English schools in Budapest

• My husband and I are moving to Budapest soon. We're looking for an english school in Budapest for our 10 year old son, preferably a British school. Any recommendations?

  08 Nov 2007, 12:09 Mary

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• English schools in Budapest

  Hi Mary, the following list might help:
  
  Britannica International School
  1113 Budapest
  Aga utca 10.
  
  Tel: (+36 1) 466 9794
  Email: [email removed]
  Website: www.britannicaschool.hu
  Headmaster: DJ Clapp MA (Oxon)
  
  High-quality education based on the English National Curriculum in a friendly caring environment.
  An International School in the widest sense of the word, with students from over 20 different nations.
  Staff are predominantly expatriate UK teachers. Accepts students whose first language is not English.
  International examination centre for the Cambridge University Examination Board.
  
  
  * Up to age 16, students follow the English National Curriculum which covers a wide range of subjects. Special courses in foreign languages for native-speakers.
  * At age 14, students take the UK Standard Attainment Tests (SAT) in English, Mathematics and Science.
  * At age 16, the students take the Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE). These prestigious examinations are recognized worldwide.
  * Senior students (age 16-18), known as 'sixth formers', follow a two-year study programme leading to the Cambridge AS and A examinations designed to qualify them for entry into higher education, either in Hungary or overseas.
  
  Extra-curricular societies: Drama Club, Poetry Club, Video Club, Talk-show Club, Jewellery-making Club, IT Club, etc. We offer various sports: tennis, football, swimming, indoor games. A full range of trips and excursions every year, including summer camp, visits to museums and places of cultural, historic and scientific interest.
  
  Partnership with a number of prestigious schools in the UK, that give advise on the curriculum, examinations and academic standards.
  
  Regular visits from UK Education Advisers and Inspectors and the Ministry of Education in Hungary.
  
  Trial days are offered, without obligation, to prospective students.
  
  
  
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  The British International School, Budapest
  1037 Budapest
  Kiscelli köz 17
  
  Attention: Jane Thompson (School Principal)
  Magdalena Gray (Admissions Officer)
  
  Tel: (+36 1) 200 8488, 200 9971
  Fax: (+36 1) 200 9969
  E-mail: [email removed]
  Website: www.bisb.hu
  
  BISB offers a high standard of education according to the current National Curriculum of England and Wales in a very international setting in Budapest’s leafy residential 3rd district. Student numbers currently are around 390 children from age 2-19, 25% are English native speakers, 25% Hungarian and 50% from 62 different nationality mixes in an impressive new purpose built campus.
  
  School fees range between GBP 2,438 and GBP 10,280 per annum, depending on Key Stage. Fees include all school materials and exclude school uniform, optional school lunch and school bus costs. Please contact the admissions office regarding registration or arranging a visit to our school, between 8.00 am and 4.00 pm.
  
  * BISB follows the National Curriculum of England and Wales
  * Early years (Ages 2 to 5 - Pre-Nursery, Nursery, Reception)
  * Primary (Ages 5 to 11 - Key Stages 1&2)
  * Secondary (Ages 11 to 18 - Key Stages 3&4, GCSE, IGCSE & International Baccalaureate)
  * Full range of sport facilities and rich extra-curricular program throughout the school
  * Owned and overseen by the Nord Anglia Education Group
  
  
  
  
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  American International School of Budapest
  Nagykovácsi Campus (Grades 3-12)
  2094 Nagykovácsi út 12
  
  Buda Campus (Pre-Kindergarten - Grade2)
  1121 Budapest, Kakukk utca 1-3.
  Admissions Officer: Gabriella Thomas
  
  Tel: +36 26 556 000
  Fax: +36 26 556 003
  E-mail: [email removed]
  Website: www.aisb.hu
  
  Registration Fee: $ 500
  Building Fee: $ 2,500
  Tuition Fee: Pre-Kinder-garten: $ 10,920
  Kindergarten - Grade 5: $ 15,820
  Grade 6-8: $ 17,300
  Grade 9-10: $ 18,400
  Grade 11-12: $ 18,840
  Enrollment: 776
  
  Curriculum: US, Int'l
  International Baccalaureate (IB) program offered.
  
  After school activities include soccer, swimming, tennis, volleyball, basketball, judo, track and field, floor hockey, fitness, badminton, wall climbing, computers, drama club, chorus, glass painting, crafts, jazz dance, community service, study lab.
  
  School fees include text books for use, exclude school supplies, optional school lunch and school bus costs.
  
