Greece · Pallini
The official site is campion.edu.gr. The campus is in Pallini, not Kolonaki. English is the classroom language. Greek is a serious subject. The 2026/27 fee schedule is a PDF you can actually open.
Este retrato sigue en inglés. Las demás lenguas llegan colegio a colegio.
Currículo según el colegio:Adapted British programme / National Curriculum for England · International Primary Curriculum · Cambridge IGCSE · IB Diploma Programme · Optional Greek απολυτήριο pathway
Lenguas de instrucción:English, Greek as native and foreign-language tracks
Campion School is a British international day school at Aghias Ioulianis 2, Pallini 153 51, in northeast Attica. Senior School is +30 210 607 1700. Junior School is +30 210 607 1800. Admissions is Maria Balaskas, mbalaskas@campion.edu.gr. Finance questions on the fee PDF go to Mrs Christofidou, tchristo@campion.edu.gr, 210 607 1712. Use campion.edu.gr. If a result puts you on a fee directory, close it.
The homepage says the school has been doing this for 55 years. Thomas and Betsy Shortell, philhellenes, founded it in 1970 on three aims the school still prints: academic excellence for the English-speaking community in Athens; a values-based environment; and an understanding of Greek culture and ideals. There are about 700 students, a balanced two-form entry in Junior School and three teaching groups in Senior School. Class sizes are “approximately 20,” and smaller in the IB Diploma. Those are the school’s own sentences. We did not count the registers.
It is a day campus. There is no boarding house on the pages we opened. If the posting has not found a flat, Pallini will not absorb the child overnight.
The useful questions are local. Can this child work in English, or will Extra English at €1,200 be part of the first Senior School invoice? Will they actually learn Greek, or only see Ohi Day as a holiday on the calendar? Are you an international family (priority) or a local one hoping for a spare seat? And do you understand that all students take the IB Diploma in Years 12–13 — there is not a parallel A-level door on the curriculum page we fetched?
Campion is built for English-speaking families in Athens who want a British-shaped path — Junior School into a Cambridge IGCSE middle, then a full IB Diploma — and who can live with the commute to Pallini.
Pupils may join at any point in the year if a seat exists. Priority is given to international families. Age-group cut-off dates sit behind a link on the admissions page; only in exceptional circumstances is a child placed off-age. Parents may ask; the Headmaster decides.
For 2025–2026, the admissions page says places in Learning Support are extremely limited and many groups remain full. Priority there, too, goes to international applicants. If your child needs that programme, ask about this year’s capacity before you pay the €100.
Uniform exists; the admissions page points to a separate note. We are not inventing the kit list.
Pallini is a northeast Attica suburb, greener and more spread out than a central-Athens block. The school calls the campus green and secure and the commute “accessible.” Measure it from your address at 7:30, not from a Saturday map.
There is a 360° virtual tour on the homepage. Use it, then still walk the building. An alumnus on the same homepage says the useful walk is the upper-floor corridor — artwork, projects, examination results, photographs — rather than the brochure hall. That is a better Tuesday test than a drone shot.
After-school life in the Lower School (Years 7–9) runs 15:45–17:00, with a late bus at 17:00. Drama, dance, Greek dancing, forensics, orchestra, choir, and sport sit in that window. Ask whether the late bus still exists for your route.
Ask to see a Year 4 classroom and a Year 10 corridor, not only the theatre the virtual tour likes.
Think in four bands. Teaching is in English, except some language lessons.
Nursery and Reception. Nursery is on the fee table as its own, cheaper line. Summer camp, separately, takes ages 3–11. Early Years applicants visit, then interview with the Head of Junior School. If the child is already in school, submit the previous two years of reports before that interview.
Junior School, Years 1–6. An adapted British programme. English and Mathematics follow the National Curriculum for England. Other subjects run through the International Primary Curriculum. Each child has a class teacher for learning and daily welfare. Specialists take PE, music, Greek, Arabic, EAL, and Learning Support. Assistants work with the younger or larger classes. Private instrumental lessons (the Junior guide names piano and guitar among them) are arranged on the side.
Lower School, Years 7–9, ages 11–14. This is the first band of Senior School. A Year Tutor watches the whole picture; a form teacher has the daily group. Year 6 pupils from Campion spend a day in Senior School in the summer term. New arrivals sit an aptitude test; non-native English speakers also sit an English test.
