This call covers named international/bilingual schools, curricula, and tuition only — not the full School & Education category.
Good to know
Good to Know
- None of Corfu's international/bilingual schools publish detailed current tuition tables in public sources — for actual fees, contact Ionian International School, Corfu International School, or Platon School directly rather than relying on third-party estimates.
- As a rough proxy only: nationwide, Greek private international schools typically charge in the range of about €6,000–€18,000 per year, with most falling around €6,000–€10,000 per year — Corfu's schools are smaller operations and fees could sit anywhere in or slightly outside that band.
- If a fully foreign national curriculum (IB, full American system) is a hard requirement, Corfu's options are more limited than Athens — families sometimes weigh Athens or Thessaloniki international schools, or homeschooling/online curricula, alongside Corfu's local British-curriculum and bilingual schools.
- Public Greek schools are free but teach only in Greek, which is the main reason expat families on Corfu look at these private British-curriculum or bilingual alternatives instead.
- Corfu's international/bilingual school scene is small (a handful of private schools, not a large international-school market like Athens), so grade-level seats can genuinely be limited — reach out well before your intended start date.
- Expect a personal, informal admissions process (email/call, a visit, document handover) rather than a big-city-style online application portal with a formal waitlist number.
- Bring previous school reports, immunization records, birth certificate/passport, and proof of your Corfu address — these are the documents most commonly requested by small private schools in Greece.
- Homeschooling is not a legal option for children who are Greek residents, aside from a narrow special-needs exception — plan on enrolling in a local public, private, or one of Corfu's private/bilingual schools if you'll be staying long-term.
- If you're not establishing formal residency in Greece, staying registered in your home country's distance-learning or home-education system may be more viable, but confirm this with your home country's authorities and Greek residency status first.
Schools
Ionian International School
- Location
- Corfu (private day school)
- Curriculum
- British curriculum (English National Curriculum), leading to IGCSE and A-Level examinations
- Ages Grades
- Ages 2 to 18
- Notes
- A private institution known for small class sizes; the school's own site is the best source for current fees as these are not consistently published by third parties.
Corfu International School
- Location
- Corfu (private day school)
- Curriculum
- British curriculum
- Ages Grades
- Ages 3 to 18
- Notes
- A private institution offering a British-curriculum pathway from early years through to secondary; noted for its academic standards.
Platon School
- Location
- Corfu (private day school)
- Curriculum
- Bilingual Greek–English curriculum
- Ages Grades
- Not specified in available sources (appears to span primary through secondary)
- Notes
- A private bilingual school teaching in both Greek and English, positioned as an option for families wanting a dual-language rather than fully foreign-curriculum track.
Boschetto School Corfu
- Location
- Corfu
- Curriculum
- Bilingual, alternative/nature-based, child-centred (not a fixed national exam curriculum)
- Ages Grades
- Not specified in available sources
- Notes
- A newer, small-scale bilingual alternative school describing itself as inspired by outdoor education, run by a parent-and-teacher-founded social enterprise established in 2024; this is a nature-focused, play-and-creativity model rather than a conventional exam-track international school.
Other Language Options
Deutsche Fernschule (German Distance-learning Elementary Program)
- Curriculum
- German elementary curriculum, government-certified, delivered remotely
- Notes
- This is a remote/correspondence program for German children abroad rather than a physical campus in Corfu, so it functions differently from the day schools above — useful only for families wanting a certified German-system option without a local campus.
Realistic Enrollment Process
- General Pattern
- Corfu's international/bilingual options are small, family-run private schools rather than large international-chain campuses. None of them publish a detailed public online admissions portal or a formal published waitlist system the way big-city international schools do, so the realistic process is direct, informal contact with the school office rather than a competitive online application cycle.
- Waitlist Reality
- There is no evidence of a formal, published waitlist queue system at Corfu's international/bilingual schools. In practice, "waitlisting" here means the school telling you a grade is currently full and asking you to check back — availability is informal and can change if a family relocates mid-year, which does happen in a small expat community.
- Timing Recommendation
- Because these are small schools with limited seats per grade, contact the school as early as possible — realistically several months to a full year ahead of a September start — especially for mid-primary and secondary grades where a single class may only have a handful of open seats. Off-cycle (mid-year) enrollment is possible if a seat is open, since small private schools generally admit whenever space allows rather than only at one fixed annual intake date.
Typical Steps
- Initial email or phone inquiry to the school office to check age-group/grade availability for the intended start term.
- A school visit/tour and informal meeting with the head or admissions contact — normal practice for small private schools of this size.
- Submission of the child's previous school reports/transcripts, and for older children entering IGCSE/A-Level years, a brief academic assessment or placement conversation is common practice at British-curriculum schools of this type.
- Standard document set typically requested: child's passport/ID, birth certificate, proof of previous schooling (report cards/transcripts), immunization/vaccination record, and proof of the family's residential address in Corfu.
- Payment of a registration/enrollment fee to hold the place once accepted (exact amounts are set individually by each school and were not published; confirm directly).
International Bilingual Schools In Corfu
Ionian International School
- Type
- Private, British curriculum
- Description
- Ionian International School is a private institution located in Corfu that offers a British curriculum for students from ages 2 to 18, and is known for its small class sizes, which allows for personalized attention for each student.
Corfu International School
- Type
- Private, British curriculum
- Description
- Corfu International School is a private institution that offers a British curriculum for students from ages 3 to 18.
Platon School
- Type
- Private bilingual (Greek/English)
- Description
- Platon School is a private bilingual school in Corfu that offers a curriculum in both Greek and English.
Corfu has a small handful of private international and bilingual schools serving expat and local families, concentrated in and around Corfu Town — this is a much thinner market than Athens or Thessaloniki, so options are limited compared to mainland Greece.
Homeschooling Community Corfu
- Found
- No
- Note
- No documented homeschooling co-op, support group, or meetup specifically based in Corfu was found. General Greece-wide homeschooling support (online forums, social media groups) exists for the small national homeschooling population, but nothing Corfu-specific could be verified, so none is claimed here.
Homeschooling Legal Status Greece
- Summary
- Homeschooling is not a lawful alternative to school enrollment for resident children in Greece. Per Article 2, §3 of Law 1566/1985 on the structure and function of primary and secondary education, school attendance is compulsory in elementary and high school, and homeschooling is only explicitly allowed in Greek law in the case of children with special needs, where in exceptional cases education can occur in the home under direct school supervision (Article 32, Section 4).
- Classification
- illegal
- Practical Advice
- Any family considering this in Corfu should get written guidance from the local Regional Education Directorate and/or a Greek education lawyer before relying on a distance-learning workaround, since enforcement and interpretation can vary and the risk of non-compliance falls on the resident family.
- Resident Vs Non Resident Distinction
- If a family is legally resident in Greece, children must be enrolled in a Greek public or private school, and homeschooling, international online schools, or foreign distance-learning programmes are not legally recognised for resident children. Families who remain legally registered as resident in another country may be able to follow that country's home-education or distance-learning framework instead — residency status, not nationality, is the key legal distinction.
- Practical Note
- Some sources describe the situation as a legal grey area rather than flatly banned, noting there is no explicit law that prohibits homeschooling outright, even though compulsory school attendance is mandated. In practice, families who homeschool while resident typically do so informally by enrolling in a distance-learning program from an international school or their home country, which several sources describe as legally uncertain rather than clearly sanctioned.
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