  
  
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  International Christian School of Budapest (ICSB)
  2049 Diósd
  Ifjúság út 11.
  Attention: David Welsh
  
  Tel: (+36 23) 381 986
  E-mail: [email removed]
  Website: www.icsbudapest.org
  
  Annual fee:$11,390 with discount for Hungarians, self-paying business people and children of Christian missionaries.
  US-style curriculum for grades 1-12
  Prepares students for entrance to North American universities
  Accredited with the Association of Christian International Schools and Middle States Association of Colleges and schools
  Numerous extra-curricular activities including athletics, band, drama, family activities and community projects
  We also offer: services for students with learning disabilities, speech therapy, sensory integration, school nurse and doctor, college and academic guidance
  
  
  
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  Greater Grace Christian Academy
  1125 Budapest
  Mátyás király út 53/b
  Attention: Joseph A Cerquitella (Director & Principal)
  
  Tel/Fax: (+36 1) 275 4795, 274 4053
  E-mail: [email removed]
  Website: www.ggis.hu
  
  Application fee (for new students): HUF 42,000
  
  Tuition:
  Kindergarten to grade 6: HUF 1,884,000
  Grade 7-8: HUF 2,057,000
  Grade 9-12: HUF 2,175,000
  Intensified English as a Second Language (ESL) Program (Elementary): HUF 80,000/quarter
  Bus and lunch are additional optional costs
  
  US curriculum - recognised by the Association of Christian Schools International
  Extensive ESL Program
  ACCESS program
  Guarantees student admission into US colleges through ACCESS
  Community projects, field trips, clubs
  Latin in grades 5,6,7,8 and 10
  
  
  
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  SEK International School Budapest
  1021 Budapest
  Huvösvölgyi út 131.
  Assistant Principal: Gabriella Gibó
  
  Tel: (+36 1) 394 2968
  Fax: (+36 1) 200 6615
  E-mail: [email removed]
  Website: www.sek.hu
  
  Kindergarten, pre-school: $2,845 includes 3 meals
  Primary school: $2,920 includes 2 meals
  Secondary School: $3,360 includes 2 meals
  Bus optional
  
  Hungarian National Curriculum
  Kindergarten and pre-school from 3-6 years.
  Primary School and secondary school students may continue higher education in Spanish at three SEK universities in Spain, Chile and Ecuador.
  Lessons are taught in Hungarian and English by native-speaking teachers.
  Spanish is taught as a second language.
  Maths, science, computing taught in English 1st-4th grades.
  Three-month study tours to SEK schools in the USA and Spain.
  International sport and cultural festivals.
  After-school activities.
  
  
  
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  BME International Secondary Grammar School
  (founded by the Budapest University of Technology and Economics)
  1111 Budapest
  Egry József utca 3-11.
  Attention: Maclean Ildikó
  
  Tel: (+36 1) 209 4983
  E-mail: [email removed]
  Website: www.bme-intl.sulinet.hu
  
  Deposit at registration: HUF 200,000
  Preparatory Class: HUF 920,000
  Grades 10-13: HUF 990,000
  Includes services. 20-60% discount based on academic performance
  
  Hungarian State National Curricula in English
  Hungarian, German, French, Italian as a second language.
  Offering bilingual High School General Certificate of Education (end examination).
  International students from more than 18 countries.
  
  
  
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  International Business School – Budapest,
  Oxford Brookes University
  1021 Budapest, Tárogató út 2-4.
  
  Admission Officer: László Lendvai
  
  Tel: (+36 1) 391 2574
  Fax: (+36 1) 391 2550
  E-mail: [email removed]
  Website: www.ibs-b.hu
  
  Registration Fee: € 800 for non EU citizens, free of charge for EU citizens
  Tuition Fee:
  BA programmes: € 4400 / year
  Arts Management BA: € 5600 / year
  Master programmes: € 7850 / programme (1 year)
  Executive MBA programme: € 17 000 / programme (2 years)
  
  International Business School, founded in 1991, was one of the first private business colleges in Central and Eastern Europe. In co-operation with Oxford Brookes University, which is ranked as the best ‘new university’ in Great Britain, IBS was also a pioneer in offering English-language, dual-degree Bachelor programmes in business, and modern languages.
  IBS today, with a student population of 1200 and a faculty of 150, combines the best of British higher education practices with the fine tradition of Hungarian scholarship. Our continuously expanding range of academic programmes include Bachelor’s level degree courses with specialisation in Business Studies, Finance, International and European Studies, Tourism, and Arts Management and Master’s level degree courses in International Business, Finance and HRM and Executive MBA all taught in English.
  
  The dual British and Hungarian accreditation of our degree programmes ensures that IBS complies with strict quality criteria in education. The remarkable success of our graduates as entrepreneurs, international managers, marketing, finance and consultancy professionals is your guarantee that you will find your place in the world of global or local business. We firmly believe in the merits of tolerance, mutual understanding and global networking that the intercultural atmosphere at IBS offers to our students from more than 45 countries.
  
