, both serving global families at a meaningfully lower price point than Le Rosey. Here's how they actually differ in 2026.
If you're a Türkiye-based family considering international boarding for your child, the choice between UK, Switzerland, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Austria and the USA isn't about which country is 'best' — it's about which country fits your specific family. Here's the honest decision framework.
International School Basel is Switzerland's flagship international day school for relocating pharma and chemical industry families — Roche, Novartis, Syngenta. Full IB Continuum, two Reinach campuses, transparent verified fees. Here's the operational 2026 guide.