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Our Admission Statement

Kyoto International School serves the needs of families who reside in the Kansai area and have an interest in an English language internationally designed education. Admissions and class placement will be decided by criteria such as available space, age, current grade level enrollment, past student achievement and motivation, language support at home, and prospects of learning successfully at KIS. Kyoto International School seeks motivated students who will be able to succeed in a challenging and well-rounded program.

Current Admissions Status – March 2024
– Pre-K and Kindergarten class is currently full for this academic year. Please contact us if you are interested applying to be on the waiting list for this year. For the next academic year, starting in August, there are still places available.
– All other grade levels have places available now.

Grade 11 Opening in August 2025
KIS is developing a full high school programme and we will open a Grade 11 class in August 2025 with a wide variety of subject options that will allow entry to universities anywhere in the world. Grade 12 will open in August 2026 and this means that our first high school graduation will take place in 2027, which will be the 70th anniversary of our school!

Welcome to KIS.