  
  
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  International School of Budapest
  IBS Budapest Campus, Csillebérc
  1121 Budapest
  Konkoly Thege u. 21.
  Attention: Mark Davies
  
  Tel: (+36 1) 395 6528, 395 6543
  Fax: (+36 1) 395 5376
  E-mail: [email removed]
  Website: www.isb.hu
  
  International curriculum
  6,600 - 9,200 euros (Prep through Grade5)
  
  International Accreditation by:
  CIS, US Middle States Association
  Bilingual Programme for grades Prep to 4 (Hungarian fluency required)
  Recognised by the Hungarian Education Ministry
  930,000 HUF per year
  
  
  
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  McDaniel College Budapest
  1071 Budapest
  Bethlen Gábor tér 2.
  
  Tel/fax: (36-1) 413-3025
  E-mail: [email removed]
  Website: www.mcdaniel.hu
  
  Preparatory course: $ 5,900
  Degree programs: EUR 6,900
  Preparatory course: intensive preparation in English and other subjects
  Degree programs: US curriculum accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
  Undergraduate degree programs in business administration, economics, political science, history, communication, art history and studio art.
  
  
  
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  Lauder Javne Jewish Community School, Kindergarten, Elementary, High, Music and Art School
  1121 Budapest
  Budakeszi út 48.
  Principal: dr. Anna Szeszler
  
  Tel: (+36-1) 275 2240
  Fax: (+36 1) 275 2610
  E-mail: [email removed]
  Website: www.lauder.hu
  
  
  
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  Budapest French School
  (Lycée Français Gustave Eiffel de Budapest)
  1029 Budapest
  Máriaremetei út 193-199.
  Attention: proviseur
  
  Tel: (+36 1) 275 4296
  Fax: (+36 1) 395 6858
  E-mail: [email removed]
  Website: web.t-online.hu/lfb
  
  Kindergarten: HUF 1,026,400
  Primary: HUF 1,066,300
  Grade 6 onwards: HUF 1,261,800
  Curriculum: Baccalaureate Française
  Hungarian is taught as a second language.
  English, German, Spanish and Latin taught as a second language in high school.
  Has its own sports association.
  
  
  
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  Austrian-Hungarian European School
  (Österreichisch-Ungarische Europaschule)
  H-1126 Budapest, Istenhegyi út 32
  Contact Person: Akikó Brückner, School Secretary
  Head, Principal or Director: Alfred Brychta (Director)
  
  Tel: +36 1 3564657
  Fax: +36 1 3564683
  E-mail:[email removed]
  Website: www.europaschule.hu
  
  Co-educational: Co-educated: 210 girls and 190 boys
  Enrollment: 400
  Annual fees: HUF 320,000 (2007/2008)
  Additional afternoon service fee (including lunch): HUF 193,000 (2007/2008)
  
  Curriculum: Austrian curriculum (and Hungarian National Curriculum: Hungarian history, literature, grammar and religion). Students in the last grade (8th) take a "C1/Effectiveness" German language examination, certified by the European Commission (EC). Primary (ages 6-10), Secondary (ages 10-14).
  
  After school sports, music, hobby groups, etc. School trips, language courses in Austria, excursions, student exchange, community projects, etc.
  
  
  
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  International Business School – Budapest,
  Oxford Brookes University
  1021 Budapest, Tárogató út 2-4.
  
  Admission Officer: László Lendvai
  
  Tel: +36 1 391 2574
  Fax: +36 1 391 2550
  E-mail: [email removed]
  Website: www.ibs-b.hu
  
  Registration Fee: € 800 for non EU citizens, free of charge for EU citizens
  Tuition Fee:
  BA programmes: € 4400 / year
  Arts Management BA: € 5600 / year
  Master programmes: € 7850 / programme (1 year)
  Executive MBA programme: € 17 000 / programme (2 years)
  
  International Business School, founded in 1991, was one of the first private business colleges in Central and Eastern Europe. In co-operation with Oxford Brookes University, which is ranked as the best ‘new university’ in Great Britain, IBS was also a pioneer in offering English-language, dual-degree Bachelor programmes in business, and modern languages.
  IBS today, with a student population of 1200 and a faculty of 150, combines the best of British higher education practices with the fine tradition of Hungarian scholarship. Our continuously expanding range of academic programmes include Bachelor’s level degree courses with specialisation in Business Studies, Finance, International and European Studies, Tourism, and Arts Management and Master’s level degree courses in International Business, Finance and HRM and Executive MBA all taught in English.
  The dual British and Hungarian accreditation of our degree programmes ensures that IBS complies with strict quality criteria in education. The remarkable success of our graduates as entrepreneurs, international managers, marketing, finance and consultancy professionals is your guarantee that you will find your place in the world of global or local business. We firmly believe in the merits of tolerance, mutual understanding and global networking that the intercultural atmosphere at IBS offers to our students from more than 45 countries.
  
  

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