Builders’ differential is the nurturing, respectful and caring environment that focuses on the children’s emotional and social development. This has been our mission and essence since our foundation: the Education through Love, considered the most efficient way for humans to learn. Children who are treated with respect in a love-filled environment deal better with the needs of the modern world and become adults who are more socially and emotionally capable.
We believe in the transformation of humans through LOVE. Our focus is to educate the child as a whole, not just a formal education. In addition to our excellent bilingual education we strive to be an economically viable, environmentally friendly and socially responsible school, involving our staff, students, and community.
We want our students to love learning, to be in contact with nature, to reflect on their actions and to be in harmony with others. We promote a joy-filled and inviting environment because we believe humans learn better when they are happy.

We are an IB World School and we offer a modern, challenging and international educational programme according to the standards set by the International Baccalaureate (IB)*. Our language of instruction is English, and we have international teachers in our faculty. Brazilian culture and the Portuguese language are also valued through Portuguese classes and typically Brazilian activities and celebrations. Our academic year follows the northern hemisphere calendar (beginning in August and ending in July).

As we are a new international school, opened in 2019, we currently have up to Year 1 ( 6-year olds), but the school has plans to expand. We are opening new grades as our students grow, and in August 2023 we will offer up to Year 2 (7-8 year olds).
Our mission is to provide expatriate and local families with an international education that is broad, balanced and challenging.

Aubrick is a Bilingual Multicultural School that accepts both Brazilian and foreign students. Providing them with academic excellence in all curricular areas, as well as bilingual proficiency (Portuguese/ English), and appreciation of culture in every aspects.

Lycée Pasteur de Sao Paulo is a French international school in Sao Paulo.

Being a small school, be.Living promotes the opportunity for its students to interact with different age groups, learning to understand, respect and look after each other. We consider there is no effective work without a close partnership with the families. For this reason we are very open to having the whole community being part of our school project. We believe there is no education without investigation, interaction, collaboration and love.

BIS is a school where all the students of the bilingual curriculum become fluent in both English and Portuguese. New students coming from foreign countries learn Portuguese. Similarly, Brazilian students and from countries where English is not spoken will be introduced to the program in order to acquire complete fluency in that language.
BIS is a Brazilian school that offers the very best of Brazilian curriculum. Brazilian culture elements are particularly important and are an active part of the curriculum, among other required subjects. Moreover, it also gives the child the opportunity to be in constant contact with other contents offered in English, so the knowledge and fluency can be expanded in that language.
At the end of the Middle School, BIS guarantees the acquisition of the concepts covered in the subjects of the two languages, in the bilingual curriculum, so the students become effectively bilingual, and fully able to follow the High School at the best Brazilian and international schools.
BIS knows the importance of the foreign language learning in the globalized world, and what it may represent in expanding the cultural horizon of the human being. It is a school that cares about your child from kindergarten through Middle School, fully taking responsibility for the child’s overall education.
BIS has the primary objective to provide the student an avant-garde education, with the goal of fully training, developing the ability, potential, and skills in order to have a responsible and active international citizen.
The pedagogical work is highly qualified, always working to inform and educate.

Beacon is an IB Continuum School with an international program. We develop curious students with critical thinking skills, striving to create a more ethical and peaceful society for the 21st century.
Beacon School offers an international education program. As an IB Continuum School, we develop students who are intellectually curious, who have critical thinking skills and committed attitudes, and who will strive to create a more ethical and peaceful society for the 21st century.
Our mission at Beacon School is to offer a bilingual and international education that is open to the world, and at the same time, values its Brazilian roots. With a caring, enthusiastic, and respecting environment, Beacon provides an academically challenging inquiry based education, aiming to foster responsible citizens who believe in diversity as an opportunity to enrich and broaden their own development, as well as that of our society.
Accredited by the International Baccalaureate Organization as an IB Continuum School, Beacon School currently has over 1300 students from Early Childhood Education to High School.
We are very proud of Beacon's commitment to academic excellence and our comprehensive program grounded in solid principles.

We allow your child to develop their skills and abilities while respecting their individuality. Here we offer a world of opportunities for him, preparing him for an increasingly uncertain future.

St. John's International School offers a path to education that combines an up to date teaching approach to an international curriculum based on advanced concepts of universal mindedness.

