International Schools and Kindergartens in Moscow
All children in Russia have the right to receive general and vocational education free of charge and, on a selective basis, free non-university and university-level higher education, as well as postgraduate education in state and municipal educational establishments. Since the language of instruction is Russian, children are expected to have a good command of it.
Before school, children typically attend kindergarten or other pre-school establishments from the age of three. Given that foreign specialists working in Russia often have families and children of school age, there is a demand for kindergartens and schools that can accommodate foreign children. There are a number of private international kindergartens and schools in Moscow, which usually charge tuition fees. The enrolment usually takes place upon evaluation assessment.
ENS is a private centre established 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 of British and Russian curriculum. Classes with native speakers are available for children.
Location: The school has five campuses in Moscow
Central office
Address: 7/1 Koroviy Val
Email: info@englishnursery.ru
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 Kakhovskaya 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 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 Region
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
The school welcomes local and international students from age 2 to 18 to its campus and offers a range of the International Baccalaureate programmes.
Location: 7 Lazorevyy Proyezd, Botanichesky Sad metro station
A few other nurseries and preschools in Moscow:
- Playschool Moscow
- Magic World—private art kindergarten with UNESCO assistance
- Magic Castle
- p’tit cref—early education centre teaching five languages (French, Spanish, English, Chinese, and Russian as foreign language)
There are Embassy schools of the respective countries in Moscow:
AECP provides comprehensive childcare service, including year-round daycare and a preschool, all in a secure setting inside the U.S. Embassy compound.
The Preschool provides morning sessions for 3-year-olds and evening sessions for 4-year-olds.
Daycare is available for children aged from 18 months to 4 years.
Enrolment is for children with at least one US citizen parent resident in Russia or with a foreign diplomatic passport.
Location: 8 Boshoi Devyatinskiy Pereulok, Krasnopresnenskaya metro station
Phone: +7 (495) 728 5354
- 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 pupils 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
Japanese School
Location: 78A Leninskiy Prospekt, Korpus 1, Universitet metro station
- The Swedish School in Moscow is open for children with links to Scandinavia (Sweden, Denmark, and Russia) aged from 2 to 16. The school follows the Swedish curriculum and instruction is given in Swedish
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:
- a notarised translation of parent’s passport;
- a notarised translation of the child’s birth certificate;
- Moscow registration;
- Russian visa valid for at least a year.