Greece
Athens
This page lists the 9 schools we profile in Athens and compares them at a glance: curriculum, teaching languages, ages and boarding. Programmes on offer: IB, GCSE/IGCSE, A Levels, French curriculum, German curriculum, American-style high-school diploma and host-country national programmes. All of them are day schools.
School profiles in this area
| School | Curriculum | Teaching languages | Ages | Day or boarding |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACS AthensHalandri, Athens | American curriculum and High School Diploma · IB Diploma Programme in Grades 11–12 · Advanced Placement courses · Optional programme leading to a Greek Ministry equivalency decision | English | From age 3 through Grade 12 | day |
| Athens CollegePsychico | Greek national curriculum and leaving certificate · IB Primary Years Programme framework · IB Middle Years Programme framework · IB Diploma Programme at Psychico College High School | Greek · English | Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12 | day |
| Byron CollegeAthens | Early Years Foundation Stage · National Curriculum of England · GCSE and IGCSE · AS and A Levels | English | 4–18 | day |
| Campion SchoolPallini | Adapted British programme and National Curriculum for England · International Primary Curriculum · Cambridge IGCSE · IB Diploma Programme and individual IB courses · Optional Greek high-school equivalency route | English · Greek in native-speaker and additional-language groups | Nursery from age 3 through Year 13 | day |
| Deutsche Schule AthenAthens | German curriculum with a strong Greek emphasis · Deutsches Internationales Abitur | German · Greek | Kindergarten through Grade 12 | day |
| Lycée Franco-Hellénique Eugène DelacroixAghia Paraskevi | French national curriculum · Baccalauréat · Hellenic gymnasium / lyceum | French · Greek | French preschool to Terminale; Greek lower and upper secondary | day |
| The Moraitis SchoolPsychico | Greek national programme towards the school-leaving certificate · Pre-IB (Α΄ λυκείου) · IB Diploma Programme | Greek · English (IB Diploma Programme) | Nursery through upper secondary, Pre-IB and IB DP | day |
| Pierce – The American College of GreeceAghia Paraskevi | Greek national programme towards the school-leaving certificate · IB Diploma Programme | Greek · English | Pre-kindergarten through Greek upper secondary and IB DP | day |
| St Catherine's British SchoolKifissia | British Early Years Foundation Stage · British Lower School (Years 1–6) · British Upper School (Years 7–13) · IB Diploma Programme (Years 12–13) | English | Nursery through Year 13 | day |
Notes from the School Gates
- Promised New York, He Got Greek With a Texas AccentIn 1984 an eleven-year-old in Halandri was told the move from New York was temporary. Then he met his fifth-grade teacher.
- Forty Minutes of Coffee, Three Days at HomeAt Athens College in the mid-1980s, two girls skipped a double period of chemistry for a café in Kifissia. The outward journey went perfectly.
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