9 Best International Schools in Singapore 2026: Fees Compared, and the One-Off Costs Swing S$1,454 to S$15,156

The cheapest school on this list on both measures, and the only one whose one-off costs stay in four figures. WHAT IT COSTS (2026, total payable including 9% GST): Early Years N2 to K2 S$22,892.92, Grade 1 S$26,247.12, Grades 2 to 5 S$21,760.25, Grades 6 to 10 S$24,949.23, Grades 11 to 12 S$28,658.01. That works out to S$1,813.35 a month for Grades 2 to 5, billed in four instalments.THE ONE-OFF MONEY: S$1,454 in total, made up of a S$671 administration fee and a S$783 confirmation fee, both non-refundable and both inclusive of GST. There is no enrolment fee, no building fee, no facility fee and no deposit, which is why its first-year total of S$23,214 is more than S$2,300 below the next school here.WHY GRADE 1 COSTS MORE THAN GRADE 2: an additional language is compulsory in Grade 1 at S$4,100, and optional from Grade 2 to Grade 8 thereafter at S$4,360 a year. EAL support is S$2,725 a year.WHAT IS INCLUDED: course fee, one teacher-led extra-curricular activity from Kindergarten 2, student insurance and the Fee Protection Scheme. Uniforms, bus, excursions and meals are not.SIBLINGS: 10% off course fees for the second child and onwards, applied to the child with the lower fee, which makes Middleton the only school here whose discount reaches a two-child family.CAMPUSES: Tampines at 2 Tampines Street 92 (ages 4 to 18) and West Coast at 20 Harbour Drive (ages 4 to 11). Part of the EtonHouse group.ADMISSIONS: open all year round, with course fees pro-rated from the start date.2027 FEES ARE NOW UP: by 29 September 2026 the Tampines fee page had added its 2027 schedule, and Grades 2 to 5 rise to S$22,526.88 (about 3.5%), Grade 1 to S$27,013.76, Early Years to S$23,700.04, Grades 6 to 10 to S$25,827.47 and Grades 11 to 12 to S$29,666.48. The S$1,454 application fees do not move, so a January 2027 starter in Grades 2 to 5 pays S$23,980.88 in the first year, still the lowest here. The first 2027 instalment falls due on 15 November 2026.BEST FOR: families who want an international-curriculum school without a five-figure entry cost, and who would rather not fund a building.

Second cheapest here, with a S$7,291 catch that depends entirely on which campus you pick. WHAT IT COSTS (2026-27, including 9% GST): at the Nanyang campus, Early Childhood 1 to 3 and Grades 1 to 6 are S$24,158, Grades 7 to 10 are S$27,773, and both the IB Diploma and Cambridge A-Levels at Grades 11 to 12 are S$33,168.THE PUNGGOL PREMIUM: the Digital Campus charges exactly the same tuition but adds a S$7,291 building fee inside the annual figure, so the same Grade 3 place is S$31,449 at Punggol against S$24,158 at Jurong West, Grades 7 to 10 are S$35,065, and the IB Diploma is S$40,459. That is not a one-time levy sitting on a separate line, it is inside the annual tuition. The Newton campus, which runs Early Childhood 1 to Grade 5 only, is S$27,491.THE A-LEVELS DISCOUNT AT PUNGGOL: the Digital Campus lists a S$3,000 A-Levels Flagship Offer against its Grades 11 to 12 A-Level fee, which brings S$40,459 down to S$37,459; the IB Diploma at the same campus carries no equivalent offer, and the S$1,500 Founding Family Offer that ran across the 2025-26 schedule is not repeated for 2026-27.THE ONE-OFF MONEY: a S$1,420 application fee, non-refundable and inclusive of GST. There is no separate enrolment fee, which is why its first-year total at Nanyang is S$25,578.WHAT IS INCLUDED: uniforms and academic field trips are bundled into tuition, which is unusual and worth about a few hundred dollars a year.WHAT IS NOT: the two-way bus runs S$4,296 for up to 3km, S$4,777 for 3 to 10km and S$5,257 beyond 10km. Music tuition is S$3,270 an instrument, learning support S$6,540 to S$8,175, and each extra-curricular activity is S$1,635 a term.CAMPUSES: Nanyang at 21 Jurong West Street 81, the Digital Campus at 27 Punggol Field Walk, and Newton at 99 Bukit Timah Road.CURRICULUM: IB Primary Years Programme, a modified Cambridge programme for Grades 6 to 8, Cambridge IGCSE for Grades 9 to 10, then a choice of IB Diploma or Cambridge A-Levels.BEST FOR: families in the west who want IB continuity at close to half the price of the premium schools, and who read the campus line before signing.

