TES is the only school in Taipei where a child can study the French Baccalauréat, the German Abitur, a British national curriculum from Primary through IGCSE or MYP, and the full International Baccalaureate Diploma or Career-related Programme at Post-16, all on a single campus. No other school in Taipei offers this range of national and international pathways in one place.
That structural breadth is the school's strongest case for the right family, and it is also the source of most of its complexity. Families evaluating TES are usually not choosing between TES and TAS. They are choosing TES because a particular section or pathway fits their child's language heritage, their partner's nationality, or their university planning in a way that an American or Taiwanese-international program does not.
In Harland's experience, the TES families who reach out to us are most often in the British section, prioritizing UK university placement, and working through the program from Primary through MYP and on to the IB Diploma.
Families new to TES are often surprised by how distinct the three national sections are. The British, French, and German sections each follow their own national curriculum through primary and into secondary, each with their own faculty and language of instruction at the primary level. Families typically choose a section at enrollment and their child progresses within it.
In Secondary, the sections begin to converge. British section students follow the British curriculum through Year 9, then move into IGCSE (for the final cohorts) or MYP, and typically on to the IB Diploma or IB CP at Post-16. French section students follow the French curriculum toward the French Baccalauréat. German section students follow the German Abitur pathway. The IB Diploma is the most common shared endpoint for British section students.
The practical implication for families: the choice of section at enrollment is significant and not easily reversible. Switching between national sections mid-program is complicated by the differences in curriculum sequencing, language of instruction, and assessment. Families benefit from being clear about the university and mobility outcomes they are planning for before committing to a section.
TES publishes its fees per semester, so the annual column is Harland's calculation, each per-semester figure multiplied by two. All three national sections pay the same fee per stage; there is no British, French or German price difference. The stage names below are the British ones.
| Stage | Per semester | Annual (per semester × 2) |
|---|---|---|
| Nursery, half-day | NT$208,800 | NT$417,600 |
| Nursery, full-day | NT$276,900 | NT$553,800 |
| Reception | NT$325,600 | NT$651,200 |
| Years 1–6 | NT$337,100 | NT$674,200 |
| Years 7–9 | NT$393,300 | NT$786,600 |
| High School 1–2 | NT$410,400 | NT$820,800 |
| High School 3–4 | NT$418,000 | NT$836,000 |
The French and German Sections pay these same per-stage fees. German Section fees may vary from the published figures because of German governmental requirements, with final fees approved at the annual general meeting, and French families may qualify for the means-tested AEFE grant through the Bureau Français de Taipei, a French-government scheme rather than TES aid. Both affect what a family nets, not the base fee.
Source: TES School Fees 2026–2027, read from the school's own fee document. Checked August 2026. Figures are per semester as TES publishes them; the annual column is Harland's ×2 calculation.
| Item | Amount | Applies to |
|---|---|---|
| Application fee | NT$6,000 | All applicants, paid before the application is processed. Non-refundable. |
| Registration fee | NT$50,000 | Once, on entry |
| Re-enrolment deposit | NT$50,000 | Returning students, per year. Non-refundable, credited to the coming semester. |
| Sibling discount, second child | −NT$10,000 per semester | Concurrent enrolment |
| Sibling discount, third child onward | −NT$15,000 per semester | Concurrent enrolment |
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Cafeteria, pre-school | NT$155 per meal, ordered monthly |
| Cafeteria, all other years | NT$165 per meal, ordered monthly |
| Transport | NT$21,000 to NT$53,000 per semester, by campus and zone, one-way or round-trip |
| Additional drop-off address | NT$4,000 per semester |
Source: TES School Fees 2026–2027. Checked August 2026.
