Collège du Léman

Focus

A bespoke learning journey

Day fees 2025/26

$30,900-$44,700

Boarding fees 2025/26

$141,000

Term dates

• Term 1: 25 August to 19 December 2025
• Term 2: 12 January to 2 April 2026
• Term 3: 20 April to 24 June 2026

Ages

2-18

Pupil count

1,729

Parent company

Nord Anglia Education

Spear’s Review

The co-founder of Collège du Léman, Francis Clivaz, established the school in 1960 to ‘educate and teach in a spirit of openness and tolerance so that students become citizens and leaders of a world respectful of differences’.

Located between the Jura mountains and Lake Geneva, the Swiss boarding school sits on a 20-acre campus, with facilities ranging from a theatre and robotics lab to a state-of-the-art gymnasium and squash courts.

With pupils, teachers and staff coming from over 120 nationalities, Collège du Léman serves the needs of children headed in multiple different educational directions. Students can take IGCSEs, International Baccalaureate (IB), the French Baccalauréat, the Swiss Maturité and work towards the US high school diploma.

The boarding experience at Collège du Léman challenges the spartan stereotype that many schools are attempting to brush off: the 280 boarders stay in comfortable villa-like accommodation, often with en-suite bathrooms, with some even having access to private swimming pools.

Academics

In 2025, 86 per cent of IGCSE results were grades 7-9, and the average IB score was 35.0. The school also reported a 100 per cent pass rate for the Swiss Maturité and French Baccalauréat.

School Profile

Collège du Léman, located between Lake Geneva and the Alps, is one of Switzerland's leading co-educational day and boarding schools. Founded in 1960 and part of Nord Anglia Education, it welcomes around 1,800 students aged 2 to 18 from more than 120 nationalities, combining an international outlook with a strong sense of community and belonging.

The school offers the widest choice of academic pathways in Switzerland, enabling genuinely personalised journeys aligned with each student’s ambitions. Programmes include IGCSEs, high school diploma with Advanced Placement, IB Diploma and Career-related Programmes, Swiss Maturity and French Baccalauréat. A distinctive bilingual programme, where students alternate daily between learning in English and French, develops fluency, confidence and intercultural competence. A bespoke EAL programme, delivered in small classes, enables rapid language progress and smooth academic integration.

Around 280 students board in a safe, structured and welcoming environment supported by dedicated house parents and pastoral teams. An engaging weekend programme, together with proximity to Geneva and the Alps, enriches students’ experiences beyond the classroom while fostering independence, friendships and life skills within an international community.

Set within a green, village-style campus, the school combines academic rigour with exceptional opportunities in sport, arts and leadership, enhanced through collaborations with the Juilliard School, MIT and IMG Academy. More than 100 extracurricular activities allow students to explore passions and build confidence.

Graduates achieve excellent results and progress to leading universities worldwide, including Oxford, EPFL, UCL, King’s College London, McGill, Brown and UC Berkeley, leaving as multilingual, globally minded young adults prepared to thrive in an evolving world.

Head teacher

Pauline Nord is the director general of Collège du Léman, overseeing the running of the junior and senior school. Nord is set to become head of the Swiss International Scientific School in Dubai from August 2026. A new Collège du Léman director general will be announced by the end of the academic year.

University and college destinations

In 2025, students accepted places at a range of top-ranked universities across the world, including Imperial College London, Cornell University, Sorbonne Université and McGill University.

Admissions 

According to the school, the admissions process begins with filling out an online enquiry form, where personal documents and school reports will also need to be sent over. For prospective boarding students, a video questionnaire should be completed, and applicants could be asked to take a test to ascertain their English skills.

Accessibility 

Geneva Airport: 15 mins

Location

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