The only school here whose entry cost is mostly refundable, and the cheapest route into a full national curriculum. WHAT IT COSTS (2026-2027, including 9% GST): Kindergarten in the French Plurilingual International Stream is S$24,405 and the English International Stream is S$28,065. Elementary CE1 to CM2 in the Classic section is S$24,305, Anglais+ is S$26,190, CP in the French stream is S$26,190 and English International Stream Grade 1 is S$30,120. Middle School Classic or Mandarin section is S$27,715, the International Section is S$29,775, and High School is S$35,325 across all sections.THE ONE-OFF MONEY: S$10,620 in total, but only S$5,450 of it is gone for good. The application fee is S$1,090 and the first-time registration fee is S$4,360, both non-refundable. The remaining S$5,170 is a School Fees Advance that rolls over year to year and is either offset against your departing term or refunded in full when your child leaves, capped at three students per family. Nobody else on this list except SJI International returns anything.THE ENGLISH ROUTE: this is a French curriculum school, but the English International Stream runs from Nursery through Kindergarten and into Grade 1, which costs S$30,120 against S$26,190 for the French CP year, so the English path carries a roughly S$4,000 premium at that level.SIBLINGS: 5% for a third child, 10% for a fourth and 15% from a fifth, none of it applied to Anglais+, the International Section or French Passerelle.THE SCHOOL: 2,600 students from 70 nationalities at 3000 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3. Fees are voted each November at the General Assembly on the recommendation of parent representatives, which is a genuinely different governance model from the rest of this list.BEST FOR: families who want a national curriculum with a real bilingual pathway, and who care that part of the entry cost is a deposit rather than a fee.

The Lasallian school on Thomson Road, and the one whose fee schedule explains its own oddities in writing. WHAT IT COSTS, ELEMENTARY (2026 academic year, including 9% GST, and these totals already include the development fee and materials): Prep 1 to Grade 3 mainstream is S$39,868, Grade 4 is S$39,966, and Grades 5 to 6 are S$40,158. The bilingual programme is S$47,840 for Prep 1 to Grade 3 and S$47,958 for Grade 4, a premium of just under S$8,000.WHAT IT COSTS, HIGH SCHOOL: Grades 7 and 8 are S$40,954, Grades 9, 10 and the Grade 10 Foundation Course are S$41,968, Grade 11 is S$51,166 and Grade 12 is S$43,580.WHY GRADE 11 IS DEARER THAN GRADE 12: the school's own note says Grade 11 Term 1 is structured higher to fund upfront resource planning and materials for the whole two-year IB Diploma, so Term 1 is S$28,996 against S$22,170 in Term 2. Budget for it in the year it lands, not the year the Diploma finishes.THE ONE-OFF MONEY: application is S$1,635 for Elementary and Grades 8 to 12 but S$2,725 for Grade 7 entry, and S$1,090 for the school's own preschool Kindergarten 2 graduates moving to Grade 1. Enrolment is S$3,815. High School additionally takes a S$6,000 security deposit, refundable on graduation, which is the largest returnable sum on this list.EXAM FEES: Grade 10 sits eight or nine subjects at S$188 each, Grade 12 sits six at S$228 each. WATCH: a S$200 late fee, and a 2.04% convenience charge on Visa and Mastercard payments, which on a S$20,000 term invoice is S$408.SIBLINGS: 25% off tuition from the fourth child on the 2026 schedule, and the 2027 schedule adds a new 15% tier for a third child.THE 2027 SCHEDULE IS ALREADY PUBLISHED: SJI is one of three schools here that have posted next year's numbers, and it renames Prep 1 as Kindergarten 1 in the process. Kindergarten 1 to Grade 3 mainstream is S$41,462 for the 2027 academic year (tuition S$37,311, development fee S$3,457, insurance and educational materials S$694), Grade 4 is S$41,564, Grades 5 to 6 are S$41,764, and the bilingual programme is S$49,756 for Kindergarten 1 to Grade 3. Application and enrolment fees do not move: S$1,635 and S$3,815.WORTH ASKING BEFORE YOU APPLY: the Elementary School's own open house page states that it is currently unable to support applications or campus tours for Singapore families, so local families should put that question to admissions before paying anything.ADDRESS: 490 Thomson Road.BEST FOR: families who want an IB Diploma and IGCSE pathway inside a Singapore school culture rather than an expatriate one.

