Luxembourg · Luxembourg City
The official site is st-georges.lu. It is a day school in the city, English in the classroom, French and Luxembourgish on the primary timetable, and a state subsidy already inside the published fees. Read the notice-of-leaving clause before you fall in love with the pirate ship.
Este retrato ainda está em inglês. As outras línguas chegam escola a escola.
Currículo como a escola o publica:National Curriculum of England · IGCSE · A Levels · BTEC
Línguas de ensino:English
St George’s International School Luxembourg is a non-profit day school in Luxembourg City. The official website is st-georges.lu. The address the school prints is 11, rue des Peupliers, L-2328 Luxembourg. Phone: +352 42 32 24. Reception: reception@st-georges.lu.
It welcomes students of all nationalities from 3 to 18+. The student-journey page currently prints a community of 850 students. Kerry Tranter, the Admissions Officer, remembers a campus of fewer than 90 pupils and eight classrooms when she first joined. Treat 850 as the school’s own snapshot, not a census we counted.
It is a day school. Boarding is not advertised. If the posting has not found a flat, this campus will not absorb the child.
The useful questions are not “is it the British school.” The useful questions are: Can this child work in English by Year 7, or will they need EAL? Will they actually learn French and some Luxembourgish, or only hear them on the bus? Are you applying mid-year — St George’s says it takes children through the year, space permitting? And have you read the fee PDF, including the Building Fund, the Stability Fund, and the one-third-of-tuition notice clause?
Families on Luxembourg contracts who want an English-medium path along the National Curriculum of England, toward IGCSE, A Level and BTEC, with French and Luxembourgish in Primary, and who can live within a day-school radius of rue des Peupliers.
It is not a lycée of the national system. It is not the European Schools. It is not ISL. The curriculum is English-based, “tailored for an international community in Luxembourg seeking an education in English.” In Luxembourg, children who are four by 1 September must start school that year; at St George’s that year is Reception. Nursery at three is the optional year before that legal start.
The school is a non-profit and receives a Luxembourg State subsidy toward operating costs, building maintenance and new buildings. The fees, the school says, have already taken that subsidy into account. That is why a Year 7 here is not an ISL Year 7. Compare the two PDFs if you are deciding between them.
A limited number of Assisted Places exist; the 2025/26 schedule says to write to the Billing Officer. Do not budget as if you will receive one.
Rue des Peupliers is in the city, not on a plateau in the woods. Reception children talk about a pirate ship, a slide, a football pitch and a library where they choose their own books. That is a student’s voice on the journey page, not a facilities inventory. Ask to see the ordinary classrooms for the year you need.
Admissions Officer Kerry Tranter has lived in Luxembourg more than 30 years. Her daughters were among the first to graduate. She is the person the school wants you to tour with. Use that. A small-city campus can look simple from the street and still be the wrong Tuesday for a quiet seven-year-old.
Open Doors events and private tours are the school’s preferred first step. Book before you apply.
Early Years, ages 3–4. Nursery and Reception, EYFS. Play, exploration, positive relationships. Classes limited to 20, each with a class teacher and a teaching assistant. Children who are four by 1 September enter Reception; three-year-olds may join Nursery. The Early Years page’s case for Nursery is structured learning, social growth, qualified practitioners, and a smoother step into Reception — not childcare.
Primary, Years 1–6, ages 5–11 on the journey page (the admissions calculator text says Years 1–6, ages 5–10). Core: English, maths, science, humanities, French, art, PE, music. Computing, food technology, Luxembourgish and SMSC are added in different years. Specialist teaching in French, Luxembourgish, PE, art and music. Class sizes “remain small”; the school does not print a Primary cap beyond the EYFS 20.
Secondary, Years 7–13, ages 11–18. National Curriculum structure toward IGCSE, A Level and BTEC.
Key Stage 3 (Years 7–9): settling, form tutors, Head of Year, residentials, language and theatre trips. Year 9 can begin Mérite Jeunesse, part of the Duke of Edinburgh scheme.
Key Stage 4 (Years 10–11): IGCSE and BTEC, revision habits, leadership. Year 10: a week of work experience and a residential that has included Italy, Iceland and Scotland. Year 11: one-to-one careers appointments, charity work, mock-exam celebrations.
Key Stage 5: A Levels and BTEC for university and work. The school lists a long map of destinations — UK, Ireland, the Low Countries, France, the US, and the University of Luxembourg among them. That is the school talking about itself. We are not treating the map as your child’s offer.
Support teams the journey page names: Pastoral, SEN, Most Able, EAL. From 2027 the admissions page says Primary will introduce an Immersive English Programme. Ask what that looks like if you are applying for 2026/27 or 2027/28.
Instruction is in English. Children are not required to speak English before they join, the admissions page says, “although it can be a significant advantage.” From age 5, some basic English plus independent literacy and numeracy is “helpful.” EAL support exists now; the immersive Primary programme is promised from 2027.
French is on the Primary timetable as a specialist subject. Luxembourgish appears for some year groups. Secondary assessments include languages, so a child who already has French or another language will be placed, not parked.
Ask how many hours, how sets are made, and what a January arrival is doing by June. Luxembourg is a country where the bakery, the commune and the football club may not speak English. A British curriculum does not automatically produce a Luxembourg child.
St George’s takes new families throughout the year, space permitting. Academic ability is “only one part” of the process. Taster days matter.
The steps the admissions page prints:
What to include: signed application form; current school report(s); any additional-needs reports and testing; copy of the child’s passport.
