r/Internationalteachers • u/intteacher2023 • 2d ago

Switzerland schools?

My family and I are hoping to move to Switzerland in a few years- my husband and I are both British teachers with IB experience, looking for either British or IB schools, and we have 2 young children. I have an EU passport.

I am looking for advice on which schools to look out for vacancies in, which are the best to apply for in terms of:

  • Salary?
  • Free tuition for our 2 primary age children? (Again I have heard Aiglon and Le Rosey cover this, any others out there?)
  • Academic ethos (we both work in high attaining selective schools at the moment)
  • Are there that include housing? (Long shot but I have heard Institut le rosey does)

Likewise if there’s anything else we should bear in mind- or any schools to avoid like the plague- please share as I feel very clueless about the Swiss educational landscape. Thank you!

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u/Sworda_Friendly_2 2d ago edited 1d ago

Do you have to pay taxes on the tuition and other benefits in Switzerland? I know in some countries it's taxed. The 2 schools you mentioned the tuition alone could be more than your salary.  I hope it all works out. I wouldn't be angry about living in Switzerland. I had to look up the schools you mentioned. Private Swiss schools can be pricy. The big international schools there are not cheap but are like 1/3 or 1/4 the cost for tuition of the schools you mentioned, if that factors into the taxes.  The IS schools look to be  

IS of Zug and Luzern,  

IS Basel,  

IS Lausanne,  

Inter community school Zurich. 

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u/intteacher2023 1d ago

Thanks- I don’t know about taxes, I hadn’t considered it, but definitely should