The widest fee ladder on this list, from a S$20,780 half-day nursery place to a S$62,480 Foundation programme year. WHAT IT COSTS (2026/2027 schedule, version 1.1 dated 6 March 2026, all including 9% GST): in the English programme, Nursery half day is S$20,780 and full day S$30,280, Pre-Kindergarten to Senior Kindergarten is S$40,760, Grades 1 to 3 are S$41,840, Grades 4 to 6 are S$45,520, Grades 7 to 10 are S$51,240 and Grades 11 to 12 are S$53,500.THE BILINGUAL PREMIUM: the Chinese-English programme is S$42,520 for Pre-K to Senior K, S$47,060 for Grades 1 to 3 and S$50,020 for Grades 4 to 6, so Grades 1 to 3 cost S$5,220 more than the English programme. The French-English programme is priced identically to the English one, which makes the Chinese-English premium a deliberate choice rather than a bilingual surcharge. The CIS Foundation programme is dearer again at S$56,880 for Grades 3 to 6 and S$62,480 for Grades 7 to 9.THE ONE-OFF MONEY: S$10,800 for a first child, made up of a S$1,000 application fee, a S$5,500 confirmation fee and a S$4,300 one-time facilities fee. Version 1.1 of the schedule prices that facilities fee at S$4,300, not the S$4,500 most third-party pages still carry, which takes S$200 off the entry cost. The confirmation fee drops to S$4,500 for a second child and is waived from the third.SUPPORT COSTS: English Language Learners is S$9,240 to S$9,500 a year, Tier-2 Learning Support is S$4,140 and Tier-3 is S$8,500. Ask about these before you budget, not after the assessment.PAYMENT DATES: Semester 1 is due 15 May 2026 and Semester 2 on 30 October 2026, so the first bill lands months before the first day.SIBLINGS: 10% off tuition for a third child and 15% from a fourth.ADDRESS: 7 Jurong West Street 41, with a second campus at Tanjong Katong.OPEN HOUSE: on-campus mornings at 9.30am on Wednesday 21 October, 28 October, 4 November, 11 November and 25 November and Thursday 19 November, plus virtual sessions at 12pm on Friday 23 October, 6 November and 20 November. The on-campus dates are mostly Wednesdays rather than Tuesdays, which several roundups including our own earlier version had wrong.BEST FOR: families who want a genuine bilingual stream and the most open house dates to choose from.

The January-intake school on Lorong Chuan. Its free Big Day Out and Open House ran on Saturday 12 September 2026. Its events page now lists two Online Open Houses on Zoom, on Thursday 29 October and Thursday 26 November, 5pm to 6pm (re-checked 18 Oct 2026), and a campus visit means a personal tour, bookable Monday to Friday between 8.30am and 3.30pm, or an online admissions consultation.WHAT IT COSTS: AIS has moved its published prices to the 2027 school year, the one a child starting next January would actually be billed for, so the numbers on its fee page are no longer the 2026 ones most roundups still quote. On the 2027 schedule, billed per semester and doubled here for the year, Prep to Year 2 is S$21,852 a semester or S$43,704 a year, Years 3 to 5 are S$22,506 or S$45,012, Years 6 to 9 are S$25,956 or S$51,912, and Years 10 to 12 are S$27,372 or S$54,744. Every band is up between 3.0% and 3.1% on the 2026 schedule it replaces, where Prep to Year 2 was S$42,420. Early years are the exception and did not move at all: a three-day Pre-Nursery session is still S$10,068 a semester and five full days still S$15,678, though Preschool 4 tracks the Prep rate up to S$21,852.THE TECHNOLOGY FEE IS SEPARATE: S$610 a year for Prep to Year 5 and S$370 for Years 6 to 12 on a bring-your-own-device basis, payable with the first tuition instalment and not included in the course fee.THE ONE-OFF MONEY: S$11,570 for a first child, being a S$920 application fee, a S$4,450 enrolment fee and a S$6,200 facility fee for Prep to Year 12 (the facility fee is S$2,745 for Nursery and Preschool). Note that third-party comparison pages still quote S$890, S$4,300 and S$6,000 for these; the school's own schedule says otherwise.EXAM FEES ARE NOT INCLUDED: the school tells families to expect S$1,000 to S$3,000 for IGCSE, HSC or IB Diploma entry depending on boards and subject choices.SIBLINGS: 5% off course fees for a third child and 10% from a fourth, plus 50% off enrolment and facility fees for a third family member and 100% off from the fourth, which is the most generous multi-child structure here. Children who have attended AIS before, and the children of AIS graduates, get the enrolment and facility fees waived in full.INFANT CARE: a separate programme at S$3,330 a month for five full days, with a S$580 application fee and the enrolment fee waived on progression after six months.CURRICULUM: IB Primary Years Programme, Cambridge IGCSE, then a choice of IB Diploma or the New South Wales HSC.ADDRESS: 1 Lorong Chuan, a seven-minute walk from Lorong Chuan MRT.BEST FOR: families on a January school year who want an HSC option alongside the IB, and families who would rather pick a weekday tour slot than wait for a set open house date.