TES prices English support by assessed need, not as a single rate, charged per semester on top of tuition and running all the way through High School. Two structures apply.
| Additional Learning Support band | Pre-school & Primary | Secondary | High School |
|---|---|---|---|
| Band 1 | NT$29,000 | NT$40,000 | NT$52,000 |
| Band 2 | NT$57,000 | NT$80,000 | NT$103,000 |
| Band 3 | NT$103,000 | NT$144,000 | NT$184,000 |
| Band 4 | NT$142,000 | NT$200,000 | NT$256,000 |
| Band 5 | NT$205,000 | NT$287,000 | NT$370,000 |
| Band 6 | NT$364,000 | NT$433,000 | NT$450,000 |
Separately, the language-support lines are flat per semester: English as an Additional Language NT$75,000, EAL Intensive NT$90,000; French as an Additional Language NT$90,000, FAL Intensive NT$120,000.
| Admissions basis | TES states it does not offer rolling admissions decisions. Decisions are released in rounds as places become available. |
|---|---|
| Main application window | 23 September 2025 to 8 February 2026, for the 2026–27 year. Later applications are welcomed but processed after main-window families. |
| Decisions | August-start decisions go out in March and April; February-start decisions in December. |
| Assessment blackout | No admissions assessments or interviews between 25 June and 25 August 2026. |
| Financial aid | TES states it offers no need-based or merit-based aid. The French AEFE grant is a French-government scheme, not TES aid. |
| Campuses | Two, both in Shilin District, Taipei: the Swire European Primary Campus at 99 FuGuo Road for ages 3 to 11, and the Swire European Secondary Campus at 31 JianYe Road for ages 11 to 18. |
|---|---|
| Age range | 3 to 18, Nursery through High School 4 |
| Enrollment | More than 1,700 students, the whole-school figure TES publishes |
| Curriculum | British, French and German national sections, converging on the IB Diploma and IB Career-related Programme in the final two years. The British Section runs IGCSE, now transitioning to the IB Middle Years Programme, rather than A Levels. |
| Accreditation | Council of International Schools, British Schools Overseas, and Cambridge Assessment International Education, plus IB authorization |
| Eligibility | The child must hold a valid foreign passport, per the ROC rule for international schools in Taiwan, and proof of legal residence in Taiwan is a condition of enrolment. |
| Class size | Early Years 16 to 20; Primary and Secondary 22 to 24. TES notes sizes may on occasion temporarily exceed capacity. |
| Enrollment by section | Not separately published. TES gives only the whole-school figure on its public pages. |
The one number to keep straight at TES is that every tuition and fee figure the school publishes is per semester. Annual cost is double. Tuition runs from NT$651,200 a year at Reception to NT$836,000 in the final two High School years, the same in all three national sections, each figure the school's per-semester rate multiplied by two, before the one-time NT$50,000 registration fee and anything optional.
Admission is not rolling and not first-come. TES states plainly that it does not offer rolling admissions decisions. The main window for 2026–27 ran from 23 September 2025 to 8 February 2026, with August-start decisions released across March and April as places open. No assessments or interviews are held between 25 June and 25 August, so a family that starts looking in July waits until the autumn to be assessed.
Among equally qualified applicants within the main window, TES gives priority consideration in a published order: expatriate families in Taiwan for government, business or commercial reasons; expatriate passport holders who are native speakers of the section's language; children with a sibling already at TES; and children continuing in the same national curriculum. From Year 2, CP, or Klasse 1 onward a candidate may apply to only one section, so the choice of national section is effectively made at entry.
The roots of Taipei European School predate its current form. Before 2003, the British, French, and German communities in Taipei each operated their own separate schools, serving their respective expatriate populations through their national curricula. Over time, these institutions collaborated, integrated shared facilities, and eventually unified as a single consortium school.
A significant milestone came in the 1990s when the Swire Foundation provided integration funding to support the consolidation of the European educational offering in Taipei. The unified Taipei European School was formally established in 2003 on the current Yangmingshan campus, bringing the three national sections together under a single institutional umbrella while preserving each section's distinct curriculum, language of instruction, and pedagogical tradition.
