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Mtarfa, Malta · est. 2023 · Private
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Haileybury Malta is a co-educational British international school for children aged 3 to 18. It opened in September 2023 with 50 pupils at Villa Arrigo in Naxxar, moved to Villa Aspinall in Tarxien by late November and stayed there until summer 2026; it now operates in the restored Royal Naval Hospital building in Mtarfa. Planned capacity is 800 pupils. The school calls itself "a partner school of the renowned Haileybury in the United Kingdom", founded in 1862; Founding Head Louise Salmond Smith writes that "our sister school, Haileybury UK, provides invaluable support". Teaching follows the English National Curriculum: the Early Years Foundation Stage in Nursery and Reception, then Key Stages 1-3, Cambridge IGCSE in Years 10-11 and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) in the Sixth Form. Lessons are in English: the school requires "a suitable level of fluency in English", offers pupils from Year 7 who lack academic English a separate Haileybury Academic Pathway (HAP) to prepare them for "a British curriculum environment", and all pages for parents are in English. The 2026-2027 school year runs from 31 August 2026 to 3 July 2027 in five terms. Children may arrive from 7:30, must be in by 8:45, lessons end at 15:30, Form Time runs to 15:45, and clubs and Homework Club run until 17:15, when the buses leave. Fees include lunch and snacks, clubs and school outings. The school has four houses - Angelo, Elmo, Rocco and Chambray - and older pupils mentor younger ones.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $13 188–23 320 a year
11 674–20 642 EUR
Programmes
IB · DP · Cambridge · IGCSE
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
Spanish, French
Registration fee
≈ $169
150 EUR
About the fees Fees for the 2026-2027 school year: Nursery and Reception 11674 euros, Years 1-6 15257 euros, Years 7-8 17287 euros, Years 9-11 19541 euros, Years 12-13 (Sixth Form) 20642 euros a year. Fees cover tuition, lunch and snacks, clubs and all school outings. Invoices are issued three times a year: in August, December and April.
Admissions The school is co-educational, for children aged 3 to 18; for the 2026-2027 school year admissions are open from Nursery to Year 12. There is no selection up to Year 5; after Year 5 the school is "selective": candidates above Year 5 sit an informal assessment, and all candidates have an interview with a member of staff. Selection is based on English, assessed through the interview, references and information from the previous school; candidates for Year 5 and above who need EAL/ESL support are considered case by case. The school admits international pupils: the HAP programme is "designed for international pupils of Year 7 age and upwards who aspire to join Haileybury but require further development in academic English", taught in groups of 4-6 for an additional charge. Applications include a copy of the child's passport and the latest school report.
Stages and year groups Grades Nursery-Year 13. Pre-Prep: Nursery, Reception, Years 1-2; Prep School: Years 3-6; Senior School: Years 7-11 (Key Stage 3, then Cambridge IGCSE in Years 10-11); Sixth Form: Years 12-13 (IB Diploma). For the 2026-2027 school year admissions are open from Nursery to Year 12.
Address Royal Naval Hospital, Triq Sir David Bruce, Mtarfa MTF 1171
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · DP · authorised programmeCambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeThe IB register lists the Diploma Programme at the school. The Cambridge register names it as a Cambridge centre, at its former address in Tarxien, from which the school moved to Mtarfa in the summer of 2026. It is linked to Haileybury in the United Kingdom by a partnership, not as a branch.
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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: DP (ages 16-19). DP is the final stage, ages 16 to 19: six subjects plus a compulsory core of theory of knowledge, an extended essay and CAS. The diploma is accepted by universities all over the world, and in a number of countries it counts for admission on the same footing as the local leaving certificate.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →CambridgeCambridge International Education
Part of the University of Cambridge. It allows a school to teach the Cambridge programmes and to enter pupils for the exams. There are four stages and they are authorised separately: primary, lower secondary, IGCSE and A Level. If the stages are known they are named in the line below; if that line is missing, the school does not publish them, and the Cambridge registry does not show stages either - it gives only the name of the centre, the country and whether private candidates are accepted. Cambridge calls what it does registration rather than accreditation, and the network holds about ten thousand schools.
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: IGCSE (ages 14-16). IGCSE means exams at around Year 10 or 11, the British counterpart of a lower secondary leaving certificate.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →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 poolnot stated on the website
·Sports hallnot stated on the website
✓Laboratories
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
·Librarynot stated on the website
·Cateringnot stated on the website
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Art studio
Campus: The school occupies the restored Royal Naval Hospital building in Mtarfa, overlooking Mdina; the site is about 29000 square metres. The new campus has spacious, light classrooms, science laboratories, art studios, indoor and outdoor sports facilities and outdoor learning areas. The staff includes a Teacher Librarian. The school is part of the government free school transport scheme, with buses run by MaltaCoop.
Clubs and activities: Homework Club · Duke of Edinburgh's Award · Model United Nations
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
Kindergarten classes take up to 15 children (Kinder 1) and up to 20 (Kinder 2), each led by one fully qualified teacher, with about three teaching assistants across all classes. The school publishes a staff list by section and subject; in the Sixth Form there are named coordinators for the IBDP, CAS, Theory of Knowledge and the Extended Essay, a universities and careers coordinator and a SENDCo.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
·CCTVnot stated on the website
·Security staffnot stated on the website
✓Access control
·Nurse or medical roomnot stated on the website
·Counsellornot stated on the website
✓Child protection policy
✓Staff training
✓Anti-bullying policy
The Designated Safeguarding Lead is the Head, Louise Salmond Smith, with deputies Shaun O'Keeffe and Pamela Roncal Riveros. All staff receive safeguarding training at induction, refresher training at least every three years and updates at least annually. Everyone working with children undergoes a criminal record check from their country of residence under the British Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) standard. Visitors sign in on arrival and are escorted at all times. There is a separate Countering Bullying Policy and a First Aid Policy.
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)84 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 data80 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)90 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data70 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data67 "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.
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