Athens - Post Report Question and Answers
What is the availability of international schools? What has been your general experience with them, if any?
There are quite a few available, US, British, French, etc. We have no direct experience. - Oct 2023
There are several. - Jan 2023
ACS and Byron are the two main options. In my opinion, Byron is better by far. - Mar 2022
ACS and Campion were the main schools used. Found ACS to be okay. Certainly not top notch. More like a Greek school teaching American curriculum. Campion is British curriculum; we didn’t attend so can’t speak to the school. - Jan 2020
There are multiple international schools in Athens. Our kids attend elementary at ACS, and are very happy there with a lot of emphasis on creativity and play in early years, and more academic focus as they progress into later elementary. There are a lot of great after school recreational activities and sports for the children and organized teams once they hit middle school. We have had an overall positive experience there. - Mar 2018
There are only a few American-accredited schools. - Feb 2018
There are about three American-accredited schools to choose from. - Oct 2017
There are two international schools that most embassy personnel use, as well as a few others that are used by embassy personnel on occasion. Most people here are generally satisfied with the schools, though they often will not discuss specifics if they have a problem with one. - Jan 2017
Athens has a number of international schools to offer families. While I don't have kids, families I know have been happy with the variety of international schools on offer so they have a choice on which school works best for their kids. There is an American curriculum school - American Community Schools (ACS), along with a number of British curriculum schools, including Campion, St Catherine's, Bryon College, St Lawrence, International School of Athens (ISA), and also a French school and a German school. - Dec 2016
The American school is behind the times. We sent our child the first year and were not pleased, we had friends who liked it though. The other 2 years we used the British school St Catherine's and loved it. It was closer to our home which was also a benefit. - Sep 2013
American Community Schools and Pierce College (junior and high school). No personal experience, but have many friends who were OK with them. There are many private schools, although not necessarily English-speaking. - Jul 2012
The American Community School is poor. There are two British schools that are said to be better. I do not know about them. I had two children in the American school, though, and they did not learn much more than they already knew. - Jun 2010
There are quite a few schools to choose from with British curriculum and one that teaches with an American curriculum. - Jan 2009