The week is 40 periods. The published grid:
| Subject | Y7 | Y8 | Y9 |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Mathematics | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Science | 4 (general) | 4 (general) | 2+2+2 (Chem/Phys/Bio) |
| Languages (see below) | 4+4 | 4+4 | 4+4 |
| History | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Geography | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Art / Drama / Music | 2 each | 2 each | options |
| PHSCE | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| PE | 4 | 4 | 4 |
In Year 9, pupils pick two of Art, Design, Music, and Drama (2+2=4). German can replace one creative option. Toward the end of Year 9, Cambridge Checkpoint tests in English sit as an external snapshot.
Homework is expected in every subject except PE. Parents sign the planner weekly. The Year Tutor sends the homework timetable at the start of the year.
Middle School, Years 10–11. Cambridge IGCSE. The curriculum page calls those exams a pre-qualification for British university and preparation for the IB. At the end of Year 9 there is an Options Meeting. Open the Middle School curriculum guide on the results page before you treat a friend’s subject list as this year’s menu.
IB Diploma, Years 12–13. All students participate in the IB Diploma, with support from the Universities Counsellor, the IB Coordinator, and the Year 12 and 13 tutors. US applications can use an after-school SAT preparation programme in IB1. There is no second leaving track on the curriculum page we fetched — no A-level column. If you want A-levels, this is the wrong senior school.
Greek equivalency. Greek students who want high-school equivalency may follow Greek language, literature, and history and sit exams for the απολυτήριο. That is an option, not the default. Ask in the first meeting if a Greek public-university door matters.
Greek is a founding aim, not a club.
In Junior School there are two levels: Greek as a Native Language and Greek as a Foreign Language. Native speakers may start Greek in Year 1, three lessons a week after Christmas, if their English is satisfactory. From Year 2 to Year 6, native and foreign-language groups attend daily. Year 6 foreign-language pupils may sit the Greek Attainment Test (Level A1), a certificate the Junior guide says is recognised by the Greek Ministry of Education.
In Years 7–9, almost everyone studies Modern Greek (4 periods). Native speakers have an advanced class aimed at Greek high-school standards of grammar and literature; others learn Greek as a second language. The second language slot is French or Spanish (no prior knowledge needed in Year 7; later joiners are expected to have background), or Arabic, “normally” for families with Arabic-speaking roots. Groups are mixed ability.
EAL / Extra English. Children who arrive with little English receive EAL, usually in place of a second foreign language. In Senior School, Extra English is a priced extra: €1,200 a year on the 2026–27 PDF. Official policy text the school still hosts says EAL is often timetabled against Greek, and Learning Support against Spanish or French — and that students entering the IB are expected to manage independently, without formal designated EAL or Learning Support. Ask what that means for this Year 12. A 2022 curriculum policy is not a 2026 promise, but it is the school’s own warning.
Arabic is a Junior specialist subject and a Senior option. German appears as a Year 9 option.
The application fee is €100, including testing. After a successful interview, formal admission needs the electronic Application for Admission and a passport copy. The Admissions Policy adds, for non-European passports, proof of the right to reside in Greece, and says the place is not won until the registration fee is paid.
There is a virtual meeting or tour if you cannot walk Pallini yet.
Open the fee schedule PDF. Pay at the Finance Office (Visa or Mastercard POS), by cheque to “Campion School,” or by transfer to The Campion School Incorporation at Alpha Bank, IBAN GR43 0140 1100 1100 0200 2002 779, SWIFT CRBA GR AA XXX. Email the slip with the child’s name. Cash is not accepted. The bursar on the PDF is Chris Calafatis, ccalafatis@campion.edu.gr.
Annual tuition, two instalments (31 August 2026 and 1 February 2027)
| Band | Annual | Each instalment |
|---|---|---|
| Nursery | €9,200 | €4,600 |
| Reception–Year 2 | €12,600 | €6,300 |
| Years 3–6 | €13,200 | €6,600 |
| Years 7–9 | €14,200 | €7,100 |
| Years 10–13 | €15,650 | €7,825 |
Other fees on the same PDF
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Application (new families; non-refundable) | €100 |
| Registration (one-time, on acceptance; non-refundable) | €1,750 |
| Bus, optional, annual (two instalments of €1,100) | €2,200 |
| Peripatetic music, optional, full year (half year €550) | €1,100 |
| Extra English, Senior School, if required | €1,200 |
One-way bus is 70% of the round-trip fee. Door-to-door is not offered. Stops follow roads, traffic, and existing routes. The school may amend bus fees during the year. Bus discount: 15% for the second child, 35% for the third and after. Transport questions: Mrs Patouha, transportation@campion.edu.gr, 210 607 1716.
