← Back to homeQSI International School of Malta
Mosta, Malta · est. 2007 · Private
Illustration · Mosta
QSI International School of Malta is a non-profit school of the American Quality Schools International (QSI) network in Mosta, opened in August 2007. It has more than 225 students from more than 40 countries, from preschool classes for ages 3-4 to the final Secondary IV (Grade 12). Teaching is in English: the school provides "high quality education in the English language". Learning follows a mastery learning model: students move on once they have mastered a unit, and mastery is reported as an "A" or "B". The upper years offer Advanced Placement (AP) courses and the AP Capstone Diploma, with some courses taken online through QSI Virtual School (QVS). French, Spanish and Italian are taught as foreign languages, including at AP level. Lessons run from 8:30 to 15:50; preschoolers attend half day until 12:30 or full day until 15:30. There is no school canteen: lunches are ordered through the MaltaMenu service, which delivers them to the school. Children aged 3-15 travel free on the government school bus. The school holds the Green Flag award (Eco-Schools programme).
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $8 738–21 352 a year
7 735–18 900 EUR
Programmes
AP · American programme
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
French, Spanish, Italian
Registration fee
≈ $576
510 EUR
About the fees Fees for the 2026-2027 school year, in three instalments. Children aged 5 and above: 18900 euros a year (7560, 5670 and 5670). Children aged 3 and 4: half day 7735 euros a year, full day 8670 euros a year. In addition, children aged 5 and above pay an annual Capital Fund fee of 1360 euros. Discounts for timely payment: 170 euros for each instalment and a further 340 euros for paying the full year by 1 October, up to 850 euros in total; discounts do not apply to preschool classes.
Admissions The school was created for the children of expatriate families: its students are "children of parents of many nationalities who have come to a foreign country", and some students are Maltese citizens; there are more than 40 nationalities. Children aged 3-18 are admitted; the age for a class must be reached by 31 October, and Secondary I starts at 14. Admission is open all year, with places usually limited at the start of the school year. The application is submitted online with a copy of the passport or birth certificate, medical records and previous school records; after admission the child takes a placement test in reading, writing and mathematics. Preschool, elementary and middle school children do not need to know English: there is a free Intensive English programme from age 6. Secondary students must be proficient enough in English to follow the secondary curriculum. The school awards a few scholarships each year, with applications in February.
Stages and year groups Grades Preschool (age 3) - Secondary IV (Grade 12). Preschool for ages 3 and 4 (half day or full day), the 5-year-old class, Elementary for ages 6-10, Middle School for ages 11-13, Secondary I-IV. Three diplomas: the General Diploma (220 credits), the Diploma with Honors (240 credits, at least four AP courses) and the AP Capstone Diploma.
Address Triq Durumblat, Mosta MST 4815, Malta
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
MSA · accreditationCollege Board · authorised programmeQuality Schools International · school is part of the networkThe school is accredited by MSA (Middle States Association), listed as Active in its directory. It appears in the College Board AP Course Ledger for the 2025-2026 school year, authorisation number 755501. It belongs to the Quality Schools International network.
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
MSAMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools
One of the oldest American accreditations, working since 1887 in more than a hundred countries and linked to the Office of Overseas Schools of the US State Department. It judges the school as an institution across twelve areas, including finances, governance, premises and student support.
What the badge means for this school. The school has been through this organisation's accreditation. It was judged as a whole: governance, safeguarding, staff, premises, teaching. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →College BoardCollege Board, the AP programme
An American organisation that allows a school to put the letters AP on a pupil's transcript. The permission is granted course by course and tied to a particular teacher, it has to be renewed every year, and College Board reads the course syllabus before granting it.
What the badge means for this school. The school is allowed to run advanced AP courses - not the school as a whole, but one by one: by subject and by teacher. Governance, safeguarding and the primary years are not part of that check. Which subjects are actually approved is visible in the ledger. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it. Authorisation here runs a year at a time: the register lists the school for the 2025-2026 school year.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →AP
Advanced Placement: American advanced courses for the senior years. The exam for a course is set and marked by the College Board, not by the school. A good result is counted by American universities as a first-year course already passed, which saves a student time and money.
