Secondary and sixth form international school fees in Athens run from about EUR 13,650 a year in the lower secondary years to roughly EUR 16,500 at the top of the British schools, with the all in cost of a senior place reaching EUR 20,000 or more once the acceptance fee, exam entries and transport are added.
The senior years are where Athens fees rise fastest and where the curriculum choice matters most, because the school your child sits their final examinations with shapes their university options. The city offers British A Level routes, the International Baccalaureate Diploma and an American high school with Advanced Placement, so the shortlist is as much about the qualification as the price. Fees are set and billed in euros.
The bands below are drawn from the current published schedules of the named schools rather than estimates, and secondary tuition sits at the top of each school range, a clear step above primary and nursery and preschool. Start from the Athens international schools hub to shortlist by curriculum and neighbourhood.
| Tier | Annual secondary and sixth form tuition | Typical schools |
|---|---|---|
| Premium | EUR 14,900 to 16,500 | St Catherine's British School senior years, Campion School upper school, ACS Athens upper end |
| Upper mid | EUR 14,000 to 14,950 | Campion School Year 10 upward, St Lawrence College A Level years |
| Mid | EUR 13,650 to 14,000 | St Lawrence and Campion lower secondary, smaller British and international schools |
School names illustrate each band from their published secondary schedules and are not endorsements or exact quotes for your child year. Confirm current fees directly with each school.
Tuition is only part of the bill. The line items below are indicative bands drawn from published school schedules in this market and should be confirmed with each school, as policies vary widely and some waive individual charges entirely.
| Cost | Indicative band | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Application or registration | EUR 150 to 1,700 | Non refundable; the one off registration is higher at senior entry at several schools. |
| Development fund | EUR 500 to 1,500 where charged | A one off building contribution some British schools apply on joining. |
| External exam entries | EUR 300 to 900 a year in exam years | IGCSE, A Level and IB Diploma entry fees in the relevant senior years. |
| School bus | EUR 2,000 to 3,500 a year | Distance based; common for families in the northern suburbs. |
Bands above are indicative ranges, not a single school quote. Always confirm current figures in a school fee schedule before budgeting.
Curriculum and examinations set the top of the range. Schools offering the IB Diploma or a full American programme with Advanced Placement alongside A Levels carry the specialist teaching, laboratories and university guidance that senior years demand, and that depth feeds into the higher fees. The premium broadly tracks the breadth of subjects and the strength of the careers and admissions support.
Campus and cohort do the rest. The larger schools sit on purpose built senior campuses with science, arts and sports provision, and those capital costs sit inside tuition and development funds. A smaller senior school can offer close attention and strong results at a lower price, usually with a narrower subject menu at the top end.
Tuition is the headline, but the acceptance fee, development fund, transport and IB exam entries add up. Use our comparison tool to line up Athens fees against the city your offer is in.
Open the fee comparison toolExam entries are the senior specific cost families forget. In the IGCSE, A Level and IB Diploma years the external entry fees are charged on top of tuition and can run to several hundred euros a year, so budget for them separately in the final stages.
The one off acceptance fee and, at some British schools, a development fund are due before the first term, so the year your child joins the senior school always costs more than the annual tuition headline. Transport, trips, devices and university application support add further recurring lines.
For the stages below this one, read our Athens primary fees and nursery and preschool fees pages, or return to the Athens international schools hub to shortlist by curriculum. To weigh Athens against another city, the international school fee calculator totals tuition plus living costs.
Secondary and sixth form international school fees in Athens range from about EUR 13,650 a year in the lower secondary years to around EUR 16,500 at the top of the British schools. Once the acceptance fee, exam entries and transport are added, the all in cost of a senior place can reach EUR 20,000 or more.
The lower secondary years at St Lawrence College and Campion and the smaller British and international schools are the most affordable, often near the EUR 13,650 to 14,000 band. The senior and sixth form years at the flagship British and American schools sit at the top of the range.
The two sit in a similar band at the senior schools, and the qualification matters more for university plans than for price. The all in cost is driven more by the acceptance fee, exam entries and the individual school than by the choice between the IB Diploma and A Levels.
Expect an application or registration fee, a development fund at some British schools, external exam entries in the IGCSE, A Level and IB years, plus the school bus, trips and university application support. These add a meaningful amount to the tuition figure.
Yes. Schools in Athens set and bill fees in euros, so the figures here are published rates rather than a currency conversion, and families paid in another currency should budget for exchange rate movement across the year.
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