Primary taster: a two-day class visit, no formal assessment. Arrive at reception by 8:20. Younger children are walked to Primary.
Secondary taster: a class visit in the right year, plus assessments in literacy, numeracy and languages, plus an informal interview. A student buddy collects them from reception and takes them to registration.
We can only process complete files, the school says. Incomplete packs sit.
The live fees page links “View our 2026-2027 school fees.” We fetched the official 2025/26 schedule the school still hosts. Use the 2025/26 figures below as the last full table we could read, and open the 2026/27 PDF on the school site before you budget. The 2025/26 PDF already warns that from 2026/27, Bill 1 rises to €3,000 and Bills 2–4 will be adjusted. It also warns that more than one Luxembourg salary-index increase between May 2025 and April 2026 could force a mid-stream review of 2025/26 fees.
On the way in
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Application (once per child, with the form) | €750 |
| Deposit (once, on the first invoice; refunded on the final Extras bill if everything is paid and notice was correct) | €1,000 |
The deposit is there for extras: canteen, individual music, after-school activities. Additional support inside school is billed after a conversation with the family.
Annual school fees 2025/26 are three lines added together: tuition (by year) + Building Fund €1,500 (maximum two payments per family) + Stability Fund €200 (maximum two per family). Bill 2 includes the two funds. Companies are billed annually; families who want one annual bill should write to billing@st-georges.lu by 15 April. Monthly instalments from May to April can be arranged. Reports may be held if invoices are unpaid. Overdue bills can attract interest and a €40 administration fee.
| Year group (age on 1 Sept) | Tuition | Building | Stability | Total 2025/26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nursery (3) | €13,050 | €1,500 | €200 | €14,750 |
| Reception (4) and Years 1–2 (5–6) | €14,250 | €1,500 | €200 | €15,950 |
| Years 3–6 (7–10) | €15,150 | €1,500 | €200 | €16,850 |
| Years 7–9 (11–13) | €16,150 | €1,500 | €200 | €17,850 |
| Years 10–13 (14–17) | €17,850 | €1,500 | €200 | €19,550 |
Four bills for a full year in 2025/26 were due 31 May, 30 September, 31 January, 30 April. Joining or leaving mid-year is prorated on pages 4–6 of the same PDF.
Notice of leaving is a contract clause, not a courtesy. Written notice to the Head of Finance and Administration (financemanager@st-georges.lu). Miss it and you pay one third of the applicable annual tuition in lieu. Deadlines the fees page prints:
Mid-term leaving needs three full months. Tell the employer. The deposit comes back only if notice was correct and the extras bill is clean.
Parents remain liable even if an employer pays. The school is not planning to change bank details; if someone emails a new IBAN, call the school.
A first-year Year 7 in 2025/26 is not “about €16,000.” It is application + deposit + total school fees — €19,600 before canteen, music, or support. Confirm the 2026/27 PDF; those totals will move.
Pastoral, SEN, Most Able and EAL are named. Additional support is charged. Ask, in the room, whether St George’s can staff what your child actually needs — and what that would cost. Bring reports and testing with the application; the school asks for them up front.
EAL is available. English is an advantage, not a legal requirement. From 2027, ask about the Immersive English Programme in Primary.
IGCSE at 16, then A Levels and/or BTEC. The school does not offer the IB Diploma on the pages we fetched. If you need an IB path in Luxembourg, that is a different campus.
Destinations on the journey page run from Oxford and Cambridge through Dutch research universities to the University of Luxembourg and a long US list. That is a marketing map. Ask the careers consultant what this Year 13 actually did last July.
Ask where a January arrival sits at lunch in week one. Ask how French and Luxembourgish are grouped in this Primary year. Ask whether this child would need EAL, and whether the 2027 immersive programme applies. Ask how many Year 12s are on A Level versus BTEC. Ask Kerry what the commute looks like from your commune. Ask the Billing Officer whether Assisted Places are open. Ask what happens if the posting ends in March (three months’ notice, not three weeks). Ask to see Year 5 and Year 10, not only Reception’s pirate ship.
If you might stay and want a Luxembourg or French bac later, ask that question twice. This is an English-curriculum school with a state subsidy, not a national lycée.
We are not saying St George’s is the best school in Luxembourg. We are not guessing a waitlist. We are not inventing 2026/27 tuition totals; those sit in a PDF the school links and we could not fully extract. We used the official 2025/26 schedule and the joining charges the live fees page still prints.
Read the current fees page and write to admissions before you resign a flat in another country. This is a map. The school still has to be the right Tuesday.
Páginas e documentos oficiais que lemos. Se um número importa para o orçamento ou a candidatura, abram o link e confirmem que ainda vale.
Orientação amiga, não uma candidatura. Datas, propinas e programas mexem-se. Confirmem tudo com a escola.
Luxembourg is not one international campus. It is an English National Curriculum house and an IB house, both in the city, both already counting a state subsidy. The commute is short on a map and long at 8:10.
15 minAs letras do diploma importam. Não são a criança inteira. Aqui vai como distingui-las sem dor de cabeça, e sem fingir que todas as portas continuam abertas.
16 minNão precisam de um algoritmo perfeito. Precisam de algumas verdades sobre o vosso filho, uma lista aborrecida no frigorífico, e a coragem de ignorar um campus bonito que não serve.
15 minAs propinas são o número da página inicial. O PDF é o que chega em Março. Aqui vai como ler o segundo, sem inventar um euro, uma coroa ou um prazo.