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The five schools Philippines parents researched most this year, chosen from the 93 international schools in the country. Ranked by how many families opened each school’s profile and spent time reading it between July 2025 and June 2026, then the full picture on curricula, class sizes and fees.
The 2026 ranking
Ranked purely by parent interest — the number of families who opened each school’s profile and spent time reading it between July 2025 and June 2026.
The British School Manila (BSM) is a not-for-profit international school established in 1976. It provides a British international education for students aged 3 to 18, with a Primary School and a Senior School on a single, open campus in University Park, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Metro Manila. The campus is open, airy and family-friendly, encouraging interaction across year groups. The curriculum is adapted from the English National Curriculum and is organised into Key Stages (Early Years Foundation Stage and KS1; KS2; KS3; KS4; KS5). In KS4 students study the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE), and in KS5 they follow the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB DP). The school welcomes more than 950 students from over 50 nationalities and offers a wide range of after‑school activities across five strands: Academic, Creative Arts, Physically Active, SIDE (Science, Innovation, Design and Entrepreneurship), and Service & Sustainability. Facilities include a Creative Arts Centre, two swimming pools and multiple sports fields. A school bus service operates with routes to Bonifacio Global City, Makati, Ortigas and Alabang.
Chiang Kai Shek College - Manila Campus, located in the historic Tondo district, is the only higher education institution in the Philippines founded by overseas Chinese-Filipinos. Opened in 1939, it operates as a day school for over 4,000 students. The school provides a dual-track curriculum that merges the Philippine K-12 framework with a specialized Chinese program. CKSC is also an authorized International Baccalaureate (IB) World School, delivering the Primary Years, Middle Years, and Diploma Programmes. Instruction is delivered in English, Mandarin, and Filipino. A distinctive feature of CKSC is its heavily integrated Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts program, which emphasizes community adoption projects and has produced numerous Asia-Pacific regional awardees. Students develop language skills at the dedicated Language Learning Center through compulsory Functional Chinese courses designed for practical use. Operating without boarding facilities, CKSC equips students with trilingual proficiency and direct civic ties.
Everest Academy Manila opened in August 2007 and is the first Catholic international K-12 school in the Philippines. It is a Regnum Christi school with a campus spread across four buildings in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig. The school serves K–12 with gender-specific classrooms starting in Grade 4 and offers AP courses, language programs, and a comprehensive formation model.
MIIS is a progressive international school offering programs from Pre-K to 12. It was established in 1996 and operates from two campuses in Quezon City: the Main Campus in Loyola Heights and an Upper School campus on Katipunan Avenue. A Parklinks campus in Pasig City is planned, targeting SY 2026–2027. MIIS follows a unique education framework based on Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences, with a strong emphasis on leadership, social responsibility, sustainability, and entrepreneurship. The program spans Preschool through Senior High School, with a Senior High School that includes HUMSS and a General Academic Strand; the school holds dual accreditation from the Philippine Department of Education and the Council of International Schools. The language-support policy notes English and Filipino for international families, and English proficiency is required for foreign students. MIIS highlights small class sizes and a blend of hands-on, real-world learning, plus a range of clubs and competitions to develop students' intelligences and leadership.
Westfields International School offers education from Early Years to Senior High School through a mix of Cambridge-based and international curricula. The Early Years program emphasizes emotional, social, and cognitive growth through play-based learning, while Primary education focuses on creativity, critical thinking, and global citizenship. In Lower and Upper Secondary, students prepare for GCSE examinations, with Senior High School offering a pure International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) or a hybrid IB-DepEd track. The campus is described as world-class, with internationally trained teachers and a tuition structure presented as good value. The school is located in Angeles City, Pampanga, near downtown areas, malls, and the Clark Economic Zone, and offers a shuttle service for local commutes. The school emphasizes a global community and external assessment pathways to higher education.
What’s on offer
The mix of programmes and teaching languages across all 93 schools. Many offer more than one curriculum, so totals run higher than the school count.
Number of schools teaching each curriculum.
Number of schools teaching in each language.
Size & classes
School size and class size shape day-to-day experience as much as curriculum does.
Schools grouped by total enrolment.
Average school size is 843 students · based on the 51 schools that report enrolment.
Schools grouped by typical class size.
Average class size is 18.7 students · based on the 43 schools that report it.
What it costs
Fees shown are one year for a 12-year-old (or the closest age available), excluding one-time enrolment costs.
Across the 27 schools that publish a price for a 12-year-old. All figures in PHP.
How many schools sit in each annual-fee range.
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