This call covers named international/bilingual schools and tuition in Canggu and its immediate nomad-relevant sub-areas (Tibubeneng, Berawa, Umalas, Kerobokan, Padonan); schools centered in Ubud, Sanur or Denpasar (e.g. Green School, Bali Island School, Dyatmika) are excluded as outside the ~10-minute proximity radius.
Good to know
Good to Know
- Canggu Community School (CCS) is the main full-pathway option physically inside Canggu, running Early Years through Year 13 on a British-curriculum-into-IB-Diploma track — most relocating families with older kids end up here or commute to schools in Sanur/Ubud.
- Sticker tuition is rarely the full cost: expect a one-off registration fee and a non-refundable capital/facilities levy on top of annual tuition, plus uniforms, transport, and resource fees.
- Several smaller Canggu-area preschools and bilingual programs (BCS, Sun School, Umalas Kids Club, Alam Atelier, Treehouse, Kupu Kupu) do not publish fees online — you'll need to email or WhatsApp the school directly for a current quote.
- Canggu traffic can turn a short physical distance into a long commute, so many families choose their villa location based on which school they've enrolled in, not the other way around.
- If you want a full IB Diploma or a longer-established IB continuum, note that Bali Island School (Sanur) and Green School (near Ubud) are the more IB-focused campuses — both are a meaningful drive from central Canggu, not walkable/short-ride options.
- Start applying to Canggu-area schools before you book your move — six-month-plus waitlists for a specific year group are a realistic expectation, not a worst case.
- A phone call or WhatsApp message to a school's admissions team reportedly gets a faster, more useful response than an email inquiry, given inquiry volume.
- Registration/application fees at most Bali international schools are non-refundable even if you end up not enrolling — get this confirmed in writing before you pay.
- If your first-choice school's waitlist is long, schools 30-60 minutes outside Canggu (Sanur, Denpasar, Ubud) sometimes have more near-term openings — worth checking commute realities against Bali traffic before ruling them out.
- Homeschooling is fully legal in Indonesia, but it runs on a separate legal track from the school-visa system — an accredited school can sponsor a child's KITAS, but most homeschool tutors and learning centers cannot, so plan your visa pathway separately if you're homeschooling long-term.
- A homeschool co-op/community scene exists informally around Canggu and Ubud through expat parent networks, but it's not a single stable institution — ask in current Canggu parent Facebook/WhatsApp groups for what's actually running now rather than trusting any single write-up.
Schools And Curricula
Canggu Community School (CCS)
- Area
- Tibubeneng, Canggu
- Type
- International school
- Age Range
- Ages 3 to 18 (Early Years to Year 13)
- Curriculum
- English National Curriculum for Early Years and Primary, Cambridge IGCSE, then International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) in the final two years
Tuition
- Low
- IDR 110,000,000
- High
- IDR 257,000,000
- Note
- Annual tuition rises steeply by year group; figures below are the reported low (Early Years) to high (IB Diploma) ends.
Additional Fees
Registration Fee (First Child)
- Registration Fee (First Child)
- IDR 17,000,000
Capital Levy (Early Years–Year 5)
- Capital Levy (Early Years–Year 5)
- IDR 21,500,000
Capital Levy (Year 6–Year 13)
- Capital Levy (Year 6–Year 13)
- IDR 26,000,000
ProEd Global School — Umalas Campus
- Area
- Umalas (adjacent to Canggu)
- Type
- International school with inclusive/special-needs support
- Age Range
- Reception to Year 13
- Curriculum
- British curriculum, Cambridge IGCSE, A-Levels, plus the ASDAN Towards Independence programme for students needing extra academic support
The Garden — Berawa Campus
- Area
- Berawa, Canggu
- Type
- Early-years centre / preschool
- Age Range
- Roughly 15 months to 6 years, plus drop-in sessions from 6 months
- Curriculum
- Play-based learning inspired by Reggio Emilia, Montessori and Walker Learning; Australian Early Years standard accreditation
Tuition
- Low
- IDR 30,000,000
- High
- IDR 40,000,000
Bilingual Community School (BCS) Bali
- Area
- Kerobokan, near Tibubeneng/Canggu
- Type
- Bilingual community school
- Age Range
- Ages 1 to 11
- Curriculum
- Blends the Indonesian national curriculum with an English curriculum; bilingual, thematic classes
French School of Bali (Ecole Française De Bali)
- Area
- Kerobokan, near Canggu
- Type
- National curriculum bilingual school
- Tuition
- IDR 67,800,000
Starting tuition reported; fees increase with grade level.
