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The five schools Hanoi parents researched most this year, chosen from the 30 international schools in the city. 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.
Hanoi International School (HIS) is an English-medium, co-educational IB World School for students aged 4–18 in Ba Đình District, Hanoi. The full IB continuum—PYP, MYP, and DP—frames learning across subjects and phases. Campus life features strong arts offerings (Music, Theatre, Visual Art) and sports with fixtures through the Mekong River International Schools Association (MRISA). Daily Co-Curricular Programme (CCP) activities run after school, with an additional 4:00 pm bus on CCP days. Student support includes EAL delivered through co-planning and in-class small-group work, and a published Child Protection programme with age-appropriate assemblies. HIS lists 2025–26 tuition from VND 418.4m (PreK/K) to VND 767m (G11–12), with options to pay annually, by semester, or quarterly. The community numbers around 300 students, offering a small-school feel within central Hanoi.
St. Paul American School Hanoi (SPASH) offers a U.S. curriculum from Grades 1–12, following the Common Core State Standards and NGSS, with a broad Advanced Placement (AP) program in subjects ranging from Calculus and Computer Science A to Chinese, Spanish, and Environmental Science. The campus is in Splendora, approximately 9 km west of downtown Hanoi, providing a calm setting with transport links via the school’s city-wide bus service. Student support includes the SPELL English language program (no additional cost), counseling across divisions, and Learning Support Specialists at primary and secondary levels. The published school day runs 8:15–15:15 (Mon/Tue/Thu/Fri) and 8:15–14:15 (Wed), with an after-school “Beyond” activities block. Notable offerings include extensive student-led clubs and Performing Arts, with dedicated pages for drama, music, and arts.
Wellspring Hanoi International Bilingual School is a co-educational day school in Long Biên District, about 3 km from central Hanoi. The school combines the Vietnamese national curriculum with American and British pathways, offering Cambridge IGCSE, AS and A Levels, alongside US-aligned K–12 and Advanced Placement courses. The 4.3-hectare campus includes modern learning spaces. A distinctive feature is its “Happy School” model, aligned with UNESCO’s Happy Schools framework, which integrates community projects, regular field trips, sports, reading culture activities and on-site psychological counseling to support student well-being alongside academic progress.
BIS Hanoi is a co-educational international day school for ages 2–18 in the Vinhomes Riverside area of Long Bien District. Children follow the English Early Years Foundation Stage and the National Curriculum for England, progressing to Cambridge IGCSEs in Years 10–11 and the IB Diploma Programme in Years 12–13. Learning is led by native English-speaking teachers and supported by specialist facilities, including a STEAM Maker Space; students also benefit from Nord Anglia collaborations with The Juilliard School, MIT, and UNICEF. The school runs a private bus service, including a published fee schedule and late-bus options linked to co-curricular activities. Typical class sizes are capped at 24, with small IB classes (average 11). Admissionsoutlinese entry requirements anassessesss language support where needed.
Brighton College Vietnam is an all-through international school in Hanoi, opened in August 2023 and located within the lakeside Vinhomes Ocean Park residential-urban complex in Gia Lam. It offers education for children from age 3 up to age 18, structured across Early Years/Prep, Primary, Secondary, and Sixth Form levels. Instruction is primarily in English, with Vietnamese language and culture embedded, and students may also study Mandarin or French. The curriculum follows the English National Curriculum, leads to IGCSE at Key Stage 4, and from 2025 onwards offers the IB Diploma at Sixth Form. Class sizes are capped at 24, and the student body is around 550–600. The campus spans 3.4 ha with green space, outdoor fields, indoor sports halls, a four-season pool, 18 science labs, a 500-seat theatre and professional music/drama studios — supporting strong STEM, arts, and sports programmes. A school bus service is available for commuting.
What’s on offer
The mix of programmes and teaching languages across all 30 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 929 students · based on the 26 schools that report enrolment.
Schools grouped by typical class size.
Average class size is 22.0 students · based on the 24 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 29 schools that publish a price for a 12-year-old. All figures in VND.
How many schools sit in each annual-fee range.
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