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Schweinfurt, Germany · Private
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International School Mainfranken (ISM) is a private international full-day school in Schweinfurt with a preschool class from age 5 and grades 1-12. Its motto is from the school into the world. The school offers IB programmes: the PYP in primary school, the MYP in grades 6-10 and the Diploma Programme in grades 11-12. Most subjects are taught in English from grade 1; German is taught as a first language and Spanish as a second language, with other languages added in higher grades depending on interest. It is a small school with small classes and more than 15 international teachers. Students can transfer throughout the year, including those who did not receive a Gymnasium recommendation after grade 4. Graduates study at universities in the UK and the US.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $11 275–19 522 a year
998–1 728 EUR a month
The year is counted as ten payments: the school does not say how many payments it takes.
Programmes
IB · PYP, MYP, DP
Admits from
5 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
German, Spanish
Registration fee
≈ $2 203
1 950 EUR
About the fees Monthly fees for the 2026-2027 school year: preschool class 998 EUR (11976 EUR per year), grades 1-2 1279 EUR (15348 EUR), grades 3-4 1286 EUR (15432 EUR), grades 5-6 1357 EUR (16284 EUR), grades 7-8 1431 EUR (17172 EUR), grades 9-10 1651 EUR (19812 EUR), grades 11-12 1728 EUR (20736 EUR). Fees are paid in twelve instalments from 25 August or once for the whole year. Scholarships are available for families whose children meet the admissions criteria but who cannot afford the fees.
Admissions Families can enrol online through the website form or by phone; the preschool class and the school accept students throughout the school year without disadvantage. A perfect report is not required: the school says that even after a disappointing Gymnasium recommendation at the end of grade 4 a path to the IB Diploma remains open. Whether the child is a good fit and how to support them is decided in a personal meeting. Enrolment documents are submitted with the registration fee. The admissions pages say nothing about admitting children without German citizenship or about English requirements.
Stages and year groups Grades EE, 1-12. Early Entry preschool class from age 5 with full English immersion. IB programmes: the PYP for ages 6-12 (primary school), the MYP in grades 6-10 (English, German, mathematics, social studies, biology, chemistry, physics, physical and health education, design, art, music), and the Diploma Programme in grades 11-12 with six subject groups plus the Extended Essay, TOK and CAS. The school notes that since 1986 the KMK has recognised the IB Diploma as a university entrance qualification, and that recognition in Bavaria is handled by the Zeugnisanerkennungsstelle. The school does not name any Cambridge courses.
Address Kalifornienstraße 1, 97424 Schweinfurt
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · PYP, MYP, DP · authorised programmeThe school is listed in the IB register and runs the Primary Years, Middle Years and Diploma programmes.
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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: PYP (ages 3-12), MYP (ages 11-16), DP (ages 16-19). 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. 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 →Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Where leavers go: University of Southampton · Central Michigan University
The school features stories of IB Diploma graduates from 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023; two of them name their universities: mathematics at Southampton and studies with a field hockey programme in the US.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
✓Sports hall
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
✓Catering
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Clubs and activities: Tennis · Modellbau (model building) · Dungeons & Dragons · Lesen (reading) · Labor (laboratory) · Kamerakurs (photography course) · Kochkurs (cooking course) · Ballett (ballet)
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 sizenot stated
What the listings show: According to the PE teacher vacancy, the school requires a bachelor's or master's degree in the subject, fluent English and preferably at least three years of experience and IB experience; pay follows the school's own salary scale.
More than 15 international teachers work at the school; the school says they come from the best education systems in the world and continuously develop professionally. Teachers design the clubs themselves. Classes are small.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
The school says nothing on its website about security, medical care or pupil support.
Reviews
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)95 Community rating (16%)no dataparent reviews are needed: the criterion switches on at the fifth verified one Exams and destinations (12%) scored on disclosed data70 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data55 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data75 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 "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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