- Age Range
- Pre-kindergarten to Terminale
- Curriculum
- French national curriculum from pre-kindergarten through Terminale (final year of high school)
Sun School Bali
- Area
- Near Canggu
- Type
- Waldorf-inspired school
- Age Range
- Ages 4 to 12
- Curriculum
- Waldorf-inspired, emphasizing creativity, connection to nature and emotional intelligence
Umalas Kids Club
- Area
- Umalas, near Canggu/Kerobokan
- Type
- Preschool and daycare
- Age Range
- 6 months to 6 years
- Curriculum
- British EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage), English-language, play-based
Alam Atelier
- Area
- Berawa, Canggu
- Type
- Preschool
- Age Range
- Early childhood / preschool ages
- Curriculum
- Reggio Emilia-inspired, nature- and play-based learning
Treehouse Bali
- Area
- Padonan, Canggu
- Type
- Kindergarten
- Age Range
- Preschool / kindergarten ages
- Curriculum
- Reggio Emilia-inspired, nature-integrated play and sensory learning
Kupu Kupu Learning Center
- Area
- Kerobokan, near Canggu
- Type
- Bilingual preschool
- Age Range
- Early childhood ages
- Curriculum
- English-language early childhood education, play-focused, bilingual environment
Enrollment And Homeschooling
- Enrollment And Visa Sequencing
- Most schools that run their own student visa sponsorship (an SPK — Satuan Pendidikan Kerja Sama — arrangement) advise families to wait for written confirmation of an enrollment offer before starting the visa/KITAS application, since the visa process is built around a confirmed place rather than the other way around. Indonesian law requires a visa for any non-Indonesian student and their accompanying parents, regardless of which school they attend.
- Local Context
- Canggu's own dedicated K-13 international option is Canggu Community School (CCS), based in Tibubeneng right in the Canggu area. Families who can't get a CCS place at the grade level they need often end up looking further afield — Green School (near Ubud, roughly 45-60 minutes away), Bali Island School (Sanur), or Dyatmika (Denpasar) — because the Canggu-area waitlist situation is tight enough that this has become a common fallback pattern rather than an edge case.
Homeschooling
- Legal Status Indonesia
- Homeschooling is legal nationwide in Indonesia under the informal-education pathway. Indonesia's national Sisdiknas Law (UU No. 20/2003) recognizes three education pathways — formal (school), non-formal (courses, equivalency programs), and informal (family/environment-based learning) — and Article 27 states that informal education is recognized as equivalent to formal education once the learner passes a national-standard equivalency exam. Ministerial Regulation Permendikbud No. 129/2014 ('Sekolah Rumah') specifically governs how homeschooling is implemented and defines three recognized forms: single-family, multi-family, and community-based homeschooling.
- Registration Requirement
- Homeschooling families are required to register with the local city/regency Education Office (Dinas Pendidikan Kabupaten/Kota), providing parent and student identity details, a learning plan, and the curriculum being used, so the government can track the child's education and so the child can later sit the national equivalency exams (Paket A/B/C) needed for formal-education recognition.
- Local Homeschool Community
- There are references in expat-family resource guides to informal homeschool co-ops and parent-run learning cooperatives operating in the Canggu and Ubud areas, generally organized through Facebook/WhatsApp expat parent groups rather than as registered institutions. We were not able to independently verify the specifics (names, schedules, current activity level) of any single Canggu-based co-op through an authoritative source, so treat this as a real but informally-organized and fluid scene — the practical path is to search Canggu-focused expat parent Facebook/WhatsApp groups directly and ask current members about what's active, rather than relying on any specific named group being permanent.
- Expat Practical Note
- For foreign families, homeschooling is legally permitted, but it sits outside the school-visa-sponsorship system — most homeschool tutoring services and 'learning centers' catering to expats are not accredited schools and cannot sponsor a student KITAS the way an SPK-status international school can, so families homeschooling on a long-term basis typically need another visa pathway for the child (e.g., as a dependent on a parent's visa) rather than relying on a school-sponsored visa.
Application Timing
- General Guidance
- Start the school search before booking flights, not after arriving. A documented case involved a family who assumed enrollment would be a formality and discovered on arrival that every major school in the Canggu area had a waitlist of over six months for their child's year group, forcing them to a school 45 minutes away instead.
- Mid Year Reality
- Mid-year enrollment is technically possible at most schools but practically difficult — cohort sizes are small and departures (not planned openings) are usually what create a vacancy. At CCS specifically, mid-year spots do open somewhat more often than families expect because families leave Bali mid-contract, but this isn't something to plan around; it's a 'get on the list and stay in contact' situation, not a guaranteed opening.
- Green School Note
- Green School Bali (the most in-demand alternative many Canggu families still consider despite the distance) reviews applications year-round rather than on fixed deadlines, but space in popular grades gets tight, so families commonly apply well ahead — guidance from one education-focused directory suggests budgeting 12+ months lead time for a specific grade and intake (Green School's own primary intakes run in August and January).
Required Documents
- Child's and parents'/guardians' passport copies
- Child's birth certificate
- Immunization/vaccination records
- Previous school reports, transcripts, or report cards (for transferring students)
- Proof of current visa status or a credible plan for one (e.g., KITAS/KITAP application in progress) — schools generally will not confirm a place without evidence a family can legally reside in Indonesia long enough to complete a term or year
- Completed application/registration form and payment of the non-refundable registration fee
Waitlist Expectations
- Fees Caveat
- Most Bali international schools charge a separate, non-refundable registration/application fee that is charged simply to hold a place or waitlist position — it is a commitment signal, not a refundable deposit, and this should be confirmed in writing before paying.
- Typical Wait
- Waitlists of six months or more for a specific year group at Canggu-area schools are realistic, not a worst-case scenario, based on reported family experiences.
- How To Navigate
- The consistent advice across school-admissions resources is the same: contact the admissions team directly (a phone call or WhatsApp message reportedly gets a faster response than email, since admissions offices are flooded with inquiry emails), be upfront about your timeline, and ask explicitly to be placed on the waitlist immediately — spots occasionally open on short notice when enrolled families leave Bali unexpectedly.
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