TES has been authorized to offer the IB Diploma Programme since the early 2000s, one of the earlier authorizations in the region, and has subsequently added the IB Career-related Programme and the IB Middle Years Programme. The school holds accreditations from the Council of International Schools, British Schools Overseas, and Cambridge Assessment International Education. Its identity sits at the intersection of three national educational traditions and the IB framework.
TES operates three parallel national curricula from primary through lower secondary, converging at Post-16 (Years 12 and 13) around the International Baccalaureate Diploma and Career-related Programme. Mandarin is taught as an additional language across all three sections. Students typically choose a national section at enrollment based on language, heritage, and university planning.
National curriculum for England in Primary and Lower Secondary. Transitioning from IGCSE to MYP at Key Stage 4, with MYP becoming the sole pathway from 2026-27.
At Post-16, students move into the IB Diploma or IB Career-related Programme. Most British section students target UK, European, and international universities.
French national curriculum from Maternelle through the Baccalauréat. Taught in French with English and Mandarin as additional languages.
The French section operates within the framework of the French Ministry of Education and aligns to the curriculum of French schools abroad.
German national curriculum from Grundschule through the Abitur. Taught in German with English and Mandarin as additional languages.
The German section aligns to German federal standards for schools abroad, supporting students toward the Abitur qualification.
TES publishes its IB Diploma and Career-related Programme results in an annual Learning Outcomes report available on the school website. Results described here reflect the school's published summary framing.
TES students in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme consistently achieve scores in line with or above global IB averages, according to the school's annual Learning Outcomes report. The school emphasizes that its IB students routinely go on to competitive UK, European, and international university destinations, and that the IB Diploma at TES prepares students effectively for both applied and academic degree programs.
The IB Career-related Programme is a distinctive feature of TES's Post-16 offering. Students completing the CP earn both the IB CP certificate and a specialist career-related qualification in their chosen pathway, which together provide a pre-university foundation for students whose direction is more applied than purely academic. TES reports strong CP outcomes, with students successfully progressing to both degree programs and profession-oriented pathways after graduation.
A note on data availability. TES publishes its annual Learning Outcomes report on the school website. For granular subject-level data, prospective families can request the most recent report directly from the TES admissions office during the application process.
TES does not publish a named matriculation list, but the school reports that graduates matriculate to competitive universities across the UK, continental Europe, North America, Asia, and Australasia. The breakdown below reflects the school's published orientation and the typical pattern across the three national sections.
TES uses a holistic admissions review rather than a standardized external entrance test. Each section has slightly different admission criteria, reflecting the different national curricula, but all applications are processed through the unified TES admissions office. The school is generally accessible to both expatriate and some local families depending on section eligibility.
What we observe in the families we have helped navigate TES, alongside what is publicly known about the school. A useful filter before committing to a specific national section and the IB Diploma trajectory.
Our work with TES families sits primarily in the British section, from MYP into the IB Diploma. Our approach reflects what we have learned matters most for students in that pathway, particularly those aiming at UK universities.
The Taipei guide, school-by-school coverage, and two Harland Review editorials families often read alongside TES.
TES admits students who hold a valid foreign passport, in line with Taiwan's rule for international schools, and proof of legal residence in Taiwan is a condition of enrolment.
TES runs three national sections, British, French and German, each taught in its own language through to Year 9. It is the only Taipei school running three national curricula on one campus, and the sections then join a unified English-medium High School.
TES sets tuition by year group and section, billed per term. Annual fees begin around NT$417,600 for half-day Nursery and rise through the year groups, and the French and German Sections pay the same per-stage fees. The full table is above.
Yes. The unified High School offers the IB Diploma and the IB Career-related Programme at post-16, after students complete the British, French or German national curriculum in the earlier years.
Yes. TES is accredited by the Council of International Schools and British Schools Overseas and works with Cambridge Assessment International Education. It was formed in 2003 when three national schools unified.
A consultation with our Student Coordinator clarifies which part of the TES journey matters most for your family right now, whether that is MYP subject support, IB Diploma planning, or UCAS preparation for UK university applications. We start by listening.