Tuition discounts (only if prior years are fully paid; they do not stack on unpaid balances):
Tuition includes most books, stationery, and supplies. It does not include uniform, examination fees, trips, overnight excursions, or other ad-hoc charges.
Mid-year joiners and leavers are pro-rated. Starting: first term 100%, second 70%, third 40%. Withdrawing: first term 40%, second 70%, third 100% — only if you give at least two months’ notice. Unpaid fees can mean withheld reports and transcripts. Alternative payment plans go in writing to the Finance Committee and last one year only.
A first-year Year 7 is not “about €14,000.” It is application + registration + tuition — €16,050 before Extra English, the bus, or music. If Extra English is required, add €1,200. Do it again on the PDF the week you accept.
Junior School names Learning Support as a specialist offer. Senior School gives individual help that may pull a child from some lessons. Official policy text says Learning Support is available in Years 7–11, often instead of a language, and is not usually a formal IGCSE option unless a modified timetable is agreed. IB entry assumes independent academic success without formal designated EAL or Learning Support.
That is the school’s own limit, even if the PDF you are holding is newer than the policy file. Ask, in the room, what can be staffed in this Year 8 and whether a child who still needs Extra English in Year 11 is a realistic IB candidate here.
The homepage currently shows two IB boxes. Treat them as the school’s own snapshots, not a league table.
“IB Examination Results 2026”: average 37 (out of 45); 100% pass for a third consecutive year; 35% of pupils at 40 or above. Sample destinations named: Cambridge, Oxford, LSE, UCL, Bocconi, Toronto, Carnegie Mellon. The same block prints a global May 2026 overview: world average 30.9, 10.1% at 40–45, mean subject grade 4.9, world pass rate 82.6%.
“IB Results 2025”: 100% pass; 87% above the world average; 53% at 35 or more; 23% at 40 or more.
The “Why Campion” paragraph still cites a 36 average in 2024. Ask which cohort is the one that matters to your Year 12. We are not averaging the school’s headlines for you.
Ask where a January arrival sits at lunch in week one. Ask how Greek native and foreign-language sets are made in Year 3 and Year 8. Ask whether Extra English would apply, and whether that €1,200 is on top of a full language timetable or instead of Greek. Ask how full Learning Support is this year. Ask whether “all students take the IB” is still true if the Diploma looks too heavy. Ask what the απολυτήριο extra actually adds in hours. Ask how the late bus works from your suburb. Ask to see Year 6 and Year 10, not only the virtual tour.
We are not ranking Campion against ACS Athens or anyone else. We are not guessing a waitlist. We are not treating a 37 as your child’s score. We are not inventing a 2027/28 fee.
Read the current admissions page and the 2026–27 PDF before you sign a lease in Glyfada because the bus exists. This is a map. The school still has to be the right Tuesday.
Páginas y documentos oficiales que hemos leído. Si una cifra importa para el presupuesto o la solicitud, abrid el enlace y comprobad que sigue vigente.
Orientación cercana, no una solicitud. Fechas, cuotas y programas se mueven. Confirmadlo todo con el colegio.
Athens is not one international campus in Kolonaki. It is a British-international house in Pallini, and an American AP-and-IB campus in Halandri. Time the northern and eastern suburbs, not Syntagma.
15 minLas letras del título importan. No son el niño entero. Aquí va cómo distinguirlas sin dolor de cabeza, y sin pretender que todas las puertas siguen abiertas.
16 minNo hace falta un algoritmo perfecto. Hacen falta unas cuantas verdades sobre vuestro hijo, una lista aburrida en la nevera y el valor de ignorar un campus hermoso que no encaja.
15 minLa matrícula es el número de la portada. El PDF es el que llega en marzo. Aquí va cómo leer el segundo, sin inventar un euro, una corona ni un plazo.