International Schools and Kindergartens in Moscow
In Russia, all children are entitled to free schooling and vocational education. Access to free higher education (non-university and university) and postgraduate programmes at public institutions is granted on a competitive basis. Since the language of instruction is Russian, children are expected to have a good command of it.
Before school, children generally attend kindergarten or other pre-school facilities from the age of three. Many foreign specialists working in Russia relocate with their school-aged children, creating a need for kindergartens and schools that cater to international students. Moscow offers several institutions to meet this demand. These schools typically charge tuition, and admission is usually based on an entry assessment.
ENS is a private institution that offers bilingual education and development for children from 2 to 11 years with a full British curriculum in both the Nursery and Primary school and 2 parallel programmes based on British and Russian curriculum. Classes with native English speakers are available.
Location: The school has four campuses in and around Moscow
ENS Karam
Address: 10/2 Karamyshevskaya Naberezhnaya
Email: karam@englishnursery.ru
ENS Dobrynya
Address: 8 4th Dobryninsky Pereulok
Email: dobrynya@englishnursery.ru
ENS Mosfilm
Address: 10A Pyryeva Ulitsa
Email: mosfilm@englishnursery.ru
ENS Onegino
Address: KP Onegino, Moscow Oblast
Email: onegino@englishnursery.ru
Since 2002, the school has operated for students from the first to the eleventh grade. The school is included in the ranking of the best private schools in Moscow. It has a parallel education programme with the American School and is a certified preparation centre for Cambridge exams.
Locations in Moscow:
4 Malaya Yushunskaya Ulitsa
33 Kakhovka Ulitsa, Building 2
25 Azovskaya Ulitsa, Building 4
Phone: +7 (495) 587-49-63
Locations in Greater Moscow:
Yasnaya Ulitsa, Krasnaya Pakhra Village, Krasnopakhorskoe Settlement
3A Krasnoye village, Krasnopakhorskoe Settlement
Phone: +7 (495) 850-85-27
Email: nou@nika-school.ru
The school accepts children aged 2 to 5, as well as 7 to 18. There are six school campuses in Moscow, each campus catering to a certain age group of children. The courses are taught in English by native speakers. The school provides extracurricular activities, including music, sports, and painting classes.
Contacts: +7 (495) 191-14-33, +7 (495) 191-14-33
Email: admissions@bismoscow.com
ISM follows the English national curriculum. Admission to the school is selective, with priority in the waiting list given to siblings of current students, children transferring from a sister school of The British Schools Group, UK nationals, and children of staff members.
Locations:
12 Krylatskaya Ulitsa, Krylatskoe metro station
IRC Rosinka, Angelovo Village, Moscow Region
- Moscow Economic School (MES)
MES is a private school that offers classes from kindergarten to 12th grade. The school is striving to be bilingual, though Russian is the primary language of instruction in the elementary and middle programmes.
Locations:
29 Zamorenova Ulitsa, Ulitsa 1905 goda metro station
1A Zaytsevo Village, Moscow Oblast
This private school implements the English national curriculum for students from 3 to 18 years old with the Cambridge International Examinations (IGCSE and A-Level).
Location: 14 Ulitsa Lobachevskogo, Prospekt Vernadskogo metro station
A few other nurseries and preschools in Moscow:
- Playschool Moscow
- Magic World—private art kindergarten with UNESCO assistance
- Magic Castle
In Moscow, there are Embassy schools of the respective countries:
- German School Moscow (Deutsche Schule Moscau)
The school is one of the international German-language schools recognised by the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder, and possesses the status of an Embassy school. The school is an open-all-day school with a kindergarten, primary and secondary schools.
Location: 103/5 Vernadskogo Prospekt, Prospekt Vernadskogo metro station
- The Alexander Dumas French School in Moscow (Lycee Alexandre Dumas)
This institution, under the aegis of the Agency for French Education abroad (AEFE), offers its students schooling that adheres to and follows the French national curriculum. The school has a kindergarten/infant and primary school (from the ages of 3 to 10), and the junior and senior schools which make the Lycée Alexandre Dumas a secondary school with children from the ages of 11 to 17.
Location: 7A Milyutinskiy Pereulok, Chistye Prudy / Turgenevskaya / Sretensky Bulvar metro stations (Junior and Senior School, Infant and Primary school)
A few other Embassy schools:
- Italian School Italo Calvino (Scuola Italiana di Mosca) – the only accredited Italian school in Russia. Includes a kindergarten (ages 2-5), Italian school (ages 6-13) and lyceum (ages 14-17)
Location: 78A Leninskiy Prospekt, Korpus 1, Universitet metro station
Location: 78A Leninskiy Prospekt, Korpus 1, Universitet metro station
- Embassy of India School (KV) Moscow
Location: 10/2 Ulitsa Bolshaya Dorogomilovskaya, Kievskaya metro station
Documents for admission
Every institution requires its own set of documents. However, typically the following documents are requested:
- birth certificate;
- health insurance, health examination form;
- previous school record.
For admission to Russian state schools, the following are also required:
- notarised translation of parent’s passport;
- notarised translation of the child’s birth certificate;
- Moscow registration;
- Russian visa valid for at least a year.