British-based since 1925, the dearest single year group on this list, and the only school here that folds its building money into the tuition line. WHAT IT COSTS (2026/2027, all figures including the Building Fund and 9% GST, billed in three equal terms): Infant Nursery is S$36,300, Reception is S$44,490, Years 1 to 2 are S$45,375, Junior Years 3 to 6 are S$47,490, Middle Years 7 to 9 are S$53,535, Upper Years 10 to 11 are S$56,010 and Sixth Form Years 12 to 13 are S$58,080, the highest single figure in this comparison.THE ONE-OFF MONEY: S$10,000 for a new student, being a S$1,000 application fee, a S$4,500 enrolment fee payable on acceptance, and a S$4,500 Capital Levy payable before the first term. All three are non-refundable.WHY THE BUILDING FUND MATTERS: Tanglin states that its quoted fees already include the Building Fund, which supports lease renewal, construction and facilities renewal. That is the opposite of the UWCSEA arrangement, where the levy sits outside tuition and recurs annually, and it is why Tanglin's headline number looks higher than UWCSEA's while its first-year total comes in S$524 lower.THE JUMP TO WATCH: Nursery to Reception is a S$8,190 step in one year, the largest single-year increase on this list, so a family starting at Nursery should budget for Reception rather than be surprised by it.ADDRESS: 95 Portsdown Road.BEST FOR: families who want a long-established British school and would rather pay the building money once, at a known number, than carry an annual levy.

Two campuses, one fee schedule, and the one entry on this list where reading only the tuition line will mislead you. WHAT IT COSTS (2026/2027, including 9% GST, identical at Dover and East): Kindergarten 1 to Grade 1 is S$39,069, Grades 2 to 5 are S$40,743, Grades 6 to 8 are S$46,866, Grades 9 to 10 are S$47,313 and Grades 11 to 12 are S$49,926. Those are the lowest sticker figures of the five premium schools here, below Tanglin at every equivalent stage and below CIS from Grade 4 up.THE DEVELOPMENT LEVY: charged to every student, S$9,537 in the first year and S$5,166 in every year after. It is not optional and it is not a deposit. Add it and Grades 2 to 5 cost S$50,280 in year one and S$45,909 every year after, which the school publishes as its second-and-subsequent-year totals: S$44,235 for K1 to Grade 1, S$45,909 for Grades 2 to 5, S$52,032 for Grades 6 to 8, S$52,479 for Grades 9 to 10 and S$55,092 for Grades 11 to 12.THE ONE-OFF MONEY: S$627 to apply to a single campus as a day student, S$1,254 to apply to both, S$841 for a boarding application, plus a S$4,992 enrolment fee on acceptance. With the first-year levy that is S$15,156 on top of tuition, the highest entry cost in this comparison.BOARDING: Grades 8 to 12, S$45,288 a year on top of tuition plus a S$348 amenities fund.TWO CAMPUSES: Dover and East, priced the same, so choose on commute rather than cost. Note that applying to both campuses costs double the application fee.BEST FOR: families who intend to stay for the long run, since the levy is heaviest in year one and the tuition line is genuinely competitive; less so for a two-year posting.

The most expensive first year in this comparison, and the only school here running both the IB Diploma and Advanced Placement. WHAT IT COSTS (2026/2027, including 9% GST, Woodleigh campus): Elementary Grades 1 to 5 is S$24,010 a semester, Middle School Grades 6 to 8 is S$25,970 and High School Grades 9 to 12 is S$27,420.THE ANNUAL FIGURE INCLUDES THE TECHNOLOGY FEE: the school's annual totals of S$49,040, S$53,210 and S$56,110 are two semesters of tuition plus the technology fee, which is S$1,020 for Elementary and S$1,270 for Middle and High School. Tuition alone is S$48,020, S$51,940 and S$54,840. Across all year groups the range runs from S$20,420 at the youngest Early Years band to S$56,110 in High School.THE ONE-OFF MONEY: S$13,410 at Woodleigh, being a S$950 application fee, a S$4,140 enrolment fee and a S$8,320 facility fee. The facility fee drops to S$3,200 at the Early Learning Village, so a family starting at age two and moving up pays the Woodleigh facility fee later rather than instead.WHAT IS INCLUDED: course fees, all textbooks, workbooks, stationery, selected after-school activities and a division yearbook, which is a broader bundle than most schools here offer.SIBLINGS: 10% off tuition for a third child and 20% from a fourth.RESULTS: the school reports a 100% IB Diploma pass rate for its 2025 graduates with 13% scoring 40 points or more.TWO CAMPUSES: the Early Learning Village at 3 Chuan Lane for ages 1 to 6, and Woodleigh at 1 Woodleigh Lane for ages 6 to 18.CURRICULUM: IB Diploma, Advanced Placement and BTEC, plus a preparatory course for students who need English before mainstream entry.BEST FOR: families who want an American pathway with AP as well as IB, and who can absorb the highest entry cost here for the widest included bundle.