Schweizerschule Sao Paulo offers an international, bilingual education, which provides, besides a solid cultural education, the necessary foundations for the professional future, both in Brazil and abroad. The courses are run from Kindergarten to High School according to the Brazilian calendar.

Colégio Miguel de Cervantes is a Spanish international school offering the IB Diploma.

Escola Beit Yaacov is the only trilingual immersion school serving Sao Paulo's Jewish Community.

St Nicholas School serves the families of the city seeking a personal and purposeful learning experience: a unique learning adventure following the programmes of the International Baccalaureate.

We are an inclusive and friendly school, with an emphasis on the community. We believe in partnership with the families, and provide a range of community events and information sessions.

In the global world, knowledge is infinite; therefore, we need to offer a school space that provides endless possibilities for learning. To conquer this world, we must be curious, inquisitive and resilient. Global Me provides the tools for students to acquire intellectual autonomy and emotional awareness so they can explore the world throughout their quest for knowledge.

Red House International School is the school for a generation for whom the world is their backyard.
The global environment as a school. And a pedagogy without borders that can be incorporate to everyone’s life as well as any country’s culture, and improved by all.
This is Red House International School’s concept: an international school of the highest quality, with a recognized bilingual curriculum in constant evolution.

PlayPen began as a preschool and gradually transformed into what it is today: one of São Paulo’s most renowned bilingual preschool, elementary and middle schools.The objective, from the start, has been to offer students the opportunity to acquire a second language through daily interaction in an English immersion program located in a stimulating space, comfortable and appropriate for offering the best educational environment possible.

Family and nurturing environment, lots of green areas, multicultural background students.

PACA is a Christian, American and Brazilian curriculum school located in the city of São Paulo. All PACA students follow an American program of study, which has been accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (AdvancEd) since 1986.
PACA also offers an optional dual curriculum which is accredited by the Ministry of Education in Brazil. The program allows students to receive two diplomas, American and Brazilian, upon graduation and opens doors for them to study in the best universities in the USA, Brazil or throughout the world. The curriculum is fully transferable, allowing students to move to another American school worldwide with minimum academic disruption.

Escola Internacional de Alphaville is a Brazilian bilingual school that has offered students and families a wide range of future life choices since the year 2000.

Pueri Domus Bilingual School is a bilingual American Brazilian school.
Pueri Domus is proud to be a school that was born with the future in mind. Fifty years ago, when the world was still debating whether children should have a voice of their own, students at Pueri Domus (Latin for “children’s home”) were already protagonists in the construction of knowledge.

Individual attention and develop global citizens that are ethical, creative and prepared to face the challenges of a constantly changing world.

Chapel School was founded in 1947 by priests of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate Order with the aim of providing education for children from English-speaking Catholic families. Initially housed in a small building in the Jardins neighborhood, it is now located in Chácara Flora, a quiet residential area in São Paulo.
Chapel is an international school providing early-childhood, elementary and high school education. Three diplomas may be earned by students: American, Brazilian and/or International Baccalaureate.
Chapel’s mission is based in Christian values, ensuring complete development which enables students to make informed decisions, take responsibility for their actions, and for the needs of the community.
The institution is run by the priests and brothers of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate with a board committee consisting of priests and parents appointed by the order’s provincial and members of the congregation.
Chapel School is a member of the National Catholic Educational Association, the Association of American Schools in Brazil, the Association of American Schools in South America, and the National Honor Society. The institution is accredited by the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), Brazil’s Ministry of Education (MEC) and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (AdvancED – SACS CASI). As a member of AdvancEd, Chapel School must ensure educational excellence by continuously evaluating its curriculum, mission and vision.

Canadian methodology

Excellence , caring, friendly, an inclusive school.

St. Paul's is the British school of São Paulo, the first South American School to be recognised by the UK government as a British School Overseas. At St. Paul’s, we believe in releasing passion to achieve the best in everyone. We should strive to be better in all that we do, in work and play, every day. An innovative, structured curriculum, combined with excellent teaching, state of the art facilities, and the best in pastoral care, equip pupils to achieve that. Our culturally diverse community of pupils of over thirty nationalities includes girls and boys aged 3 to 18. As members of a strong and united community, Pauleans are equipped with everything they need to be global citizens that make a difference.