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Psychico, Greece · est. 1925 · Private
Illustration · Psychico
Athens College is the older of the two schools of the non-profit Hellenic-American Educational Foundation (HAEF), founded in 1925. It is a private Greek school covering grades one to twelve: the Elementary School is in the Bodossakeio Building on the Kantza campus, the Junior High (Gymnasium) and High School (Lyceum) on the Psychico campus. The foundation's second school, Psychico College, runs on the same campuses with its own administration and secretariats; admissions, fees and the "John M. Carras" Kindergarten are shared. Lessons are in Greek: in the school's words, "Both Athens College and Psychico College are accredited by the Greek Ministry of Education and follow the Greek National Curriculum", and the entrance exams for junior high and high school include Greek. The Elementary School enriches the state curriculum with the IB Primary Years Programme, the Junior High with the IB Middle Years Programme. High school graduates receive the Greek Apolytirio Genikou Lykeiou. Athens College has no IB Diploma Programme of its own: it is run by Psychico College, and students of both schools may apply competitively after grade ten. Mandarin Chinese is offered only in the after-school Special Programs.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $13 127–15 071 a year
11 620–13 340 EUR
Programmes
IB · PYP, MYP · National programme
Languages of instruction
Greek
Languages taught
English, French, German, Spanish
Students
582 students in Athens College High School; 4553 students from Pre-K to grade 12 across HAEF
Registration fee
≈ $113
100 EUR
About the fees Fees for the 2026-2027 school year from the foundation's table: grade 1 13340 EUR, grades 2-6 12360 EUR, grades 7-12 11620 EUR per year. Paying in full by August 31 gives a 4% discount, and fees are lower for a third and fourth child. Elementary lunch 1340 EUR per year, school bus from 1854 to 2575 EUR depending on zone.
Admissions Admissions are shared by the foundation's two schools. Grade 1 places are allocated by lottery (a General Lottery and an Alumni Lottery) after an Elementary readiness test administered by teachers and psychologists; parents state their preferred school in writing and the Administration makes the final distribution depending on available places. Entry to the first year of Gymnasium and of Lyceum is by exams in Greek, English and Mathematics, with 50 out of 100 as the lowest passing score in each, admission strictly by cumulative score. The Administration places successful candidates in Athens College or Psychico College, with priority for siblings of current students. Candidates who wish to attend Athens College must have completed all vaccinations of the Greek National Vaccination Program. The admissions pages do not address foreign nationals separately.
Stages and year groups Grades 1-12. Elementary School (grades 1-6, Kantza campus, IB PYP within the Greek curriculum), Junior High School (Gymnasium, grades 7-9, IB MYP), High School (Lyceum, grades 10-12; MYP also covers grade ten). The qualification is the Greek Apolytirio Genikou Lykeiou with preparation for the Panhellenic exams; school profile: "Students in this program take advanced courses in one of four areas of concentration: Humanities, Math and Science, Health Sciences, or Economics and Computer Science." The IB Diploma Programme in grades 11-12 is run by the foundation's other school, Psychico College; Athens College students apply after grade ten.
Address 15 Stephanou Delta St., 15452, Psychico, Greece
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · PYP, MYP · authorised programmeThe IB register lists the Primary Years and Middle Years Programmes at the school. Athens College and Psychico College are two schools of the HAEF foundation on one campus: each has its own heads and its own IB authorisation, and the Diploma is run by Psychico College.
school is in an official registryconfirmed by a school document, by membership or by taking part in a networkclaimed by the school, no confirmation, not counted in the scoreGuide to all organisations → What stands behind each entry
IBInternational Baccalaureate
A Swiss non-profit, working since 1968. Its programmes are among the most widely recognised school programmes in the world. Authorisation is granted stage by stage, so a school with the final stage does not necessarily run the younger ones; which stages this school holds is set out in the line below.
What the badge means for this school. The school is allowed to run this programme and to award its certificate. This is a confirmation of the programme, not a judgement on the school as a whole. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it. At this school: PYP (ages 3-12), MYP (ages 11-16). PYP is the primary stage, ages 3 to 12. It is not a set of subjects but a frame for the whole school: learning is built around lines of inquiry, and there are no exams at the end. MYP is the middle stage, ages 11 to 16. There are no exams here either; at the end an optional electronic assessment of pupils' work is possible.
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The state school programme of the country the school stands in: it is set by that country's ministry of education, which also licenses the school and awards the leaving certificate. That certificate is used for entry to local universities, and abroad it is matched to the local one.
What this means for this school. This entry does not count towards the score, and that is deliberate. Every lawful school in a country works to the national programme, so on its own it tells one school apart from no other - unlike the French, German or Russian programmes, which are carried abroad and confirmed by the register of their organisation. We show it because a parent needs to know what programme their child is taught and what certificate the child will get. Counting it would lift the whole ranking at once and still tell nobody apart.
Exams and destinations from the school's official website
The school publishes nothing about where its leavers go: no share going on to university, no exam results, no list of universities.
Facilities from the school's official website
✓Swimming pool
✓Sports hall
✓Laboratories
✓Theatre or assembly hall
✓Library
✓Catering
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field
Clubs and activities: Forensics · Model United Nations · UNESCO · CERN Club · Drama Club
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
✓Teacher qualifications
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
What the listings show:
Across HAEF: 590 faculty, "70% of teachers hold Master's or PhD degrees", student to faculty ratio 8 to 1 (school profile figures shared by Athens College and Psychico College).
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
·CCTVnot stated on the website
✓Security staff
·Access controlnot stated on the website
✓Nurse or medical room
✓Counsellor
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
Specially trained Athens College employees together with a private security company provide 24-hour security on both campuses. Medical Services are headed by a pediatrician, with a separate Kindergarten pediatrician and eight nurses; eight infirmaries operate on the campuses. The school has a Psychoeducational Department.
Reviews
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)72 Community rating (16%)no dataparent reviews are needed: the criterion switches on at the fifth verified one Exams and destinations (12%) scored on disclosed data55 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data75 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data90 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data73 "Scored on disclosed data" stands where we count only what the school has written about itself on its own site: exams and destinations, safety and wellbeing, teaching staff, facilities, clubs and activities. A low score here means the school does not write about this, not that the school does not have it: a school with good security and a sparse site will score low. A school can fill in its profile, and the score will be counted again.
The score is counted from 8 of the 9 criteria.Only those with checkable data count: programmes and accreditations from official registers, the fee from a published price list. Where it says "scored on the median", the school has no data and the middle of the list is put in its place, so that a gap gives no advantage. Admissions, teaching staff and reviews come in as their data arrives.
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