What this means for this school. A school does not get to call a course AP automatically: the College Board reads the course syllabus and approves it separately for every subject and every teacher, and the permission has to be renewed each year. Every approved school in the world is listed in the open AP Course Ledger, and this school's entry there stands as a line in the accreditation block above. How many courses a school is approved for, and in which subjects, the ledger does not show in its general listing. AP has no leaving certificate of its own: it sits on top of the school's main programme rather than being a separate system.
American programme
The American school programme, with the High School Diploma at the end. It usually comes together with AP courses, which the College Board stands behind, and with an American accreditation - MSA, NEASC or Cognia.
What this means for this school. The diploma is written out by the school itself: the American programme has no common leaving exam, and the content of the senior years is set by the school. Outside checking therefore rests on two things here - the accreditation of the school, and the AP exams if the school runs them.
Quality Schools Internationalschool network
Quality Schools International is a not-for-profit organisation of international schools, created in 1991 by its founders Duane Root and James Gilson to work with expatriate families in new countries; the organisation's first school was Tirana International School in Albania. It counts its history from 1971, when Sanaa International School opened in Sanaa in Yemen and began with four pupils. Governance runs through a board of directors of its own and a central office in Malta, where a president and a vice-president work along with departments for personnel, finance, school operations, curriculum and technology; six regional supervisors oversee the schools assigned to them. The numbers on the site differ and we give them all: the home page speaks both of 35 schools with more than 6,500 pupils of 125 nationalities and of 37 schools in 30 countries on five continents, while the history page speaks of 35 schools in 29 countries; the list of schools has 36 on-site schools plus a virtual one. Teaching is in English, the stages run from pre-school to upper secondary school, the model of mastering the material is by outcome, and the upper secondary school has AP programmes and the IB diploma.
What this means for this school. The network owns or operates the school. Its accreditation and programme authorisation the school obtains separately, in its own name.
Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Where leavers go: Rutgers · Barnard · Drexel · Pratt Institute · Emory · Arizona State University · San Jose State University · University of California: Davis · University of California: San Diego · University of Rhode Island · Columbia College · Pace University and others, 30 universities in the school's list in all
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
·Sports hallnot stated on the website
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓LibraryA library with more than 6000 volumes
·Cateringnot stated on the website
✓School transportA free government school bus for children aged 3-15
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Playground · Makerspace
Campus: Classrooms for every stage and several gazebos for outdoor lessons
Clubs and activities: Student Council · Student Government · Model United Nations · National Honor Society · Chess club · Dance · Art · Kung Fu · Volleyball · Basketball · Drama
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
✓Teacher qualifications
✓Number of teachers32
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
What the listings show: Teachers are certified and licensed in the core subjects they teach, and many hold advanced degrees in education ("Faculty members are certified and licensed in the core subjects that they teach").
The staff list on the website has 52 people, 32 of them teachers; the rest are paraprofessionals, administration and support staff. Each preschool class has a teacher and at least one paraprofessional. The school says classes are small but does not give class size or a student-teacher ratio.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
✓CCTVAn alarm and CCTV system ("an alarm and cctv system") and a 24-hour security system.
·Security staffnot stated on the website
✓Access controlA closed campus: students may not leave without parental permission and office approval; visitors sign in at the office and receive a visitor badge.
✓Nurse or medical roomA health clinic staffed by a full-time medical professional ("Health clinic is staffed by a full time medical professional") and a Student Wellness & Safety Coordinator.
✓CounsellorA school counselor provides counselling and university guidance.
✓Child protection policyThe school follows the CEESA safeguarding and child protection standards: its own child protection policy and procedures and safe recruitment of staff.
✓Staff trainingRegular on-site child protection training for staff.
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The EMPOWER programme teaches children safety and life skills.
Reviews
No reviews yet. The community rating counts towards the score once a school has five verified reviews - until then we do not show a zero, so as not to mislead.
Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)75 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 data90 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)90 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data70 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data70 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.
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.
The full methodology → Similar schools in the country