The Guide

International Schools Guide is an independent editorial platform. We profile international schools across Asia - fees, results, facilities, and an honest written review - so expat families can decide for themselves instead of trusting school marketing. We take no money from schools, run no sponsored rankings, and earn no commission on enrolments.

Why we built this

The school search is broken. For a family arriving in Jakarta, Singapore, Bangkok or Dubai, choosing a school is one of the most consequential decisions you'll make - and one of the worst served by good information. Most guides are funded by the schools, rankings are paid placements, and relocation agents earn commissions. We started with Jakarta, the city we know best, and are expanding across Asia one city at a time.

How we work

We publish fees, exam results, inspection ratings and accreditation status where schools and regulators publish them, each point sourced and dated; if we can't verify something, we say so rather than guess. We read the inspection reports, check school claims against regulator and accreditation registers, and synthesise what parents say in public, filtering the extremes for the consistent signal. Every full profile carries our own review of who the school suits and where the public signal raises questions, and schools don't get to approve it first. We don't visit every school, and we don't pretend to.

Who we are

The Guide is a small independent operation. No school owns a stake in it and no school pays it. Everything is published under The Guide's name and held to the standards above. If you're a parent with a recommendation, a head of school who wants to update a profile, or a journalist who wants to talk, get in touch.